Deaths in October 2009
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The following is a list of deaths in October 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....
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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:...
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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:...
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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....
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Deaths in April 2009
Deaths in 2009 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of deaths in April 2009.-30:*Amparo Arozamena, 92, Mexican actress, heart attack....
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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....
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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....
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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:...
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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....
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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....
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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....
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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 October 2009.
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- Roque Antonio Adames RodríguezRoque Antonio Adames RodríguezRoque Antonio Adames Rodríguez was Roman Catholic bishop of what is now the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic....
, 81, DominicanDominican RepublicThe 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...
Roman Catholic BishopBishop (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 Santiago de los CaballerosRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de los CaballerosThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros is a Metropolitan Archdiocese, responsible for the dioceses of La Vega, Mao-Monte Cristi, Puerto Plata and San Francisco de Macorís.The see was elevated to an archdiocese on 14 February 1994.-Ordinaries:*Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito *Roque...
. http://www.elnacional.com.do/nacional/2009/10/31/30613/Fallece-monsenor-Roque-Adames-tenia-81-anos (Spanish) - Chen LinChen Lin (singer)Chen Lin was a mandopop singer. She committed suicide by jumping from the ninth floor of an apartment in Chaoyang District, Beijing....
, 39, ChinesePeople's Republic of ChinaChina , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
pop singerPop 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...
, suicideSuicideSuicide 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://music.yule.sohu.com/s2009/chenlintiaolou/ (Chinese) - Hugh DinwiddyHugh DinwiddyHugh Pochin Dinwiddy, OBE was an English first-class cricketer, who played for Kent County Cricket Club and Cambridge University Cricket Club between 1933 and 1935...
, 97, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
cricketCricketCricket 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://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/432679.html - Stanley EllisStanley EllisStanley Ellis was an English linguistics scholar and broadcaster, and an authority on English regional dialects....
, 83, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
linguisticsLinguisticsLinguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
scholar. http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/nov/13/stanley-ellis-obituary - Harry GaussHarry GaussHarry Paul Gauss was a German-Canadian football coach.-Early life:The Gauss family, with father Markus and mother Magdalene migrated with him and brother Reinhart from Stuttgart to Canada in 1958, Gauss was raised in Ontario following a short stay in Montreal and Winnipeg...
, 57, CanadianCanadaCanada 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...
soccer coachCoach (sport)In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
, brain cancer. http://www.londoncity.ca/news2.php?news_id=210075 - Pat KeysellPat KeysellPat Keysell was a presenter of the BBC television series Vision On which ran from 1964 to 1976. She was also a mime artist and administrator.-Early life:...
, 83, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
television presenter. http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/dec/18/pat-keysell-obituary - Lee Hu-rakLee Hu-rakLee Hu-rak was the Director of the Korea Central Intelligence Agency of South Korea from 1970 to 1973. In 1972, during his time as Director of the KCIA, he traveled to Pyongyang on a secret diplomatic mission and met face-to-face with Kim Il-Sung...
, 85, South KoreaSouth KoreaThe 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 spy chiefEspionageEspionage or spying involves an individual obtaining information that is considered secret or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information. Espionage is inherently clandestine, lest the legitimate holder of the information change plans or take other countermeasures once it...
, Director of the National Intelligence ServiceNational Intelligence Service (South Korea)The National Intelligence Service is the chief intelligence agency of South Korea. The agency was officially established in 1961 as the Korea Central Intelligence Agency , during the rule of President Park Chung-hee's military Supreme Council for National Reconstruction, which displaced the...
(1970–1973), age-related causesDeath by natural causesA 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.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/11/113_54621.html - Mustafa Mahmud, 87, EgyptEgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
ian scientistScientistA 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...
, authorAuthorAn 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 philosopher. http://ara.reuters.com/article/topNews/idARACAE59U09U20091031 (Arabic) - Qian Xuesen, 97, ChinesePeople's Republic of ChinaChina , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
scientistScientistA 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 co-founder of the JPL. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/31/content_12365319.htm - Steve Reid, 94, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
football playerAmerican footballAmerican 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...
(Northwestern WildcatsNorthwestern WildcatsThe Northwestern Wildcats are the athletic teams that represent Northwestern University, a founding member of the Big Ten Conference and the only private university in the conference. Northwestern has eight men's and eleven women's Division I sports teams. The mascot is Willie the Wildcat...
). http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43944613 - Neguinho do SambaNeguinho do SambaNeguinho do Samba , born Antonio Luis Alves de Souza, was a Brazilian percussionist and musician. Samba was the founder of Olodum, an internationally known cultural group based in Salvador, Brazil...
, 54, BrazilBrazilBrazil , 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 percussionist, founder of OlodumOlodumOlodum is a cultural group based in the Afro Brazilian community of Salvador, the capital city of the state of Bahia, Brazil. It was founded by percussionist, Neguinho do Samba....
, heart failure. http://celebridades.uol.com.br/ultnot/efe/2009/11/02/ult4250u1658.jhtm (Portuguese) - Jan WejchertJan WejchertJan Bohdan Wejchert was a Polish businessman and media mogul. Wejchert was the co-founder of the ITI Group, one of Poland's largest media groups, as well as the co-founder and co-owner of the TVN television network....
, 59, PolishPolandPoland , 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...
businessmanBusinesspersonA 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...
and media mogul, co-founder of ITI GroupITI GroupITI Group , known as Grupa ITI in Polish, is a large media conglomerate headquartered in Warsaw, Poland. ITI Group controls the Polish television network, TVN, among its many holdings.The ITI Group was co-founded by businessmen Jan Wejchert and Mariusz Walter in 1984...
, co-owner of TVNTVN (Poland)TVN is a major Polish commercial television network. The broadcaster was co-founded by Polish businessmen Mariusz Walter and Jan Wejchert. The network launched on October 3, 1997. TVN belongs to the TVN S.A...
, heart attack. http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/2069930,11,zmarl_jan_wejchert,item.html (Polish) - Tom WheatcroftTom WheatcroftFrederick Bernard "Tom" Wheatcroft was an English businessman, who made his fortune through building and construction.-Biography:...
, 87, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
businessmanBusinesspersonA 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...
, owner of Donington ParkDonington ParkDonington Park is a motorsport circuit near Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England.Originally part of the Donington Hall estate, it was created as a racing circuit during the pre-war period when the German Silver Arrows were battling for the European Championship...
race circuit, after long illness. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79938
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- Juvenal AmarijoJuvenal AmarijoJuvenal Amarijo was a former Brazilian football player. He was born in Santa Vitória do Palmar, Brazil.-Career:...
, 85, BrazilBrazilBrazil , 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 football player, respiratory failureRespiratory failureThe term respiratory failure, in medicine, is used to describe inadequate gas exchange by the respiratory system, with the result that arterial oxygen and/or carbon dioxide levels cannot be maintained within their normal ranges. A drop in blood oxygenation is known as hypoxemia; a rise in arterial...
. http://www.listown.com/answer/juvenal-amarijo-died-at-86-291 - Norton BuffaloNorton BuffaloNorton Buffalo was a singer-songwriter, country and blues harmonica player, record producer, bandleader and recording artist best known as a versatile exponent of the harmonica, including chromatic and diatonic....
, 58, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
singer-songwriterSinger-songwriterSinger-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...
, blues harmonica player (Steve Miller BandSteve Miller BandThe Steve Miller Band is an American rock band formed in 1967 in San Francisco, California. The band is managed by Steve Miller on guitar and lead vocals, and is known for a string of mid-1970s hit singles that are staples of the classic rock radio format.-History:In 1965, Steve Miller and...
), lung cancerLung cancerLung 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.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091101/ENTERTAINMENT/911019986/1320?Title=Local-harmonica-legend-Norton-Buffalo-dies - Ramata DiakiteRamata DiakiteRamata Diakite is a Malian Wassoulou musician. She died October 30, 2009 in Burkina Faso.-Life & Origins:Ramata was born in 1976....
, 33?, MaliMaliMali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...
an Wassoulou musicWassoulou musicWassoulou is a genre of West African popular music, named after the region of Wassoulou. It is performed mostly by women, using lyrics that address women's issues regarding childbearing, fertility and polygamy...
ian. http://worldmusic.about.com/b/2009/11/02/ramata-diakite-1976-2009.htm - Forest EvashevskiForest EvashevskiForest "Evy" Evashevski was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He played college football at the University of Michigan from 1938 to 1940 and with the Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks in 1942...
, 91, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
footballAmerican footballAmerican 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...
coachCoach (sport)In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
(Iowa HawkeyesIowa HawkeyesThe Iowa Hawkeyes are the athletics teams that represent the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. The Hawkeyes have varsity teams in 24 sports, 11 for men and 13 for women. The teams participate in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and are members of the...
), cancerCancerCancer , 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://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4611947&campaign=rss&source=NCFHeadlines - Claude Lévi-StraussClaude Lévi-StraussClaude Lévi-Strauss was a French anthropologist and ethnologist, and has been called, along with James George Frazer, the "father of modern anthropology"....
, 100, FrenchFranceThe 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...
anthropologist and authorAuthorAn 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:...
. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/world/europe/04levistrauss.html - Michelle Triola Marvin, 76, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
plaintiffPlaintiffA plaintiff , also known as a claimant or complainant, is the term used in some jurisdictions for the party who initiates a lawsuit before a court...
in landmark "palimonyPalimonyPalimony is a popular term used to describe the division of financial assets and real property on the termination of a personal live-in relationship wherein the parties are not legally married. The term is a portmanteau of the words pal and alimony...
" lawsuit (Marvin v. Marvin), lung cancerLung cancerLung 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.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-michelle-triola-marvin31-2009oct31,0,2805574.story - June MiddletonJune MiddletonJune Margaret Middleton was an Australian polio victim who spent more than 60 years living in an iron lung for treatment of the disease. In 2006, Guinness World Records recognized Middleton as the person who had spent the longest amount of time living in an iron lung.Middleton was born on 4 May...
, 83, AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , 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 polio victim, world's longest survivor in an iron lungIron lungA negative pressure ventilator is a form of medical ventilator that enables a person to breathe when normal muscle control has been lost or the work of breathing exceeds the person's ability....
. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/iron-lung-woman-dies/story-e6frf7jo-1225793045485 - Alick RoweAlick RoweAlick Rowe was a British writer born in 1939. He died on 30 October 2009 in Chiang Mai, Thailand of a suspected heart attack.He was head boy at Hereford Cathedral School before graduating from St. Catharine's College, Cambridge. From the early 1970s onwards he wrote prolifically for radio and...
, 70, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
televisionTelevisionTelevision is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
and radioRadioRadio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
writerWriterA 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....
, heart attack. http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/4747540.Writer__Alick_Rowe__dies_in_Thailand/ - Howie SchultzHowie SchultzHoward Henry "Howie" Schultz , nicknamed "Stretch" and "Steeple", was an American baseball and basketball player from Saint Paul, Minnesota....
, 87, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
baseball and basketball player, cancerCancerCancer , 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/sports/67634007.html - František VeselýFrantišek VeselýFrantišek Veselý was a Czech football player. He played for Czechoslovakia, for whom he appeared in 34 matches and scored three goals....
, 65, CzechCzech RepublicThe 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....
football player. http://aktualne.centrum.cz/sportplus/fotbal/domaci/clanek.phtml?id=651525 (German) - Igor VyazmikinIgor VyazmikinIgor Viktorovich Vyazmikin was a professional ice hockey forward, who played for CSKA. He was the final player selected in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft, going in the twelfth round, 252nd overall, to the Edmonton Oilers, and went on to play four NHL games with that team...
, 43, RussiaRussiaRussia 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 ice hockeyIce hockeyIce 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. http://www.fhr.ru/content/news/4697.html (Russian)
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- Russell L. AckoffRussell L. AckoffRussell Lincoln Ackoff was an American organizational theorist, consultant, and Anheuser-Busch Professor Emeritus of Management Science at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Ackoff was a pioneer in the field of operations research, systems thinking and management...
, 90, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
organizational theorist, complications from surgeryComplication (medicine)Complication, in medicine, is an unfavorable evolution of a disease, a health condition or a medical treatment. The disease can become worse in its severity or show a higher number of signs, symptoms or new pathological changes, become widespread throughout the body or affect other organ systems. A...
. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-g-brant/russell-ackoff---the-eins_b_341349.html - Bei ShizhangBei ShizhangBei Shizhang was a Chinese biologist and educator. He was an academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences....
, 106, ChinesePeople's Republic of ChinaChina , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
biologistBiologistA 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 educator. http://english.ibp.cas.cn/ns/es/200910/t20091030_46517.html - Jean-François BergierJean-François BergierJean-François Bergier was a Swiss historian. He was a professor at the University of Geneva from 1963 to 1969 and at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich until his retirement in 1999....
, 77, SwissSwitzerlandSwitzerland 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....
historianHistorianA 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/6502884/Jean-Francois-Bergier.html - Charles E. ConradCharles E. ConradCharles Erich Conrad was an American actor, best known for his work as a film acting coach.-Early years:Born in New York City, the only child of German immigrants, Charles Conrad spent his early years growing up in New York City’s upper east side...
, 84, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actingActingActing is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play....
coach, kidney failure. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118011129.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 - Sanyutei EnrakuSanyutei Enraku5th Sanyutei Enraku was a Japanese Rakugo comedian best known for hosting the Shōten comedy show on Nippon TV. His comedic career spanned several decades....
, 76, JapanJapanJapan 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 comedianComedianA 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...
(ShōtenShotenShōten is a Japanese TV comedy program, continuously broadcast on Sunday evenings on Nippon TV since 15 May 1966, the second-longest running TV show in Japan....
), lung cancerLung cancerLung 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.themoneytimes.com/20091102/comedian-sanyutei-enraku-dead-76-id-1089549.html - Gino FracasGino FracasGino Fracas was a professional Canadian football player and hall of fame CIS football coach. He was professor of Human Kinetics at the University of Windsor from 1967 to 1995.- Early years :...
, 79, CanadianCanadaCanada 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...
footballCanadian footballCanadian 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. http://news.therecord.com/article/621534 - Olav HodneOlav HodneOlav Hodne was a Norwegian humanitarian and missionary. In 1972, he became the founder and director of RDRS Bangladesh, an organization to created in order to give aid to the rural poor in northern Bangladesh....
, 88, NorwegianNorwayNorway , 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...
missionaryMissionaryA missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to do evangelism or ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care and economic development. The word "mission" originates from 1598 when the Jesuits sent members abroad, derived from the Latin...
. http://www.vl.no/kristenliv/article4674659.ece (Norwegian) - June MauleJune MauleJune D. Maule was an American businesswoman. Maule was the owner and manager of Maule Air, a manufacturer of light, single-engined STOL aircraft headquartered in Moultrie, Georgia.-Life:...
, 92, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
businesswoman, owner of Maule AirMaule AirMaule Air, Inc. is a manufacturer of light, single-engined, short take-off and landing aircraft, based in Moultrie, Georgia, USA. Maule has delivered 2,500 aircraft in its first 50 years of business.- History :...
