Deaths in April 2009
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Deaths in 2009
Deaths in 2009
The following is a list of notable deaths in 2009. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:* Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.-January 2009:...

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Deaths in December 2008
Deaths in 2008 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2008.-31:*Premjit Lall, 68, Indian tennis player, after long illness....

 - January
Deaths in January 2009
Deaths in 2009 : ← – January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – December- →The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2009.-31:...

 - February
Deaths in February 2009
Deaths in 2009 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable deaths in February 2009.-28:...

 - March
Deaths in March 2009
Deaths in 2009 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of deaths in March 2009.-31:*Raúl Alfonsín, 82, Argentine President , lung cancer....

 - April - May
Deaths in May 2009
Deaths in 2009 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of deaths in May 2009.-31:*Martin Clemens, 94, British colonial administrator and soldier....

 - June
Deaths in June 2009
Deaths in 2009 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of deaths in June 2009.-30:*Pina Bausch, 68, German modern dance choreographer, cancer....

 - July
Deaths in July 2009
Deaths in 2009 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of deaths in July 2009.-31:...

 - August
Deaths in August 2009
Deaths in 2009 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of deaths in August 2009.-31:*John Choi Young-su, 67, South Korean Archbishop of Daegu....

 - September
Deaths in September 2009
Deaths in 2009 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of deaths in September 2009.-30:* Sir Alastair Aird, 78, British Royal courtier....

 - October
Deaths in October 2009
Deaths in 2009 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September- October- November - December- →The following is a list of deaths in October 2009.-31:...

 - November
Deaths in November 2009
Deaths in 2009 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable deaths in November 2009.-30:* Christopher Anvil, 84, American science fiction writer....

 - December
Deaths in December 2009
Deaths in 2009 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - →The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2009.-31:...

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Deaths in January 2010
Deaths in 2010 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - →The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2010.-31:...



The following is a list of deaths in April 2009.

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  • Amparo Arozamena
    Amparo Arozamena
    Amparo Arozamena was a Mexican actress of film and television, best known for her character roles in the 1960s. During the same decade, she became most noted for her role of "Doña Chole" in the Telesistema Mexicano sitcom Los Beverly de Peralvillo...

    , 92, Mexican
    Mexico
    The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

     actress, heart attack
    Myocardial infarction
    Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...

    . http://www2.esmas.com/entretenimiento/farandula/059904/fallece-amparito-arozamena (Spanish)
  • Maxime de la Falaise
    Maxime de la Falaise
    Maxime de la Falaise was a 1950s model, and, in the 1960s, an underground movie actress. She is also remembered as a cookery writer and "food maven" and a fashion designer for Chloé and Gérard Pipart...

    , 86, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     model
    Model (person)
    A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....

    , socialite
    Socialite
    A socialite is a person who participates in social activities and spends a significant amount of time entertaining and being entertained at fashionable upper-class events....

    , fashion designer, cookbook
    Cookbook
    A cookbook is a kitchen reference that typically contains a collection of recipes. Modern versions may also include colorful illustrations and advice on purchasing quality ingredients or making substitutions...

     writer
    Writer
    A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

     and gastronome, natural causes. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/02/nyregion/02falaise.html?ref=obituaries
  • Harold Fischer
    Harold Fischer
    Col. Harold E. Fischer, Jr. was a United States Air Force fighter pilot.Fischer saw action in the Korean War, shooting down eleven MiG aircraft in his more than 175 missions in the conflict...

    , 83, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     Air Force
    United States Air Force
    The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

     officer, Korean War
    Korean War
    The Korean War was a conventional war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China , with military material aid from the Soviet Union...

     fighter ace
    Fighter Ace
    Fighter Ace was a massively multiplayer online computer game in which one flies World War II fighter and bomber planes in combat against other players and virtual pilots...

     and noted PoW
    Prisoner of war
    A prisoner of war or enemy prisoner of war is a person, whether civilian or combatant, who is held in custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict...

    , complications from surgery http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/us/08fischer.html
  • Mallory Horne
    Mallory Horne
    Mallory E. Horne was the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, and President of the Florida Senate.- Background :Horne was an United States Army Air Force pilot during World War II...

    , 84, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , member of Florida House of Representatives
    Florida House of Representatives
    The Florida House of Representatives is the lower house of the Florida Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida. The House is composed of 120 members representing an equal number of districts, with each district having an average population of 156,677.The House convenes at...

    , President of Florida Senate
    Florida Senate
    The Florida Senate is the upper house of the Florida Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida. The Senate is composed of 40 members representing an equal number of districts, with each district having an average population of 470,032....

    , lung cancer
    Lung cancer
    Lung cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lung in a process called metastasis into nearby tissue and, eventually, into other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in lung, known as primary...

    . http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/apr/30/legislator-mallory-horne-dies-84/
  • Maurice Lindsay
    Maurice Lindsay
    Maurice Lindsay CBE was a Scottish broadcaster, writer and poet. He was born in Glasgow.After serving in World War II he became a radio broadcaster, also editing the 1946 anthology Modern Scottish Poetry, and writing music criticism. He later was Programme Controller at Border Television.His...

    , 90, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     poet
    Poet
    A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

     and broadcaster
    Presenter
    A presenter, or host , is a person or organization responsible for running an event. A museum or university, for example, may be the presenter or host of an exhibit. Likewise, a master of ceremonies is a person that hosts or presents a show...

    . http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2009/may/12/maurice-lindsay-obituary-poet-scotland
  • McCoy McLemore
    McCoy McLemore
    McCoy McLemore was an American former college and professional basketball star of the 1960s and 1970s.McLemore attended Jack Yates High School...

    , 67, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     basketball
    Basketball
    Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

     player and television color analyst, cancer
    Cancer
    Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

    . http://www.nba.com/bucks/features/mccoy_mclemore_090515.html
  • Henk Nijdam
    Henk Nijdam
    Henk Nijdam was a Dutch professional road bicycle racer.Henk Nijdam was the father of cyclist Jelle Nijdam. In 1962, Nijdam became World Champion Track Pursuit.- Palmarès :19601961...

    , 73, Dutch
    Netherlands
    The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

     road bicycle racer, track pursuit world champion
    UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Men's Individual Pursuit
    The UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's individual pursuit is the world championship individual pursuit event held annually at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships. Between its inception and 1992, the men's individual pursuit was separated into two events; one for professionals at ...

     (1962). http://www.cyclingwebsite.net/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=9626
  • Venetia Phair
    Venetia Phair
    Venetia Phair, née Burney was the first person to suggest the name Pluto for the object discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930. At the time, she was 11 years old and lived in Oxford, England.-Biography:...

    , 90, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     teacher
    Teacher
    A teacher or schoolteacher is a person who provides education for pupils and students . The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional...

     who named Pluto
    Pluto
    Pluto, formal designation 134340 Pluto, is the second-most-massive known dwarf planet in the Solar System and the tenth-most-massive body observed directly orbiting the Sun...

    . http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/science-obituaries/5280426/Venetia-Phair.html
  • David Picão
    David Picão
    David Picão was the Brazilian bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santos from November 21, 1996 until his retirement on July 26, 2000. The diocese is headquartered in Santos, São Paulo...

    , 85, Brazil
    Brazil
    Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

    ian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Santos
    Roman Catholic Diocese of Santos
    The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santos is a diocese located in the city of Santos in the Ecclesiastical province of São Paulo in Brazil.-History:* July 4, 1924: Established as Diocese of Santos from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo-Leadership:...

     (1996–2000). http://atribunadigital.globo.com/bn_conteudo.asp?cod=410132&opr=103 (Portuguese)
  • William A. Price
    William A. Price
    William A. Price was an American journalist who worked as the United Nations correspondent and, later, police reporter for the New York Daily News from 1940-1955...

    , 94, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     journalist
    Journalist
    A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...

    . http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/02/nyregion/02price.html?_r=2&ref=obituaries
  • Ron Richards
    Ron Richards (producer)
    Ron Richards was a British record producer, best known for discovering The Hollies.Born Ronald Richard Pratley in London, England, he played the piano and saxophone for the Central Band of the Royal Air Force. Richards later worked at EMI's Parlophone imprint as an assistant to producer George...

    , 80, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     record producer
    Record producer
    A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

    . http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ron-richards-record-producer-who-worked-with-the-beatles-the-hollies-gerry-and-the-pacemakers-and-ella-fitzgerald-1702080.html
  • Raymond J. Saulnier
    Raymond J. Saulnier
    Raymond Joseph Saulnier was an American economist, who was Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers from 1956 to 1961 under President Dwight David Eisenhower. He was born in Hamilton, Massachusetts....

    , 100, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     economist
    Economist
    An economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...

    . http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/business/08saulnier.html?hpw

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  • Günther Bahr
    Günther Bahr
    Günther Bahr was a German Luftwaffe fighter pilot and night fighter flying ace during World War II. He claimed 34 victories at night, all were four-engine bombers, achieved in over 90 combat missions. He counted 37 victories over all. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...

    , 87, German
    Germany
    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

     Luftwaffe
    Luftwaffe
    Luftwaffe is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1935 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956....

     fighter pilot
    Fighter pilot
    A fighter pilot is a military aviator trained in air-to-air combat while piloting a fighter aircraft . Fighter pilots undergo specialized training in aerial warfare and dogfighting...

    . http://www.ritterkreuztraeger-1939-45.de/Luftwaffe/B/Ba/Bahr-Guenther.htm (German)
  • Gordon Bradley
    Gordon Bradley
    Gordon Bradley was an English-American football midfielder born and raised on Wearside who played several seasons with lower division English clubs before moving to play in Canada at the age of 30. During the Canadian off-season, he played and coached in the U.S. based German American Soccer...

    , 74, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     footballer. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/29/AR2008042902758.html
  • Jack Lohrke, 85, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     baseball player, stroke
    Stroke
    A stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident , is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by blockage , or a hemorrhage...

    . http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-jack-lohrke1-2009may01,0,1332749.story
  • Tom McGrath
    Tom McGrath (playwright)
    This article is about the Scottish playwright. For other people named Tom McGrath, see Thomas McGrath.Tom McGrath was a Scottish playwright and jazz pianist....

    , 68, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     poet
    Poet
    A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

     and playwright
    Playwright
    A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...

    , liver cancer
    Liver cancer
    Liver tumors or hepatic tumors are tumors or growths on or in the liver . Several distinct types of tumors can develop in the liver because the liver is made up of various cell types. These growths can be benign or malignant...

    . http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/may/01/obituary-tom-mcgrath-poet
  • Franciszek Sobczak
    Franciszek Sobczak
    Franciszek Sobczak was a Polish fencer. He competed in the team sabre event at the 1968 Summer Olympics.-References:...

    , 69, Polish
    Poland
    Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

     Olympic
    Olympic Games
    The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

     fencer
    Fencing
    Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...

    . http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/franciszek-sobczak-1.html
  • Charles L. Young, Sr.
    Charles L. Young, Sr.
    Charles L. Young, Sr. was an American businessman and politician.-Biography:Charles Lemuel Young, Sr. was born in Meridian, Mississippi in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, the eldest son and second of three children of E. F. Young, Jr., an entrepreneur and Velma Beal .The year he was born, his...

    , 77, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
    Mississippi House of Representatives
    The Mississippi House of Representatives is the lower house of the Mississippi Legislature, the lawmaking body of the U.S. state of Mississippi....

    , heart attack
    Myocardial infarction
    Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...

    . http://www.meridianstar.com/local/local_story_119123535.html

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  • Bill Bailey
    Bill Bailey (surfer)
    Bill Bailey was known as "the father of British surfing" for the crucial role he played in the development of the sport in the United Kingdom. He set up the first surf company in Britain....

    , 75, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     surfer. http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2009/may/11/obituary-bill-bailey
  • Lota Delgado
    Lota Delgado
    Lota Delgado was a Filipino actress noted mostly for her pre-World War II career.She largely stopped acting after marrying fellow actor and future Senator Rogelio dela Rosa.She died on April 28, 2009 in Manila, Philippines....

    , 90, Filipina
    Philippines
    The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

     actress. http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view/20090428-201975/2-screen-queens-take-final-bow
  • U. A. Fanthorpe
    U. A. Fanthorpe
    Ursula Askham Fanthorpe, CBE, FRSL was an English poet. She published as UA Fanthorpe.-Early life:She was educated in Surrey and at St Anne's College, Oxford, where she received a first-class degree in English language and literature, and subsequently taught English at Cheltenham Ladies' College...

    , 79, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     poet
    Poet
    A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

    . http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8027526.stm
  • Vern Gosdin
    Vern Gosdin
    Vern Gosdin was an American country music singer. He idolized The Louvin Brothers and The Blue Sky Boys as a young man and sang in a gospel quartet called The Gosdin Brothers. An inheritor of the soulful honky tonk style of Lefty Frizzell and Merle Haggard, Gosdin was nicknamed "The Voice" by his...

    , 74, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     country music
    Country music
    Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

     singer, complications from a stroke
    Stroke
    A stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident , is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by blockage , or a hemorrhage...

    . http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1610248/singer-songwriter-vern-gosdin-dies-in-nashville-at-age-74.jhtml
  • Ekaterina Maximova
    Ekaterina Maximova
    Ekaterina Sergeevna Maximova was a Soviet and Russian ballerina of international renown.-Career:Maximova was born in Moscow, Soviet Union. An artist who combined great technical prowess with piquant prettiness, Maximova enjoyed her greatest successes in Giselle, Don Quixote, Cinderella and The...

    , 70, Russia
    Russia
    Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

    n ballet
    Ballet
    Ballet is a type of performance dance, that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. The early portions preceded the invention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with...

     dancer. http://top.rbc.ru/society/28/04/2009/297634.shtml (Russian)
  • Steinar Lem
    Steinar Lem
    Steinar Henning Lem was a Norwegian environmental activist, author and spokesperson for Fremtiden i våre hender , Norway's largest movement for comprehensive social change. He criticized the consumption-oriented society and focus on economic growth, and the difference in income between the rich...

    , 57, Norwegian
    Norway
    Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

     environmentalist
    Environmentalist
    An environmentalist broadly supports the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that seeks to improve and protect the quality of the natural environment through changes to environmentally harmful human activities"...

     and anti-consumerism
    Anti-consumerism
    Anti-consumerism refers to the socio-political movement against the equating of personal happiness with consumption and the purchase of material possessions...

     activist, cancer
    Cancer
    Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

    . http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=552703 (Norwegian)
  • Richard Pratt
    Richard Pratt (Australian businessman)
    Richard J. Pratt was a prominent Australian businessman, chairman of the privately-owned company Visy Industries, and a leading figure of Melbourne society. In the year before his death Pratt was Australia's fourth-richest person, with a personal fortune valued at billion...

    , 74, Australia
    Australia
    Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

    n businessman
    Businessperson
    A businessperson is someone involved in a particular undertaking of activities for the purpose of generating revenue from a combination of human, financial, or physical capital. An entrepreneur is an example of a business person...

    , prostate cancer
    Prostate cancer
    Prostate cancer is a form of cancer that develops in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system. Most prostate cancers are slow growing; however, there are cases of aggressive prostate cancers. The cancer cells may metastasize from the prostate to other parts of the body, particularly...

    . http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/04/28/2555270.htm
  • Valeria Peter Predescu
    Valeria Peter Predescu
    Valeria Peter Predescu was a Romanian popular singer. She died at 62 after a heart attack.-References:...

    , 62, Romania
    Romania
    Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

    n singer, heart attack
    Myocardial infarction
    Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...

    . http://www.realitatea.net/interpreta-de-muzica-populara-valeria-peter-predescu-a-murit_506336.html (Romanian)
  • Ted Reynolds
    Ted Reynolds (Canadian television)
    Ted Reynolds was a broadcaster on both Canadian television and radio. His career spanned for more than fifty years, with some thirty five having been spent with the CBC.-Career:...

    , 84, Canadian
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

     sportscaster
    Sportscaster
    In sports broadcasting, a commentator gives a running commentary of a game or event in real time, usually during a live broadcast. The comments are normally a voiceover, with the sounds of the action and spectators also heard in the background. In the case of television commentary, the commentator...

     (CBC Television
    CBC Television
    CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...

    ). http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2009/04/29/sp-ted-reynolds.html
  • Buddy Rose
    Buddy Rose
    Paul Perschmann was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Playboy" Buddy Rose.-Career:Paul Perschmann was trained by Verne Gagne and Billy Robinson in the early 1970s...

    , 56, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     professional wrestler
    Professional wrestling
    Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...

    . http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2009/04/29/9288346.html
  • Pearse Wyse
    Pearse Wyse
    Pearse Wyse was an Irish Fianna Fáil and Progressive Democrats politician.Pearse Wyse was born in Cork in 1928. He first held political office in 1960 when he was elected to Cork City Council...

    , 81, Irish
    Republic of Ireland
    Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

     politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    . http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/national-news/politics/founding-member-of-pds-pearse-wyse-dies-aged-81-1722490.html

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  • Ernie Barnes
    Ernie Barnes
    Ernest “Ernie” Eugene Barnes, Jr. was an African-American painter, well-known for his unique style of elongation and movement. He was also a professional football player, actor and author.- Childhood :...

    , 70, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     neo-mannerist artist and football
    American football
    American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

     player, after short illness. http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Sugar-Shack-Artist-Dies.html
  • John Crispo
    John Crispo
    John H. G. Crispo was a Canadian economist, author and educator.Crispo graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto and with a Doctor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology....

    , 75, Canadian
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

     economist
    Economist
    An economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...

     and educator, prostate cancer
    Prostate cancer
    Prostate cancer is a form of cancer that develops in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system. Most prostate cancers are slow growing; however, there are cases of aggressive prostate cancers. The cancer cells may metastasize from the prostate to other parts of the body, particularly...

    . http://www.orilliapacket.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1543653
  • Tom Deitz
    Tom Deitz
    Thomas Franklin Deitz was an American novelist from Georgia. He had the A.B. and M.A. in medieval English from the University of Georgia. He was the author of the "Soulsmith Trilogy," comprising the books Soulsmith, Dreambuilder, and Wordwright...

    , 57, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     science fiction
    Science fiction
    Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

     author, heart failure. http://www.sfsite.com/news/2009/04/27/obituary-tom-dietz/
  • Miroslav Filip
    Miroslav Filip
    Miroslav Filip was a Grandmaster of chess from the Czech Republic. Filip was awarded the title of International Master in 1953, and the Grandmaster title in 1955...

    , 80, Czech
    Czech Republic
    The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

     chess player
    Chess
    Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...

    . http://www.chess.cz/www/aktuality/2008/zpravy/zemrel-judr-miroslav-filip.html (Czech)
  • Frank Gansz
    Frank Gansz
    Frank Gansz was an American football coach whose career spanned nearly 40 years. He died in Dallas on April 27, 2009, from complications following knee replacement surgery....

    , 70, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     football
    American football
    American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

     coach (Kansas City Chiefs
    Kansas City Chiefs
    The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...

    ), complications from knee replacement
    Knee replacement
    Knee replacement, or knee arthroplasty, is a surgical procedure to replace the weight-bearing surfaces of the knee joint to relieve the pain and disability of osteoarthritis. It may be performed for other knee diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis...

     surgery. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gX6T9AVGEKKwSzCMon-031LlBQ_AD97R5L480
  • Glen Gondrezick
    Glen Gondrezick
    Glen Michael 'Gondo' Gondrezick was an American basketball player, who operated as either a shooting guard or a small forward .-Basketball career:...