. http://www.aopa.org/aircraft/articles/2009/091030maule.html - John O'QuinnJohn O'QuinnJohn Maurice O'Quinn was a Texas trial lawyer and founding partner of The O'Quinn Law Firm . His firm made its business handling plaintiff's litigation, including representing clients suing breast implant manufacturers, medical facilities, and tobacco companies...
, 68, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
lawyerLawyerA 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...
, car accidentCar accidentA 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.law.com/jsp/tx/PubArticleTX.jsp?id=1202435034392&slreturn=1&hbxlogin=1 - Norman PaintingNorman PaintingNorman Painting, OBE was an actor who played Phil Archer in the BBC Radio 4 soap opera The Archers since the pilot episodes were aired on the BBC Midlands Home Service in summer 1950. The series went national on 1 January 1951...
, 85, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
radio actor (The ArchersThe ArchersThe Archers is a long-running British soap opera broadcast on the BBC's main spoken-word channel, Radio 4. It was originally billed as "an everyday story of country folk", but is now described on its Radio 4 web site as "contemporary drama in a rural setting"...
), heart failure. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/6462279/Norman-Painting-star-of-The-Archers-dies-aged-85.html - Jürgen RiegerJürgen RiegerJürgen Rieger was a Hamburg lawyer, and deputy chairman of the National Democratic Party of Germany , known for his Holocaust denial....
, 63, GermanGermanyGermany , 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...
lawyerLawyerA 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 politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
(NPDNational Democratic Party of GermanyThe National Democratic Party of Germany – The People's Union , is a far right German nationalist party. It was founded in 1964 a successor to the German Reich Party . Party statements self-identify as Germany's "only significant patriotic force"...
), strokeStrokeA 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.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/0,1518,658206,00.html (German) - Alexander SchureAlexander SchureAlexander Schure was an American academic. Schure founded the New York Institute of Technology in 1955. He also served as the Chancellor of Nova Southeastern University from 1970 until 1985....
, 89, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
academic, founder of NYITNew York Institute of TechnologyNew York Institute of Technology is a private, non-sectarian, co-educational research university in New York City. NYIT has five schools and two colleges, all with a strong emphasis on technology and applied scientific research...
, ChancellorChancellor (education)A chancellor or vice-chancellor is the chief executive of a university. Other titles are sometimes used, such as president or rector....
of NSUNova Southeastern UniversityNova Southeastern University, commonly referred to as NSU or Nova, is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian, research university located in Broward County, Florida, with its main campus in the town of Davie...
(1970–1985), Alzheimer's diseaseAlzheimer's diseaseAlzheimer's disease also known in medical literature as Alzheimer disease is the most common form of dementia. There is no cure for the disease, which worsens as it progresses, and eventually leads to death...
. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fl-schure-obit-20091123,0,1622342.story - Dave Treen, 81, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
, Governor of Louisiana (1980–1984), respiratory diseaseRespiratory diseaseRespiratory disease is a medical term that encompasses pathological conditions affecting the organs and tissues that make gas exchange possible in higher organisms, and includes conditions of the upper respiratory tract, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli, pleura and pleural cavity, and the...
. http://www.wdsu.com/politics/21462922/detail.html
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- Olga KevelosOlga KevelosOlga Kevelos was a British Motorcycle trials and enduro rider who was the only woman to win two gold medals at the International Six-Day Trial....
, 85, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
motorcycle trialsMotorcycle trialsMotorcycle trials, also termed observed trials, is a non-speed event on specialized motorcycles. The sport is most popular in the United Kingdom and Spain, though there are participants around the globe....
rider. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/6664072/Olga-Kevelos.html - Paul ManzPaul ManzPaul Manz , was an American composer for choir and organ. His most famous choral work is the Advent motet "E'en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come", which has been performed at the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at King's College, Cambridge, though its broadcast by the neighbouring Choir of St...
, 90, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Lutheran organistOrganistAn organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. An organist may play solo organ works, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumental soloists...
and composerComposerA 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.startribune.com/lifestyle/faith/67394222.html - Taylor MitchellTaylor MitchellTaylor Josephine Stephanie Luciow, known by her stage name Taylor Mitchell, was a Canadian folk singer. She is the only adult person, and second person overall known to be fatally attacked by coyotes.-Personal life:...
, 19, CanadianCanadaCanada 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...
singer–songwriterSinger–songwriterSinger-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...
, coyote attack. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2009/10/28/singer-mitchell-coyote-reaction.html - Jerry Morris, 99, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
epidemiologist. http://news.scotsman.com/obituaries/Jeremy-Morris-epidemiologist.5853982.jp - Ted NebbelingTed NebbelingTed Nebbeling was a British Columbia Legislative Assembly Member and Minister of State for the 2010 Winter Olympics.-Marriage:...
, 65, DutchNetherlandsThe 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...
-born CanadianCanadaCanada 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, British Columbia MLALegislative Assembly of British ColumbiaThe Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is one of two components of the Parliament of British Columbia, the provincial parliament ....
(1996–2005), Mayor of WhistlerWhistler, British ColumbiaWhistler is a Canadian resort town in the southern Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the province of British Columbia, Canada, approximately north of Vancouver...
, colon cancer. http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Former+Whistler+mayor+Nebbeling+dies/2155848/story.html
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- Tapani AartomaaTapani AartomaaTapani Aartomaa was a Finnish graphic designer, who received much attention in Poland.Aartomaa operated his own graphic design studio and lectured for years at the Institute of Design in Helsinki and the School of Design in Lahti...
, 75, FinnishFinlandFinland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
professorProfessorA 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...
and graphic designerGraphic designerA graphic designer is a professional within the graphic design and graphic arts industry who assembles together images, typography or motion graphics to create a piece of design. A graphic designer creates the graphics primarily for published, printed or electronic media, such as brochures and...
. http://www.marmai.fi/uutiset/article341934.ece (Finnish) - Frank Brady, Jr., 64, IrishRepublic of IrelandIreland , 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,...
footballer, cancerCancerCancer , 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.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/1027/bradyf.html - John David CarsonJohn David CarsonJohn David Carson was an American actor. He was born in North Hollywood, California. Carson began his career at a young age, acting in television advertisements, and later doing cartoon voice-acting for Hanna-Barbera. He attended Los Angeles Valley College where he played a lead role in their 1969...
, 57, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actorActorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
(Falcon CrestFalcon CrestFalcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A total of 227 episodes were produced....
). http://www.famousmonstersoffilmland.com/empire-of-the-ants-actor-john-david-carson-dies/ - August CoppolaAugust CoppolaAugust Floyd Coppola was an American academic, author, film executive and advocate for the arts. He is also known as the father of actor Nicolas Cage.-Family life:...
, 75, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
writerWriterA 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....
, literatureLiteratureLiterature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
professorProfessorA 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...
and father of Nicolas CageNicolas CageNicolas Cage is an American actor, producer and director, having appeared in over 60 films including Raising Arizona , The Rock , Face/Off , Gone in 60 Seconds , Adaptation , National Treasure , Ghost Rider , Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans , and...
, heart attackMyocardial infarctionMyocardial 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-august-coppola30-2009oct30,0,1538527.story - Roy DeCaravaRoy DeCaravaRoy Rudolph DeCarava was an American photographer. DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes collaborated on a notable 1955 book on life in Harlem, The Sweet Flypaper of Life...
, 89, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
photographer. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-me-roy-decarava29-2009oct29,0,860183.story - Alex HarrisAlex HarrisAlex James Harris was an Australian Paralympic swimmer, who represented Australia at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens....
, 34, AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , 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 paralympianParalympianA Paralympian is an athlete who has participated in the Paralympic Games.A Paralympic athlete has a physical disability. The disability can be amputation, spinal cord injuries, visual impairment or cerebral palsy. An exception is the sighted guides for athletes with a visual impairment...
swimmer, gold medalist (2004)2004 Summer ParalympicsThe 2004 Summer Paralympics were held in Athens, Greece, from September 17 to September 28. The twelfth Paralympic Games, an estimated 4,000 athletes took part in the Athens programme, with ages ranging from 11 to 66. Paralympic events had already taken place during the 2004 Summer Olympics as...
, suicideSuicideSuicide 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 train. http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2009/10/28/116025_opinion.html - David ShepherdDavid Shepherd (umpire)David Robert Shepherd MBE was one of the cricket world's best-known umpires. He stood in 92 Test matches, the last of them in June 2005, and officiated in three World Cup finals.- Playing career :...
, 68, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
cricketerCricketerA 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"....
and umpire, lung cancerLung cancerLung 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.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/england/6452514/David-Shepherd-Test-cricket-umpire-dies-at-68.html - Paul ZamecnikPaul ZamecnikPaul Charles Zamecnik was an American scientist who played a central role in the early history of molecular biology. He was a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a senior scientist at Massachusetts General Hospital. Zamecnik pioneered the in vitro synthesis of proteins and helped...
, 96, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
molecular biologist. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/6545715/Lives-Remembered.html
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- Daniel AcharuparambilDaniel AcharuparambilDaniel Acharuparambil was a Roman Catholic Indian archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Verapoly. Ordained to the priesthood on 14 March 1966, he was named archbishop and was ordained on 3 November 1996.- Profile :...
, 70, IndiaIndiaIndia , 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 Roman Catholic ArchbishopArchbishopAn archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...
of VerapolyRoman Catholic Archdiocese of VerapolyThe Latin Catholic Archdiocese of Verapoly is located on the Malabar Coast in India. It became a metropolitan see in 1886. Verapoly is now officially named Varapuzha.-History:...
(since 1996), kidney failure. http://beta.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article38639.ece - Teel BivinsTeel BivinsMiles Teel Bivins served as United States ambassador to Sweden between 2004 and 2006. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 21, 2004, and sworn in at Washington D.C., on May 26. He presented his credentials to King Carl XVI Gustaf in Stockholm on June 9...
, 61, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
member of the Texas SenateTexas SenateThe Texas Senate is the upper house of the Texas Legislature. There are 31 members of the Senate, representing 31 single-member districts across the state with populations of approximately 672,000 per constituency. There are no term limits, and each term is four years long. The Senate meets at the...
(1989–2004), Ambassador to SwedenUnited States Ambassador to SwedenThe United States Ambassador to Sweden serves as the chief representative of the United States Foreign Service to the Kingdom of Sweden, and 1814 to 1905, also to Norway, which was politically aligned with Sweden...
(2004–2006), after long illness. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D9BJ25IG0.html - Sabino Fernández Campo, 91, SpanishSpainSpain , 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...
Chief of the Royal House, key figure in failed 23-F23-F23-F was an attempted coup d'état in Spain that began on 23 February 1981 and ended on the following day. It is also known as El Tejerazo from the name of its most visible figure, Antonio Tejero, who led the failed coup's most notable event: the bursting into the Spanish Congress of Deputies by a...
coup d'étatCoup d'étatA coup d'état state, literally: strike/blow of state)—also known as a coup, putsch, and overthrow—is the sudden, extrajudicial deposition of a government, usually by a small group of the existing state establishment—typically the military—to replace the deposed government with another body; either...
. http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/Muere/Sabino/Fernandez/Campo/fiel/consejero/Rey/durante/23-F/elpepuesp/20091026elpepunac_1/Tes (Spanish) - Lea FiteLea FiteLea Fite was an Alabama state legislator. Fite was elected as a Democrat to the Alabama House of Representatives in 2002. He attended Jacksonville State University and was a supermarket owner...
, 59, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
, member of the Alabama House of RepresentativesAlabama House of RepresentativesThe Alabama House of Representatives is the lower house of the Alabama Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alabama. The House is composed of 105 members representing an equal amount of districts, with each constituency containing at least 42,380 citizens. There are no term...
(since 2002), apparent seizureSeizureAn epileptic seizure, occasionally referred to as a fit, is defined as a transient symptom of "abnormal excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain". The outward effect can be as dramatic as a wild thrashing movement or as mild as a brief loss of awareness...
. http://blog.al.com/live/2009/10/alabama_rep_lea_fite_of_jackso.html - Yoshirō MurakiYoshiro MurakiYoshiro Muraki was a Japanese production designer, art director and costume designer. He was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for his work in Tora! Tora! Tora! , Kagemusha and Ran . He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Costume Design for his work in...
, 85, JapanJapanJapan 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 filmFilmA film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
production designerProduction designerIn film and television, a production designer is the person responsible for the overall look of a filmed event such as films, TV programs, music videos or adverts. Production designers have one of the key creative roles in the creation of motion pictures and television. Working directly with the...
and art directorArt directorThe art director is a person who supervise the creative process of a design.The term 'art director' is a blanket title for a variety of similar job functions in advertising, publishing, film and television, the Internet, and video games....
, heart failure. http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=467343 - George Na'opeGeorge Na'opeGeorge Lanakilakekiahialii Naope , born in Kalihi, Hawaii, was a celebrated kumu hula, master Hawaiian chanter, and leading advocate and preservationist of native Hawaiian culture worldwide...
, 81, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
musicianMusicianA 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....
and hulaHulaHula is a dance form accompanied by chant or song . It was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesians who originally settled there. The hula dramatizes or portrays the words of the oli or mele in a visual dance form....
expert, founder of the Merrie Monarch FestivalMerrie Monarch FestivalThe Merrie Monarch Festival is a week-long cultural festival that takes place annually in Hilo, Hawaii. It honors King David Kalākaua, who was called the "Merrie Monarch" for his patronage of the arts. He is credited with restoring many Hawaiian cultural traditions during his reign, including the...
, cancerCancerCancer , 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.bigislandvideonews.com/2009/10october/20091027napoe.htm - Troy SmithTroy Smith (businessman)Troy Nuel Smith, Sr. was an American entrepreneur who founded Sonic Drive-In, a fast-food restaurant chain based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that recreates the drive-in diner feel of the 1950s, complete with carhops who usually wear roller skates. By the time of Smith's death in 2009, the chain had...
, 87, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
businessman, founder of Sonic Drive-InSonic Drive-InSonic Drive-In is an American drive-in fast-food restaurant chain based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, complete with carhops who sometimes wear rollerskates. As of August 31, 2010, there were 3,500 restaurants in 43 U.S. states. Sonic serves approximately 3 million customers daily.-1950s:Following...
chain, natural causesDeath by natural causesA 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://newsok.com/sonic-founder-troy-smith-dies-at-87/article/3412576
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- Yoshiteru AbeYoshiteru Abewas a Japanese professional 9 dan Go player.- Biography:Yoshiteru Abe was born in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan and became an insei in 1954. As a member of the Nihon Ki-in, he obtained the rank of 9 dan in 1986...
, 68, JapanJapanJapan 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 professional Go player. http://www.asahi.com/obituaries/update/1026/TKY200910250353.html (Japanese) - Dee AnthonyDee AnthonyDee Anthony was an American talent manager who started in the business with fellow Bronx native Jerry Vale. After meeting Tony Bennett in 1954 at a nightclub in Yonkers, New York, he ended up representing the singer for more than a decade...