    , 53, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     basketball
    Basketball
    Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

     player, complications following heart transplant. http://www.times-standard.com/statenews/ci_12245802
  • Feroz Khan
    Feroz Khan
    Feroz Khan was an Indian actor, film editor, producer and director in the Hindi film industry...

    , 69, India
    India
    India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

    n actor
    Actor
    An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

    , cancer
    Cancer
    Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

    . http://www.india.com/entertainment/movies/bollywood_legend_feroz_khan_dies_70_4382
  • Frankie Manning
    Frankie Manning
    Frankie Manning was an American dancer, instructor and choreographer. Manning is considered one of the founding fathers of the Lindy Hop.-Early years:...

    , 94, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     dancer and choreographer, pneumonia
    Pneumonia
    Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...

    . http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/arts/2009/04/27/2009-04-27_lindy_hop_great_hospitalized.html
  • Edwin McClellan
    Edwin McClellan
    Edwin McClellan was a British Japanologist. He was an academic—a scholar, teacher, writer, translator and interpreter of Japanese literature and culture.-Biography:...

    , 83, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     Japanologist. http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=6691
  • Evgeniya Miroshnichenko
    Evgeniya Miroshnichenko
    Evgheniya Miroshnichenko was a Ukrainian opera and chamber singer, internationally famous for her coloratura soprano voice.She was born in a working-class family in Radyanskoe- a small village in the Vovchank region near Kharkiv...

    , 77, Ukrainian
    Ukraine
    Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

     opera and chamber singer http://www.unian.net/ukr/news/news-313141.html (Ukrainian)
  • Karl Mullen
    Karl Mullen
    Dr Karl Daniel Mullen was an Irish Rugby Union player and Consultant Gynaecologist who captained the Irish rugby team and captained the British Lions on their 1950 tour to Australia and New Zealand....

    , 82, Irish
    Republic of Ireland
    Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

     rugby union
    Rugby union
    Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

     player. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/8020104.stm
  • Greg Page
    Greg Page (boxer)
    Greg Page was a boxer from Louisville, Kentucky. He was the World Boxing Association Heavyweight Champion from 1984 to 1985...

    , 50, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     boxer
    Boxing
    Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

    , complications from brain injury
    Traumatic brain injury
    Traumatic brain injury , also known as intracranial injury, occurs when an external force traumatically injures the brain. TBI can be classified based on severity, mechanism , or other features...

    . http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=4104213
  • Paraluman
    Paraluman
    Sigrid Sophia Agatha von Giese , better known asParaluman, was a FAMAS-award winning Filipino actress active from the 1940s to the 1970s. She was a contemporary of the likes of Fernando Poe, Sr...

    , 85, Filipina
    Philippines
    The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

     actress. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/04/27/09/rp-tinseltown-icon-paraluman-dies
  • Robley Rex
    Robley Rex
    Robley Henry Rex was a World War I-era veteran and was, at the age of 107, one of two remaining U.S. veterans related to the First World War....

    , 107, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     World War I-era
    World War I
    World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

     veteran
    Veteran
    A veteran is a person who has had long service or experience in a particular occupation or field; " A veteran of ..."...

    . http://www.wlky.com/news/19314199/detail.html
  • Woo Seung-yeon
    Woo Seung-yeon
    Woo Seung-yeon was a South Korean model and actress.-Biography:Woo began her career as a fashion model in magazine and television commercials, and had appeared in minor roles in the films Herb and Private Eye...

    , 25, South Korea
    South Korea
    The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

    n actress and model
    Model (person)
    A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....

    , suicide
    Suicide
    Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...

     by hanging. http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2904194

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  • Salamo Arouch
    Salamo Arouch
    Salamo Arouch was a Jewish Greek boxer who survived the Holocaust by entertaining Nazi officers in Auschwitz with his boxing skills. His story was portrayed in the 1989 film Triumph of the Spirit.-Biography:...

    , 86, Greek
    Greece
    Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

    -born Israel
    Israel
    The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

    i boxer
    Boxing
    Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

     and Holocaust survivor.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/5258959/Salamo-Arouch.html
  • Alan Bristow
    Alan Bristow
    Alan Edgar Bristow, OBE, FRAeS founded one of the world's largest helicopter service companies, Bristow Helicopters Ltd, which prospered primarily in the international oil and mineral exploration and extraction industries but also spread into search and rescue, peacekeeping and other fields.Born...

    , 84, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     businessman. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6187419.ece
  • Hans Holzer
    Hans Holzer
    Hans Holzer was an Austrian-born, American pioneering paranormal researcher and author. He wrote well over 100 books on supernatural and occult subjects for the popular market as well as several plays, musicals, films, and documentaries, and hosted a television show, "Ghost Hunter".- Career...

    , 89, Austria
    Austria
    Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

    n-born American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     paranormal investigator and author
    Author
    An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...

    , after long illness. http://www.ufodigest.com/news/0409/holzer-obit.php
  • Geir Hovig
    Geir Hovig
    Geir Johannes Hovig was a Norwegian radio host.Hovig was born in Namsos, Norway, and grew up in Overhalla, Norway. He started his career as a journalist with the Associated Press and the Norwegian News Agency news agencies, and was later hired by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation...

    , 64, Norwegian
    Norway
    Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

     radio host, after short illness. http://www.fosna-folket.no/incoming/article1240400.ece (Norwegian)
  • Danny Kladis
    Danny Kladis
    Danny Kladis was an American racecar driver. He was born in Crystal City, Missouri and died at Joliet, Illinois. 92-year-old Kladis was the oldest living Indy 500 starter at the time of his death.-Racing career:...

    , 92, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     racecar driver. http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/news;_ylt=AqVaEEDumjdfVS5WHx749BR9YK1_?slug=ap-obit-kladis&prov=ap&type=lgns
  • Levan Mikeladze
    Levan Mikeladze
    Levan Mikeladze was a Georgian diplomat and politician. He was Georgia's Ambassador to Austria , to USA and to Switzerland...

    , 52, Georgian
    Georgia (country)
    Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

     diplomat
    Diplomat
    A diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organization. The main functions of diplomats revolve around the representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state, as well as the promotion of information and...

     and politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , heart attack
    Myocardial infarction
    Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...

    . http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=20796
  • Dominic Motikoe
    Dominic Motikoe
    Dominic Motikoe was a Basotho politician who led the National Independent Party and served as a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Lesotho until his death in 2009....

    , Lesotho
    Lesotho
    Lesotho , officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country and enclave, surrounded by the Republic of South Africa. It is just over in size with a population of approximately 2,067,000. Its capital and largest city is Maseru. Lesotho is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The name...

     politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , shot
    Ballistic trauma
    The term ballistic trauma refers to a form of physical trauma sustained from the discharge of arms or munitions. The most common forms of ballistic trauma stem from firearms used in armed conflicts, civilian sporting and recreational pursuits, and criminal activity.-Destructive effects:The degree...

    . http://www.lesotho.gov.ls/articles/2009/NIP_LEADER_KILLED.php
  • Colwyn Philipps, 3rd Viscount St Davids
    Colwyn Philipps, 3rd Viscount St Davids
    Colwyn Jestyn John Philipps, 3rd Viscount St Davids was the son of Jestyn Philipps, 2nd Viscount St Davids and Doreen Guinness Jowett and was a British peer...

    , 70, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     aristocrat
    Aristocracy
    Aristocracy , is a form of government in which a few elite citizens rule. The term derives from the Greek aristokratia, meaning "rule of the best". In origin in Ancient Greece, it was conceived of as rule by the best qualified citizens, and contrasted with monarchy...

     and politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    . http://www.legacy.com/timesonline-uk/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=126782677
  • Pupuke Robati
    Pupuke Robati
    Sir Pupuke Robati KBE was a Cook Island politician who was the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands from 29 July 1987 to 1 February 1989....

    , 84, Cook Islands
    Cook Islands
    The Cook Islands is a self-governing parliamentary democracy in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand...

     politician and doctor, Prime Minister
    Prime Minister of the Cook Islands
    The Prime Minister of the Cook Islands is the official rsponsible for heading Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's government in the Cook Islands, a self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand. The office was established in 1965, when self-government was first granted to the islands...

     (1987–1989).
  • Perez Zagorin
    Perez Zagorin
    Perez Zagorin was an American historian who specialized in 16th and 17th century English and British history and political thought, early modern European history, and related areas in literature and philosophy. From 1965 to 1990, he taught at the University of Rochester, New York, retiring as the...

    , 88, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     historian
    Historian
    A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...

    . http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/5487924/Professor-Perez-Zagorin.html

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  • Beatrice Arthur
    Beatrice Arthur
    Beatrice "Bea" Arthur was an American actress, comedienne and singer whose career spanned seven decades. Arthur achieved fame as the character Maude Findlay on the 1970s sitcoms All in the Family and Maude, and as Dorothy Zbornak on the 1980s sitcom The Golden Girls, winning Emmy Awards for both...

    , 86, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     Emmy and Tony Award
    Tony Award
    The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...

    -winning actress (Maude
    Maude (TV series)
    Maude was an American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 12, 1972 until April 22, 1978.Maude starred Beatrice Arthur as Maude Findlay, an outspoken, middle-aged, politically liberal woman living in suburban Tuckahoe, Westchester County, New York with...

    , The Golden Girls
    The Golden Girls
    The Golden Girls is an American sitcom created by Susan Harris, which originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, 1992. Starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty, the show centers on four older women sharing a home in Miami, Florida...

    , Mame
    Mame (film)
    Mame is a 1974 musical film based on the 1966 Broadway musical of the same name, directed by Gene Saks, written by Paul Zindel, and starring Lucille Ball and Beatrice Arthur.Warner Bros...

    ), cancer
    Cancer
    Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

    . http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/story?section=news/entertainment&id=6780671
  • Yamil Chade
    Yamil Chade
    Yamil Chade was a part Lebanese, part Cuban and Puerto Rican sports team owner and athlete manager.-Biography:...

    , 88, Lebanese
    Lebanon
    Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...

    -born Puerto Rican
    Puerto Rico
    Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

     sports team owner and manager. http://es.eurosport.yahoo.com/26042009/21/fallece-ex-promotor-boxeo-yamil-chade-manejador-gomez-tito-trinidad.html (Spanish]
  • John Marchi
    John Marchi
    John J. Marchi was a New York State Senator who represented Staten Island for a record 50 years. Marchi , a Republican, retired on December 31, 2006, from the seat that he had held since January 1, 1957....

    , 87, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , member of the New York State Senate
    New York State Senate
    The New York State Senate is one of two houses in the New York State Legislature and has members each elected to two-year terms. There are no limits on the number of terms one may serve...

     (1957–2006), complications from pneumonia
    Pneumonia
    Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...

    . http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/retired_state_sen_john_marchi.html

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  • Irving D. Chais
    Irving D. Chais
    Irving D. Chais was an American businessman and craftsman who owned the New York Doll Hospital from 1964 until 2009. He also acted as "Chief Surgeon" for the hospital...

    , 83, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     businessman, owner of the New York Doll Hospital, after long illness. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/01/nyregion/01chais.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries
  • Tim Curry
    Tim Curry (attorney)
    Tim Curry was a Texas lawyer and the Tarrant CountyDistrict Attorney from 1972 till his death in 2009.Born in Tulia, Texas, Curry graduated from Texas Christian University and Baylor Law School...

    , 70, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     attorney
    Lawyer
    A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...

    , District Attorney
    District attorney
    In many jurisdictions in the United States, a District Attorney is an elected or appointed government official who represents the government in the prosecution of criminal offenses. The district attorney is the highest officeholder in the jurisdiction's legal department and supervises a staff of...

     for Tarrant County, Texas
    Tarrant County, Texas
    Tarrant County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, it had a population of 1,809,034. Its county seat is Fort Worth. Tarrant County is the sixteenth most populous county in the United States and the third most populous in Texas. The county is named in honor...

    , (1972–2009), lung cancer
    Lung cancer
    Lung cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lung in a process called metastasis into nearby tissue and, eventually, into other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in lung, known as primary...

    . http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa090424_wz_apcurryobit.10893f3ea.html
  • Margaret Gelling
    Margaret Gelling
    Margaret Joy Gelling, OBE was an English toponymist, Fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford, and member of the Society of Antiquaries of London and the British Academy....

    , 84, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     toponymist. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/5297337/Margaret-Gelling.html
  • Bo Leuf
    Bo Leuf
    Bo Arne Leuf was the author of the book The Wiki Way , written in collaboration with WikiWiki inventor Ward Cunningham. His book Peer To Peer discusses different P2P solutions both from a technical and legal point of view.Bo Leuf lived in Gothenburg, Sweden...

    , 56, Swedish
    Sweden
    Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

     technology writer. http://www.atariforums.com/read.php?32,3654,3654#msg-3654 (Swedish)
  • John Michell
    John Michell (writer)
    John Frederick Carden Michell was an English writer whose key sources of inspiration were Plato and Charles Fort...

    , 76, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     author
    Author
    An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...

    , cancer
    Cancer
    Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

    . http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/books/03michell.html?ref=obituaries
  • Sixto Palavecino
    Sixto Palavecino
    Sixto Doroteo Palavecino was a poet, musician and singer of Argentine folk music, who has played the violin since he was 10 years-old.Palavecino has been influential as a player, a compiler of folk traditions, and in sustaining the Santiago Quechua...

    , 94, Argentine
    Argentina
    Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

     poet
    Poet
    A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

     and musician
    Musician
    A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....

    . http://m24digital.com/en/2009/04/25/mourning-folklore-sixto-palavecino-died/
  • Michael Parsons
    Michael Parsons (footballer)
    Michael "Mike" Parsons was a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans in the Victorian/Australian Football League and North Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League ....

    , 48, Australia
    Australia
    Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

    n footballer
    Australian rules football
    Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

    , brain tumour. http://www.nafc.com.au/barriescorner/p2237.aspx
  • Orville Howard Phillips
    Orville Howard Phillips
    Orville Howard Phillips, was a Canadian dental surgeon, politician, and senator.Born in O'Leary, Prince Edward Island, the son of J.S. and Maude Phillips, he received his D.D.S. from Dalhousie University in 1952. He practiced dentistry for many years.In 1957, he was elected to the Canadian House...

    , 85, Canadian
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

     politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , member of the Senate of Canada (1963–1999), stroke
    Stroke
    A stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident , is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by blockage , or a hemorrhage...

    . http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=245342&sc=98

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  • William F. Barnes
    William F. Barnes
    -Post coaching:He resigned after the 1964 season after learning that Athletic Director J.D. Morgan was not going to renew his contract. After leaving UCLA, he became an NFL scout. He later became a Real Estate developer.-Death:...

    , 91, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     football
    American football
    American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

     coach (UCLA), complications from pneumonia
    Pneumonia
    Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...

    . http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=4097127
  • Kenneth Paul Block
    Kenneth Paul Block
    Kenneth Paul Block was one of the foremost fashion illustrators of the 20th century. For nearly forty years, he was an in-house artist for Fairchild Publications, owner of Women's Wear Daily, the garment industry trade paper, and its offshoot, W magazine...

    , 84, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     fashion illustrator. http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/may/12/kenneth-paul-block-fashion-illustrator
  • Gordon Gair
    Gordon Gair
    Gordon Gair Sr. was a Canadian lacrosse player and who has been inducted in the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame. Born in Mimico, Ontario, he was one of four lacrosse playing brothers, 3 of whom are in the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame. His brothers Norman and Jack are also in the Hall of Fame. His...

    , 92, Canadian
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

     lacrosse
    Lacrosse
    Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...

     player. http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090505.OBGAIR05ART02000/BDAStory/BDA/deaths
  • Don Kiser
    Don Kiser
    Don Kiser was an American politician and the Mayor of Paris, Kentucky from 2002 up until his death in 2009.Kiser originally was a city commissioner for five years before being elected mayor in 2002. Kiser was one of the first full time mayors of the city as the city manager runs the city...

    , 72, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , Mayor
    Mayor
    In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

     of Paris, Kentucky
    Paris, Kentucky
    As of the census of 2000, there were 9,183 people, 3,857 households, and 2,487 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 4,222 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 84.23% White, 12.71% African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.16%...

     (2003–2009), heart attack
    Myocardial infarction
    Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...

    . http://www.kentucky.com/181/story/771521.html
  • Lam Sheung Yee
    Lam Sheung Yee
    Spencer Lam Sheung Yee , 7 November 1934 - 23 April 2009) was a former football defender, coach and announcer, as well as an actor.He was once a secondary school teacher in Hong Kong and worked as a voice actor on television advertisements...

    , 74, Hong Kong
    Hong Kong
    Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

     footballer, coach, announcer
    Sports commentator
    In sports broadcasting, a commentator gives a running commentary of a game or event in real time, usually during a live broadcast. The comments are normally a voiceover, with the sounds of the action and spectators also heard in the background. In the case of television commentary, the commentator...

     and actor
    Actor
    An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

    . http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hkedition/2009-04/24/content_7709901.htm
  • Ivan Madray
    Ivan Madray
    Ivan Samuel Madray was a West Indian cricketer who played in two Tests in 1958....

    , 74, Guyanese
    Guyana
    Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...

     cricketer
    Cricketer
    A cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the rarely used term "cricket player"....

    , hypertension
    Hypertension
    Hypertension or high blood pressure is a cardiac chronic medical condition in which the systemic arterial blood pressure is elevated. What that means is that the heart is having to work harder than it should to pump the blood around the body. Blood pressure involves two measurements, systolic and...

    . http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/sports/04/24/ivan-madray-passes-away/
  • Felipe Solís Olguín
    Felipe Solís Olguín
    Felipe R. Solís Olguín was a Mexican archaeologist, anthropologist, and historian as well as a curator for and the Director of the National Anthropology Museum from 2000 until his death on April 23, 2009....

    , 64, Mexican
    Mexico
    The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

     archaeologist, curator
    Curator
    A curator is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution is a content specialist responsible for an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material...

     of the National Anthropology Museum
    Museo Nacional de Antropología
    The Museo Nacional de Antropología is a national museum of Mexico. Located in the area between Paseo de la Reforma and Calle Mahatma Gandhi within Chapultepec Park in Mexico City, the museum contains significant archaeological and anthropological artifacts from the pre-Columbian heritage of...

    , cardiac arrest
    Cardiac arrest
    Cardiac arrest, is the cessation of normal circulation of the blood due to failure of the heart to contract effectively...

    . http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=30490
  • Timothy Wright
    Timothy Wright
    Timothy Wright , generally credited as Rev. Timothy Wright or Reverend Timothy Wright on recordings, was an American gospel singer and pastor.-Biography:...

    , 61, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     pastor
    Pastor
    The word pastor usually refers to an ordained leader of a Christian congregation. When used as an ecclesiastical styling or title, this role may be abbreviated to "Pr." or often "Ps"....

     and gospel singer, car accident
    Car accident
    A traffic collision, also known as a traffic accident, motor vehicle collision, motor vehicle accident, car accident, automobile accident, Road Traffic Collision or car crash, occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other stationary obstruction,...

    . http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/25/arts/music/25wright.html

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  • Ken Annakin
    Ken Annakin
    Kenneth Cooper Annakin, OBE was an English film director.- Biography :Annakin grew up in Beverley, Yorkshire where he attended the local school. He began his career in feature films following an early experience making documentaries. His first filmwork was in 1947 with the Rank Organisation...

    , 94, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     film director
    Film director
    A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

     (The Longest Day
    The Longest Day (film)
    The Longest Day is a 1962 war film based on the 1959 history book The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan, about "D-Day", the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, during World War II....

    , Battle of the Bulge
    Battle of the Bulge (film)
    Battle of the Bulge is a widescreen war film produced in Spain that was released in 1965. It was directed by Ken Annakin. It starred Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Telly Savalas, Robert Ryan, Dana Andrews and Charles Bronson...

    ), complications from heart attack
    Myocardial infarction
    Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...

     and stroke
    Stroke
    A stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident , is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by blockage , or a hemorrhage...

    . http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/arts/24annakin.html?_r=1
  • Jack Cardiff
    Jack Cardiff
    Jack Cardiff, OBE, BSC was a British cinematographer, director and photographer.His career spanned the development of cinema, from silent film, through early experiments in Technicolor to filmmaking in the 21st century...

    , 94, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     cinematographer
    Cinematographer
    A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...

     (A Matter Of Life And Death, Black Narcissus
    Black Narcissus
    Black Narcissus is a 1947 film by the British director-writer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, based on the novel of the same name by Rumer Godden...

    , The African Queen), natural causes. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8012994.stm
  • Marilyn Cooper
    Marilyn Cooper
    Marilyn Cooper was an American actress, known primarily for her work on the Broadway stage.-Biography:Born in New York City, Cooper made her Broadway debut in 1956 in the chorus of Mr. Wonderful...

    , 74, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     actress, after long illness. http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/04-2009/tony-award-winner-marilyn-cooper-dies-at-62_18767.html
  • Bill Disney
    Bill Disney
    Bill Dale Disney was an American speed skater who competed in the 1960 Winter Olympics and 1964 Winter Olympics.He was born in Topeka, Kansas....

    , 77, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     Olympic
    Olympic Games
    The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

     silver medal-winning (1960
    1960 Winter Olympics
    The 1960 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VIII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event held between February 18 and 28, 1960 in Squaw Valley, California, United States. In 1955 at the 50th IOC meeting, the organizing committee made the surprise choice to award Squaw Valley as...

    ) speed skater
    Speed skating
    Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...

    , emphysema
    Emphysema
    Emphysema is a long-term, progressive disease of the lungs that primarily causes shortness of breath. In people with emphysema, the tissues necessary to support the physical shape and function of the lungs are destroyed. It is included in a group of diseases called chronic obstructive pulmonary...

    . http://socalspeedskating.org/memorial.html
  • Bob Hamm
    Bob Hamm
    -Early years:Bobby Richard Hamm was born in Winnfield, Louisiana to Clinton Cason Hamm and Annie Belle Kelly. He was the youngest of five children. Bob Graduated from Bolton High School located in Alexandria, Louisiana in 1952...

    , 74, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     writer
    Writer
    A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

     and Cajun
    Cajun
    Cajuns are an ethnic group mainly living in the U.S. state of Louisiana, consisting of the descendants of Acadian exiles...

     humorist, complications related to cancer
    Cancer
    Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

    . http://www.asimas.com/ASIMAS/martin/obituaryDescription.jsp?domain_id=157&deceased_id=193868
  • David Kellermann
    David Kellermann
    David B. Kellermann was the acting chief financial officer of Freddie Mac in early 2009.-Early life:Kellermann graduated from George Washington University with a master's degree in finance after a B.S. in Political Science and Accounting from the University of Michigan. His childhood was spent in...

    , 41, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     businessman, CFO of Freddie Mac since 2008, suicide
    Suicide
    Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...

     by hanging. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aBxYH7szIVOA&refer=us
  • Alex Lees
    Alex Lees
    Alex Lees was a British World War II veteran, who, as a POW, took part in planning the Great Escape.-Escape:...

    , 97, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     planner of the Great Escape during World War II
    World War II
    World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

    . http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8023821.stm
  • George C. Rawlings
    George C. Rawlings
    George Chancellor Rawlings Jr. was an American politician, a former member of the Democratic National Committee, and a member of the Virginia House of Delegates ....

    , 87, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , member of the Virginia House of Delegates
    Virginia House of Delegates
    The Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the Virginia General Assembly. It has 100 members elected for terms of two years; unlike most states, these elections take place during odd-numbered years. The House is presided over by the Speaker of the House, who is elected from among the...

     (1964–1969). http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2009/042009/04232009/461511
  • Heinz Schröder
    Heinz Schröder
    Heinz Schröder was a German puppeteer. He became known in East Germany for puppeteering popular characters such as Pittiplatsch and Herr Fuchs in the children's program of the East German television...

    , 80, German
    Germany
    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

     puppeteer
    Puppeteer
    A puppeteer is a person who manipulates an inanimate object, such as a puppet, in real time to create the illusion of life. The puppeteer may be visible to or hidden from the audience. A puppeteer can operate a puppet indirectly by the use of strings, rods, wires, electronics or directly by his or...

    . http://www.focus.de/kultur/kino_tv/heinz-schroeder-pittiplatsch-stimme-ist-tot_aid_395664.html (German)
  • Kim Weiskopf
    Kim Weiskopf
    Kim Weiskopf was an American television writer and producer, whose credits include Three's Company, Married ... with Children, One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons and Good Times.His solo writer-producer credits include Rachel Gunn, R.N., Full House, and Married .....

    , 62, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     television writer, pancreatic cancer
    Pancreatic cancer
    Pancreatic cancer refers to a malignant neoplasm of the pancreas. The most common type of pancreatic cancer, accounting for 95% of these tumors is adenocarcinoma, which arises within the exocrine component of the pancreas. A minority arises from the islet cells and is classified as a...

    . http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings25-2009apr25,0,6335310.story

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  • Iqbal Bano
    Iqbal Bano
    Iqbal Bano , PP was a highly acclaimed female Ghazal singer from Pakistan. She was best known for her semi-classical Urdu ghazal songs and classical thumris, but also sang easy-listening numbers in 1950s films....

    , 74, India
    India
    India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

    n-born Pakistan
    Pakistan
    Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

    i singer, after short illness. http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=HomePage&id=cb8c5b2a-0040-46b3-b6ae-3578655c9935&Headline=India-born+ghazal+queen+Iqbal+Bano+dies+in+Pakistan
  • Paul Ebert
    Paul Ebert
    Paul Allen Ebert was a director of the American College of Surgeons and athlete. He had been Chairman of the Departments of Surgery at both Cornell University Medical College and the University of California San Francisco Medical Center, as well as the President of the American College of...

    , 76, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     college baseball
    College baseball
    College baseball is baseball that is played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education. Compared to football and basketball, college competition in the United States plays a less significant contribution to cultivating professional players, as the minor leagues primarily...

     and basketball
    College basketball
    College basketball most often refers to the USA basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Basketball in the NCAA is divided into three divisions: Division I, Division II and Division III....

     player and surgeon
    Surgeon
    In medicine, a surgeon is a specialist in surgery. Surgery is a broad category of invasive medical treatment that involves the cutting of a body, whether human or animal, for a specific reason such as the removal of diseased tissue or to repair a tear or breakage...

    , myocardial infarction
    Myocardial infarction
    Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...

    . http://www.ctsnet.org/sections/newsandviews/transitions/articles/article-7.html
  • Robin Gillett
    Robin Gillett
    Sir Robin Danvers Penrose Gillett, 2nd Baronet, GBE, RD , was Lord Mayor of London 1976-77. He was also Gentleman Usher of the Purple Rod 1985 – 30 November 2000.-Family and education:...

    , 83, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     Lord Mayor of London
    Lord Mayor of London
    The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of London is the legal title for the Mayor of the City of London Corporation. The Lord Mayor of London is to be distinguished from the Mayor of London; the former is an officer only of the City of London, while the Mayor of London is the Mayor of Greater London and...

     (1976–1977). http://peeragenews.blogspot.com/2009/04/sir-robin-gillett-former-lord-mayor-of.html
  • Jack Jones
    Jack Jones (trade union leader)
    James Larkin Jones, CH, MBE , known as Jack Jones, was a British trade union leader and General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union.-Early life:...

    , 96, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     trade union
    Trade union
    A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...

     leader, veteran of the International Brigades
    International Brigades
    The International Brigades were military units made up of volunteers from different countries, who traveled to Spain to defend the Second Spanish Republic in the Spanish Civil War between 1936 and 1939....

    . http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8011514.stm
  • H. S. S. Lawrence
    H. S. S. Lawrence
    Harris Sam Sahayam Lawrence is an Indian educationalist born in Nagercoil, Tamilnadu.He is the eldest of five children born to his parents, Sam and Arulammal Harris. He hails from Santhapuram, Kanyakumari, Tamilnadu...

    , 85, India
    India
    India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

    n educationalist. http://www.hindu.com/mag/2009/05/17/stories/2009051750050200.htm
  • James Byron Moran
    James Byron Moran
    James Byron Moran was a United States federal judge.Born in Evanston, Illinois, Moran received a B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1952 and was a Sergeant in the United States Army from 1952 to 1954. He received an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1957. He was a law clerk, Hon. J. Edward...

    , 78, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     jurist (United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
    United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
    The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois is the trial-level court with jurisdiction over the northern counties of Illinois....

    ), after long illness. http://www.southtownstar.com/news/1536852,Obit-Judge-James-Moran-0421.article
  • Santha Rama Rau
    Santha Rama Rau
    Santha Rama Rau was an Indian American travel writer.Her father, Sir Benegal Rama Rau, was an Indian diplomat and ambassador. Her mother was Dhanvanthi Rama Rau, a leader in the Indian women's rights movement who was the International President of Planned Parenthood.As a young girl, Rama Rau...

    , 86, India
    India
    India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

    n-born American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     writer
    Writer
    A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

    , cardiac arrest
    Cardiac arrest
    Cardiac arrest, is the cessation of normal circulation of the blood due to failure of the heart to contract effectively...

    . http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/arts/24ramarau.html

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  • Beata Asimakopoulou
    Beata Asimakopoulou
    Evdokia "Beata" Asimakopoulou was a Greek actress.-Family:She was married to Greek film director Orestis Laskos; they had at least one child, a son, Vassilis Laskos.-Career:She appeared in the following:...

    , 77, Greek
    Greece
    Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

     actress, after short illness. http://www.in.gr/news/article.asp?lngEntityID=1006085&lngDtrID=253 (Greek)
  • Thomas Hill
    Thomas Hill (actor)
    Thomas Hill was an actor and director on stage for decades before starting in film in the mid 1960s and on television in the 1980s....

    , 81, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     actor
    Actor
    An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

    . http://www.tributes.com/show/Thomas-Hill-85836793
  • Franco Rotella
    Franco Rotella
    Franco Rotella was an Italian professional footballer who made over 300 league appearances in Italian football for Genoa, SPAL, Triestina, Pisa, Atalanta and Imperia.-External links:...

    , 42, Italian
    Italy
    Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

     footballer, melanoma
    Melanoma
    Melanoma is a malignant tumor of melanocytes. Melanocytes are cells that produce the dark pigment, melanin, which is responsible for the color of skin. They predominantly occur in skin, but are also found in other parts of the body, including the bowel and the eye...

    . http://www.sportlive.it/calcio/morte-franco-rotella-ex-calciatore-serie-a.html (Italian)

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  • J. G. Ballard
    J. G. Ballard
    James Graham Ballard was an English novelist, short story writer, and prominent member of the New Wave movement in science fiction...

    , 78, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     novelist, prostate cancer
    Prostate cancer
    Prostate cancer is a form of cancer that develops in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system. Most prostate cancers are slow growing; however, there are cases of aggressive prostate cancers. The cancer cells may metastasize from the prostate to other parts of the body, particularly...

    . http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8007331.stm
  • Doc Blanchard
    Doc Blanchard
    Felix Anthony "Doc" Blanchard is best known as the college football player who became the first ever junior to win the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award and was the first ever football player to win the James E. Sullivan Award, all in 1945. He played football for the United States Military Academy at...

    , 84, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     college football
    College football
    College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

     player (Army), Heisman Trophy
    Heisman Trophy
    The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...

     winner (1945), pneumonia
    Pneumonia
    Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...

    . http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iXgmyken_qyHJFNoZqbjplsgakowD97M0O600
  • Tilahun Gessesse
    Tilahun Gessesse
    Tilahun Gessesse was an Ethiopian singer regarded as one of the most popular of his country's "Golden Age" in the 1960s....

    , 68, Ethiopia
    Ethiopia
    Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

    n singer. http://www.waltainfo.com/walnew/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9467&Itemid=45
  • Tony Kett
    Tony Kett
    Tony Kett was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and member of Seanad Éireann. In 1997, he was elected to the 21st Seanad by the Administrative Panel. He was elected again in 2002 and in 2007....

    , 57, Irish
    Republic of Ireland
    Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

     politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , cancer
    Cancer
    Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

    . http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0420/1224245022912.html
  • Tharon Musser
    Tharon Musser
    Tharon Musser was an American lighting designer who worked on more than 150 Broadway productions. She was termed the "Dean of American Lighting Designers" and is considered one of the pioneers in her field....

    , 84, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     lighting designer
    Lighting designer
    The role of the lighting designer within theatre is to work with the director, choreographer, set designer, costume designer, and sound designer to create an overall 'look' for the show in response to the text, while keeping in mind issues of visibility, safety and cost...

    , after long illness. http://livedesignonline.com/news/041909_tharon_musser_passes_away/
  • Ray Nance
    Ray Nance (veteran)
    Elisha Ray Nance was the last survivor of the Bedford Boys, soldiers from the Blue Ridge foothills whose heavy losses at Omaha Beach symbolized the sacrifices of all the Americans who fell at Normandy on D-Day....

    , 94, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     World War II
    World War II
    World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

     veteran
    Veteran
    A veteran is a person who has had long service or experience in a particular occupation or field; " A veteran of ..."...

    , survivor of D-Day
    D-Day
    D-Day is a term often used in military parlance to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. "D-Day" often represents a variable, designating the day upon which some significant event will occur or has occurred; see Military designation of days and hours for similar...

    . http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/23/us/23nance.html?ref=obituaries
  • Dicky Robinson, 82, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     footballer (Middlesbrough
    Middlesbrough F.C.
    Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...

    ), after long illness. http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/970140.php
  • Terrell Starr
    Terrell Starr
    Terrell Starr was a Democratic member of the Georgia State Senate from 1968 to 2007.Born in Clayton County, Georgia, Starr was elected to the Georgia State Senate in 1968. He lived in Jonesboro, Georgia.-Notes:...

    , 82, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , member of the Georgia State Senate (1968–2006), heart failure. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/obits/stories/2009/04/21/Terrell_Starr_obituary.html
  • Kiril Vajarov
    Kiril Vajarov
    Kiril Vajarov was an ice-hockey goaltender, who played for HC Slavia Sofia.-International career:...

    , 21, Bulgaria
    Bulgaria
    Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

    n ice hockey
    Ice hockey
    Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

     goaltender
    Goaltender
    In ice hockey, the goaltender is the player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring...

    , member of the national team (2006–2009), stabbed. http://www.ijshockey.com/200809/item.asp?ID=2820 (Dutch)

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  • Tissa Abeysekara
    Tissa Abeysekara
    Deshabandu Kalasuri Vishvaprasdini Dr. Tissa Abeysekera was a Sri Lankan filmmaker, writer, critic, presenter, interviewer and political activist.-Early life:...

    , 69, Sri Lanka
    Sri Lanka
    Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

    n film director
    Film director
    A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

    , writer
    Writer
    A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

     and actor
    Actor
    An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

    , brain haemorrhage. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/04/090418_tissa.shtml
  • Toi Aukuso Cain, 77, Samoa
    Samoa
    Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...

    n politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

     and murder
    Murder
    Murder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...

    er, liver cancer
    Liver cancer
    Liver tumors or hepatic tumors are tumors or growths on or in the liver . Several distinct types of tumors can develop in the liver because the liver is made up of various cell types. These growths can be benign or malignant...

    . http://www.samoaobserver.ws/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7053:toi-passes-away&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=53
  • Peter Dennis
    Peter Dennis
    Peter Dennis was a Screen Actors Guild Award and Drama-Logue Award winning English film, television, theatre, and voice actor. His extensive career spanned both sides of the Atlantic with projects ranging from Sideways to The Avengers. He was perhaps best known for his more than three decades...

    , 75, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     actor
    Actor
    An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

    . http://www.baftala.org/news/index.php?section=Member
  • Edward George, Baron George
    Edward George, Baron George
    Edward Alan John George, Baron George, GBE, PC, DL , known as Eddie George, or "Steady Eddie", was Governor of the Bank of England from 1993 to 2003 and sat on the board of Rothschild.-Personal life:...

    , 70, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     public official, Governor of the Bank of England
    Governor of the Bank of England
    The Governor of the Bank of England is the most senior position in the Bank of England. It is nominally a civil service post, but the appointment tends to be from within the Bank, with the incumbent grooming his or her successor...

     (1993–2003), lung cancer
    Lung cancer
    Lung cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lung in a process called metastasis into nearby tissue and, eventually, into other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in lung, known as primary...

    . http://news.scotsman.com/obituaries/Lord--Eddie-George.5187891.jp
  • Vernon Malone
    Vernon Malone
    Vernon Malone was a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's fourteenth Senate district from 2003 until his death in 2009. His district included constituents in Wake County...

    , 77, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , member of the North Carolina Senate
    North Carolina Senate
    The North Carolina Senate is one of the two houses of the North Carolina General Assembly.Its prerogatives and powers are similar to those of the other house, the House of Representatives. Its members do, however, represent districts that are larger than those of their colleagues in the House. The...

     (2003–2009), natural causes
    Death by natural causes
    A death by natural causes, as recorded by coroners and on death certificates and associated documents, is one that is primarily attributed to natural agents: usually an illness or an internal malfunction of the body. For example, a person dying from complications from influenza or a heart attack ...

    . http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/4978882/
  • Bill Orton
    Bill Orton
    William "Bill" Orton was an American Democratic Congressman. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Utah from 1991 to 1997.-Early life and education:...

    , 60, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , member of the US House of Representatives from Utah
    Utah
    Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...

     (1991–1997), ATV
    All-terrain vehicle
    An all-terrain vehicle , also known as a quad, quad bike, three wheeler, or four wheeler, is defined by the American National Standards Institute as a vehicle that travels on low pressure tires, with a seat that is straddled by the operator, along with handlebars for steering control...

     accident. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705298267,00.html
  • Stephanie Parker
    Stephanie Parker
    Stephanie Parker was a Welsh actress, best known for playing Stacey Weaver on BBC Wales' television series, Belonging, since the age of 15. She also appeared in Casualty and BBC Radio 4 dramas.- Death :...

    , 22, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     actress (Belonging), apparent suicide
    Suicide
    Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...

     by hanging. http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/47033,news,bbc-actress-stephanie-parker-found-hanged
  • Charles Peebler
    Charles Peebler
    Charles David Peebler, Jr. was an American advertising executive who spent over 30 years at the helm of agency Bozell & Jacobs, where he grew yearly billings from $20 million in 1965 when he was named president, to $4.3 billion in 1997, when the firm was acquired by True North Communications...