, 83, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
music manager, pneumoniaPneumoniaPneumonia 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.philly.com/philly/obituaries/20091028_Dee_Anthony___Managed_musicians__83.html - Maksharip AushevMaksharip AushevMaksharip Magometovich Aushev was an Ingush businessman and opposition leader in the Republic of Ingushetia, a federal subject of the Russian Federation...
, 43, RussiaRussiaRussia 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 political activist and opposition leader in IngushetiaIngushetiaThe Republic of Ingushetia is a federal subject of Russia , located in the North Caucasus region with its capital at Magas. In terms of area, the republic is the smallest of Russia's federal subjects except for the two federal cities, Moscow and Saint Petersburg...
, businessman (Ingushetia.org), shotBallistic traumaThe 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.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/51274/ - Adoor BhavaniAdoor BhavaniAdoor Bhavani was an Indian actress in Malayalam movies, best-known for her appearance in the National Award-winning film Chemmeen , directed by Ramu Kariat. She had acted in about 450 films, including Mudiyanaya Puthran, Thulabharam, Kallichellamma, and Anubhavangal Paalichakal. Her last film...
, 82, IndiaIndiaIndia , 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 actress, after long illness. http://www.mathrubhumi.org/news.php?id=25235 - Billy BibitBilly BibitBilly Bibit was a Filipino retired colonel who led a series of attempted coups against former President of the Philippines Corazon Aquino during the 1980s as a member of the Revolutionary Patriot Alliance .Bibit graduated from the Philippine Military Academy in 1972...
, 59, FilipinoPhilippinesThe 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...
soldierSoldierA 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...
and coup d'etatCoup d'étatA coup d'état state, literally: strike/blow of state)—also known as a coup, putsch, and overthrow—is the sudden, extrajudicial deposition of a government, usually by a small group of the existing state establishment—typically the military—to replace the deposed government with another body; either...
leader, complications from a strokeStrokeA 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.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/10/26/09/ex-coup-leader-billy-bibit-dies - Camillo CibinCamillo CibinCamillo Cibin was a Papal bodyguard and Inspector General of the Corpo della Gendarmeria, the security and police force of Vatican City. He retired in 2006 after 58 years of service in the security force and over forty years as its commander.Cibin was with Pope John Paul II when he was shot in St....
, 83, ItalianItalyItaly , 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...
former commanderCommanderCommander is a naval rank which is also sometimes used as a military title depending on the individual customs of a given military service. Commander is also used as a rank or title in some organizations outside of the armed forces, particularly in police and law enforcement.-Commander as a naval...
of the Corps of Gendarmerie of Vatican CityCorps of Gendarmerie of Vatican CityThe Corpo della Gendarmeria dello Stato della Città del Vaticano is the gendarmerie, or police and security force, of Vatican City. The corps is responsible for security, public order, border control, traffic control, criminal investigation, and other general police duties in Vatican City...
. http://www.kathnews.de/content/index.php/2009/10/25/schutzengel-des-papstes-gestorben/ (German) - Fritz DargesFritz DargesFritz Darges was an Obersturmbannführer in the Waffen SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...
, 96, GermanGermanyGermany , 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...
World War IIWorld War IIWorld 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...
Waffen-SSWaffen-SSThe Waffen-SS was a multi-ethnic and multi-national military force of the Third Reich. It constituted the armed wing of the Schutzstaffel or SS, an organ of the Nazi Party. The Waffen-SS saw action throughout World War II and grew from three regiments to over 38 divisions, and served alongside...
officer. http://www.bild.de/BILD/news/2009/10/29/adolf-hitlers-letzter-adjutant/fritz-darges-ist-tot.html (German) - Seymour FromerSeymour FromerSeymour Fromer was an American co-founder of the Judah L. Magnes Museum in Berkeley, California. Fromer co-founded the museum, which houses 11,000 Jewish artifacts, one of the largest collections in the United States, with his wife, Rebecca Fromer, in a Berkeley mansion in 1962. He remained the...
, 87, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
founder of Judah L. Magnes MuseumJudah L. Magnes MuseumThe Judah L. Magnes Museum is a museum of Jewish history, art, and culture in Berkeley, California. It was founded in 1962 by Seymour and Rebecca Fromer and named for Jewish activist Rabbi Judah L. Magnes, a native of Oakland...
, after long illness. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-seymour-fromer8-2009nov08,0,4517609.story - Leslie A. GeddesLeslie A. GeddesLeslie Alexander Geddes was an electrical engineer and physiologist. He has conducted research in electromyography, cardiac output, cardiac pacing, ventricular defibrillation, and blood pressure. He discovered and demonstrated precisely the optimal sites on the chest for defibrillation or pacing...
, 88, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
electrical engineer and physiologist. http://www.indystar.com/article/20091026/BUSINESS/91026010/Purdue+biomedical+pioneer+dies - Lawrence HalprinLawrence HalprinLawrence Halprin was an influential American landscape architect, designer and teacher.Beginning his career in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, in 1949, Halprin often collaborated with a local circle of modernist architects on relatively modest projects. These figures included William...
, 93, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
architectArchitectAn architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
(Ghirardelli SquareGhirardelli SquareGhirardelli Square is a landmark with shops and restaurants in the Fisherman's Wharf area of San Francisco, California, USA. A portion of the area is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Pioneer Woolen Mills and D. Ghirardelli Company....
, Franklin Delano Roosevelt MemorialFranklin Delano Roosevelt MemorialThe memorial's design concept of four outdoor "rooms" and gardens is animated by water, stone, and sculpture.The 1974 design competition was won by Lawrence Halprin; but for more than 20 years Congress failed to appropriate the funds to move beyond this conceptual stage...
). http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/26/BA8O1AAR25.DTL - Gerhard KnoopGerhard KnoopGerhard Herman Knoop was a Norwegian actor, stage producer and theatre director.-Early and personal life:...
, 88, NorwegianNorwayNorway , 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...
theatre director. http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Gerhard_H_Knoop/utdypning (Norwegian) - Chittaranjan KolhatkarChittaranjan KolhatkarChittaranjan Kolhatkar was an Indian film and theatre actor.Born in 1923 in the Amravati district of Maharashtra, Kolhatkar began his film career in 1944, appearing in the film Garibanche Rajya. His theatre debut was in Bhavbandhan written by Ram Ganesh Gadkari.Politically, Kolhatkar was a firm...
, 86, IndiaIndiaIndia , 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 actorActorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, heart attackMyocardial infarctionMyocardial 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.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_veteran-marathi-actor-kolhatkar-dies-at-86_1303128 - Mike McQueen, 52, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
journalistJournalistA 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...
, Associated PressAssociated PressThe Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
bureau chief for LouisianaLouisianaLouisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
and MississippiMississippiMississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...
, cancerCancerCancer , 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.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091025/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_mcqueen - Ingeborg MelloIngeborg MelloIngeborg Mello de Preiss was a female track and field athlete from Argentina, competing in the discus throw and the shot put. She represented her native country twice at the Summer Olympics: 1948 and 1952. She won the gold medal in the women's discus throw and the shot put event at the 1951 Pan...
, 90, ArgentinianArgentinaArgentina , 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...
OlympicOlympic GamesThe 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...
athlete. http://www.cada-atletismo.org/noticias.php?id=466&categoria=detalle (Spanish) - Heinz-Klaus MetzgerHeinz-Klaus MetzgerHeinz-Klaus Metzger was a German music critic and theorist.Metzger studied piano under Carl Seemann in Freiburg and composition under Max Deutsch in Paris. Later, attending a summer course for new music in Darmstadt, he met Theodor W. Adorno, Edgard Varèse, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Luigi Nono...
, 77, GermanGermanyGermany , 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...
music critic. http://www.suedkurier.de/news/baden-wuerttemberg/badenwuerttemberg/Musik;art330342,4003242 (German) - Lázaro Pérez JiménezLázaro Pérez JiménezLázaro Pérez Jiménez was the Roman Catholic, Mexican bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celaya. Ordained to the priesthood on September 21, 1968, he was named bishop on May 15, 1991 and was ordained on June 29, 1991....
, 66, MexicanMexicoThe 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...
Roman Catholic BishopBishop (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 CelayaRoman Catholic Diocese of CelayaThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Celaya is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of León. It was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí until 25 November 2006.-Ordinaries:*Victorino Alvarez Tena...
. http://www.yucatan.com.mx/noticia.asp?cx=9$3100000000$4179150&f=20091024 (Spanish) - Alexander PiatigorskyAlexander PiatigorskyAlexander Piatigorsky was a Russian philosopher, scholar of South Asian philosophy and culture, historian, philologist, semiotician, and writer. Well-versed in the study of language, he knew Sanskrit, Tamil, Pali, Tibetan, German, Russian, French, Italian and English...
, 80, RussiaRussiaRussia 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-born BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
philosopher. http://www.svobodanews.ru/content/article/1860754.html (Russian) - Jeffry PicowerJeffry PicowerJeffry M. Picower was an American investor and noted philanthropist involved in the Madoff investment scandal...
, 67, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
philanthropistPhilanthropistA philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes...
, associate of Bernard MadoffBernard MadoffBernard Lawrence "Bernie" Madoff is a former American businessman, stockbroker, investment advisor, and financier. He is the former non-executive chairman of the NASDAQ stock market, and the admitted operator of a Ponzi scheme that is considered to be the largest financial fraud in U.S...
, drowned after heart attackMyocardial infarctionMyocardial 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.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091025/ap_on_bi_ge/us_madoff_associate_death - Kamala SankrityayanKamala SankrityayanDr. Kamala Sankrityayan , was one of the popular Hindi writer, editor and Nepali scholar of the 20th century and the wife of historian Rahul Sankrityayan.- Biography :...
, 89, IndiaIndiaIndia , 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 writerWriterA 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 litterateur. http://www.darjeelingtimes.com/news/News/Dr-Kamala-Sanskritayan-passes-away.html - Tangi SatyanarayanaTangi SatyanarayanaTangi Satyanarayana was an Indian politician who served as the Speaker of the Vidhan Sabha, the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 1983 until 1985 during the Telugu Desam Party government....
, 84, IndiaIndiaIndia , 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 politicianPoliticsPolitics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...
, SpeakerSpeaker (politics)The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the...
of the Vidhan SabhaVidhan SabhaThe Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...
of Andhra PradeshAndhra PradeshAndhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...
(1983–1985), after long illness. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Former-speaker-Satyanaryana-dies/articleshow/5161478.cms - Kevin WidemondKevin WidemondKevin Widemond was an American basketball player...
, 23, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
basketballBasketballBasketball 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, heart attackMyocardial infarctionMyocardial 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.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/10/kevin_widemond_basketball_play.html
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- Bill ChadwickBill ChadwickWilliam Leroy "The Big Whistle" Chadwick was the first US-born referee to serve in the National Hockey League...
, 94, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
hockeyNational Hockey LeagueThe National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
officialOfficial (ice hockey)In ice hockey, an official is a person who has some responsibility in enforcing the rules and maintaining the order of the game. There are two categories of officials, on-ice officials, who are the referees and linesmen that enforce the rules during game play, and off-ice officials, who have an...
and broadcasterBroadcastingBroadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...
. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/sports/hockey/27chadwick.html - Yasuo IwataYasuo Iwatawas a Japanese seiyū from Iwate, most known for his role as Nanbutsu Isasaka in Sazae-san.-Voice roles:*Cosmic Baton Girl Comet-san *Heat Guy J *Last Exile...
, 67, JapanJapanJapan 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 actorActorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, lung cancerLung cancerLung 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://mainichi.jp/select/person/news/20091026k0000m060028000c.html (Japanese)
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- Ture CailoTure CailoTure Cailo was a Vanuatuan politician and member of Parliament.In October 2009, Cailo travelled to Australia to attend a gathering of MPs from the Pacific Islands region for workshop on democracy. He died in Canberra, Australia while attending the conference on 23 October 2009. The cause of his...
, VanuatuVanuatuVanuatu , officially the Republic of Vanuatu , is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is some east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, west of Fiji, and southeast of the Solomon Islands, near New Guinea.Vanuatu was...
an politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
and member of parliamentParliament of VanuatuThe Parliament is the unicameral legislative body of the Republic of Vanuatu.It was established by chapter 4 of the 1980 Constitution, upon Vanuatu's independence from France and the United Kingdom....
. http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=49868 - Linda DayLinda DayLinda Day was an American television director, working for the most part in situation comedies.Day was born as Linda Brickner in Los Angeles in 1938, the daughter of Roy Brickner, a film editor....
, 71, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
television directorTelevision directorA 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...
, leukemiaLeukemiaLeukemia or leukaemia is a type of cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal increase of immature white blood cells called "blasts". Leukemia is a broad term covering a spectrum of diseases...
and breast cancerBreast cancerBreast 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.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i7a4f853fe57e4c0b6a84858ef2f215f3 - Trevor DenningTrevor DenningTrevor Denning RBSA was an English artist, sculptor, writer, and former art teacher.-Biography:Denning was born in Moseley, Birmingham, studying painting and graphics at the Birmingham School of Art from 1938 to 1942 and teaching there between 1945 and 1985.In 1947 he was one of the founders of the...
, 86, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
artistArtistAn 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.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-news/2009/10/26/birmingham-born-artist-trevor-denning-dies-65233-25012783/ - Sohrab FakirSohrab FakirSohrab Fakir [ Sindhi: سھراب فڨیر was a Sindhi Sufi singer. His full name is Sohrab Fakir Khaskhely. He was born in 1934 in Khairpur Mir's...
, 75, PakistanPakistanPakistan , 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 folk singerFolk SingerFolk Singer is a 1964 album by Muddy Waters. Waters plays acoustic guitar, backed by Willie Dixon on string bass, Clifton James on drums, and Buddy Guy on acoustic guitar...
, kidney disease. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C10%5C24%5Cstory_24-10-2009_pg12_6 - Chris HawkChris HawkChristopher Lee Hawk was an American surfer and board shaper.Hawk was born in Maywood, California in 1951. During the 1980s, he became a surfboard shaper, and his boards were popular among locals in Orange County....
, 58, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
surferSurfingSurfing' 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...
, oral cancerOral cancerOral cancer is a subtype of head and neck cancer, is any cancerous tissue growth located in the oral cavity. It may arise as a primary lesion originating in any of the oral tissues, by metastasis from a distant site of origin, or by extension from a neighboring anatomic structure, such as the...
. http://cbs2.com/local/Chris.Hawk.Surfer.2.1269130.html - Lou JacobiLou JacobiLouis Harold "Lou" Jacobi was a Canadian character actor.-Life and career:Jacobi was born Louis Harold Jacobovitch in Toronto, Ontario to Joseph and Fay Jacobivitch...
, 95, CanadianCanadaCanada 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...