    , 72, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     advertising
    Advertising
    Advertising is a form of communication used to persuade an audience to take some action with respect to products, ideas, or services. Most commonly, the desired result is to drive consumer behavior with respect to a commercial offering, although political and ideological advertising is also common...

     executive, progressive supranuclear palsy
    Progressive supranuclear palsy
    Progressive supranuclear palsy is a degenerative disease involving the gradual deterioration and death of specific areas of the brain....

    . http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/22/business/22peebler.html?ref=obituaries
  • Whitelaw Reid
    Whitelaw Reid (journalist)
    Whitelaw Reid was an American journalist who later served as editor, president and chairman of the family-owned New York Herald Tribune...

    , 95, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     journalist
    Journalist
    A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...

    , complications of lung and heart failure. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/20/nyregion/20reid.html?ref=obituaries
  • Elías Wessin y Wessin
    Elías Wessin y Wessin
    Elías Wessin y Wessin was a Dominican politician and Dominican Air Force general. Wessin led the military coup which ousted the government of Dominican President Juan Bosch in 1963, replacing it with a triumvirate...

    , 84, Dominican
    Dominican Republic
    The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...

     politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

     and general
    General
    A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....

    , cardiac arrest
    Cardiac arrest
    Cardiac arrest, is the cessation of normal circulation of the blood due to failure of the heart to contract effectively...

    . http://www.soitu.es/soitu/2009/04/18/info/1240080812_892276.html (Spanish)

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  • Midge Miller
    Midge Miller
    Marjorie "Midge" Miller was a Wisconsin Democratic politician.Born in Morgantown, West Virginia, Miller served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1971 to 1985....

    , 86, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
    Wisconsin State Assembly
    The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin....

     (1971–1985), cancer
    Cancer
    Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

    . http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/447491
  • Honoré Desmond Sharrer
    Honoré Desmond Sharrer
    Honoré Desmond Sharrer was a noted American artist first received public acclaim in 1950 for her Tribute to the American Working People. It was painted as a five-image polyptych echoing a Renaissance altarpiece, except its central figure is a factory worker not a saint...

    , 88, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     artist
    Artist
    An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...

    . http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/art-obituaries/5487942/Honore-Sharrer.html

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  • Patty Costello
    Patty Costello
    Patty Costello was an American left-handed professional ten-pin bowler. She was one of the best female bowlers of the 1970s and 1980s....

    , 61, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     ten-pin bowler
    Ten-pin bowling
    Ten-pin bowling is a competitive sport in which a player rolls a bowling ball down a wooden or synthetic lane with the objective of scoring points by knocking down as many pins as possible.-Summary:The lane is bordered along its length by semicylindrical channels Ten-pin bowling (commonly just...

    , pancreatic cancer
    Pancreatic cancer
    Pancreatic cancer refers to a malignant neoplasm of the pancreas. The most common type of pancreatic cancer, accounting for 95% of these tumors is adenocarcinoma, which arises within the exocrine component of the pancreas. A minority arises from the islet cells and is classified as a...

    . http://www.scrantontimes.com/sports/1.3665
  • Sal Guarriello
    Sal Guarriello
    Sal Guarriello was a member of the City Council of the City of West Hollywood, California. He was elected to the City Council in 1990, and reelected four times. He served four one-year terms as mayor...

    , 90, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , after short illness. http://www.canyon-news.com/artman2/publish/westhollywood/90-Year-Old_Councilman_Passes_Away.php
  • Tengiz Gudava
    Tengiz Gudava
    Tengiz Gudava was a Georgian author and human rights activist who was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1987 and worked for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty for 17 years.-Background:...

    , 55, Georgia
    Georgia (country)
    Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

    n-born Soviet dissident
    Soviet dissidents
    Soviet dissidents were citizens of the Soviet Union who disagreed with the policies and actions of their government and actively protested against these actions through either violent or non-violent means...

     and journalist
    Journalist
    A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...

     (RFE/RL). http://www.gzt.ru/incident/2009/04/20/202413.html (Russian)
  • Timothy Holst
    Timothy Holst
    Timothy J. Holst was a ringmaster with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The son of a postman and a nurse, Holst was born in Galesburg, IL. A lifelong Mormon, he served as a missionary in Sweden. He attended Ricks College and Utah State University, studying drama.Holst joined Ringling Bros...

    , 61, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     circus ringmaster
    Ringmaster (circus)
    The ringmaster is the most visible performer in the modern circus, and among the most important, since he stage-manages the performance, introduces the various acts, and guides the audience through the entertainment experience. In smaller circuses, the ringmaster is often the owner and artistic...

    , after short illness. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/23/arts/23holst.html
  • James D. Houston
    James D. Houston
    James Dudley Houston was an American novelist. He wrote nine novels in total.Houston was born in San Francisco, where his parents had migrated from Quanah, Texas, a small town near Oklahoma...

    , 75, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     author
    Author
    An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...

    , cancer
    Cancer
    Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

    . http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/18/books/18houston.html
  • Jim Lange
    Jim Lange (cartoonist)
    James Jacob Lange was an American cartoonist who worked for The Oklahoman for 58 years and produced over 19,000 cartoons....

    , 82, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     editorial cartoonist
    Editorial cartoonist
    An editorial cartoonist, also known as a political cartoonist, is an artist who draws editorial cartoons that contain some level of political or social commentary....

     (The Oklahoman
    The Oklahoman
    The Oklahoman is the largest daily newspaper in Oklahoma and is the only daily newspaper that covers the entire Oklahoma City area.-Ownership:...

    ), after long illness. http://newsok.com/longtime-cartoonist-jim-lange-dies/article/3362566
  • Svein Longva
    Svein Longva
    Svein Longva was a Norwegian economist and civil servant.He was born in Oslo, but his family moved to Volda in 1950. After completing his secondary education there in 1962, he enrolled in political economy studies at the University of Oslo...

    , 65, Norwegian
    Norway
    Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

     economist
    Economist
    An economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...

    , State Conciliator
    State Conciliator of Norway
    The State Conciliator of Norway is an arbitrator's office of Norway. It is invoked in labour disputes, in other words when tariff agreements are disagreed upon.It was established in 1915, and the first State Conciliator took office in 1916...

     (2005–2009). http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/1.6570524 (Norwegian)
  • Michel Mondésert
    Michel Mondésert
    Michel Mondésert was a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.Mondésert was born in Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, and was ordained a priest on July 11, 1943. Appointed Auxiliary Bishop to the Diocese of Grenoble-Vienne on June 4, 1971 and ordained bishop on September 25, 1971...

    , 92, French
    France
    The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

     Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop
    Auxiliary bishop
    An auxiliary bishop, in the Roman Catholic Church, is an additional bishop assigned to a diocese because the diocesan bishop is unable to perform his functions, the diocese is so extensive that it requires more than one bishop to administer, or the diocese is attached to a royal or imperial office...

     of Grenoble. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmond.html
  • Viktor Paskov
    Viktor Paskov
    Viktor Marinov Paskov was a Bulgarian writer, musician, musicologist and screenwriter.Paskov was born in the capital Sofia and finished high school in the city. He graduated from what is today the Felix Mendelssohn College of Music and Theatre in Leipzig, East Germany in 1976 and was part of...

    , 59, Bulgaria
    Bulgaria
    Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

    n writer
    Writer
    A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

    , lung cancer
    Lung cancer
    Lung cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lung in a process called metastasis into nearby tissue and, eventually, into other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in lung, known as primary...

    . http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=102860
  • Eduardo Rózsa-Flores
    Eduardo Rózsa-Flores
    Eduardo Rózsa-Flores was a Bolivian-Hungarian mercenary, journalist, actor, and secret agent. Born in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, he was known in Hungary as Rózsa-Flores Eduardo or Rózsa György Eduardo...

    , 49, Hungarian
    Hungary
    Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

     journalist
    Journalist
    A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...

    , writer
    Writer
    A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

    , actor
    Actor
    An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

     and soldier
    Soldier
    A soldier is a member of the land component of national armed forces; whereas a soldier hired for service in a foreign army would be termed a mercenary...

    , shot
    Ballistic trauma
    The term ballistic trauma refers to a form of physical trauma sustained from the discharge of arms or munitions. The most common forms of ballistic trauma stem from firearms used in armed conflicts, civilian sporting and recreational pursuits, and criminal activity.-Destructive effects:The degree...

    . http://www.budapesttimes.hu/content/view/11706/219/
  • Saensak Muangsurin
    Saensak Muangsurin
    Saensak Muangsurin was a retired professional boxer from Phetchabun, Thailand. He was a former WBC light welterweight champion, who set a world record by winning the world title in only his 3rd professional fight.- Biography :...

    , 58, Thai
    Thailand
    Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

     boxer
    Professional Boxing
    Professional boxing, or prizefighting, emerged in the early twentieth century as boxing gradually attained legitimacy and became a regulated, sanctioned sport. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse which is divided among the fighters and promoters as determined by contract...

    , intestinal
    Intestine
    In human anatomy, the intestine is the segment of the alimentary canal extending from the pyloric sphincter of the stomach to the anus and, in humans and other mammals, consists of two segments, the small intestine and the large intestine...

     complications. http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/sports/15149/thai-legend-saensak-dies-at-58
  • Fadel Shana'a
    Fadel Shana'a
    Fadel Shana'a was a Palestinian journalist working as a cameraman for Reuters. He was killed, along with eight other noncombatants, by a flechette shell fired by an Israeli tank in the Gaza Strip....

    , 23, Palestinian
    Palestinian territories
    The Palestinian territories comprise the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Since the Palestinian Declaration of Independence in 1988, the region is today recognized by three-quarters of the world's countries as the State of Palestine or simply Palestine, although this status is not recognized by the...

     photojournalist (Reuters
    Reuters
    Reuters is a news agency headquartered in New York City. Until 2008 the Reuters news agency formed part of a British independent company, Reuters Group plc, which was also a provider of financial market data...

    ), military strike
    Military strike
    A military strike is a limited attack on a specified target. Strikes are used, amongst other things, to render facilities inoperable , to assassinate enemy leaders, and to limit supply to enemy troops. A strike can often be the prelude to a war or siege, whose initial strike is for a strategic or...

    . http://www.nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2008/04/shana.html

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  • Ed Blake
    Ed Blake
    Edward James Blake was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played four seasons with the Cincinnati Reds and the Kansas City Athletics. In eight career games, Blake pitched 8⅔ innings and had a 8.31 earned run average .After graduating high school in East St. Louis, Blake...

    , 83, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     baseball
    Baseball
    Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

     player, after long illness. http://www.bnd.com/sports/story/732939.html
  • Sir Clement Freud
    Clement Freud
    Sir Clement Raphael Freud was an English broadcaster, writer, politician and chef.-Early life:Freud was born in Berlin, the son of Jewish parents Ernst Ludwig Freud and Lucie née Brasch. He was the grandson of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and the brother of artist Lucian Freud...

    , 84, German
    Germany
    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

    -born British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     writer
    Writer
    A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

    , broadcaster
    Presenter
    A presenter, or host , is a person or organization responsible for running an event. A museum or university, for example, may be the presenter or host of an exhibit. Likewise, a master of ceremonies is a person that hosts or presents a show...

     and politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , MP
    Member of Parliament
    A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

     (1973–1987). http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/17/arts/17freud.html
  • Merle Harmon
    Merle Harmon
    Merle Reid Harmon was an American sportscaster who was the play-by-play voice for five Major League Baseball teams, two in the American Football League and the World Football League's only full season of nationally syndicated telecasts.-Early life and career:Born and raised in Salem, Illinois,...

    , 82, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     sportscaster
    Sportscaster
    In sports broadcasting, a commentator gives a running commentary of a game or event in real time, usually during a live broadcast. The comments are normally a voiceover, with the sounds of the action and spectators also heard in the background. In the case of television commentary, the commentator...

    , pneumonia
    Pneumonia
    Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...

    . http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/43059057.html
  • Wisdom Siziba
    Wisdom Siziba
    Wisdom Thomas Siziba was a Zimbabwean cricketer who played for Matabeleland. Siziba played 29 matches as a wicket-keeper batsman for Matabeleland between 2000 and 2005 before leaving for South Africa as the cricketing infrastructure in Zimbabwe began to fall apart.Born in Bulawayo, Siziba suffered...

    , 28, Zimbabwe
    Zimbabwe
    Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

    an cricket
    Cricket
    Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

    er, heart failure. http://content.cricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/story/401077.html
  • László Tisza
    László Tisza
    László Tisza was Professor of Physics Emeritus at MIT. He was a colleague of famed physicists Edward Teller, Lev Landau and Fritz London, and initiated the two-fluid theory of liquid helium.-United States:...

    , 101, Hungarian
    Hungary
    Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

    -born American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     physicist
    Physicist
    A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...

    . http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/obit-tisza-0416.html

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  • Richard Baker
    Richard Baker (businessman)
    Richard "Dick" Baker was an American businessman and surf apparel executive for Ocean Pacific. Baker helped to shape the surf apparel industry as president and chief executive of Ocean Pacific, also known as OP....

    , 62, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     surf
    Surfing
    Surfing' is a surface water sport in which the surfer rides a surfboard on the crest and face of a wave which is carrying the surfer towards the shore...

     apparel executive (Ocean Pacific
    Ocean Pacific
    Ocean Pacific Apparel Corp is a private company based in Irvine, California, USA. It produces primarily surf related apparel, swimwear, footwear and accessories. OP is available exclusively at Wal-Mart.-History:...

    ), cancer
    Cancer
    Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

    . http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2009/04/17/richard_baker_gave_business_sense_to_surf_firms/
  • Maurice Druon
    Maurice Druon
    Maurice Druon was a French novelist and a member of the Académie française.Born in Paris, France, Druon was the nephew of the writer Joseph Kessel, with whom he translated the Chant des Partisans, a French Resistance anthem of World War II, with music and words originally by Anna Marly.In 1948...

    , 90, French
    France
    The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

     novelist, Dean of the Académie française
    Académie française
    L'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...

     (French Academy), and French Resistance
    French Resistance
    The French Resistance is the name used to denote the collection of French resistance movements that fought against the Nazi German occupation of France and against the collaborationist Vichy régime during World War II...

     fighter. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hzuDSs5L9b5aVQzqns9b2OolDitw
  • Fuyuko Kamisaka
    Fuyuko Kamisaka
    was a Japanese non-fiction author.Kamisaka was born as Yoshiko Niwa in Tokyo on June 10, 1930. Her first work, Shokuba-no gunzo , based on her experiences as a worker for Toyota, was published in 1959 and won a prize for works by new authors.Her best known work is ""Keishu Nazare-en" about a...

    , 78, Japan
    Japan
    Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

    ese historian
    Historian
    A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...

    , author
    Author
    An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...

     and critic
    Critic
    A critic is anyone who expresses a value judgement. Informally, criticism is a common aspect of all human expression and need not necessarily imply skilled or accurate expressions of judgement. Critical judgements, good or bad, may be positive , negative , or balanced...

    , cancer
    Cancer
    Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

    . http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20090417p2a00m0na015000c.html
  • Les Keiter
    Les Keiter
    Les Keiter , also known as the "General", was a newscaster and sports director of Honolulu, Hawaii television station KHON-TV. Keiter, who also lived in New York and San Francisco, also called some of the biggest fights in the history of boxing.- Early career :Keiter was raised in Seattle and...

    , 89, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     sportscaster
    Sportscaster
    In sports broadcasting, a commentator gives a running commentary of a game or event in real time, usually during a live broadcast. The comments are normally a voiceover, with the sounds of the action and spectators also heard in the background. In the case of television commentary, the commentator...

    , natural causes. http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090415/SPORTS/904150402/1032
  • Max Lake
    Max Lake
    Max Emory Lake, OAM was an Australian winemaker and surgeon, who is generally regarded as the "father of the Australian boutique wine industry".-Life:...

    , 84, Australia
    Australia
    Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

    n winemaker
    Winemaker
    A winemaker or vintner is a person engaged in winemaking. They are generally employed by wineries or wine companies, where their work includes:*Cooperating with viticulturists...

    , fall
    Falling (accident)
    Falling is a major cause of personal injury, especially for the elderly. Builders, electricians, miners, and painters represent worker categories representing high rates of fall injuries. The WHO estimate that 392,000 people die in falls every year...

    . http://www.smh.com.au/national/aussie-wine-pioneer-max-lake-dies-20090415-a7gk.html
  • Marcus Loane
    Marcus Loane
    Sir Marcus Lawrence Loane KBE was the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney from 1966–1982 and Primate of Australia from 1978–1982. He was the first Australian-born Archbishop of Sydney and also the first Australian-born archbishop within the Anglican Church of Australia.Loane was born in...

    , 97, Australia
    Australia
    Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

    n Anglican
    Anglican Church of Australia
    The Anglican Church of Australia is a member church of the Anglican Communion. It was previously officially known as the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania...

     Primate
    Primate (religion)
    Primate is a title or rank bestowed on some bishops in certain Christian churches. Depending on the particular tradition, it can denote either jurisdictional authority or ceremonial precedence ....

     (1978–1982), Archbishop of Sydney (1966–1982), after short illness. http://www.evangelicals.org/news.asp?id=991
  • Peter Rogers
    Peter Rogers
    Peter Rogers was a British film producer.Rogers began his career as a journalist for his local paper before graduating to scriptwriting religious informational films...

    , 95, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     film producer
    Film producer
    A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...

     (Carry On series). http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8000111.stm
  • Royce Ryton
    Royce Ryton
    Royce Thomas Carlisle Ryton was an English playwright. During the war he served in the Royal Navy; afterward, he went to train as an actor at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. As an actor, he played in many repertory theatres, including Bromley, Minehead, and Worthing. He also toured...

    , 84, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     playwright
    Playwright
    A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...

    . http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/24126/playwright-royce-ryton-dies-aged-84

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  • John Armitage
    John Armitage
    John Lindsay Armitage, OAM was an Australian politician. Born in Sydney, he was educated at Sydney Technical High School before undergoing military service from 1942 to 1945...

    , 88, Australia
    Australia
    Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

    n politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , MP
    Parliament of Australia
    The Parliament of Australia, also known as the Commonwealth Parliament or Federal Parliament, is the legislative branch of the government of Australia. It is bicameral, largely modelled in the Westminster tradition, but with some influences from the United States Congress...

     (1961–1963, 1969–1983). http://classifieds.fairfax.com.au/personals/search.vts?action=View&VDkVgwKey=9483280321653&DocOffset=18&DocsFound=300&QueryZIP=(SUB_SECTIONG%3Ddeaths)&Collection=personals&SortOrder=asc&SortField=title&ViewTemplate=docview.hts&ResultTemplate=results.hts&ResultStart=1&ResultCount=20&ResultMaxDocs=300&RealNumDocsFound=300&display=o&res=o&s=personals&c=notices&sc=1&f=0&p=0&rank=18
  • Björn Borg
    Björn Borg (swimmer)
    Björn Borg was a Swedish backstroke and freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was born in Örby and died in Zürich, Switzerland on April 13, 2009....

    , 89, Swedish
    Sweden
    Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

     Olympic
    Olympic Games
    The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

     swimmer
    Swimming (sport)
    Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

    . http://www.svd.se/sportspel/nyheter/artikel_2745079.svd (Swedish)
  • Stefan Brecht
    Stefan Brecht
    Stefan Brecht was a German-born American poet, critic and scholar of theater.The son of playwright and poet Bertolt Brecht and actress Helene Weigel, Stefan Brecht was born in Berlin. He chose to stay in the United States when his family, who had arrived in Santa Monica, California in 1941,...