-born AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actorActorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
(The Diary of Anne Frank). http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/nyregion/25jacobi.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=lou%20jacobi&st=cse - John KenleyJohn KenleyJohn Kenley was an American theatrical producer.-1906–1920s:Born John Kremchek, in the winter of 1906, his early childhood was spent in Denver. His father, a Slovakian saloon owner, baptized him as Russian Orthodox and by age 4 he was singing in church, in both Russian and English...
, 103, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
summer theaterSummer stock theatreSummer stock theatre is any theatre that presents stage productions only in the summer within the United States. The name combines both the seasonal time of year with the tradition of staging shows by a resident company, reusing stock scenery and costumes...
producerTheatrical producerA theatrical producer is the person ultimately responsible for overseeing all aspects of mounting a theatre production. The independent producer will usually be the originator and finder of the script and starts the whole process...
, complications of pneumonia. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091029/ap_en_ot/us_obit_kenley;_ylt=AnqzkoeFCUAZIRymxgwZj.es0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFrcnQ4ZDY4BHBvcwMxNjcEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50BHNsawNzdW1tZXJ0aGVhdGU- - Shiloh Pepin, 10, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
girl with rare sirenomeliaSirenomeliaSirenomelia, alternatively known as Mermaid Syndrome, is a very rare congenital deformity in which the legs are fused together, giving them the appearance of a mermaid's tail....
condition, pneumoniaPneumoniaPneumonia 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/ALeqM5jBDqrjy7pPf1dhPsJM3lqa7Z6l8wD9BHK6QG1 - Jack PooleJack PooleJohn W. "Jack" Poole, OC, OBC was a Canadian businessman who, as the head of the VANOC bid committee, was responsible for bringing the 2010 Winter Olympics to Canada....
, 76, CanadianCanadaCanada 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...
real estate developerReal estate developmentReal estate development, or Property Development, is a multifaceted business, encompassing activities that range from the renovation and re-lease of existing buildings to the purchase of raw land and the sale of improved land or parcels to others...
, pancreatic cancerPancreatic cancerPancreatic 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.ctvolympics.ca/about-vancouver/news/newsid=16871.html?cid=rsstsn - Ron SobieszczykRon SobieszczykRon Sobieszcyzk was an American professional basketball player.Also known as Ron Sobie, Sobieszczyk played for coach Ray Meyer at DePaul University from 1953 to 1956. He scored 1,222 points in his college career and participated with the College All-Stars team that toured with the Harlem...
, 75, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
basketballBasketballBasketball 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 (DePaul Blue DemonsDePaul Blue Demons men's basketballThe DePaul Blue Demons Men's Basketball program is the NCAA Division I intercollegiate men's basketball program of DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois...
, New York KnicksNew York KnicksThe New York Knickerbockers, prominently known as the Knicks, are a professional basketball team based in New York City. They are part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association...
), degenerative brain disease. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-obit-sobieszczyk-25oct25,0,3672470.story
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- Maryanne AmacherMaryanne AmacherMaryanne Amacher was an American composer and installation artist.-Biography:Amacher was born in Kane, Pennsylvania, to an American nurse and a Swiss freight train worker. As the only child, she grew up playing the piano. Amacher left Kane to attend the University of Pennsylvania on a full...
, 66, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
experimental composerComposerA 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...
, sound artist, and installation artist, complications after a strokeStrokeA 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.chicagoreader.com/TheBlog/archives/2009/10/23/radical-sound-artist-maryanne-amacher-dies - Paul AndrewsPaul Andrews (Australian politician)Paul William Andrews was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2008, representing the electorate of Southern River....
, 53, AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , 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 politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
, cancerCancerCancer , 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.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,26250095-5017005,00.html - Nicholas AtkinNicholas AtkinNick Atkin was appointed Lecturer in History at the University of Reading in 1986, having previously taught at the University of London. He was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2000 and the personal title of Professor of Modern European History was conferred on him in 2004...
, 49, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
historianHistorianA 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...
, meningitisMeningitisMeningitis is inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, known collectively as the meninges. The inflammation may be caused by infection with viruses, bacteria, or other microorganisms, and less commonly by certain drugs...
. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/professor-nick-atkin-celebrated-scholar-of-french-and-catholic-history-1823797.html - Daniel BekkerDaniel BekkerDaniel "Daan" Wepener Bekker was a South African boxer, who won the bronze medal in the Heavyweight division at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia...
, 77, South AfricaSouth AfricaThe 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 boxerBoxingBoxing, 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...
, Parkinson’sParkinson's diseaseParkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system...
and Alzheimer’s diseases. http://www.fightnews.com/?p=27361#more-27361 - Ray B. BrowneRay B. BrowneRay Broadus Browne , was an American educator, author, and founder of the academic study of popular culture in the United States. He was Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. He founded the first academic Department of Popular Culture at...
, 87, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
educator, scholar of popular culturePopular culturePopular culture is the totality of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, memes, images and other phenomena that are deemed preferred per an informal consensus within the mainstream of a given culture, especially Western culture of the early to mid 20th century and the emerging global mainstream of the...
. http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/ohio-news/ohio-prof-who-pioneered-study-of-pop-culture-dies-363420.html - Pierre ChaunuPierre ChaunuPierre Chaunu was a French historian. His specialty was Latin American history; he also studied French social and religious history of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries...
, 86, FrenchFranceThe 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...
historianHistorianA 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.lematin.ch/flash-info/loisirs/deces-historien-pierre-chaunu (French) - Howard DarwinHoward DarwinHoward Darwin was a Canadian businessman and sports team owner. Among his businesses, he owned the Ottawa 67's, London Knights and Ottawa Lynx sports franchises.-Personal life:...
, 78, CanadianCanadaCanada 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...
sports promoter, founder of the Ottawa 67'sOttawa 67'sThe Ottawa 67’s are a junior ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario. They have played in the Ontario Hockey League since 1967, Canada's centennial year. The current coach is Chris Byrne.-History:...
, complicationsComplication (medicine)Complication, in medicine, is an unfavorable evolution of a disease, a health condition or a medical treatment. The disease can become worse in its severity or show a higher number of signs, symptoms or new pathological changes, become widespread throughout the body or affect other organ systems. A...
from heart surgeryCardiac surgeryCardiovascular surgery is surgery on the heart or great vessels performed by cardiac surgeons. Frequently, it is done to treat complications of ischemic heart disease , correct congenital heart disease, or treat valvular heart disease from various causes including endocarditis, rheumatic heart...
. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/10/22/ottawa-howard-darwin-obit.html - Ray LambertRay LambertRaymond Lambert was a Welsh footballer who played for Liverpool.-Life and playing career:Born in Bagillt, Flintshire, Wales, Lambert joined the Reds as an amateur schoolboy in 1936 aged 13. In doing so, he set the record for being the youngest ever player to join a league side...
, 87, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2009/10/22/former-liverpool-fc-league-title-winner-ray-lambert-dies-100252-24994367/ - Don LaneDon LaneDon Lane , born Morton Donald Isaacson, was an American-born talk show host and singer. Don Lane is best known for hosting The Don Lane Show, which was aired on The Nine Network in Australia from 1975 to 1983....
, 75, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
-born AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , 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 entertainer, Alzheimer's diseaseAlzheimer's diseaseAlzheimer's disease also known in medical literature as Alzheimer disease is the most common form of dementia. There is no cure for the disease, which worsens as it progresses, and eventually leads to death...
. http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainment/don-lane-dead-at-75-20091022-hane.html - Don Ivan PunchatzDon Ivan PunchatzDon Ivan Punchatz was a science fiction and fantasy artist who drew illustrations for numerous publications, including magazines such as Heavy Metal, National Geographic, Playboy, and Time....
, 73, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
science fictionScience fictionScience 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...
artistArtistAn 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...
, cardiac arrestCardiac arrestCardiac arrest, is the cessation of normal circulation of the blood due to failure of the heart to contract effectively...
. http://www.spectrumfantasticart.com/ - Herman ReichHerman ReichHerman Charles Reich was a first baseman/right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams during the season. Listed at 6' 2", 200 lb., Reich batted right-handed and threw left-handed...
, 91, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
baseballBaseballBaseball 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 (Washington SenatorsMinnesota TwinsThe Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The team is named after the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the...
, Chicago CubsChicago CubsThe Chicago Cubs are a professional baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League. They are one of two Major League clubs based in Chicago . The Cubs are also one of the two remaining charter members of the National...
, Cleveland IndiansCleveland IndiansThe Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona...
). http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nctimes/obituary.aspx?n=herman-charles-reich&pid=135114949 - Maciej RybinskiMaciej Rybinski (journalist)Maciej Rybiński was a Polish journalist, publicist, satirician and writer.-References:...
, 64, PolishPolandPoland , 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...
journalistJournalistA 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 publicistPublicistA publicist is a person whose job is to generate and manage publicity for a public figure, especially a celebrity, a business, or for a work such as a book, film or album...
. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1329532/bio - Soupy SalesSoupy SalesSoupy Sales was an American comedian, actor, radio-TV personality and host, and jazz aficionado. He was best known for his local and network children's television show, Lunch with Soupy Sales; a series of comedy sketches frequently ending with Sales receiving a pie in the face, which became his...
, 83, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
comedianComedianA 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 television hostPresenterA 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...
, cancerCancerCancer , 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.wwj.com/pages/5503348.php? - Suchart ChaovisithSuchart ChaovisithSuchart Chaovisith was a Thailand politician who served as Thailand's Minister of Finance from 2003 until 2004 and the Deputy Prime Minister in 2004.Suchart Chaovisith was born in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand...
, 69, ThaiThailandThailand , 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...
politicianHouse of Representatives of ThailandThe House of Representatives of the Kingdom of Thailand is the lower house of the National Assembly of Thailand, the legislative branch of the Thai Government. The system of government of Thailand is that of a Constitutional Monarchy and a Parliamentary Democracy. The system of the Thai...
, Finance MinisterFinance ministerThe finance minister is a cabinet position in a government.A minister of finance has many different jobs in a government. He or she helps form the government budget, stimulate the economy, and control finances...
(2003–2004) and Deputy Prime Minister (2004), laryngeal cancer. http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/26113/suchart-69-dies-of-cancer - Libero TresoldiLibero TresoldiLibero Tresoldi was an Italian prelate, who was bishop of Crema.-Biography:Born at Rivolta d'Adda, he later moved to Milan with his family....
, 88, ItalianItalyItaly , 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 BishopBishop (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 CremaRoman Catholic Diocese of CremaThe diocese of Crema is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in northern Italy, existing since 1579. It is suffragan to the archdiocese of Milan.. Its seat is the Duomo of Crema.-History:...
. http://www.ilgiornale.it/milano/è_morto_monsignor_tresoldi_anni_abate_santambrogio/comune_milano-attualitã-tettamanzi-ambrogio/22-10-2009/articolo-id=393046-page=0-comments=1 (Italian) - Albert WatsonAlbert Watson (footballer born 1918)Albert Watson was a professional footballer, who played for Huddersfield Town and Oldham Athletic. He was born in Bolton on Dearne, near Barnsley, Yorkshire...
, 91, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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. http://announce.jpress.co.uk/3032569 - Elmer WinterElmer WinterElmer Louis Winter was an American lawyer who co-founded the Manpower Inc. temporary employment agency in 1948, after his law firm encountered difficulties hiring secretarial assistance in an emergency...
, 97, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
founder of Manpower Inc.Manpower Inc.ManpowerGroup is a workforce solutions and services provider company headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It was established by Elmer Winter and Aaron Scheinfeld in 1948. It was acquired by Blue Arrow of Britain in 1987, but became independent again in 1991.The directors include...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/business/30winter.html - George Patrick ZiemannGeorge Patrick ZiemannGeorge Patrick Ziemann was the third Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa in California....
, 68, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Roman Catholic BishopBishop (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 Santa Rosa. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-patrick-ziemann23-2009oct23,0,1532784.story
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- Louise CooperLouise CooperLouise Cooper was a British fantasy writer who lived in Cornwall with her husband, Cas Sandall.Cooper was born in Hertfordshire. She began writing stories when she was at school to entertain her friends. She continued to write and her first full-length novel was published at the age of twenty...
, 57, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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, aneurysmAneurysmAn aneurysm or aneurism is a localized, blood-filled balloon-like bulge in the wall of a blood vessel. Aneurysms can commonly occur in arteries at the base of the brain and an aortic aneurysm occurs in the main artery carrying blood from the left ventricle of the heart...
. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/nov/12/louise-cooper-obituary - Lionel DavidsonLionel DavidsonLionel Davidson was an English novelist who wrote a number of acclaimed spy thrillers.-Life and career:Lionel Davidson was born in 1922 in Hull, Yorkshire, one of nine children of an immigrant Jewish tailor. He left school early and worked in the London offices of the Spectator magazine as an...
, 87, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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, lung cancerLung cancerLung 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.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/arts/01davidson.html - Clinton FordClinton Ford (singer)Clinton Ford was an English popular singer of the 1950s and 1960s.-Biography:He was born Ian George Stopford Harrison, in Salford, Lancashire....
, 77, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
singer, after long illness. http://www.isleofman.com/news/article.aspx?article=21523&area=2 - John JarmanJohn Jarman (footballer)John Emlyn Jarman was a Welsh footballer and coach.As a player, Jarman began his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers, but never played for the club, in part because of a serious knee injury. He was sold to Barnsley in 1950 for an £8,000 transfer fee. In six years at Oakwell, he played 47 games and...
, 78, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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 and coachCoach (sport)In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
, after short illness. http://www.mansfieldtown.net/page/NewsDetail/0,,10325~1834730,00.html - Iain Macphail, Lord MacphailIain Macphail, Lord MacphailIain Duncan Macphail, Lord Macphail was a Scottish lawyer and Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the country's Supreme Courts.-Early life:...
, 71, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
judgeJudgeA judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and in an open...
and legal scholar. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6890986.ece - Paul MasseyPaul MasseyPaul Mackintosh Orgill Massey was a British rower who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics....
, 83, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
OlympicOlympic GamesThe 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 (19481948 Summer OlympicsThe 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in London, England, United Kingdom. After a 12-year hiatus because of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics since the 1936 Games in Berlin...
) rowerRowing (sport)Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
. http://www.bmdsonline.co.uk/3020989?s_source=tmmi_bmem - Yōko MinamidaYoko Minamidawas a Japanese actress. She was diagnosed with Alzheimers in November 2008, and a TV documentary was made about her condition and the efforts of her husband, actor Hiroyuki Nagato, to care for her...
, 76, JapanJapanJapan 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 actress. http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=466326 - Jack NelsonJack Nelson (journalist)John Howard "Jack" Nelson was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist praised for his coverage of the Watergate scandal and described by New York Times Managing Editor Gene Roberts as "one of the most effective reporters in the civil rights era."-Youth:Born in Talladega, Alabama, Nelson's...
, 80, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe 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 journalistJournalistA 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...
(1960)Pulitzer Prize for Local ReportingThe Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting is awarded to an example of "local reporting that illuminates significant issues or concerns." This Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1948. Like most Pulitzers the winner receives a $10,000 award.-History:...