    , 84, German
    Germany
    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

     poet
    Poet
    A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

    , son of Bertolt Brecht
    Bertolt Brecht
    Bertolt Brecht was a German poet, playwright, and theatre director.An influential theatre practitioner of the 20th century, Brecht made equally significant contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production, the latter particularly through the seismic impact of the tours undertaken by the...

     and Helene Weigel
    Helene Weigel
    Helene Weigel was a distinguished German actress. She was the second wife of Bertolt Brecht, and together they had a son Stefan Brecht and daughter Barbara Brecht-Schall .The daughter of a Jewish lawyer, she became a Communist Party member from 1930 and Artistic Director of the...

    , after long illness. http://ibna.ir/vdcjoaet.uqeatz29fu.html
  • Frank Costigan
    Frank Costigan
    Francis Xavier "Frank" Costigan, QC was an Australian lawyer who is most famous for chairing the Costigan Commission into organised crime.-Background and early life:...

    , 78, Australia
    Australia
    Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

    n lawyer
    Lawyer
    A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...

     and royal commission
    Royal Commission
    In Commonwealth realms and other monarchies a Royal Commission is a major ad-hoc formal public inquiry into a defined issue. They have been held in various countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Saudi Arabia...

    er, head of the Costigan Commission
    Costigan Commission
    The Costigan Commission was a controversial Australian royal commission....

    . http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/04/13/2541517.htm
  • Tony Eckstein
    Tony Eckstein
    Anton Joseph “Tony” or “A. J.”Eckstein was a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from southwestern Minnesota. First elected in 1970, Eckstein was re-elected in 1972, 1974 and 1976...

    , 85, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

     and veterinarian
    Veterinarian
    A veterinary physician, colloquially called a vet, shortened from veterinarian or veterinary surgeon , is a professional who treats disease, disorder and injury in animals....

    . http://www.nujournal.com/page/content.detail/id/506304.html
  • Mark Fidrych
    Mark Fidrych
    Mark Steven Fidrych , nicknamed "The Bird", was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched his entire career for the Detroit Tigers ....

    , 54, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     baseball
    Baseball
    Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

     pitcher
    Pitcher
    In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...

     (Detroit Tigers
    Detroit Tigers
    The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...

    ), suffocation
    Asphyxia
    Asphyxia or asphyxiation is a condition of severely deficient supply of oxygen to the body that arises from being unable to breathe normally. An example of asphyxia is choking. Asphyxia causes generalized hypoxia, which primarily affects the tissues and organs...

    . http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4073519
  • Jack D. Hunter
    Jack D. Hunter
    Jack D. Hunter was an American author and artist, best known for his novel, The Blue Max, which was made into a film of the same name, The Blue Max.-Biography:...

    , 87, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     author
    Author
    An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...

    , cancer
    Cancer
    Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

    . http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2009/04/14/jack-hunter-obit.html
  • Harry Kalas
    Harry Kalas
    Harry Norbert Kalas was an American sportscaster, best known for his Ford C. Frick Award-winning role as lead play-by-play announcer for Major League Baseball's Philadelphia Phillies...

    , 73, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     sportscaster
    Sportscaster
    In sports broadcasting, a commentator gives a running commentary of a game or event in real time, usually during a live broadcast. The comments are normally a voiceover, with the sounds of the action and spectators also heard in the background. In the case of television commentary, the commentator...

    , heart attack
    Myocardial infarction
    Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...

    . http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/homepage/20090415_Kalas__son_recalls_final_meeting.html
  • Ángel Miguel
    Ángel Miguel
    Ángel Miguel was a Spanish professional golfer. He is often regarded as one of the pioneers of golf in Spain....

    , 79, Spanish
    Spain
    Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

     professional golfer
    Professional golfer
    In golf the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained. An amateur who breaches the rules of amateur status may lose his or her amateur status. A golfer who has lost his or her amateur status may not play in amateur competitions until amateur status has been reinstated;...

    . http://www.elpais.com/articulo/Necrologicas/Angel/Miguel/pionero/golf/Espana/elpepinec/20090414elpepinec_1/Tes (Spanish)
  • Bruce Snyder
    Bruce Snyder
    Bruce Snyder was an American football player and coach. After playing for Oregon in the early 1960s as a fullback, Snyder embarked on a coaching career...

    , 69, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     football
    American football
    American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

     coach, melanoma
    Melanoma
    Melanoma is a malignant tumor of melanocytes. Melanocytes are cells that produce the dark pigment, melanin, which is responsible for the color of skin. They predominantly occur in skin, but are also found in other parts of the body, including the bowel and the eye...

    . http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4065325
  • Alfred Swift
    Alfred Swift
    Alfred James Swift was a South African Olympic Athlete and cyclist.Swift was born in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa on 25 June 1931. He was awarded provincial colours for Natal and then later for Transvaal...

    , 77, South Africa
    South Africa
    The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

    n Olympic
    Olympic Games
    The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

     cyclist
    Cycling
    Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...

    . http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sw/jimmy-swift-1.html
  • Kevin Walton
    Kevin Walton
    Eric William Kevin Walton, GC, DSC , known as Kevin Walton, was an officer in the Royal Navy during World War II and, in 1946, was a winner of the Albert Medal, which in 1971 was superseded by the George Cross.-Early life:...

    , 90, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     winner of the Albert Medal
    Albert Medal (lifesaving)
    The Albert Medal for Lifesaving was a British medal awarded to recognise the saving of life. It has since been replaced by the George Cross.The Albert Medal was first instituted by a Royal Warrant on 7 March 1866 and discontinued in 1971 with the last two awards promulgated in the London Gazette of...

    . http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/5166438/Lieutenant-Kevin-Walton-GC.html

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  • Sitara Achakzai
    Sitara Achakzai
    Sitara Achakzai was a leading Afghan women's rights activist and a member of the regional parliament in Kandahar. She was assassinated by the Taliban....

    , 52, Afghan
    Afghanistan
    Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

     women's rights
    Women's rights
    Women's rights are entitlements and freedoms claimed for women and girls of all ages in many societies.In some places these rights are institutionalized or supported by law, local custom, and behaviour, whereas in others they may be ignored or suppressed...

     activist and politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , shot
    Ballistic trauma
    The term ballistic trauma refers to a form of physical trauma sustained from the discharge of arms or munitions. The most common forms of ballistic trauma stem from firearms used in armed conflicts, civilian sporting and recreational pursuits, and criminal activity.-Destructive effects:The degree...

    . http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/taliban-murder-leading-afghan-female-rights-activist-1667853.html
  • Danny Cameron
    Danny Cameron
    Daniel Ernest Cameron was the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada, from 1991 to 1995, as leader of the Confederation of Regions Party of New Brunswick, a conservative political party....

    , 85, Canadian
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

     politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , Leader of the Opposition
    Leader of the Opposition (New Brunswick)
    The Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of New Brunswick, Canada is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest party not in government....

     in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
    Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
    The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick is located in Fredericton. It was established de jure when the colony was created in 1784, but only came in to session in 1786 following the first elections in late 1785. Until 1891, it was the lower house in a bicameral legislature when its upper house...

     (1991–1995). http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2009/04/13/nb-danny-cameron-0413.html
  • Marilyn Chambers
    Marilyn Chambers
    Marilyn Chambers was an American pornographic actress, exotic dancer, model, actress and vice-presidential candidate...

    , 56, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     pornographic film actress (Behind the Green Door
    Behind the Green Door
    Behind the Green Door is a 1972 feature-length pornographic film, widely considered one of the genre's "classic" pictures. It was the first hardcore film widely released in the United States. It was the first feature-length film directed by the Mitchell brothers and starred Marilyn Chambers...

    ), erotic dancer, and politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , heart disease
    Heart disease
    Heart disease, cardiac disease or cardiopathy is an umbrella term for a variety of diseases affecting the heart. , it is the leading cause of death in the United States, England, Canada and Wales, accounting for 25.4% of the total deaths in the United States.-Types:-Coronary heart disease:Coronary...

    . http://www.reuters.com/article/filmNews/idUSTRE53C5JE20090413
  • Kent Douglas
    Kent Douglas
    Kent Gemmell Douglas was a professional ice hockey defenceman and coach.-Early career:Douglas started his career with the Kitchener Canucks in the Ontario Hockey Association...

    , 73, Canadian
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

     ice hockey
    Ice hockey
    Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

     player (Toronto Maple Leafs
    Toronto Maple Leafs
    The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...

    ), cancer
    Cancer
    Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

     http://www.thestar.com/Sports/article/617419
  • Gene Handley
    Gene Handley
    Eugene Louis "Gene" Handley was a backup infielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1946-47. Handley batted and threw right-handed...

    , 94, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     baseball player. http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/frontpage/114809.php
  • Mike Keen
    Mike Keen
    Michael Thomas "Mike" Keen was an English former footballer who played during the 1960s and 1970s. He was the father of former West Ham United and Stoke City player Kevin Keen....

    , 69, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     footballer, after short illness. http://www.clubfanzine.com/QPR/v2.showNews.php?id=19121
  • Hans Kleppen
    Hans Kleppen
    Hans Kleppen was a Norwegian ski jumper who competed in the late 1920s. He won a bronze medal on the individual large hill competition at the 1929 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane....

    , 102, Norwegian
    Norway
    Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

     ski jumper
    Ski jumping
    Ski jumping is a sport in which skiers go down a take-off ramp, jump and attempt to land as far as possible down the hill below. In addition to the length of the jump, judges give points for style. The skis used for ski jumping are wide and long...

    . http://www.aguiden.no/paperadsobi/439842.pdf (Norwegian)
  • Sir Kirby Laing
    Kirby Laing
    Sir William "Kirby" Laing, DL, JP, FREng was a British civil engineer.-Career:Laing was born in Carlisle in 1916. He is a member of the Laing Family, famous in the British construction industry for running John Laing plc. He is the son of Sir John Laing and the brother of Sir Maurice Laing...

    , 92, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     civil engineer
    Civil engineer
    A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering; the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructures while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing infrastructures that have been neglected.Originally, a...

    . http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/finance-obituaries/5154977/Sir-Kirby-Laing.html
  • Sir John Maddox
    John Maddox
    Sir John Royden Maddox, FRS was a British science writer. He was an editor of Nature for 22 years, from 1966–1973 and 1980-1995.-Career:...

    , 83, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     science writer, editor
    Editing
    Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...

     (Nature
    Nature (journal)
    Nature, first published on 4 November 1869, is ranked the world's most cited interdisciplinary scientific journal by the Science Edition of the 2010 Journal Citation Reports...

    , 1966–1973, 1980–1995). http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6087234.ece
  • Stephen Minarik
    Stephen Minarik
    Stephen J. Minarik III was a New York State political figure who served as the chairman of the Monroe County, New York and New York State Republican Committees.-Life:...

    , 49, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , chairman of the New York Republican State Committee
    New York Republican State Committee
    The New York Republican State Committee is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in New York, headquartered in Albany.-History:...

     (2004–2006), heart attack
    Myocardial infarction
    Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...

    . http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wxxi/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1492467§ionID=1
  • Ephraim Obot
    Ephraim Obot
    Silas Ephraim Obot was the Nigeria bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Idah on Nigeria from his appointment on December 17, 1977, until his death in 2009....

    , 72, Nigeria
    Nigeria
    Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

    n Roman Catholic prelate
    Prelate
    A prelate is a high-ranking member of the clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin prælatus, the past participle of præferre, which means "carry before", "be set above or over" or "prefer"; hence, a prelate is one set over others.-Related...

    , Bishop
    Bishop (Catholic Church)
    In the Catholic Church, a bishop is an ordained minister who holds the fullness of the sacrament of Holy Orders and is responsible for teaching the Catholic faith and ruling the Church....

     of Idah since 1977. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bobot.html
  • Franklin Rosemont
    Franklin Rosemont
    Franklin Rosemont was a poet, artist, historian, street speaker, and co-founder of the Chicago Surrealist Group...

    , 65, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     surrealist poet
    Poet
    A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

    , labor historian
    Labor history (discipline)
    Labor history is a broad field of study concerned with the development of the labor movement and the working class. The central concerns of labor historians include the development of labor unions, strikes, lockouts and protest movements, industrial relations, and the progress of working class and...

     and co-founder of the Chicago Surrealist Group
    Chicago Surrealist Group
    The Chicago Surrealist Group was founded in Chicago, Illinois in July, 1966 by Franklin and Penelope Rosemont after a 1965 trip to Paris, during which they had been in contact with André Breton...

    .
  • Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
    Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
    Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick was an American academic scholar in the fields of gender studies, queer theory , and critical theory. Her critical writings helped create the field of queer studies...

    , 58, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     writer
    Writer
    A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

     and critical theorist
    Critical theory
    Critical theory is an examination and critique of society and culture, drawing from knowledge across the social sciences and humanities. The term has two different meanings with different origins and histories: one originating in sociology and the other in literary criticism...

    , pioneer of queer studies
    Queer studies
    Queer studies is the critical theory based study of issues relating to sexual orientation and gender identity usually focusing on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people and cultures. Universities have also labeled this area of analysis Sexual Diversity Studies, Sexualities...

    , breast cancer
    Breast cancer
    Breast cancer is cancer originating from breast tissue, most commonly from the inner lining of milk ducts or the lobules that supply the ducts with milk. Cancers originating from ducts are known as ductal carcinomas; those originating from lobules are known as lobular carcinomas...

    . http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/15/arts/15sedgwick.html?ref=obituaries
  • Ishaq Shahryar
    Ishaq Shahryar
    Ishaq M. Shahryar was the Afghan ambassador to the United States from 2002 to 2003.Shahryar who was born in Kabul, Afghanistan to an ethnic Tajik family. He came to the United States in 1956 on a scholarship to study at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of California, Santa...

    , 73, Afghan
    Afghanistan
    Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

    -born American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     scientist
    Scientist
    A scientist in a broad sense is one engaging in a systematic activity to acquire knowledge. In a more restricted sense, a scientist is an individual who uses the scientific method. The person may be an expert in one or more areas of science. This article focuses on the more restricted use of the word...

     and ambassador
    Ambassador
    An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization....

    . http://www.palisadespost.com/obituaries/index.cfm?Story_ID=4836
  • Derek Weiler
    Derek Weiler
    Derek Xavier Weiler was a Canadian magazine editor and author. In a career that culminated in his editorship of Quill & Quire, Canada's national book trade magazine, he became an important figure in Canadian publishing...

    , 40, Canadian
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

     editor
    Editing
    Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...

     and writer
    Writer
    A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

    . http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/13/derek-weiler-1968-2009/
  • Zeke Zarchy
    Zeke Zarchy
    Rubin "Zeke" Zarchy was an American lead trumpet player of the big band and swing eras.He joined the Joe Haymes orchestra in 1934, then played with Benny Goodman in 1936 and Artie Shaw in 1937...

    , 93, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     swing music jazz
    Jazz
    Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

     trumpet
    Trumpet
    The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...

    er. http://www.ringwald.com/pacific.htm

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  • James William Brodie
    James William Brodie
    James William Brodie, OBE was a New Zealand geologist, oceanographer and amateur historian and philatelist.Inspired to become a geologist after witnessing the Napier earthquake first-hand while at Napier Boys' High School he joined the Lands and Survey Department in 1937, moving to the DSIR in 1945...

    , 88, New Zealand
    New Zealand
    New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

     geologist
    Geologist
    A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth as well as the processes and history that has shaped it. Geologists usually engage in studying geology. Geologists, studying more of an applied science than a theoretical one, must approach Geology using...

    , oceanographer and geophysicist. http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/features/obituaries/2374049/James-Brodie-Earthquake-led-to-a-lifetimes-work/
  • Mickey Cafagna
    Mickey Cafagna
    Michael "Mickey" Cafagna was the third elected mayor of the city of Poway, California, serving from 1998 until his death in 2009.Cafagna was born in Detroit, Michigan, the third son of Italian immigrants...

    , 65, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     politician, mayor of Poway, California
    Poway, California
    Poway is a city in San Diego County, California. Originally an unincorporated community in San Diego County, Poway officially became a city in December 1980. Even though Poway lies geographically in the middle of San Diego County, most consider its relative location as north county inland...

    , complications from kidney cancer
    Kidney cancer
    Kidney cancer is a type of cancer that starts in the cells in the kidney.The two most common types of kidney cancer are renal cell carcinoma and urothelial cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis...

    . http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Mayor-of-Poway-Dies.html
  • Simon Channing-Williams
    Simon Channing-Williams
    Simon Channing-Williams was a British film producer. He was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire. He formed Thin Man Productions with Mike Leigh...

    , 63, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     film producer
    Film producer
    A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...

    , cancer
    Cancer
    Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

    . http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/18/movies/18williams.html?ref=obituaries
  • Albert Chernenko
    Albert Chernenko
    Albert Konstantinovich Chernenko was a Russian philosopher, best known for his innovations in the field of social and legal philosophy. He was the son of Konstantin Chernenko, the fifth General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union....

    , 74, Russia
    Russia
    Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

    n philosopher, son of Konstantin Chernenko
    Konstantin Chernenko
    Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko was a Soviet politician and the fifth General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He led the Soviet Union from 13 February 1984 until his death thirteen months later, on 10 March 1985...

    . http://www.gorodgid.ru/viewArticle.htm?articleId=2278 (Russian)
  • Rob Dickson
    Rob Dickson
    Robert Dickson was an Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL, a film director, and the winner of reality show Australian Survivor. He attended St Pauls College, Traralgon, in Victoria, Australia....

    , 45, Australia
    Australia
    Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

    n football player, winner of Australian Survivor
    Australian Survivor
    Australian Survivor was a television series based on the popular reality show Survivor. The series was filmed in November and December 2001 and aired weekly from 13 February - 15 May 2002 on Australia's Nine Network...

    , car accident
    Car accident
    A traffic collision, also known as a traffic accident, motor vehicle collision, motor vehicle accident, car accident, automobile accident, Road Traffic Collision or car crash, occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other stationary obstruction,...

    . http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/800326/former-afl-player-survivor-winner-dies
  • Gerda Gilboe
    Gerda Gilboe
    Gerda Gilboe was a Danish actress and singer. She appeared in 18 films between 1943 and 2003.The daughter of a blacksmith, Gilboe started her career in musical theatre and operas in Aarhus before she moved to Copenhagen to work at different theatres...

    , 94, Danish
    Denmark
    Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

     actress. http://dnfx.dfi.dk/pls/dnf/pwt.page_setup?p_pagename=dnfnavn&p_parmlist=navneid=3552http://www.berlingske.dk/article/20090414/navne/90414057/ (Danish)
  • Judith Krug
    Judith Krug
    Judith Fingeret Krug was an American librarian and anti-censorship activist. She was appointed as the Director of the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom in 1967 and Executive Director of the Freedom to Read Foundation in 1969...

    , 69, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     librarian
    Librarian
    A librarian is an information professional trained in library and information science, which is the organization and management of information services or materials for those with information needs...

    , founder of Banned Books Week
    Banned Books Week
    Banned Books Week is an annual awareness campaign that celebrates the freedom to read, draws attention to banned and challenged books, and highlights persecuted individuals...