, pancreatic cancerPancreatic cancerPancreatic 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-jack-nelson22-2009oct22,0,4611751.story - Redmond O'NeillRedmond O'NeillRedmond O'Neill was a British political activist.Born in London to a family from Tipperary, O'Neill studied at Sussex University, where he joined the Trotskyist International Marxist Group . One faction in the IMG later became Socialist Action, and O'Neill was recognised as its leader...
, 55, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
political activist. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/oct/27/redmond-oneill-obituary - SironeSirone (musician)Norris Jones, better known as Sirone was an American jazz bassist and composer.-Biography:Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Sirone worked in Atlanta late in the 1950s and early in the 1960s with "The Group" alongside George Adams; he also recorded with R&B musicians such as Sam Cooke and Smokey Robinson...
, 69, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
jazz musician. http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2009/10/sirone_revolutionary_bassist_d.html - Ted SizerTed SizerTheodore Ryland Sizer was a leader of educational reform in the United States, the founder of the Essential school movement and was known for challenging longstanding practices and assumptions about the functioning of American secondary schools...
, 77, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
education reformEducation reformEducation reform is the process of improving public education. Small improvements in education theoretically have large social returns, in health, wealth and well-being. Historically, reforms have taken different forms because the motivations of reformers have differed.A continuing motivation has...
er, colorectal cancerColorectal cancerColorectal cancer, commonly known as bowel cancer, is a cancer caused by uncontrolled cell growth , in the colon, rectum, or vermiform appendix. Colorectal cancer is clinically distinct from anal cancer, which affects the anus....
. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hNLJpVkK6kwVAiGx4k0v-frawlqQD9BGEAG80 - Giuliano VassalliGiuliano VassalliGiuliano Vassalli was an Italian politician, lecturer and lawyer.-Life:He was born in Perugia, son of Filippo Vassalli, a famous lecturer and lawyer. During World War II Vassalli was imprisoned by Nazi forces in Rome and subjected to torture...
, 94, ItalianItalyItaly , 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...
politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
, illnessIllnessIllness is a state of poor health. Illness is sometimes considered another word for disease. Others maintain that fine distinctions exist...
. http://www.corriere.it/cronache/09_ottobre_23/vassalli-giurista-deceduto_61fcd646-bfad-11de-856b-00144f02aabc.shtml (Italian)
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- Yvonne CarterYvonne CarterYvonne Helen Carter, CBE, DL was a British general practitioner and Dean of the Warwick Medical School, a post she took up in 2004, after being the Vice-Dean...
, 50, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
general practitionerGeneral practitionerA general practitioner is a medical practitioner who treats acute and chronic illnesses and provides preventive care and health education for all ages and both sexes. They have particular skills in treating people with multiple health issues and comorbidities...
and medical academicMedical educationMedical education is education related to the practice of being a medical practitioner, either the initial training to become a doctor or additional training thereafter ....
, breast cancerBreast cancerBreast 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://www2.warwick.ac.uk/insite/newsandevents/warwickpeople/profyvonnecarter - Attila DargayAttila DargayAttila Dargay was an animator from Hungary. He was born in Mezőnyék.-Life:He finished his academic studies in 1948. He worked at Hungary's National Theatre as scenery painter; then he became an animated-film director in 1957. His films are popular among both children and adults...
, 83, HungarianHungaryHungary , 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...
animatorAnimatorAn animator is an artist who creates multiple images that give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence; the images are called frames and key frames. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, video games, and the internet. Usually, an...
. http://index.hu/kultur/cinematrix/ccikkek/2009/10/22/meghalt_dargay_attila/ (Hungarian) - Margaret Fitzgerald, 113, CanadianCanadaCanada 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...
supercentenarianSupercentenarianA supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
, natural causesDeath by natural causesA 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.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jPI7pwVooh8RmltaDnxOQ49-MjXg - Clifford HansenClifford HansenClifford Peter Hansen was a Republican politician from the American state of Wyoming. He served as both the 26th Governor and U.S. senator...
, 97, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
, Governor of Wyoming (1963–1967) and U.S. SenatorUnited States SenateThe United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
(1967–1978). http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/10/21/2105191.aspx - Carl Fredrik LowzowCarl Fredrik LowzowCarl Fredrik Lowzow was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus in 1977, and was re-elected on two occasions....
, 82, NorwegianNorwayNorway , 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...
politicianPoliticianA 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=CALO&tab=Biography (Norwegian) - Charles MillsCharles Mills (artist)Charles Norman Mills was an African American artist whose paintings appeared on canvas and as murals on neighborhood walls, focusing on events in African-American history and culture...
, 88, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
painterPaintingPainting 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.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fort-lauderdale/sfl-mills-obit-b102109,0,6474487.story - Doreen Reid NakamarraDoreen Reid NakamarraDoreen Reid Nakamarra was an Australian Aboriginal artist and painter. Reid was considered an important artist within the Western Desert cultural bloc. She was a leading painter at the Papunya Tula artist cooperative in Central Australia.Reid was born in Mummine near Warburton, Western Australia...
, 50, AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , 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 Aboriginal artist, pneumoniaPneumoniaPneumonia 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.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26279269-5006789,00.html - Jef NysJef NysJozef "Jef" Nys was a Belgian comic book creator. He was best known for his comic strip Jommeke.-Biography:...
, 82, BelgianBelgiumBelgium , 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...
comic book artistComic Book ArtistComic 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...
(JommekeJommekeJommeke is the name of a Flemish comic book series and of its main character. It deals with the adventures of Jommeke, a boy of about 11 years old and his friends. The creator of Jommeke was Jef Nys.-History:...
). http://www.knack.be/kanaal/mensen/striptekenaar-jef-nys-overleden/site72-section9-article41203.html (Dutch) - Sultan PepperSultan PepperSultan Pepper was an American Emmy Award-winning comedy writer who worked on the Ben Stiller Show and Mad TV...
, 47, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
comedyComedyComedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
writer, Emmy AwardEmmy AwardAn Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
winner (The Ben Stiller ShowThe Ben Stiller ShowThe Ben Stiller Show was the name of two sketch comedy television shows that aired on MTV from 1990 to 1991, and then on Fox from September 1992 to January 1993. The Fox show starred Ben Stiller, Andy Dick, Janeane Garofalo and Bob Odenkirk. Character actor John F. O'Donohue also appeared in every...
). http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3ia4b706c7ade5c201defd4b34a303ef02 - Yuri RyazanovYuri RyazanovYuri Sergeyevich Ryazanov was a Russian artistic gymnast. He was the 2009 World All-Around bronze medalist, the 2009 Russian All-Around national champion, and the 2007 & 2009 European All-Around bronze medalist...
, 22, RussiaRussiaRussia 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 artistic gymnastArtistic gymnasticsArtistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite...
, car accidentCar accidentA 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.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/gymnastics/8316898.stm - Winai SenniamWinai SenniamWinai Senniam was a Thai politician and parliamentarian who served in the House of Representatives of Thailand. Senniam was a member of the Democrat Party of Thailand....
, 51, ThaiThailandThailand , 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...
parliamentarianHouse of Representatives of ThailandThe House of Representatives of the Kingdom of Thailand is the lower house of the National Assembly of Thailand, the legislative branch of the Thai Government. The system of government of Thailand is that of a Constitutional Monarchy and a Parliamentary Democracy. The system of the Thai...
, liverLiver cancerLiver 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...
and colon cancer. http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/157593/democat-mp-winai-senniam-dies
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- Dame Doreen BlumhardtDoreen BlumhardtDame Doreen Blumhardt, ONZ, DNZM, CBE was a New Zealand potter, ceramicist and arts educator.-Career:...
, 95, New ZealandNew ZealandNew 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...
potterPotteryPottery is the material from which the potteryware is made, of which major types include earthenware, stoneware and porcelain. The place where such wares are made is also called a pottery . Pottery also refers to the art or craft of the potter or the manufacture of pottery...
. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10604145 - Moni FananMoni FananShimon Fanan was the team manager of the Israeli basketball team Maccabi Tel-Aviv during the years 1992–2008.-Career:...
, 63, IsraelIsraelThe State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i basketballBasketballBasketball 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...
team manager, suicideSuicideSuicide 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://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1255694848184&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull - Werner HeubeckWerner HeubeckWerner Wolfgang Heubeck, CBE was a German-British transport executive, who was managing director of the Northern Ireland transport companies Ulsterbus and Citybus.-Early life and military service:...
, 85, GermanGermanyGermany , 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 BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
managing director of UlsterbusUlsterbusUlsterbus is a public transport operator in Northern Ireland and operates bus services outside Belfast. It is part of Translink , which also includes Northern Ireland Railways, Metro Belfast and Flexibus.-Services:Ulsterbus is responsible for most of the province-wide bus...
and CitybusMetro (Belfast)Metro is the trading name for bus company Citybus in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is a subsidiary of the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company, within the common management structure of Translink, along with Ulsterbus and Northern Ireland Railways....
, cancerCancerCancer , 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/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8315235.stm - Joe Hutton, 81, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
basketballBasketballBasketball 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, heart attackMyocardial infarctionMyocardial 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.startribune.com/sports/gophers/65108152.html?elr=KArks7PYDiaK7DUoaK7D_V_eDc87DUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU - Sushila KerkettaSushila KerkettaSushila Kerketta was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. She represented the Khunti constituency of Jharkhand and was a member of the Indian National Congress political party....
, 71, IndiaIndiaIndia , 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 politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
, heart attackMyocardial infarctionMyocardial 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.ptinews.com/news/337690_Former-Bihar-minister-passes-away - Vladimír KlokočkaVladimír KlokočkaVladimír Klokočka was a Czech lawyer, legal expert and politician. Klokocka was a signatory to the Charter 77 manifesto, which criticized the Czechoslovakian Communist government for not implementing basic human rights provisions.Born in Prague in 1929, Klokocka graduated from the Faculty of Law...
, 80, CzechCzech RepublicThe 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....
politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
and juristJuristA 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...
, signatory to Charter 77Charter 77Charter 77 was an informal civic initiative in communist Czechoslovakia from 1976 to 1992, named after the document Charter 77 from January 1977. Founding members and architects were Václav Havel, Jan Patočka, Zdeněk Mlynář, Jiří Hájek, and Pavel Kohout. Spreading the text of the document was...
manifestoManifestoA manifesto is a public declaration of principles and intentions, often political in nature. Manifestos relating to religious belief are generally referred to as creeds. Manifestos may also be life stance-related.-Etymology:...
. http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-legal-expert-charter-77-signatory-klokocka-dies/403375 - Shlomo LorinczShlomo LorinczRabbi Shlomo Lorincz was a former Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Agudat Yisrael from 1951 until 1984, and a close confident of many gedolim.-Biography:...
, 91, HungariaHungaryHungary , 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...
n-born IsraelIsraelThe State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
, heart failure. http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1255694848542&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull - Reg McKayReg McKayReg McKay was a Scottish journalist with the Daily Record newspaper. He was also a former Director of Social Work with Argyll and Bute Council and a former Director of the Action for Children charity...
, 56, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
journalistJournalismJournalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
and crime fictionCrime fictionCrime fiction is the literary genre that fictionalizes crimes, their detection, criminals and their motives. It is usually distinguished from mainstream fiction and other genres such as science fiction or historical fiction, but boundaries can be, and indeed are, blurred...
writer, brain and lung cancerLung cancerLung 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.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2009/10/20/crimewriter-and-daily-record-columnist-reg-mckay-dies-of-cancer-aged-56-86908-21760230/ - Angelo MusiAngelo MusiAngelo Musi, Jr. was an American professional basketball player.A 5'9" guard from Temple University, Musi played three seasons in the Basketball Association of America as a member of the Philadelphia Warriors. He averaged 8.4 points per game in his career and won a league championship in 1947...
, 91, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
basketballBasketballBasketball 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. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=12B7F38DF0F53400&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM - Nimma Raja ReddyNimma Raja ReddyNimma Raja Reddy, also spelled Nimma Raji Reddy was an Indian politician and was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh representing Cherial Assembly Constituency a record six times, an influential politician in Warangal District Nimma Raja Reddy is considered to be the political...
, 72, IndiaIndiaIndia , 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 politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
. http://thatstelugu.oneindia.in/news/2009/10/19/ex-minister-nimma-raji-reddy-dead-191009.html (Telugu) - Alberto TestaAlberto Testa (lyricist)Alberto Testa was an Italian composer, lyricist, singer, and writer for television. He was known primarily for his work as a lyricist, and his words were set by such songwriters as Tony Renis and Memo Remigi...
, 82, ItalianItalyItaly , 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...
composerComposerA 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...
and lyricistLyricistA 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://www.lastampa.it/redazione/cmsSezioni/spettacoli/200910articoli/48525girata.asp (Italian) - Radu TimofteRadu TimofteAlexandru-Radu Timofte was a Romanian soldier, politician and spy chief. A member of the Social Democratic Party , he sat in the Romanian Senate from 1990 to 2001, representing Neamţ County...
, 60, RomaniaRomaniaRomania 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 intelligence officerIntelligence officerAn intelligence officer is a person employed by an organization to collect, compile and/or analyze information which is of use to that organization...
, director of the Serviciul Român de InformaţiiServiciul Român de InformatiiThe Romanian Intelligence Service is the Romanian domestic intelligence service. It is considered the descendant of the former Departamentul Securităţii Statului , of the Socialist Republic of Romania. The official decree The Romanian Intelligence Service (', SRI) is the Romanian domestic...
(2001–2006), leukemiaLeukemiaLeukemia or leukaemia is a type of cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal increase of immature white blood cells called "blasts". Leukemia is a broad term covering a spectrum of diseases...
. http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1085434&lang=eng_news - Howard UnruhHoward UnruhHoward Barton Unruh was an American mass murderer who killed 13 people on September 6, 1949, in Camden, New Jersey, when he was 28 years old. Unruh is considered the first single-episode mass murderer in U.S. history. He died in 2009 after a lengthy illness at the age of 88...
, 88, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
spree killerSpree killerA spree killer is someone who embarks on a murderous assault on two or more victims in a short time in multiple locations. The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics defines a spree killing as "killings at two or more locations with almost no time break between murders."-Definition:According to the...
. http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20091019_Notorious_Camden_killer_Unruh_dies_at_88.html - Joseph WisemanJoseph WisemanJoseph Wiseman was a Canadian theater and film actor, best known for starring as the titular antagonist of the first James Bond film, Dr. No, his role as Manny Weisbord on Crime Story, and his career on Broadway...
, 91, CanadianCanadaCanada 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...
actorActorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
(Dr. NoDr. No (film)Dr. No is a 1962 spy film, starring Sean Connery; it is the first James Bond film. Based on the 1958 Ian Fleming novel of the same name, it was adapted by Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood, and Berkely Mather and was directed by Terence Young. The film was produced by Harry Saltzman and Albert R...
). http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/arts/20wiseman.html?ref=obituaries
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- Ion CojarIon CojarIon Cojar was a Romanian theatre director and method acting professor at UNATC. He is the pioneer of the Romanian method acting school.-See also:* Ion Cojar * Stanislavski's system* Method acting...
, 78, RomaniaRomaniaRomania 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 actorActorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and film directorFilm directorA 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:...
, Parkinson's diseaseParkinson's diseaseParkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system...
. http://www.realitatea.net/a-murit-actorul-si-regizorul-ion-cojar_643566.html (Romanian) - Ruth DuckworthRuth DuckworthRuth Duckworth was a modernist sculptor who specialized in ceramics. Her sculptures, as well as wall sculptures and monumental works, are mostly untitled...
, 90, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
sculptorSculptureSculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
, after short illness. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-obit-duckworth-21-oct21,0,2021310.story - Jasper HowardJasper HowardJasper Tyrone Howard , was a cornerback for the University of Connecticut Huskies from 2007 to 2009. He was fatally stabbed on October 18, 2009, hours after UConn's win over the Louisville Cardinals.- Early life :...
, 20, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
footballAmerican footballAmerican 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, stabbedStabbingA stabbing is penetration with a sharp or pointed object at close range. Stab connotes purposeful action, as by an assassin or murderer, but it is also possible to accidentally stab oneself or others.Stabbing differs from slashing or cutting in that the motion of the object used in a stabbing...
. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4576659 - Lenore KandelLenore KandelLenore Kandel was an American poet.Kandel was briefly notorious as the author of a short book of poetry, The Love Book...
, 77, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
poetPoetA 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...
, lung cancerLung cancerLung 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.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/21/BAN61A8O9A.DTL - Leonard B. Keller, 62, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
soldierSoldierA 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...
, Medal of HonorMedal of HonorThe 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, motorcycle accident. http://www.pnj.com/article/20091019/NEWS01/91019020 - Sir Ludovic KennedyLudovic KennedySir Ludovic Henry Coverley Kennedy was a British journalist, broadcaster, humanist and author best known for re-examining cases such as the Lindbergh kidnapping and the murder convictions of Timothy Evans and Derek Bentley, and for his role in the abolition of the death penalty in the United...
, 89, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
authorAuthorAn 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 journalistJournalistA 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...
, pneumoniaPneumoniaPneumonia 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.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6880739.ece - Adriaan KortlandtAdriaan KortlandtProf. Dr. Adriaan Kortlandt was a Dutch ethologist.He was famous for his work on displacement activities and the hierarchy of instincts. Already in the thirties he realised the common characteristics between instincts in humans and other animals...
, 91, DutchNetherlandsThe 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...
biologistBiologistA 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...
. http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/5118558/__Bedenker__oversprong-gedrag__overleden__.html (Dutch) - Ovidiu MuşetescuOvidiu MuşetescuOvidiu Muşetescu was a Romanian politician. He was a member of the Social Democratic Party and died of cancer.-References:*...
, 54, RomaniaRomaniaRomania 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 politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
, cancerCancerCancer , 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.realitatea.net/ovidiu-musetescu--fostul-ministru-al-privatizarii-in-guvernul-nastase--a-murit-in-aceasta-dupa-masa_643702.html (Romanian) - Ignacio PonsetiIgnacio PonsetiIgnacio Ponseti was a physician, specializing in orthopedics. A native of Spain, he fled the Spanish Civil War and became a faculty member and practicing physician at the University of Iowa....
, 95, SpanishSpainSpain , 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...
physicianPhysicianA 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...
and inventor (Ponseti methodPonseti MethodThe Ponseti method is a manipulative technique that corrects congenital clubfoot without invasive surgery. It was developed by Dr. Ignacio V. Ponseti of the University of Iowa, USA in the 1950s, and was repopularized in 2000 by Dr. John Herzenberg in the USA and Europe and in Africa by NHS surgeon...
). http://www.press-citizen.com/article/20091018/NEWS01/91018004/1079/news01 - Nancy SperoNancy SperoNancy Spero was an American visual artist.-Life and work:Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Spero lived for much of her life in New York City. She was married to, and collaborated with artist Leon Golub....
, 83, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
artistArtistAn 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...
, heart failure. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/arts/design/20spero.html - Basie VivierBasie VivierStefanus Sebastian "Basie" Vivier was a South African rugby union player. He was capped for South Africa five times in 1956, though he was first selected to play for the Springboks on the 1951-52 South Africa rugby tour of Great Britain, Ireland and France; but was never selected for an...
, 82, South AfricaSouth AfricaThe 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 rugby unionRugby unionRugby 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, captain of the SpringboksSouth Africa national rugby union teamThe South African national rugby union team are 2009 British and Irish Lions Series winners. They are currently ranked as the fourth best team in the IRB World Rankings and were named 2008 World Team of the Year at the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards.Although South Africa was instrumental...
(1956). http://www.witness.co.za/index.php?showcontent&global%5B_id%5D=29718
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- Carla BoniCarla BoniCarla Boni , was an Italian singer.-Life and career:Born as Carla Gaiano in Ferrara, Boni had worked on RAI, the Italian State Radio and television network, as a singer since 1951. She sang the Italian version of song Johnny Guitar...
, 84, ItalianItalyItaly , 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...
singer, after long illness. http://roma.corriere.it/roma/notizie/cronaca/09_ottobre_17/addio_carla_boni_mambo_italiano-1601889252821.shtml (Italian) - Diana Elles, Baroness EllesDiana Elles, Baroness EllesDiana Louie Elles, Baroness Elles was a barrister and United Nations representative from the United Kingdom. She was a delegate to the European Parliament for over a decade.-Early years:...
, 88, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
diplomatDiplomatA 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 politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6889531.ece - Jay W. JohnsonJay W. JohnsonJay W. Johnson was the director of the United States Mint, Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin, and a former television news anchor in the Green Bay area....
, 66, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
U.S. RepresentativeUnited States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
for WisconsinWisconsinWisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
(1997–1999), U.S. Mint Director (2000–2001), heart attackMyocardial infarctionMyocardial 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.fox11online.com/dpp/news/local/green_bay/local_wluk_greenbay_former_congressman_dies_101820091606_rev1 - Vladimir KashpurVladimir KashpurVladimir Terentyevich Kashpur was a Russian and Soviet actor. A native of Altai Krai, Kashpur appeared in Ballad of a Soldier and about 115 other films, with roles ranging from Vladimir Lenin to Baba Yaga...
, 82, RussiaRussiaRussia 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 film actor, People's Artist of RussiaPeople's Artist of RussiaPeople's Artist of Russia, also sometimes translated as National Artist of Russia, is an honorary title granted to citizens of Russia.It succeeded both the all-Soviet union award People's Artist of the USSR , and more directly the local republic award, People's Artist of the RSFSR , after the...
. http://www.bbc.co.uk/russian/entertainment/2009/10/091018_kashpur.shtml (Russian) - Kazuhiko KatoKazuhiko Kato (musician), nicknamed , was a Japanese record producer, songwriter, and singer. He sometimes used the spelling of "Kazuhiko Katoh".As a member of the Folk Crusaders, Kato launched his recording career in the mid 1960s...
, 62, JapanJapanJapan 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 musicianMusicianA 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....
(The Folk CrusadersThe Folk CrusadersThe Folk Crusaders was a Japanese pop music group, popular in Japan in the later half of the 1960s.The band was formed in 1965 by the five university students Kazuhiko Katō, Osamu Kitayama, Yoshio Hiranuma , Mikio Inomura and Maki Ashida , but Ashida and Inomura left the band at an early stage...
, Sadistic Mika BandSadistic Mika Bandwas a Japanese rock group formed in 1972. Its name is a parody of the "Plastic Ono Band". Produced by Masatoshi Hashiba on Toshiba-EMI Records , the band was led by the then husband and wife team of guitarist Kazuhiko Kato, and his wife, singer Mika Fukui...
), suicideSuicideSuicide 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://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=465626 - Louisa MarkLouisa MarkLouisa Lynthia Mark, also known as 'Markswoman' was a British lovers rock singer best known for her work between the mid-1970s and early 1980s...
, 49, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
lovers rockLovers rockLovers rock is a style of reggae music noted for its romantic sound and content. While love songs had been an important part of reggae since the late 1960s, the style was given a greater focus and a name in London in the mid 1970s.-History:...
singer, complications from a stomach ulcer. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/nov/04/louisa-mark-obituary - Norma Fox MazerNorma Fox MazerNorma Fox Mazer was an American author and teacher, best known for her books for children and young adults. Her novels featured credible young characters confronting difficult situations such as family separation and death....
, 78, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
authorAuthorAn 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:...
, brain cancer. http://jacketknack.blogspot.com/2009/10/norma-fox-mazer-1931-2009.html - Vic MizzyVic MizzyVic Mizzy was an American composer for television and movies whose best-known works are the themes to the 1960s television sitcoms Green Acres and The Addams Family. He also penned top-20 songs from the 1930s to 1940s.-Biography:Vic Mizzy was born in Brooklyn, New York and attended New York...
, 93, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
composerComposerA 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...
(The Addams FamilyThe Addams Family (TV series)The Addams Family is an American television series based on the characters in Charles Addams' New Yorker cartoons. The 30-minute series was shot in black-and-white and aired for two seasons in 64 installments on ABC from September 18, 1964, to April 8, 1966...
, Green AcresGreen AcresGreen Acres is an American television series starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a country farm...
), http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118010124.html?categoryId=25&cs=1 - Rosanna SchiaffinoRosanna SchiaffinoRosanna Schiaffino was an Italian film actress. She appeared on the covers of Italian, German, French, British and American magazines.-Early life:...
, 69, ItalianItalyItaly , 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...
film actress, cancerCancerCancer , 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.corriere.it/spettacoli/09_ottobre_17/morta-rosanna-schiaffino_fdb06840-bb1c-11de-af7b-00144f02aabc.shtml (Italian) - Sheldon SegalSheldon SegalSheldon Jerome Segal was an American embryologist and biochemist who spent his entire career working on contraception and made major innovations in the field of long-lasting alternatives, including in the creation of Norplant, the first major development advance in birth control since the birth...
, 83, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
reproductive biologistReproductive biologyReproductive biology is a study mainly involving the reproductive system and sex organs. It is closely related to reproductive endocrinology and infertility. also is miotosis and miosis...
. http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS147736+20-Oct-2009+BW20091020 - Michael SheaMichael Shea (diplomat)Michael Sinclair MacAuslan Shea was press secretary to Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom from 1978 to 1987. Earlier he had been a career diplomat and was also an author....
, 71, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
diplomatDiplomatA 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...
, press secretaryPress secretaryA press secretary or press officer is a senior advisor who provides advice on how to deal with the news media and, using news management techniques, helps their employer to maintain a positive public image and avoid negative media coverage....
to Queen Elizabeth IIElizabeth II of the United KingdomElizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...
(1978–1987), dementiaDementiaDementia is a serious loss of cognitive ability in a previously unimpaired person, beyond what might be expected from normal aging...
. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6881428.ece?token=null&offset=0&page=1
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- Bob DavisRobert William DavisRobert William "Bob" Davis was an American politician from the state of Michigan. He represented the state's 11th congressional district, which at that time included the Upper Peninsula and a large portion of Northern Michigan, in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 until...
, 77, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
, U.S. RepresentativeUnited States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
for MichiganMichiganMichigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
(1979–1993), heart and kidney failure. http://www.freep.com/article/20091016/NEWS06/91016010/1320/Former-U.S.-Rep.-Bob-Davis-dies-at-77 - Inglis DreverInglis DreverInglis Drever was a champion racehorse trained in the North of England by Howard Johnson. He was one of the most successful hurdle racing horses to date and the only horse to have won the World Hurdle three times...
, 10, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
hurdlesHurdling (horse race)A Hurdle race in England is a National Hunt horse race where the horses jump over obstacles called hurdles that are over three and a half feet high. They are typically made of brush, that has some flexability. Hurdle races always have a minimum of eight hurdles and a minimum distance of two miles ....
racehorse, euthanisedAnimal euthanasiaAnimal euthanasia is the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, an animal suffering from an incurable, especially a painful, disease or condition. Euthanasia methods are designed to cause minimal pain and distress...
. http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/other/2009/1016/1224256865840.html - Meilė LukšienėMeilė LukšienėMeilutė Julija Lukšienė–Matjošaitytė was a Lithuanian cultural historian and activist...
, 96, LithuaniaLithuaniaLithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
n cultural historian, member of the SąjūdisSajudisSąjūdis initially known as the Reform Movement of Lithuania, is the political organization which led the struggle for Lithuanian independence in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was established on June 3, 1988 and was led by Vytautas Landsbergis...
. http://m.lrytas.lt/-12556801411254590040-mir%C4%97-literat%C5%ABrolog%C4%97-kult%C5%ABros-istorik%C4%97-edukolog%C4%97-m-j-luk%C5%A1ien%C4%97.htm (Lithuanian) - Andrés MontesAndrés MontesAndrés Antonio Montes González was a Spanish sportswriter, journalist and commentator. He was born in 1955 to a Galician father and Cuban mother. He began his career in 1980 mainly in basketball and football broadcasting, working for Cadena COPE and various public and private radio stations...
, 53, SpanishSpainSpain , 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...
sports commentatorSports commentatorIn 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...
. http://www.cadenaser.com/deportes/articulo/muere-andres-montes/serpro/20091016csrcsrdep_10/Tes (Spanish) - Marian PrzykuckiMarian PrzykuckiArchbishop Marian Przykucki was the Polish Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Szczecin-Kamień from 1992 until May 1, 1999.-Background:...
, 85, PolishPolandPoland , 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...
Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Szczecin-Kamień (1992–1999). http://www.szczecin.kuria.pl/index.php?art_id=711 (Polish)
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- George P. JenkinsGeorge P. JenkinsGeorge Pollock Jenkins was an American business executive who helped broaden the firm's investment portfolio as chief investment officer and later chairman of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, helping major companies expand through the development of the private placement and purchasing New...
, 94, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
chairman of Metlife, assisted expansion of ABCAmerican Broadcasting CompanyThe American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
and Pan Am, heart failure. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/17/business/17jenkins.html?_r=1 - Josias KumpfJosias KumpfJosias Kumpf was a Nazi concentration camp guard.-WWII-Era:Josias Kumpf, born in the former Yugoslavia, served under the SS guard forces at Sachsenhausen in 1942 at the age of 17 and served there for about a year before transferring to Trawniki concentration camp...
, 84, AustriaAustriaAustria , 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 NaziNazismNazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
concentration campInternmentInternment is the imprisonment or confinement of people, commonly in large groups, without trial. The Oxford English Dictionary gives the meaning as: "The action of 'interning'; confinement within the limits of a country or place." Most modern usage is about individuals, and there is a distinction...
guard. http://www.profil.at/articles/0942/560/253597/exklusiv-kz-waechter-josias-kumpf-wiener-spital (German) - Elizabeth Clare ProphetElizabeth Clare ProphetElizabeth Clare Prophet was an American spiritual author and lecturer who was the leader of The Summit Lighthouse and Church Universal and Triumphant, a New Age religious movement which gained media attention in the late 1980s and early 1990s while preparing for potential nuclear disaster.During...