    , stomach cancer
    Stomach cancer
    Gastric cancer, commonly referred to as stomach cancer, can develop in any part of the stomach and may spread throughout the stomach and to other organs; particularly the esophagus, lungs, lymph nodes, and the liver...

    . http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/15/us/15krug.html?ref=obituaries
  • René Monory
    René Monory
    René Monory was a French centre-right politician.-Biography:René Monory was born in Loudun and began his career as the owner of a garage. He was the founder of the Poitiers Futuroscope.Monory first became a Senator in 1968...

    , 85, French
    France
    The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

     politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , President of the Senate (1992–1998). http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jj4yj37U9DWYfLMh8iNpt2MokknAD97GK2F00
  • Tita Muñoz
    Tita Muñoz
    Tita Muñoz was a Filipina actress.Born Maria Theresa Sanchez Muñoz, Muñoz started her career in radio in the 1950s. She moved to Sampaguita Pictures were she played mostly character roles. She received two FAMAS Best Supporting Actress Nominations, for Lilet and Patayin sa Sindak si Barbara...

    , 82, Filipino
    Philippines
    The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

     actress, after long illness. http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view/20090414-199299/How-Tita-Muoz-kept-her-word
  • Jimmy Neighbour
    Jimmy Neighbour
    James Edward "Jimmy" Neighbour was a professional footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur, Norwich City, West Ham United and the Seattle Sounders.- Football career:...

    , 58, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     footballer (Norwich City, Tottenham Hotspur), heart attack
    Myocardial infarction
    Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...

    . http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/low/football/7995826.stm
  • Vishnu Prabhakar
    Vishnu Prabhakar
    Vishnu Prabhakar was a Hindi writer. He had several short stories, novels, plays and travelogues to his credit...

    , 97, India
    India
    India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

    n writer
    Writer
    A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

    , after long illness. http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/books/gandhian-writer-vishnu-prabhakar-dies-at-97_100178464.html
  • Johnny Roadhouse
    Johnny Roadhouse
    John "Johnny" Roadhouse was a British musician who specialised in saxophone.Roadhouse was born in Sheffield, but lived in Manchester from an early age. He taught himself how to play the saxophone. Originally an aircraft fitter with Metropolitan-Vickers at Trafford Park, he began to play with local...

    , 88, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     saxophonist. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/5183686/Johnny-Roadhouse.html
  • Al Rosenbaum
    Al Rosenbaum
    Al Rosenbaum was an American artist and the co-founder of the Virginia Holocaust Museum in Richmond, Virginia.-Personal life:...

    , 82, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     sculptor, co-founder of the Virginia Holocaust Museum
    Virginia Holocaust Museum
    The Virginia Holocaust Museum is a Virginia museum dedicated to depicting the Holocaust as experienced by its victims. A main part of the exhibition is about the family story of Holocaust survivor Jay M. Ipson.-History:...

    . http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/article/AROB13_20090412-222220/255006/
  • Corín Tellado
    Corín Tellado
    María del Socorro Tellado López , known as Corín Tellado, was a prolific Spanish writer of romantic novels and photonovels that were best-sellers in several Spanish-language countries...

    , 81, Spanish
    Spain
    Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

     novelist, heart failure. http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gA8HTB1xvF_78kWQWoQjxUByWtfw

10

  • Richard Arnell
    Richard Arnell
    Richard Anthony Sayer Arnell was an English composer of classical music. Arnell composed in all the established genres for the concert stage, and his list of works includes six completed symphonies and six string quartets.-Biography:Arnell was born in Hampstead, London...

    , 91, English
    England
    England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

     composer
    Composer
    A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

    . http://www.schott-music.com/news/archive/show,3157.html
  • Richard Fox Cartwright
    Richard Fox Cartwright
    The Rt Rev Richard Fox Cartwright was Anglican Bishop of Plymouth from 1972 to 1982. He was born on 10 November 1913 and educated at The King's School, Canterbury and Pembroke College, Cambridge. After ordination he was a Curate at St Andrew, Kennington Cross and then Priest in charge of...

    , 95, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     Anglican
    Anglicanism
    Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English...

     prelate
    Prelate
    A prelate is a high-ranking member of the clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin prælatus, the past participle of præferre, which means "carry before", "be set above or over" or "prefer"; hence, a prelate is one set over others.-Related...

    , Bishop of Plymouth
    Bishop of Plymouth (Anglican)
    The Anglican Bishop of Plymouth is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Exeter, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after the city of Plymouth in Devon....

     (1972–1982). http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6522992.ece
  • Blake Chanslor
    Blake Chanslor
    G. Blake Chanslor was an American businessman and philanthropist who founded the Blake's Lotaburger restaurant chain in 1952. Blake's Lotaburger is based in New Mexico....

    , 88, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     businessman, founder of Blake's Lotaburger
    Blake's Lotaburger
    Blake's Lotaburger is a New Mexico fast food chain based in Albuquerque and consisting of more than 76 stores as of 2009....

    . http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_12151333
  • Deborah Digges
    Deborah Digges
    -Biography:She was born Deborah Leah Sugarbaker in Jefferson City, Missouri, on February 6, 1950. Her father was a physican and her mother was a nurse; she was the sixth child in a family of ten children....

    , 59, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     poet
    Poet
    A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

    , apparent suicide
    Suicide
    Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...

     by jumping. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/17/arts/17digges.html?ref=obituaries
  • Frank Morris
    Frank Morris (Canadian football)
    Frank Morris was a professional Canadian football offensive lineman and defensive lineman who played 14 seasons in the Canadian Football League for the Toronto Argonauts and the Edmonton Eskimos...

    , 85, Canadian
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

     football
    Canadian football
    Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...

     player and executive, after long illness. http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3804200
  • Naum Olev
    Naum Olev
    Naum Mironovich Olev was a Russian lyricist of Jewish origin who penned the songs for Mary Poppins, Goodbye and Treasure Island , among many other Soviet musical films....

    , 70, Russia
    Russia
    Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

    n lyricist
    Lyricist
    A lyricist is a songwriter who specializes in lyrics. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist. This differentiates from a singer-composer, who composes the song's melody.-Collaboration:...

    . http://kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=1153294 (Russian)
  • Yevgeny Vesnik
    Yevgeny Vesnik
    Yevgeny Yakovlevich Vesnik was a Russian and Soviet stage and a film actor. The son of Yakov Vesnik, the first director of the Kryvorizhstal plant, he fought the Germans in the Second World War...

    , 86, Russia
    Russia
    Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

    n actor
    Actor
    An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

    , stroke
    Stroke
    A stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident , is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by blockage , or a hemorrhage...

    . http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/8049/

9

  • Nick Adenhart
    Nick Adenhart
    Nicholas James Adenhart was an American right-handed baseball starting pitcher who played two seasons in Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim...

    , 22, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     baseball pitcher (Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
    Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
    The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California, United States. The Angels are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The "Angels" name originates from the city in which the team started, Los Angeles...

    ), car accident. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090409&content_id=4179446&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
  • Randy Cain
    Randy Cain
    Randy Cain was a Philadelphia soul singer with The Delfonics . He also helped set up the group Blue Magic.-External links:*...

    , 63, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     singer (The Delfonics
    The Delfonics
    The Delfonics are a pioneering Philadelphia soul singing group, most popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Their most notable hits include "La-La ", "Didn't I ", "Break Your Promise," "I'm Sorry," and "Ready or Not Here I Come "...

    ). http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20090411_Dan_Gross__Randy_Cain__member_of_the_Delfonics__dies_at_63.html
  • Mike Casey
    Mike Casey (basketball player)
    Mike Casey was a basketball player for the University of Kentucky Wildcats from 1967-1971. Casey was a part of what some consider to be the best recruiting class in UK history . Casey suffered a severely broken leg between his junior and senior year...

    , 60, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     college basketball
    College basketball
    College basketball most often refers to the USA basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Basketball in the NCAA is divided into three divisions: Division I, Division II and Division III....

     player (Kentucky Wildcats
    Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
    The Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, representing the University of Kentucky, is the winningest in the history of college basketball, both in all-time wins and all-time winning percentage. Kentucky's all-time record currently stands at 2058–647...

    ) (1967–1971), heart disease
    Heart disease
    Heart disease, cardiac disease or cardiopathy is an umbrella term for a variety of diseases affecting the heart. , it is the leading cause of death in the United States, England, Canada and Wales, accounting for 25.4% of the total deaths in the United States.-Types:-Coronary heart disease:Coronary...

    . http://www.kentucky.com/978/story/760452.html
  • Colin Jordan
    Colin Jordan
    John Colin Campbell Jordan was a leading figure in postwar Neo-Nazism in Britain. In the far-right nationalist circles of the 1960s, Jordan represented the most explicitly 'Nazi' inclination in his open use of the styles and symbols of the Third Reich.Through organisations such as the National...

    , 85, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

     and Neo-Nazi activist. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/apr/13/obituary-colin-jordan
  • Ernest Manirumva
    Ernest Manirumva
    Ernest Manirumva was a leading Burundian anti-corruption activist.Manirumva had served as the deputy chairman of the Anti-corruption and Economic Malpractice Observatory , an non-governmental, anti-graft watchdog group, before his murder in 2009...

    , Burundi
    Burundi
    Burundi , officially the Republic of Burundi , is a landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Its capital is Bujumbura...

    an anti-corruption
    Political corruption
    Political corruption is the use of legislated powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain. Misuse of government power for other purposes, such as repression of political opponents and general police brutality, is not considered political corruption. Neither are illegal acts by...

     activist (OLUCOME), stabbed. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7993550.stm
  • Shakti Samanta
    Shakti Samanta
    Shakti Samanta was an Indian film director and producer, who founded Shakti Films in 1957, which is most known for films like Howrah Bridge, China Town, Kashmir Ki Kali, An Evening in Paris, Kati Patang and Amar Prem.He received Filmfare Awards for Best Film for Aradhana, Anuraag and Amanush,...

    , 83, India
    India
    India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

    n film director
    Film director
    A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

     and producer
    Film producer
    A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...

    , cardiac arrest
    Cardiac arrest
    Cardiac arrest, is the cessation of normal circulation of the blood due to failure of the heart to contract effectively...

    . http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai/Veteran-film-maker-S-Samanta-passes-away/articleshow/4382407.cms
  • Dale Swann
    Dale Swann
    William Dale Swann was an American character actor known for his numerous roles in television, film and commercials.-Early life:...

    , 61, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     character actor
    Character actor
    A character actor is one who predominantly plays unusual or eccentric characters. The Oxford English Dictionary defines a character actor as "an actor who specializes in character parts", defining character part in turn as "an acting role displaying pronounced or unusual characteristics or...

    , complications of stroke
    Stroke
    A stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident , is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by blockage , or a hemorrhage...

    . http://www.thetelegraph.com/news/swann_25681___article.html/dale_alton.html

8

  • Wally Baker
    Wally Baker
    Wally Mary McBride Baker was an American supercentenarian who was the oldest person ever from Delaware. She resided at Parkview Nursing home and Rehabilitation Center in Wilmington, Delaware. One of eight children, longevity runs in the Stiefel family...

    , 111, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     supercentenarian
    Supercentenarian
    A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....

    . http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM
  • Lennie Bennett
    Lennie Bennett
    Lennie Bennett was an English comedian and game show host.After attending the Palatine Secondary School in Blackpool, Bennett became a journalist for the West Lancashire Evening Gazette before becoming a professional entertainer and appearing on The Good Old Days in 1979. Bennett starred in the...

    , 70, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     comedian
    Comedian
    A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...

     and game show host (Lucky Ladders
    Lucky Ladders
    Lucky Ladders was a United Kingdom daytime game show based on the American format titled Chain Reaction that was produced by Anglia Television and aired on ITV from 21 March 1988 until 14 May 1993...

    ), after short illness. http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2009/04/09/8703/lennie_bennett_dies
  • Jane Bryan
    Jane Bryan
    Jane Bryan was an American actress who was being prepared by the Warner Bros. studio to become one of their leading ladies until she married a drugstore magnate in 1940 and retired....

    , 90, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     actress, after long illness. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-jane-dart11-2009apr11,0,4043798.story
  • Henri Meschonnic
    Henri Meschonnic
    Henry Meschonnic was a French poet, linguist and theoretician of language, and essayist....

    , 76, French
    France
    The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

     poet
    Poet
    A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

    , linguist, translator
    Translation
    Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...

     and theoretician. http://pierrejoris.com/blog/?p=1115
  • Dan Miller, 67, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     television journalist (WSMV, KCBS
    KCBS-TV
    KCBS-TV, channel 2, is an owned-and-operated television station of the CBS Television Network, located in Los Angeles, California. KCBS-TV shares its offices and studio facilities with sister station KCAL-TV inside CBS Studio Center in the Studio City section of Los Angeles, and its transmitter...

    ), heart attack
    Myocardial infarction
    Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...

    . http://www.wsmv.com/news/19135962/detail.html
  • Piotr Morawski
    Piotr Morawski
    Piotr Morawski was a Polish mountaineer. He was best known for making the first successful winter ascent together with Simone Moro of Shisha Pangma on January 14, 2005. Morawski died aged 32 during an international Dhaulagiri/Manaslu expedition in Nepal...

    , 32, Polish
    Poland
    Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

     mountain climber
    Mountaineering
    Mountaineering or mountain climbing is the sport, hobby or profession of hiking, skiing, and climbing mountains. While mountaineering began as attempts to reach the highest point of unclimbed mountains it has branched into specialisations that address different aspects of the mountain and consists...

    , mountaineering accident. http://www.polskieradio.pl/thenews/news/artykul105919_polish_climber_dies_in_the_himalayas.html
  • Jean Overton Fuller
    Jean Overton Fuller
    Jean Overton Fuller was a British author best known for her book Madeleine, the story of Noor-un-nisa Inayat Khan, GC, MBE, CdG, an Indian heroine of World War II....

    , 94, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     writer
    Writer
    A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

     and painter
    Painting
    Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...

    . http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6244059.ece
  • Tam Paton
    Tam Paton
    Thomas Dougal "Tam" Paton , was the manager and primary spokesman during the 1970s of the Scottish band, the Bay City Rollers....

    , 70, Scottish
    Scotland
    Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

     music manager and spokesperson for the Bay City Rollers
    Bay City Rollers
    The Bay City Rollers were a Scottish pop band who were most popular in the 1970s. The British Hit Singles & Albums noted that they were "tartan teen sensations from Edinburgh", and were "the first of many acts heralded as the 'Biggest Group since The Beatles' and one of the most screamed-at...

    , suspected heart attack
    Myocardial infarction
    Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...

    . http://news.scotsman.com/baycityrollers/ExBay-City-Rollers-boss-Tam.5157028.jp
  • David Winans
    Winans family
    The Winans family is an African-American family of Gospel music artists from Detroit, Michigan.-Family members:* David "Pop" Winans, Sr. * Delores "Mom" Winans * David Winans Jr....

    , 74, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     gospel singer
    Gospel music
    Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....

    , heart attack
    Myocardial infarction
    Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...

    . http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-david-pop-winans10-2009apr10,0,6352526.story

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  • Dave Arneson
    Dave Arneson
    David Lance "Dave" Arneson was an American game designer best known for co-developing the first published role-playing game , Dungeons & Dragons, with Gary Gygax, in the early 1970s...

    , 61, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     game designer, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons
    Dungeons & Dragons
    Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy role-playing game originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. . The game has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1997...

    , cancer
    Cancer
    Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

    . http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/58082
  • Samuel Beer
    Samuel Beer
    Samuel Hutchison Beer was an American political scientist who specialized in the government and politics of the United Kingdom. He was a longtime professor at Harvard University and served as president of the Americans for Democratic Action in the early 1960s.-Early life and education:Beer was...

    , 97, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     academic, expert on British government. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/us/19beer.html?ref=obituaries
  • Raja Chelliah
    Raja Chelliah
    Raja Jesudoss Chelliah was an economist and founding Chairman of Madras School of Economics. He completed an MA in Economics from University of Madras and PhD from the USA. He worked as the Chief of Fiscal Analysis Division, Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund between 1969 and...

    , 86, India
    India
    India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

    n economist
    Economist
    An economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...

    , founder of Madras School of Economics
    Madras School of Economics
    The Madras School of Economics is an institution of higher education in economics, located in Chennai, India. Affiliated with Anna University, it offers master's and doctoral programs in economics and financial economics....

    , after short illness. http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/08/16hdline.htm
  • Stanley Jaki
    Stanley Jaki
    Stanley L. Jaki, OSB was a Benedictine priest and Distinguished Professor of Physics at Seton Hall University, New Jersey since 1975...

    , 84, Hungarian
    Hungary
    Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

    -born America
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

    n theologian
    Theology
    Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...

    , heart attack
    Myocardial infarction
    Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...

    . http://www.shu.edu/news/article/152011
  • Philip Moore, Baron Moore of Wolvercote
    Philip Moore, Baron Moore of Wolvercote
    Philip Brian Cecil Moore, Baron Moore of Wolvercote, GCB, GCVO, CMG, QSO, PC was educated at the Dragon School, Cheltenham College and Brasenose College, Oxford and fought as a Bomber during World War II....

    , 88, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     private secretary
    Private Secretary
    In the United Kingdom government, a Private Secretary is a civil servant in a Department or Ministry, responsible to the Secretary of State or Minister...

     to Queen Elizabeth II (1977–1986). http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/may/05/obituary-lord-moore-of-wolvercote
  • Paddy O'Hanlon
    Paddy O'Hanlon
    Patrick Michael O'Hanlon , known as Paddy O'Hanlon, was a barrister and former nationalist politician in Ireland....

    , 65, Irish
    Republic of Ireland
    Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

     politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

     and barrister
    Barrister
    A barrister is a member of one of the two classes of lawyer found in many common law jurisdictions with split legal professions. Barristers specialise in courtroom advocacy, drafting legal pleadings and giving expert legal opinions...

    , after short illness. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7988942.stm
  • Leo Prieto
    Leo Prieto
    Leopoldo "Leo" L. Prieto was a Filipino sports executive who served as the first Commissioner of the Philippine Basketball Association...

    , 88, Filipino
    Philippines
    The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

     sport
    Sport
    A Sport is all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants. Sport may be competitive, where a winner or winners can be identified by objective means, and may require a degree...

    s executive, PBA
    Philippine Basketball Association
    The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...

     Commissioner (1975–1982), stroke
    Stroke
    A stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident , is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by blockage , or a hemorrhage...

    . http://sports.inquirer.net/inquirersports/inquirersports/view/20090408-198478/Farewell-to-Leo-Prieto-father-of-the-PBA
  • Cecil Skotnes
    Cecil Skotnes
    Cecil Skotnes was a prominent South African artist.He was born in East London in 1926, studied drawing in Florence, Italy, the Witwatersrand Technical Art School and then the University of the Witwatersrand....

    , 82, South Africa
    South Africa
    The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

    n artist
    Artist
    An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...

    , pneumonia
    Pneumonia
    Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...

    . http://www.mg.co.za/printformat/single/2009-04-08-cecil-skotnes-son-of-the-soil-dies-in-cape-town
  • Gordon Slynn, Baron Slynn of Hadley
    Gordon Slynn, Baron Slynn of Hadley
    Gordon Slynn, Baron Slynn of Hadley, GBE, PC, QC was a British jurist specialising in European and International Law, and a former judge of the European Court of Justice and Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.-Early life:...