, 70, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
New AgeNew AgeThe New Age movement is a Western spiritual movement that developed in the second half of the 20th century. Its central precepts have been described as "drawing on both Eastern and Western spiritual and metaphysical traditions and then infusing them with influences from self-help and motivational...
religious leader, co-founder of The Summit LighthouseThe Summit LighthouseThe Summit Lighthouse is an international New Age spiritual organization founded in 1958 by Mark L. Prophet. Today it is the outreach arm of Church Universal and Triumphant, founded in 1975 by Prophet's wife, Elizabeth Clare Prophet...
, Alzheimer's diseaseAlzheimer's diseaseAlzheimer's disease also known in medical literature as Alzheimer disease is the most common form of dementia. There is no cure for the disease, which worsens as it progresses, and eventually leads to death...
. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/17/us/17prophet.html - Tollak B. SirnesTollak B. SirnesTollak Bakke Sirnes was a Norwegian physician, psychiatrist and pharmacologist.Sirnes was born in Haugesund, and had eleven siblings of whom ten were older. He finished his secondary education in Haugesund in 1942. He then enrolled at the University of Oslo...
, 86, NorwegianNorwayNorway , 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...
physicianPhysicianA 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...
, psychiatristPsychiatristA psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. All psychiatrists are trained in diagnostic evaluation and in psychotherapy...
and pharmacologistPharmacologyPharmacology is the branch of medicine and biology concerned with the study of drug action. More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur between a living organism and chemicals that affect normal or abnormal biochemical function...
. http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Tollak_B_Sirnes/utdypning (Norwegian) - George TuskaGeorge TuskaGeorge Tuska , who early in his career used a variety of pen names including Carl Larson, was an American comic book and newspaper comic strip artist best known for his 1940s work on various Captain Marvel titles and the crime fiction series Crime Does Not Pay, for and his 1960s work illustrating...
, 93, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Golden AgeGolden Age of Comic BooksThe Golden Age of Comic Books was a period in the history of American comic books, generally thought of as lasting from the late 1930s until the late 1940s or early 1950s...
comic book artistComic Book ArtistComic 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...
(Iron ManIron ManIron Man is a fictional character, a superhero in the . The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, first appearing in Tales of Suspense #39 .A billionaire playboy, industrialist and ingenious engineer,...
). http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/george_tuska_1916_2009/ - Heinz VersteegHeinz VersteegHeinz Versteeg was a Dutch professional footballer active primarily in Germany. Versteeg played as a striker for Meidericher SV and Hamborn 07.-External links:*...
, 70, DutchNetherlandsThe 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...
football player, cancerCancerCancer , 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.rp-online.de/public/article/xanten/770540/Heinz-Versteeg-gestorben.html (German)
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- Lou AlbanoLou AlbanoLouis Vincent "Captain Lou" Albano was an Italian-American professional wrestler, manager and actor. He was active as a professional wrestler from 1953 until 1969, then he became a manager, until 1995....
, 76, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
professional wrestlerProfessional wrestlingProfessional 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...
and managerManager (professional wrestling)In professional wrestling, a manager is a secondary character paired with a wrestler for a variety of reasons. The manager is often either a non-wrestler, an occasional wrestler, an older wrestler who has retired or is nearing retirement or, in some cases, a new wrestler who is breaking into the...
, actorActorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
(The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! is an American television series based upon Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 2 video games. It was originally broadcast via first-run syndication to mostly independent or Fox television stations from September 4, 1989, to December 1, 1989, with...
), natural causesDeath by natural causesA 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.gmanews.tv/story/174674/pro-wrestler-music-video-icon-albano-dies-at-76 - Antônio do Carmo CheuicheAntônio do Carmo CheuicheAntônio do Carmo Cheuiche was the Brazilian Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Maria and Porto Alegre .-References:*...
, 82, BrazilBrazilBrazil , 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 Auxiliary BishopAuxiliary bishopAn 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 Santa MariaRoman Catholic Diocese of Santa MariaThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Maria is a archdiocese located in the city of Santa Maria. Before being elevated to an archdiocese itself in 2011 it was part of the Ecclesiastical province of Porto Alegre in Brazil.-History:...
(1969–1971) and Porto AlegreRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto AlegreThe Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Brazil. It was erected as the Diocese of São Pedro do Rio Grande by Pope Pius IX on May 7, 1848, and elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Pius...
(1971–2001). http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcheuiche.html - Fred CressFred CressFrederick Harold Cress AM was a British painter who migrated to Australia and won the Archibald Prize in 1988 with a portrait of John Beard....
, 71, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
-born AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , 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 artistArtistAn 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...
, Archibald PrizeArchibald PrizeThe Archibald Prize is regarded as the most important portraiture prize in Australia. It was first awarded in 1921 after a bequest from J. F. Archibald, the editor of The Bulletin who died in 1919...
winner (1988), pancreatic cancerPancreatic cancerPancreatic 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.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/15/2714521.htm?section=australia - Albert ElmsAlbert ElmsAlbert Elms was a British composer and arranger who worked mainly on television and film.Elms is best known for providing incidental music to ITC series such as Man in a Suitcase, The Champions and Ivanhoe...
, 89, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
composerComposerA 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.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6911502.ece - Roy LaneRoy LaneRoy Lane was a British racing driver. He is best known for his great success in hillclimbing, having won the British Hillclimb Championship on four occasions in a career spanning more than three decades...
, 74, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
hillclimbingHillclimbingHillclimbing is a branch of motorsport in which drivers compete against the clock to complete an uphill course....
competitor, peritonitisPeritonitisPeritonitis is an inflammation of the peritoneum, the serous membrane that lines part of the abdominal cavity and viscera. Peritonitis may be localised or generalised, and may result from infection or from a non-infectious process.-Abdominal pain and tenderness:The main manifestations of...
. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79454 - C. B. Muthamma, 88, IndiaIndiaIndia , 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 first female diplomatDiplomatA 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 ambassadorAmbassadorAn 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://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/C-B-Muthamma-passes-away/articleshow/5125226.cms - Willard Varnell OliverWillard Varnell OliverWillard Varnell Oliver was an American veteran of the United States Marine Corps and a member of the Navajo Code Talkers during World War II. Oliver was part of a unit of Navajos who worked to confuse Japanese forces in the Pacific during World War II through the transmission of messages in the...
, 88, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
NavajoNavajo languageNavajo or Navaho is an Athabaskan language spoken in the southwestern United States. It is geographically and linguistically one of the Southern Athabaskan languages .Navajo has more speakers than any other Native American language north of the...
code talkerCode talkerCode talkers was a term used to describe people who talk using a coded language. It is frequently used to describe 400 Native American Marines who served in the United States Marine Corps whose primary job was the transmission of secret tactical messages...
. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091015/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_code_talker_oliver - Martyn SandersonMartyn SandersonMartyn Sanderson was a New Zealand actor, filmmaker and poet.Sanderson was one of the founders of Downstage Theatre in 1964 in Wellington, with a vision of a small professional company performing challenging works in an intimate venue...
, 71, New ZealandNew ZealandNew 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...
actorActorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
(The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring). http://www.hawkesbay.co.nz/index.php/200910157195/Sport/Sport/Well-loved-New-Zealand-Actor-Martyn-Sanderson-Dies.html - Bruce WassersteinBruce WassersteinBruce Jay Wasserstein was an American investment banker and businessman. He was a graduate of the McBurney School, University of Michigan, Harvard Business School, and Harvard Law School, and spent a year at Cambridge University...
, 61, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
investment bankerInvestment bankingAn investment bank is a financial institution that assists individuals, corporations and governments in raising capital by underwriting and/or acting as the client's agent in the issuance of securities...
and businessmanBusinesspersonA 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...
. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125555000403285585.html - Collin WilcoxCollin Wilcox (actress)Collin Wilcox was an American actress in film, on stage and television. She was also credited as Collin Wilcox-Horne or Collin Wilcox-Paxton....
, 74, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actress (To Kill a MockingbirdTo Kill a Mockingbird (film)To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 American drama film adaptation of Harper Lee's novel of the same name directed by Robert Mulligan. It stars Mary Badham in the role of Scout and Gregory Peck in the role of Atticus Finch....
), brain cancer. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/arts/television/22wilcox.html?_r=1&hpw
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- Stephen BarnettStephen BarnettStephen Roger Barnett was an American law professor and legal scholar who campaigned against the Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970 and the effects its antitrust exemptions had on newspaper consolidation...
, 73, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
legal scholar, opposed the Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970The Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970 was an Act of the United States Congress, signed by President Richard Nixon, authorizing the formation of joint operating agreements among competing newspaper operations within the same market area. It exempted newspapers from certain provisions of antitrust...
, cardiac arrestCardiac arrestCardiac arrest, is the cessation of normal circulation of the blood due to failure of the heart to contract effectively...
. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/us/22barnett.html - Cullen BryantCullen BryantWilliam Cullen Bryant was a professional American football player who spent thirteen seasons in the National Football League as a running back and return specialist for the Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks...
, 58, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
footballAmerican footballAmerican 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 (Los Angeles Rams), natural causes. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-cullen-bryant16-2009oct16,0,4970531.story - Rodger DoxseyRodger DoxseyRodger Evans Doxsey was an American physicist and astronomer who made major contributions to the scientific and operational success of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope...
, 62, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
physicistPhysicsPhysics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
and astronomerAstronomyAstronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth...
, cancerCancerCancer , 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.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bal-md.doxsey15oct15,0,2293935.story - Richard Foster, 63, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
member of the Alaska House of RepresentativesAlaska House of RepresentativesThe Alaska House of Representatives is the lower house in the Alaska Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. The House is composed of 40 members, each of whom represents a district of about 15,673 people . Members serve two-year terms without term limits...
, heartHeart diseaseHeart 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...
and kidney disease. http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/rural/story/972725.html - Eugene Maxwell FrankEugene Maxwell FrankEugene Maxwell Frank was an American Bishop of the Methodist and United Methodist Churches, elected in 1956. He was notable for his passion for racial equality in the Church and beyond...
, 101, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
bishop of The Methodist Church. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/kansascity/obituary.aspx?n=eugene-maxwell-frank&pid=134414924 - Grietje Jansen-AnkerGrietje Jansen-AnkerGreta Jansen-Anker was a Dutch supercentenarian. She was the oldest person in the Netherlands between 19 May 2006 and her death on 13 October 2009, at age 112 years 31 days. She inherited the title after the death of 111 year-old Alexandrina van Donkelaar-Vink of Utrecht...
, 112, DutchNetherlandsThe 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...
supercentenarianSupercentenarianA supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
. http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/5076072/__Oudste_inwoonster_Nederland_overleden__.html?p=2,2 (Dutch) - Atle JebsenAtle JebsenAtle Jebsen was a Norwegian businessperson and ship-owner.Jebsen was born in Bergen in 1935 and was a great-grandson of Peter Jebsen. He was one of the most important persons in the Norwegian shipping during the turbulent 1960s and created the Jebsen Group during the 1970s.Atle Jebsen died in a...
, 73, NorwegianNorwayNorway , 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...
shipowner and businessman, car crash. http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article3319767.ece (Norwegian) - William Wayne JusticeWilliam Wayne JusticeWilliam Wayne Justice was an American jurist. He served as a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas and a Senior United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas....
, 89, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
federal judgeUnited States federal judgeIn the United States, the title of federal judge usually means a judge appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate in accordance with Article II of the United States Constitution....
. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/state/stories/101509dnmetjustice.21610d29a.html - Lü ZhengcaoLü ZhengcaoLü Zhengcao was a Chinese military officer. He was one of the original Shang Jiang of the People's Liberation Army....
, 104, ChinesePeople's Republic of ChinaChina , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
generalGeneralA 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....
, last survivor of the original Shang JiangJiang (rank)Jiang is the rank held by general officers in the military of both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China. The People's Liberation Army uses three grades at present while the Republic of China uses four, with the rank equivalent to the fourth being treated as a field officer...
. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/14/content_12226766.htm - Winston Ngozi MankunkuWinston Ngozi MankunkuWinston Monwabisi "Mankunku" Ngozi was a famous South African tenor saxophone player.- Early life :He was born in Retreat, Western Cape in 1943, the first-born in a musical family. He played piano at age seven, and later clarinet and trumpet. In his mid-teens he learned the alto and tenor saxophone...
, 66, South AfricaSouth AfricaThe 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 saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
player. http://www.mg.co.za/article/2009-10-13-jazz-maestro-winston-mankunku-ngozi-dies-aged-66 - Al MartinoAl MartinoAl Martino was an American singer and actor. He had his greatest success as a singer between the early 1950s and mid 1970s, being described as "one of the great Italian American pop crooners", and also became well known as an actor, particularly for his role as singer Johnny Fontane in The...
, 82, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
singer and actorActorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
(The GodfatherThe GodfatherThe Godfather is a 1972 American epic crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the 1969 novel by Mario Puzo. With a screenplay by Puzo, Coppola and an uncredited Robert Towne, the film stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard...
), first person to top the UK Singles ChartUK Singles ChartThe UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
. http://www.timesleader.com/news/ap?articleID=2991912 - Daniel MelnickDaniel MelnickDaniel Melnick was an American film producer and movie studio executive who started working in Hollywood as a teenager in television and then became the producer of such films as All That Jazz, Altered States and Straw Dogs...
, 77, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
studio executive, film producerFilm producerA 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...
and television producerTelevision producerThe primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
, lung cancerLung cancerLung 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.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-daniel-melnick15-2009oct15,0,5179862,full.story - Paul Barbă NeagrăPaul Barba NeagraPaul Barbă Neagră or Barbăneagră was a Romanian film director and essayist who, starting in 1957, has directed short and medium-length documentaries on topics related to culture and the arts...
, 80, RomaniaRomaniaRomania 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 film directorFilm directorA 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 essayist. http://www.evz.ro/articole/detalii-articol/871518/A-murit-Paul-Barbaneagra/ (Romanian) - Roger NixonRoger NixonRoger Nixon was an American composer, musician, and professor of music. He wrote over 60 compositions for orchestra, band, choir and opera...
, 88, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
composerComposerA 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...
, complications from leukemiaLeukemiaLeukemia or leukaemia is a type of cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal increase of immature white blood cells called "blasts". Leukemia is a broad term covering a spectrum of diseases...
. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/17/BAEC1A69I9.DTL - Nan C. RobertsonNan C. RobertsonNan C. Robertson was an American journalist, author and instructor in journalism.-Five decades in journalism:...
, 83, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe 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 journalistJournalistA 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 authorAuthorAn 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:...
, heart diseaseHeart diseaseHeart 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.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/nyregion/15robertson.html - Orane Simpson, 26, JamaicaJamaicaJamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
n football player, stabbedStabbingA stabbing is penetration with a sharp or pointed object at close range. Stab connotes purposeful action, as by an assassin or murderer, but it is also possible to accidentally stab oneself or others.Stabbing differs from slashing or cutting in that the motion of the object used in a stabbing...