    , 79, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     jurist
    Jurist
    A jurist or jurisconsult is a professional who studies, develops, applies, or otherwise deals with the law. The term is widely used in American English, but in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth countries it has only historical and specialist usage...

    , cancer
    Cancer
    Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

    . http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/6216/1/
  • Michael Stern
    Michael Stern (journalist)
    Michael Stern was an American reporter, author and philanthropist. As a reporter during World War II he issued some of the first accounts from a liberated Rome, Italy in June 1944...

    , 98, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     journalist
    Journalist
    A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...

     and philanthropist
    Philanthropist
    A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes...

    , co-founder of Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum
    Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum
    The Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum is a military and maritime history museum with a collection of museum ships in New York City. It is located at Pier 86 at 46th Street on the West Side of Manhattan. The museum showcases the World War II aircraft carrier USS Intrepid, the submarine , a Concorde...

    , pancreatic cancer
    Pancreatic cancer
    Pancreatic cancer refers to a malignant neoplasm of the pancreas. The most common type of pancreatic cancer, accounting for 95% of these tumors is adenocarcinoma, which arises within the exocrine component of the pancreas. A minority arises from the islet cells and is classified as a...

    . http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/12/nyregion/12stern.html?hpw
  • Hyacinth Tungutalum
    Hyacinth Tungutalum
    Hyacinth Gabriel Tungutalum was an Australian politician. He was the Country Liberal Party member for Tiwi in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1974 to 1977. Tungutalum was the first indigenous member of the Legislative Assembly.Tungutalum was a traditional owner on the Tiwi Islands...

    , 62, Australia
    Australia
    Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

    n politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , heart attack. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/04/07/2537535.htm
  • Jack Wrangler
    Jack Wrangler
    Jack Wrangler was an American actor of gay and straight adult film, theatrical producer, and director. Open about his homosexuality and adult film work throughout his career, Wrangler was considered an icon of the gay-liberation movement.In 2008, a feature-length documentary film, Wrangler:...

    , 62, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     pornographic film actor, writer, and producer, emphysema
    Emphysema
    Emphysema is a long-term, progressive disease of the lungs that primarily causes shortness of breath. In people with emphysema, the tissues necessary to support the physical shape and function of the lungs are destroyed. It is included in a group of diseases called chronic obstructive pulmonary...

    . http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Actor_Writer_and_Producer_Jack_Wrangler_Dead_At_62_20010101

6

  • Steve Cannon
    Steve Cannon (radio)
    Steve Cannon was an American radio personality who spent the bulk of his career hosting a drive time talk show in Minneapolis, Minnesota from 3pm-6pm and 3pm-7pm...

    , 81, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     radio personality
    Radio personality
    A radio personality is a person with an on-air position in radio broadcasting. A radio personality can be someone who introduces and discusses various genres of music, hosts a talk radio show that may take calls from listeners, or someone whose primary responsibility is to give news, weather,...

     (WCCO), cancer
    Cancer
    Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

    . http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/tv/42565542.html?elr=KArksD:aDyaEP:kD:aUzyaUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aU7DYaGEP7vDEh7P:DiUs
  • J. M. S. Careless, 90, Canadian
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

     historian
    Historian
    A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...

    . http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2009/04/06/historian-careless.html
  • Dwight Crandell
    Dwight Crandell
    Dwight R. "Rocky" Crandell was an American volcanologist who alongside Donal R. Mullineaux correctly predicted that Mount St. Helens would erupt before the end of the 20th century....

    , 86, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     volcanologist
    Volcanologist
    A volcanologist is a person who studies the formation of volcanoes, and their current and historic eruptions. Volcanologists frequently visit volcanoes, especially active ones, to observe volcanic eruptions, collect eruptive products including tephra , rock and lava samples...

    , heart attack
    Myocardial infarction
    Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...

    . http://nytimes.com/aponline/2009/04/10/us/AP-Deaths.html
  • Dorothy Cullman
    Dorothy Cullman
    Dorothy Cullman was an American television producer and philanthropist. She and her husband, Lewis B. Cullman, contributed a combined $250 million to numerous organizations over forty years...

    , 91, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     philanthropist
    Philanthropist
    A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes...

    , complications of brain injury
    Traumatic brain injury
    Traumatic brain injury , also known as intracranial injury, occurs when an external force traumatically injures the brain. TBI can be classified based on severity, mechanism , or other features...

    . http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/08/nyregion/08cullman.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries
  • Russell E. Dunham
    Russell E. Dunham
    Russell Dunham was an American World War II veteran and recipient of the Medal of Honor. On January 8, 1945, as a member of Company I, 30th Infantry, 3d Infantry Division, Dunham eliminated three German machine gun nests despite being injured himself.-Early life:Dunham and his brother Ralph, who...

    , 89, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     war veteran
    War Veteran
    War Veteran is a science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick. It was first published in If magazine in March 1955.-Plot summary:The plot concerns an old man who claims to have travelled back in time from a future in which Earth has lost a devastating war to its own Martian and Venusian colonies...

    , Medal of Honor
    Medal of Honor
    The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...

     recipient, heart failure. http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/deathsobituaries/story/3ADD692E8EC4EEC08625759100133149?OpenDocument
  • Jacques Hustin
    Jacques Hustin
    Jacques Hustin was a Belgian singer-songwriter and artist who was successful in his homeland in both fields, and is best known internationally for his participation in the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest.-Early career:...

    , 69, Belgian
    Belgium
    Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

     singer-songwriter
    Singer-songwriter
    Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

    . http://www.rtbf.be/info/societe/musique/le-chanteur-et-peintre-jacques-hustin-est-decede-97060 (French)
  • Shawn Mackay
    Shawn Mackay
    Shawn Mackay was an Australian rugby union player with the Canberra based Brumbies in the Super 14 competition. He was the son of former Eastern Suburbs rugby league player John Mackay.-Career:...

    , 26, Australia
    Australia
    Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

    n rugby union
    Rugby union
    Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

     player (Brumbies), cardiac arrest
    Cardiac arrest
    Cardiac arrest, is the cessation of normal circulation of the blood due to failure of the heart to contract effectively...

     following car accident
    Car accident
    A traffic collision, also known as a traffic accident, motor vehicle collision, motor vehicle accident, car accident, automobile accident, Road Traffic Collision or car crash, occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other stationary obstruction,...

    . http://au.sports.yahoo.com/news/article/-/5480240/brumbies-shawn-mackay-dies-hospital
  • Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri
    Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri
    Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri was a South African politician. She was the country's Minister of Communications from 1999 until her death....

    , 71, South Africa
    South Africa
    The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

    n Minister of Communications
    Minister of Communications (South Africa)
    The Minister of Communications is a Minister in the Government of South Africa, who is responsible for overseeing the Department of Communications.-External links:**...

     since 1999; acting President
    President of South Africa
    The President of the Republic of South Africa is the head of state and head of government under South Africa's Constitution. From 1961 to 1994, the head of state was called the State President....

     (2008), natural causes. http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2497824,00.html
  • Andrzej Stelmachowski
    Andrzej Stelmachowski
    -Life:Stelmachowski was a member of Armia Krajowa, the Polish resistance during Second World War. A Lawyer, professor of University of Wrocław and University of Warsaw , he was a Solidarity advisor in 1980 and took part in the Polish Round Table Agreement...

    , 84, Polish
    Poland
    Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

     academic and politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    . http://news.poland.com/result/news/id/2069
  • Mari Trini
    Mari Trini
    Mari Trini , born Maria Trinidad Perez Miravete, was a Spanish pop singer and actress.Trini learned to play guitar as a youngster and wrote songs from an early age. Trini met producer Nicholas Ray in the 1960s, and he encouraged her to move to London; soon after she left for Paris, where she...

    , 61, Spanish
    Spain
    Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

     pop singer
    Pop Singer
    "Pop Singer" is the début single from London-based glam rockers Rachel Stamp. It was released in February, 1996 through WEA. The single was released as a 2 track CD Single and limited edition pink 7" vinyl of 1000 copies...

     and actress. http://www.turkishweekly.net/other-news/358593/the-spanish-singer-mari-trini-has-died-in-a-hospital-in-murcia.html
  • Svetlana Ulmasova
    Svetlana Ulmasova
    Svetlana Ulmasova was a retired long-distance runner from the Soviet Union and a former world record holder in the women's 3000 metres .-Achievements:-External links:*...

    , 56, Uzbekistan
    Uzbekistan
    Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....

    i athlete. http://www.iaaf.org/aboutiaaf/news/newsid=50168.html
  • Damouré Zika
    Damouré Zika
    Damouré Zika was a Nigerien traditional healer, broadcaster, and film actor. Coming from a long line of traditional healers in the Sorko ethnic group of western Niger, Zika appeared in many of the films of French director Jean Rouch, becoming one of Niger's first actors...

    , 85, Niger
    Niger
    Niger , officially named the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east...

    ien film actor and traditional healer, after long illness. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7987158.stm

5

  • Wouter Barendrecht
    Wouter Barendrecht
    Wouter Barendrecht was a film producer. With Michael J. Werner, Barendrecht was the co-chairman of Fortissimo Films, a company he founded in 1991 in Amsterdam....

    , 43, Dutch
    Netherlands
    The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

     film producer
    Film producer
    A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...

    , heart failure. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118002150.html?categoryid=25&cs=1
  • Guy Brown
    Guy Brown (politician)
    Guy A. C. Brown was a politician in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Cumberland Centre and then Cumberland South in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1974 to 1998....

    , 72, Canadian
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

     politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , Mayor
    Mayor
    In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

     of Springhill, Nova Scotia
    Springhill, Nova Scotia
    -Coal mining:The first industrial coal mining in the area took place in the 1870s after a rail connection was built by the Springhill and Parrsboro Coal and Railway Company to the newly completed Intercolonial Railway at neighbouring Springhill Junction....

     (2004–2008), after long illness. http://www.springhillrecord.com/Living/Community/2009-04-08/article-895784/Guy-Brown%2C-72%2C-passes-away/1
  • Thomas R. Byrne
    Thomas R. Byrne
    Thomas Robert Byrne was an American politician in Minnesota. He was the Democratic mayor of St. Paul from 1966–1970. He was an Irish Catholic. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II...

    , 86, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , Mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota (1966–1970), cancer
    Cancer
    Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

    . http://www.startribune.com/local/stpaul/42538472.html?elr=KArks:DCiUMEaPc:UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aU7DYaGEP7vDEh7P:DiUs
  • Tony D
    Tony D
    Tony D, born Anthony Depula , was a hip hop legend from Trenton, New Jersey. Although he was a hip hop artist & DJ, he was most famous for being an influential producer in hip hop music. He was the producer behind Poor Righteous Teachers and YZ...

    , 42, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     hip hop
    Hip hop
    Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...

     DJ and musician
    Musician
    A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....

    , car accident
    Car accident
    A traffic collision, also known as a traffic accident, motor vehicle collision, motor vehicle accident, car accident, automobile accident, Road Traffic Collision or car crash, occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other stationary obstruction,...

    . http://www.nj.com/news/times/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-16/1238904375285750.xml&coll=5
  • Sir Michael Giddings
    Michael Giddings
    Air Marshal Sir Kenneth Charles Michael Giddings KCB, OBE, DFC, AFC & Bar was a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as a fighter pilot during the Second World War...

    , 88, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     Air Marshal
    Air Marshal
    Air marshal is a three-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...

    . http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-force-obituaries/5149456/Air-Marshal-Sir-Michael-Giddings.html
  • I. J. Good
    I. J. Good
    Irving John Good was a British mathematician who worked as a cryptologist at Bletchley Park with Alan Turing. After World War II, Good continued to work with Turing on the design of computers and Bayesian statistics at the University of Manchester...

    , 92, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     mathematician
    Mathematician
    A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....

    , statistician
    Statistician
    A statistician is someone who works with theoretical or applied statistics. The profession exists in both the private and public sectors. The core of that work is to measure, interpret, and describe the world and human activity patterns within it...

     and cryptographer
    Cryptography
    Cryptography is the practice and study of techniques for secure communication in the presence of third parties...

    , natural causes. http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/article/virginia_tech_professor_wwii_code-breaker_irving_good_dies/32642/
  • Sir Neil MacCormick
    Neil MacCormick
    Sir Neil MacCormick, QC, FBA, FRSE , or just Neil MacCormick, was a legal philosopher and Scottish politician. He was Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations at the University of Edinburgh from 1972 until 2008...

    , 67, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     jurist and Scottish nationalist politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , cancer
    Cancer
    Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

    . http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7985544.stm
  • Rocco Morabito
    Rocco Morabito
    Rocco Morabito was an American photographer who spent the majority of his career at the Jacksonville Journal....

    , 88, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     Pulitzer Prize
    Pulitzer Prize
    The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...

    -winning photographer. http://www.jacksonville.com/news/florida/2009-04-05/story/rocco_morabito_1920-2009_pulitzer-prize_winning_photographer_for_the_t
  • Nancy Overton
    Nancy Overton
    Nancy Swain Overton was an American singer.Overton first formed a singing group with her sister Jean Swain and two college friends, Bix Brent and Pauli Skindlov in 1946...

    , 83, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     pop
    Popular music
    Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local...

     singer (The Chordettes
    The Chordettes
    The Chordettes were a female popular singing quartet, usually singing a cappella, and specializing in traditional popular music. The Chordettes were one of the longest lived vocal groups with beginnings in the mainstream pop and vocal harmonies of the 1940s and early 1950s...

    ), esophageal cancer
    Esophageal cancer
    Esophageal cancer is malignancy of the esophagus. There are various subtypes, primarily squamous cell cancer and adenocarcinoma . Squamous cell cancer arises from the cells that line the upper part of the esophagus...

    . http://www.northjersey.com/obituaries/50s_singer_Nancy_Overton_83.html
  • Constantine Papadakis
    Constantine Papadakis
    Constantine Papadakis was a Greek-American businessman and the president of Drexel University.-Academic career:...

    , 63, Greek
    Greece
    Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

    -born American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     president
    President
    A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...

     of Drexel University
    Drexel University
    Drexel University is a private research university with the main campus located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. It was founded in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, a noted financier and philanthropist. Drexel offers 70 full-time undergraduate programs and accelerated degrees...

    , complications from lung cancer
    Lung cancer
    Lung cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lung in a process called metastasis into nearby tissue and, eventually, into other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in lung, known as primary...

    . http://www.kyw1060.com/Drexel-University-President-Dead-at-63/4149909
  • William Tobin
    William Tobin
    William Joseph Tobin was an American newspaper journalist, reporter and editor. Tobin was the first correspondent for The Associated Press to be based in Juneau, Alaska.-Early life:...

    , 83, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     journalist
    Journalist
    A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...

    , esophageal cancer
    Esophageal cancer
    Esophageal cancer is malignancy of the esophagus. There are various subtypes, primarily squamous cell cancer and adenocarcinoma . Squamous cell cancer arises from the cells that line the upper part of the esophagus...

    . http://juneauempire.com/stories/041209/reg_428496399.shtml
  • George Tribe
    George Tribe
    George Edward Tribe was an Australian cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1946 to 1947, as well as an Australian rules footballer with the Footscray Football Club in the VFL....

    , 88, Australia
    Australia
    Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

    n cricket
    Cricket
    Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

    er. http://content.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/398854.html
  • Ole Gabriel Ueland
    Ole Gabriel Ueland
    Ole Gabriel Ueland was a Norwegian politician from Varhaug, Rogaland, active in the Centre Party. He was a member of the Norwegian parliament from 1977 to 1993.-References:...

    , 78, Norwegian
    Norway
    Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

     politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    . http://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representantfordeling/Representant/?perid=OLUE&tab=Biography (Norwegian)
  • David Wheatley
    David Wheatley (director)
    David Wheatley was a British film and television director.His Royal College of Art graduation film was on the Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte, after his tutor Gavin Millar showed him a book on the artist. The film was screened as part of the BBC's arts' programmes Omnibus in 1979...

    , 59, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     film
    Film director
    A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

     and television director
    Television director
    A television director directs the activities involved in making a television program and is part of a television crew.-Duties:The duties of a television director vary depending on whether the production is live or recorded to video tape or video server .In both types of productions, the...

    , after long illness. http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/apr/13/obituary-david-wheatley

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  • Jobie Dajka
    Jobie Dajka
    Jobie Lee Dajka was an Australian professional track cyclist from Adelaide, South Australia.- Biography :Dajka received an AIS Junior Athlete of the Year award in 1999, and an Achievement Award in 2002 and 2003...

    , 27, Australia
    Australia
    Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

    n track cyclist, 2002 Keirin world champion
    2002 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
    The 2002 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Copenhagen, Denmark from September 25 to September 29, 2002.-Medals table:-Medal summary:-External links:**...

    . http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/04/17/1239475050785.html
  • Adriano Directo Emperado
    Adriano Directo Emperado
    Adriano Directo Emperado was one of five martial artists who developed the kajukenbo self-defense system.-Childhood and Young Adulthood:...

    , 82, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

      martial artist (kajukenbo
    Kajukenbo
    Kajukenbo is a hybrid martial art that combines Western Boxing, Judo, Jujutsu, Kenpo Karate, Eskrima, Tang Soo Do, and Kung Fu. It was founded in 1947 in Oahu, Hawaii, at the Palama Settlement. The original purpose of the art was to deal with local crime and to help the people defend themselves...

    ). http://www.starbulletin.com/columnists/woodcraft/20090613_Martial_arts_great_Emperado_Stroud_had_close_relationship.html
  • Maxine Cooper Gomberg
    Maxine Cooper Gomberg
    Maxine Cooper Gomberg was an American actress, activist, and photographer. She was perhaps best known for her role as a secretary in the 1955 film, Kiss Me Deadly, which the Los Angeles Times has called a "film noir classic." -Early life and career:Maxine Cooper was born in Chicago, Illinois in...

    , 84, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     actress (Kiss Me Deadly
    Kiss Me Deadly
    Kiss Me Deadly is a 1955 film noir drama produced and directed by Robert Aldrich starring Ralph Meeker. The screenplay was written by A.I. Bezzerides, based on the Mickey Spillane Mike Hammer mystery novel Kiss Me, Deadly. Kiss Me Deadly is often considered a classic of the noir genre. The film...

    ), natural causes
    Death by natural causes
    A death by natural causes, as recorded by coroners and on death certificates and associated documents, is one that is primarily attributed to natural agents: usually an illness or an internal malfunction of the body. For example, a person dying from complications from influenza or a heart attack ...

     http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-maxine-cooper15-2009apr15,0,2025998.story
  • Netherwood Hughes
    Netherwood Hughes
    Netherwood "Ned" Hughes was one of the last two Tommies who served the United Kingdom during the First World War, along with Harry Patch, although Patch is the only one to have seen action. Hughes was also one of three British veterans still living in the country, with Patch and Henry Allingham...

    , 108, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     fourth-to-last veteran of World War I. http://www.accringtonobserver.co.uk/community/obituaries/s/1107727_ww1_veteran_dies_aged_108
  • Jody McCrea
    Jody McCrea
    Joel Dee "Jody" McCrea was an American film and television actor; son of veteran film actors Joel McCrea and Frances Dee, who were married from 1933 until Joel McCrea's death in 1990. The eldest of three, his brothers are David McCrea and Peter McCrea.-Career:Jody McCrea served in the United...

    , 74, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     actor
    Actor
    An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

    , son of Joel McCrea
    Joel McCrea
    Joel Albert McCrea was an American actor whose career spanned 50 years and appearances in over 90 films.-Early life:...

     and Frances Dee
    Frances Dee
    Frances Marion Dee was an American actress. She starred opposite Maurice Chevalier in the early talkie musical, The Playboy of Paris...

    , cardiac arrest
    Cardiac arrest
    Cardiac arrest, is the cessation of normal circulation of the blood due to failure of the heart to contract effectively...

    . http://www.roswell-record.com/main.asp?SectionID=63&SubSectionID=202&ArticleID=41177&TM=35143.82
  • Gonzalo Olave
    Gonzalo Olave
    Gonzalo Olave Alcaide was a Chilean actor, best known by his role in the telenovela called Lola and his recent work in Mis Años Grossos where he obtained the main role.-Biography:...

    , 25, Chile
    Chile
    Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

    an actor
    Actor
    An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

    , motorcycle accident. http://noticias.123.cl/entel123/html/Tele13/Noticias/Chile/375616.html (Spanish)
  • I. Herbert Scheinberg
    I. Herbert Scheinberg
    I. Herbert Scheinberg was a physician who specialized in Wilson's disease and other rare hereditary diseases....

    , 89, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     doctor
    Physician
    A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...

    , pneumonia
    Pneumonia
    Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...

    . http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/11/nyregion/11scheinberg.html?ref=obituaries
  • Nelly Sindayen
    Nelly Sindayen
    Nelly Sindayen was a Filipino journalist. She was best known for her longtime association with Time magazine as a correspondent based in Manila.-Life:...

    , 59, Filipino
    Philippines
    The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

     journalist
    Journalist
    A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...

    , Manila
    Manila
    Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...

     correspondent
    Correspondent
    A correspondent or on-the-scene reporter is a journalist or commentator, or more general speaking, an agent who contributes reports to a newspaper, or radio or television news, or another type of company, from a remote, often distant, location. A foreign correspondent is stationed in a foreign...

     for Time magazine
    Time (magazine)
    Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...

    , complications from diabetic stroke
    Stroke
    A stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident , is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by blockage , or a hemorrhage...

    . http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20090406-198128/Journalist-Sindayen-dies-59
  • Armand Tanny
    Armand Tanny
    Armand Tanny was a Muscle Beach bodybuilder. He won national titles in 1949 and 1950.After attending Rochester University, he moved to Los Angeles, transferring to UCLA. He enlisted in the Coast Guard in World War II, serving until discharge due to injury...

    , 90, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     bodybuilder, natural causes. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-armand-tanny9-2009apr09,0,245042.story
  • Marvin Webster
    Marvin Webster
    Marvin Nathaniel Webster was an American professional basketball player. Nicknamed "The Human Eraser" and "Marvin the Magnificent", he played one season in the American Basketball Association and nine in the National Basketball Association with the Denver Nuggets , Seattle SuperSonics , New York...

    , 56, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     basketball
    Basketball
    Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

     player (Seattle SuperSonics
    Seattle SuperSonics
    The Seattle SuperSonics were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington that played in the Pacific and Northwest Divisions of the National Basketball Association from 1967 until 2008. Following the 2007–08 season, the team relocated to Oklahoma City, and now plays as...

    ), natural causes
    Death by natural causes
    A death by natural causes, as recorded by coroners and on death certificates and associated documents, is one that is primarily attributed to natural agents: usually an illness or an internal malfunction of the body. For example, a person dying from complications from influenza or a heart attack ...

    . http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/basketball/bal-marvin-webster-408,0,4026784.story

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  • Ken Anderson
    Ken Anderson (defensive lineman)
    Ken Anderson was a professional American football defensive tackle in the National Football League. He played with the Chicago Bears in 1999. He died of a heart attack on April 3, 2009 at age 33.-External links:**...

    , 33, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     football
    American football
    American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

     player (Chicago Bears
    Chicago Bears
    The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

    ), heart attack
    Myocardial infarction
    Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...

    . http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/wire/chi-ap-fbn-obit-anderson,0,1674461.story
  • James G. Boswell II
    James G. Boswell II
    James G. Boswell II was the head of J. G. Boswell Company, a company that Boswell built from a large family-held cotton farm into an agribusiness giant....

    , 86, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     businessman, natural causes
    Death by natural causes
    A death by natural causes, as recorded by coroners and on death certificates and associated documents, is one that is primarily attributed to natural agents: usually an illness or an internal malfunction of the body. For example, a person dying from complications from influenza or a heart attack ...

    . http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-james-boswell7-2009apr07,0,1629464,full.story
  • Thomas Braden
    Thomas Braden
    Thomas Wardell Braden was an American journalist, best remembered as the author of Eight is Enough, which spawned a popular television program, and was co-host of the CNN show Crossfire...

    , 92, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     journalist
    Journalist
    A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...

     and author
    Author
    An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...

     (Eight Is Enough
    Eight Is Enough
    Eight Is Enough is an American television comedy-drama series which ran on ABC from March 15, 1977 until August 29, 1981. The show was modeled after syndicated newspaper columnist Thomas Braden, a real-life parent with eight children, who wrote a book with the same name...

    ), cardiac arrest
    Cardiac arrest
    Cardiac arrest, is the cessation of normal circulation of the blood due to failure of the heart to contract effectively...

    . http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/03/AR2009040302795.html
  • Eva Evdokimova
    Eva Evdokimova
    Eva Evdokimova-Gregori was a prima ballerina with the Royal Danish and Berlin Opera Ballets.Born in Geneva, Switzerland to a Bulgarian father and an American mother, Evdokimova, an American citizen, began her ballet studies as a child in Munich, before attending the Royal Ballet School in London,...

    , 60, Swiss
    Switzerland
    Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

    -born American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     ballerina
    Ballerina
    A ballerina is a title used to describe a principal female professional ballet dancer in a large company; the male equivalent to this title is danseur or ballerino...

    , complications of cancer
    Cancer
    Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

    . http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/06/arts/dance/06evdokimova.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries
  • Charlie Kennedy
    Charlie Kennedy (saxophonist)
    Charles Sumner "Charlie" Kennedy was a big band-era alto saxophonist.Kennedy played with Louis Prima's big band orchestra in the 1940s. He performed a solo on that band's 1943 recording of "The White Cliffs of Dover"...

    , 81, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     alto saxophonist, pulmonary disease. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-charlie-kennedy13-2009apr13,0,1560359.story
  • John King
    John King (ukulelist)
    John Robert King was a ukulele player known for his interpretation of classical music.-Early life and education:...

    , 55, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     ukelele player, heart attack
    Myocardial infarction
    Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...

    . http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/arts/music/27king.html
  • Victor Millan
    Victor Millan
    Victor Millan, whose real name was Joseph Brown, was an American actor, academic and former Dean of the theatre arts department at Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California. Victor Millan was Brown's pseudonym used during his acting career, which spanned decades.-Early life:Brown was born...

    , 89, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     actor
    Actor
    An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

     and theatre
    Theatre
    Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...

     professor
    Professor
    A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...

    . http://www.legacy.com/LATimes/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=125824199
  • Alexei Parshchikov
    Alexei Parshchikov
    Alexei Maximovich Parshchikov was a Russian poet, critic, and translator.Born in Olga, Primorsky Krai, Russian SFSR to the family of a famous physician, Maxim Reiderman , and a surgeon, L.S. Parschikova, Parshchikov was raised in the Ukrainian SSR and attended the Kiev Academy of Agriculture...

    , 54, Russia
    Russia
    Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

    n poet
    Poet
    A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

    . http://www.svobodanews.ru/content/article/1601690.html (Russian)
  • Crodowaldo Pavan
    Crodowaldo Pavan
    Crodowaldo Pavan was a Brazilian biologist and geneticist, and a scientific leader in Brazil.-Early life:Pavan was born to a family of second-generation immigrants from Italy in 1919, in the city of Campinas, São Paulo state, Brazil...

    , 89, Brazil
    Brazil
    Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

    ian biologist
    Biologist
    A biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of life. Typically biologists study organisms and their relationship to their environment. Biologists involved in basic research attempt to discover underlying mechanisms that govern how organisms work...

     and geneticist
    Geneticist
    A geneticist is a biologist who studies genetics, the science of genes, heredity, and variation of organisms. A geneticist can be employed as a researcher or lecturer. Some geneticists perform experiments and analyze data to interpret the inheritance of skills. A geneticist is also a Consultant or...

    , multiple organ dysfunction syndrome
    Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome
    Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome ', previously known as multiple organ failure or multisystem organ failure , is altered organ function in an acutely ill patient requiring medical intervention to achieve homeostasis...

     and cancer
    Cancer
    Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

    . http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Ciencia/0,,MUL1072314-5603,00-MORRE+O+BIOLOGO+BRASILEIRO+CRODOWALDO+PAVAN+AOS+ANOS.html (Portuguese)
  • Jerome R. Waldie
    Jerome R. Waldie
    Jerome Russell "Jerry" Waldie was a United States Representative from California.-Early life:Born in Antioch, California, Waldie attended Antioch public schools...

    , 84, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , Representative from California (1966–1975). http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/article/20090405/NEWS/904059975/1056/NONE&parentprofile=1056

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  • Exotic Dancer
    Exotic Dancer (horse)
    Exotic Dancer was a French bred National Hunt racehorse, who was trained by Jonjo O'Neill. He had a famous rivalry with Kauto Star but never beat him....

    , 9, French-bred
    France
    The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

     British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     racehorse, heart attack
    Myocardial infarction
    Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...

     after race. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/racing/article6024331.ece
  • Guttorm Hansen
    Guttorm Hansen
    Guttorm Hansen was a Norwegian writer and politician for the Labour Party. He started his career as a mechanic, but after 1945 he was a journalist and editor of magazines and newspapers. Via local politics in his native Namsos he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1961, serving six terms...

    , 88, Norwegian
    Norway
    Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

     politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , President of Parliament (1973–1981). http://www.kjendis.no/2009/04/02/kjendis/arbeiderpartiet/politikk/innenriks/5583373/ (Norwegian)
  • Taj Muhammad Jamali
    Taj Muhammad Jamali
    Mir Taj Muhammad Jamali was the former Balochistan chief minister and a veteran politician. He was the cousin of former Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali and present Deputy Chairman of Senate of Pakistan Jan Mohammad Jamali...

    , 70, Pakistan
    Pakistan
    Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

    i politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , Chief Minister of Balochistan
    Chief Minister of Balochistan
    The Chief Minister of Balochistan is elected by the Provincial Assembly of the Balochistan to serve as the head of the provincial government in Balochistan, Pakistan. The current Chief Minister is Aslam Raisani of the Pakistan Peoples Party...

     (1990–1993). http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C04%5C03%5Cstory_3-4-2009_pg7_22
  • Albert Sanschagrin
    Albert Sanschagrin
    Albert Sanschagrin, O.M.I. was the oldest Canadian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec....

    , 97, Canadian
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

     Bishop
    Bishop (Catholic Church)
    In the Catholic Church, a bishop is an ordained minister who holds the fullness of the sacrament of Holy Orders and is responsible for teaching the Catholic faith and ruling the Church....

     of Saint-Hyacinthe
    Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
    Saint-Hyacinthe is a city in southwestern Quebec east of Montreal on the Yamaska River. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 55,823. The city is located in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality of the Montérégie region, and is traversed by the Yamaska River which flows...

     (1967–1979). http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsansa.html
  • Bud Shank
    Bud Shank
    Clifford Everett "Bud" Shank, Jr. was an American alto saxophonist and flautist. He rose to prominence in the early 1950s playing lead alto and flute in Stan Kenton's Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra and throughout the decade worked in various small jazz combos. He spent the 1960s as a first...

    , 82, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     alto saxophonist
    Alto saxophone
    The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in 1841. It is smaller than the tenor but larger than the soprano, and is the type most used in classical compositions...

    , pulmonary failure. http://www.jazztimes.com/articles/24533-bud-shank-alto-saxophonist-dies-at-82
  • Frank Springer
    Frank Springer
    Frank Springer was an American comic book and comic strip artist best known for Marvel Comics' Dazzler and Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D....

    , 79, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     comic book artist
    Comic Book Artist
    Comic Book Artist was an American magazine founded by Jon B. Cooke devoted to anecdotal histories of American comic books, with emphasis on comics published since the 1960s...

    , prostate cancer
    Prostate cancer
    Prostate cancer is a form of cancer that develops in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system. Most prostate cancers are slow growing; however, there are cases of aggressive prostate cancers. The cancer cells may metastasize from the prostate to other parts of the body, particularly...

    . http://www.newsday.com/iphone/ny-lispri0612624091apr05,0,3568600.story

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  • Arne Andersson
    Arne Andersson
    Arne Andersson was a Swedish middle distance runner who became famous for his rivalry with his compatriot Gunder Hägg in the 1940s. Andersson set a 1500 metres world record in Gothenburg in August 1943 with a time of 3:45.0 min...

    , 91, Swedish
    Sweden
    Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

     middle distance runner. http://www.buzzle.com/articles/261165.html
  • Umberto Betti
    Umberto Betti
    Umberto Betti, O.F.M., S.T.D. was an Italian priest of the Order of Friars Minor who on 24 November 2007 was appointed a Cardinal-Deacon of the Roman Catholic Church....

    , 87, Italian
    Italy
    Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

     Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal
    Cardinal (Catholicism)
    A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...

     of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzio
    Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzio
    Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzio is a Latin Rite Catholic church in Rome. It has been a titular church since 1011. According to the Liber Pontificalis, this church, known as S. Vito in Macello Martyrum, received donations from Pope Leo III. The church had been built in the immediate vicinity of...

     since 2007. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbetti.html
  • John Blankenchip
    John Blankenchip
    John Blankenchip was a director, theater designer, and professor at the School of Theatre at the University of Southern California.-References:...

    , 89, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     educator, theater director and designer
    Designer
    A designer is a person who designs. More formally, a designer is an agent that "specifies the structural properties of a design object". In practice, anyone who creates tangible or intangible objects, such as consumer products, processes, laws, games and graphics, is referred to as a...

    , after short illness. http://uscnews.usc.edu/obituaries/in_memoriam_john_blankenchip_89.html
  • Paul Dean, Baron Dean of Harptree, 84, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons
    Speaker of the British House of Commons
    The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin...

     (1982–1992). http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/apr/02/obituary-lord-dean-harptree
  • Margreta Elkins
    Margreta Elkins
    Margreta Elkins AM was an Australian mezzo-soprano of great renown. She sang at Covent Garden and with Opera Australia and other companies, but turned down offers to sing at the Metropolitan Opera, Bayreuth and Glyndebourne...

    , 78, Australia
    Australia
    Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

    n mezzo-soprano
    Mezzo-soprano
    A mezzo-soprano is a type of classical female singing voice whose range lies between the soprano and the contralto singing voices, usually extending from the A below middle C to the A two octaves above...

    , cancer
    Cancer
    Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

    . http://www.smh.com.au/national/obituaries/superb-mezzo-reached-top-of-the-tree-20090408-a0t8.html
  • Duane Jarvis
    Duane Jarvis
    Duane Jarvis was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter who recorded songs with many rock and roll and country music performers, including Frank Black, Peter Case, Rosie Flores, John Prine, Amy Rigby, Lucinda Williams and Dwight Yoakam.In addition to his collaborations, which included...

    , 51, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     guitarist
    Guitarist
    A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...

     and singer-songwriter
    Singer-songwriter
    Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

    , colon cancer. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-duane-jarvis2-2009apr02,0,7135509.story
  • Marcos Moshinsky
    Marcos Moshinsky
    Marcos Moshinsky was a Mexican physicist of Ukrainian origin whose work in the field of elementary particles won him the Prince of Asturias Prize for Scientific and Technical Investigation in 1988 and the UNESCO Science Prize in 1997....

    , 88, Ukrainian
    Ukraine
    Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

    -born Mexican
    Mexico
    The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

     physicist
    Physicist
    A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...

    . http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=331176&CategoryId=14091
  • Daniel Joseph O'Hern
    Daniel Joseph O'Hern
    Daniel J. O'Hern was a former Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, where he served from August 6, 1981 until his retirement upon his 70th birthday.-Biography:...

    , 78, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     jurist
    Jurist
    A jurist or jurisconsult is a professional who studies, develops, applies, or otherwise deals with the law. The term is widely used in American English, but in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth countries it has only historical and specialist usage...

    , member of the New Jersey Supreme Court
    New Jersey Supreme Court
    The New Jersey Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It has existed in three different forms under the three different state constitutions since the independence of the state in 1776...

     (1981–2000), melanoma
    Melanoma
    Melanoma is a malignant tumor of melanocytes. Melanocytes are cells that produce the dark pigment, melanin, which is responsible for the color of skin. They predominantly occur in skin, but are also found in other parts of the body, including the bowel and the eye...

    . http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/03/nyregion/03ohern.html?ref=obituaries
  • Elaine Cancilla Orbach
    Elaine Cancilla Orbach
    Elaine Cancilla Orbach was an American stage and musical theatre actress and dancer.-Career:Orbach, known professionally as Elaine Cancilla, appeared on Broadway and Off Broadway in productions including: Fiorello!, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Here's Love, Flora the Red...

    , 69, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     actress, wife of Jerry Orbach
    Jerry Orbach
    Jerome Bernard "Jerry" Orbach was an American actor and singer. He was well known for his starring role as Detective Lennie Briscoe in the Law & Order television series and as the voice of Lumière in Disney's Beauty and the Beast. As well, Orbach was a noted musical theatre star...

    , pneumonia
    Pneumonia
    Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...

    . http://www.playbill.com/news/article/127940.html
  • Lou Perryman
    Lou Perryman
    Louis Byron "Lou" Perryman , also known as Lou Perry, was an American character actor. He acted in a number of small roles both on television and in films such as The Blues Brothers, Poltergeist, Boys Don't Cry and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2.He was a film crew member on the original Texas...

    , 67, American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     actor
    Actor
    An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

    , stabbed. http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/42452877.html
  • Miguel Ángel Suárez
    Miguel Angel Suarez
    Miguel Ángel Suárez was a Puerto Rican soap opera and movie actor.-Early years:Suárez and his sister were born into a middle class family and raised in the Santurce section of San Juan, Puerto Rico. His father worked at a local supermarket and his mother was a housewife. When Suárez was a child,...

    , 69, Puerto Rican
    Puerto Rico
    Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

     actor
    Actor
    An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

    , esophageal cancer
    Esophageal cancer
    Esophageal cancer is malignancy of the esophagus. There are various subtypes, primarily squamous cell cancer and adenocarcinoma . Squamous cell cancer arises from the cells that line the upper part of the esophagus...

    . http://guanabee.com/2009/04/miguel-angel-suarez-dead
  • Ian Tomlinson
    Death of Ian Tomlinson
    Ian Tomlinson was an English newspaper vendor who collapsed and died in the City of London after coming into contact with the police while on his way home from work during the 2009 G-20 summit protests. A first postmortem examination indicated he had suffered a heart attack and had died of natural...

    , 47, British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     pedestrian assaulted by police at 2009 G-20 London summit protests
    2009 G-20 London summit protests
    The 2009 G-20 London summit protests occurred in the days around the G-20 summit on 2 April 2009, which was the focus of protests from a number of groups over various long-standing and topical issues...

    , abdominal haemorrhage. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/17/ian-tomlinson-g20-protest-coroner
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