. http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/news?slug=ap-jamaica-simpsonkilled&prov=ap&type=lgns - Richard T. Whitcomb, 88, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
aeronautical engineer. pneumoniaPneumoniaPneumonia 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://online.wsj.com/article/SB125556173987086009.html?mod=WSJ_hps_RIGHTTopCarousel - Leo WilliamsLeo Williams (rugby union)Leo Gerard Williams AO was an Australian rugby union player and official, who played for the Queensland Reds , managed the team , then was president of Queensland Rugby Union , chairman of Australian Rugby Union and chairman of Rugby World Cup .Williams was chair of...
, 68, AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , 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 unionRugby unionRugby 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...
official. http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news-sport/former-rugby-official-leo-williams-dies-20091015-gz31.html
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- Maurice AgisMaurice AgisMaurice Agis was a British sculptor and artist whose Dreamspace projects have drawn the involvement and work of various schools and art institutions all over Britain...
, 77, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
sculptorSculptureSculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
. http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/breaking-news/2009/10/15/dreamspace-creator-maurice-agis-dies-in-spain-72703-24938842/ - Dietrich von BothmerDietrich von BothmerDietrich Felix von Bothmer was a German-born American art historian, who spent six decades as a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he developed into the world's leading specialist in the field of ancient Greek vases.-Early life and education:...
, 90, GermanGermanyGermany , 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 AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
art historian, curatorCuratorA 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 Metropolitan Museum of ArtMetropolitan Museum of ArtThe Metropolitan Museum of Art is a renowned art museum in New York City. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. The main building, located on the eastern edge of Central Park along Manhattan's Museum Mile, is one of the...
. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6897163.ece - Alberto CastagnettiAlberto CastagnettiAlberto Castagnetti was an Italian swimming coach and freestyle swimmer.As a swimmer, Castagnetti won several Italian titles swimming in relays...
, 66, ItalianItalyItaly , 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...
OlympicOlympic GamesThe 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...
swimmerSwimming (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...
, complications from cardiac surgeryCardiac surgeryCardiovascular surgery is surgery on the heart or great vessels performed by cardiac surgeons. Frequently, it is done to treat complications of ischemic heart disease , correct congenital heart disease, or treat valvular heart disease from various causes including endocarditis, rheumatic heart...
. http://www.gazzetta.it/Sport_Vari/Altri_Sport/Nuoto/12-10-2009/-morto-alberto-castagnetti-501596194838.shtml (Italian) - Mildred CohnMildred CohnMildred Cohn was an American biochemist. She graduated from high school at 14 and went on to receive her Bachelor's from Hunter College in 1931, her master's in 1932 from Columbia University, and her PhD in physical chemistry in 1938 from Columbia...
, 96, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
biochemistBiochemistBiochemists are scientists who are trained in biochemistry. Typical biochemists study chemical processes and chemical transformations in living organisms. The prefix of "bio" in "biochemist" can be understood as a fusion of "biological chemist."-Role:...
. http://news.scotsman.com/obituaries/Mildred-Cohn-Biochemist.5826124.jp - Mikheil Kalatozishvili, 50, RussiaRussiaRussia 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 film directorFilm directorA 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:...
, script writerScreenwriterScreenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
and producerFilm producerA 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...
. http://www.rg.ru/2009/10/12/kalatozishvili.html (Russian) - Donald KaufmanDonald Kaufman (collector)Donald Lewis Kaufman was an American toy collector amassing millions of dollars worth of antique items in his country home in western Massachusetts.-Early life:...
, 79, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
toy car collectorCollectingThe hobby of collecting includes seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the individual collector. Some collectors are generalists, accumulating merchandise, or stamps from all countries of the world...
, heart attackMyocardial infarctionMyocardial 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/2009/10/18/nyregion/18kaufman.html?ref=obituaries - Brendan MullenBrendan MullenBrendan Mullen was born in Paisley, Scotland and moved to Manchester, England when he was 8. He spent his early teen years writing for various British music magazines. In 1973, Mullen moved to the United States where he remained for the remainder of his life. Mullen had just started working toward...
, 60, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
punkPunk rockPunk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
impresarioImpresarioAn impresario is a person who organizes and often finances concerts, plays or operas; analogous to a film producer in filmmaking, television production and an angel investor in business...
and club owner (The MasqueThe MasqueThe Masque was a small punk rock club in central Hollywood, California which existed intermittently from 1977 to 1979. It is remembered as a key part of the early L.A. punk scene.-History:...
), strokeStrokeA 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-brendan-mullen13-2009oct13,0,4056471.story - Stan Palk, 87, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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. http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N166087091015-1433.htm - Dickie Peterson, 63, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
rockRock musicRock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
singer (Blue CheerBlue CheerBlue Cheer was an American psychedelic blues-rock band that initially performed and recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970s and was sporadically active until 2009...
), liver cancerLiver cancerLiver 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://inlog.org/2009/10/12/rip-richard-dickie-peterson-1948-2009/ - Joe RosenJoe RosenJoe Rosen was an American comic book artist, primarily known for his work as a letterer. Over the course of his career with Marvel Comics and DC Comics, Rosen lettered such titles as Captain America, Daredevil, Spider-Man, G.I...
, 88, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Golden AgeGolden Age of Comic BooksThe Golden Age of Comic Books was a period in the history of American comic books, generally thought of as lasting from the late 1930s until the late 1940s or early 1950s...
comic bookComic bookA comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
lettererLettererA letterer is a member of a team of comic book creators responsible for drawing the comic book's text. The letterer's use of typefaces, calligraphy, letter size, and layout all contribute to the impact of the comic. The letterer crafts the comic's "display lettering": the story title lettering and...
. http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/joe_rosen_1920_2009/ - Frank VandenbrouckeFrank Vandenbroucke (cyclist)Frank Vandenbroucke , was a Belgian professional road racing cyclist. He was the great hope of Belgian cycling in the 1990s but a remarkable talent which appeared in his adolescence in athletics and then in cycle racing dissipated in a succession of drugs problems, rows with teams, suicide...
, 34, BelgianBelgiumBelgium , 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...
cyclist, pulmonary embolismPulmonary embolismPulmonary embolism is a blockage of the main artery of the lung or one of its branches by a substance that has travelled from elsewhere in the body through the bloodstream . Usually this is due to embolism of a thrombus from the deep veins in the legs, a process termed venous thromboembolism...
. http://www.bicycling.com/article/0,6610,s1-3-9-21081-1,00.html - Ian WallaceIan Wallace (singer)Ian Bryce Wallace OBE was a British bass-baritone opera and concert singer, actor and broadcaster of Scottish extraction....
, 90, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
bass-baritoneBass-baritoneA bass-baritone is a high-lying bass or low-lying "classical" baritone voice type which shares certain qualities with the true baritone voice. The term arose in the late 19th century to describe the particular type of voice required to sing three Wagnerian roles: the Dutchman in Der fliegende...
singer, after long illness. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/pm/2009/10/the_death_of_ian_wallace.shtml
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- Joan Martí i Alanis, 80, SpanishSpainSpain , 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...
archbishopArchbishopAn archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...
, Bishop of Urgell and co-Prince of Andorra (1971–2003), after long illness. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmaral.html - Peter CallananPeter CallananPeter Callanan was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and served as a member of Seanad Éireann from 1997 until his death in 2009.Born in Clonakilty, County Cork, Callanan was educated in Mount Melleray College, County Waterford...
, 74, IrishRepublic of IrelandIreland , 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,...
politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
, member of the SeanadSeanad ÉireannSeanad Éireann is the upper house of the Oireachtas , which also comprises the President of Ireland and Dáil Éireann . It is commonly called the Seanad or Senate and its members Senators or Seanadóirí . Unlike Dáil Éireann, it is not directly elected but consists of a mixture of members chosen by...
(since 1997). http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1011/callananp.html - Patrick HannanPatrick Hannan (presenter)Patrick Hannan MBE was a Welsh political journalist, author and television and radio presenter.The son of an Irish doctor who migrated to Wales in the 1930s, he was born and raised in Aberaman, near Aberdare in South Wales...
, 68, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
broadcasterBroadcastingBroadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...
, authorAuthorAn 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 journalistJournalistA 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...
, after short illness. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8301704.stm - Gustav KralGustav KralGustav Kral was an Austrian football player.- Career :Kral played in his career for Admira Wacker, Austria Wien, DSV Leoben, SK Schwadorf, Trenkwalder Admira, SV Neuberg and last for UFC Purbach.- Death :...
, 26, AustriaAustriaAustria , 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 footballer, car accidentCar accidentA 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.kleinezeitung.at/nachrichten/chronik/2162846/patricia-kaiser-gustav-kral-verunglueckten-bei-unfall.story (German) - Abigail McLellanAbigail McLellan-Biography:McLellan was born in Middlesbrough, where her father was an engineer with ICI, but her family moved to Dumfries when she was 12 years old.McLellan trained at the Glasgow School of Art...
, 40, ScottishScotlandScotland 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...
artistArtistAn 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...
, multiple sclerosisMultiple sclerosisMultiple sclerosis is an inflammatory disease in which the fatty myelin sheaths around the axons of the brain and spinal cord are damaged, leading to demyelination and scarring as well as a broad spectrum of signs and symptoms...
. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/abigail-mclellan-scottish-artist-celebrated-for-her-use-of-intense-colour-and-pareddown-images-1806204.html - Veronika NeugebauerVeronika NeugebauerVeronika Aryana Neugebauer was a German actress and voice actress. She was the daughter of voice actor Hartmut Neugebauer. Veronika Neugebauer died of cancer on October 11, 2009, aged forty...
, 39, GermanGermanyGermany , 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...
actress, voice actress and singer. http://www.natuerlichvoneuropa.de/area_europa/index.php?screen=ct.detail&fid=127&mpid=349549&pfid&sid=1 (German) - Alan PetersAlan PetersAlan Peters OBE was a British furniture designer maker and one of the very few direct links with the Arts and Crafts Movement, having apprenticed to Edward Barnsley. He set up his own workshop in the Sixties...
, 76, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
furniture designer, after long illness. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6887811.ece - Halit RefiğHalit RefigHalit Refiğ was a Turkish film director, film producer, screenwriter and writer. He made around sixty films, including feature films, documentaries and TV serials...
, 75, TurkishTurkeyTurkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
film directorFilm directorA 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:...
, cholangiocarcinomaCholangiocarcinomaCholangiocarcinoma is a cancer of the bile ducts which drain bile from the liver into the small intestine. Other biliary tract cancers include pancreatic cancer, gallbladder cancer, and cancer of the ampulla of Vater...
. http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/id/25008976/ (Turkish)
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- Luis AguiléLuis AguiléLuis María Aguilera Picca was an Argentine singer, songwriter and actor, best known for worldwide hit song '"Cuando Sali de Cuba" . This song become the unofficial anthem for Cuban exiles.-Biography:He started his career in Argentina, where he distinguished himself as a brilliant showman...
, 73, ArgentineArgentinaArgentina , 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...
singer and songwriterSongwriterA songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
, stomach cancerStomach cancerGastric 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.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/10/ap/europe/main5376163.shtml - Paul BloomPaul Bloom (lawyer)Paul Laurence Bloom was an American lawyer working as a special counsel for the United States Department of Energy during the Carter Administration who recovered $6 billion in refunds from dozens of oil producers in the United States who had overcharged as much as $11 billion for their products...
, 70, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
lawyerLawyerA 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...
, recovered $6 billion for the Department of EnergyUnited States Department of EnergyThe United States Department of Energy is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government concerned with the United States' policies regarding energy and safety in handling nuclear material...
, pancreatic cancerPancreatic cancerPancreatic 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/2009/10/13/us/13bloom.html - Sonny BradshawSonny BradshawCecil "Sonny" Bradshaw C.D. , known as the "dean of Jamaican music", and the "musician's musician", was a Jamaican bandleader, trumpeter, broadcaster, and promoter who was a major figure in Jamaican music for more than sixty years.-Biography:Bradshaw was born in 1926 in Kingston, the only child of...
, 83, JamaicaJamaicaJamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
n jazz musician, strokeStrokeA 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.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20091011T190000-0500_161611_OBS_SONNY_BRADSHAW_IS_DEAD_.asp - Stephen GatelyStephen GatelyStephen Patrick David Gately was an Irish pop singer–songwriter, actor, dancer, musician and author, who, with Ronan Keating, was one of two lead singers of the pop group Boyzone. All of Boyzone's studio albums hit number one in the United Kingdom, their third being their most successful...
, 33, IrishRepublic of IrelandIreland , 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,...
popPop musicPop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
singer (BoyzoneBoyzoneBoyzone are an Irish boy band comprising Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Ronan Keating,Shane Lynch, and formerly Stephen Gately. Boyzone have 19 singles in the top 40 UK charts and 21 singles in the Ire charts. The group currently have 6 UK number one singles and 9 number one singles in Ireland with 12...
), pulmonary oedema. http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1013/gatelys.html - Larry JansenLarry JansenLawrence Joseph Jansen was an American right-handed pitcher and coach in Major League Baseball. A native of Oregon, he played minor league baseball in the early 1940s before starting his Major League career in 1947 with the New York Giants. Jansen played nine seasons in the big leagues, and was...
, 89, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
baseballBaseballBaseball 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 (New York GiantsSan Francisco GiantsThe San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
, Cincinnati RedsCincinnati RedsThe Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division. The club was established in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association and joined the National League in 1890....
), heart failure and pneumoniaPneumoniaPneumonia 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/mlb/news/story?id=4555000 - Edward KnightEdward Knight (American actor)Edward Knight was an American actor who performed in many guest appearances on television shows such as Hogan's Heroes, Mission: Impossible, The Rockford Files....
, 82, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actor. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0460889/ - Joan OrensteinJoan OrensteinJoan Orenstein was a British-born Canadian actress, primarily on stage, although she performed in other media...
, 85, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
-born CanadianCanadaCanada 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...
actressActingActing is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play....
. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/theatre/story/2009/10/19/joan-orenstein.html - Lionel PincusLionel PincusLionel I. Pincus was an American finance executive, venture capitalist, and entrepreneur. He was the founder of the private equity firm Warburg Pincus, running it from 1966 to 2002, and later became the chairman emeritus of the company.-Early life:Pincus was born 2 March 1931 in Philadelphia,...
, 78, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
businessman, founder of Warburg PincusWarburg PincusWarburg Pincus, LLC is an American private equity firm with offices in the United States, Europe, Brazil and Asia. It has been a private equity investor since 1966...
, after long illness. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/13/AR2009101303325.html - Carol Tomlinson-KeaseyCarol Tomlinson-KeaseyCarol Tomlinson-Keasey was the former chancellor of the University of California, Merced. She held a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and was a professor at the university's School of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts. Her research interests included developmental psychology...
, 66, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
psychologistPsychologistPsychologist is a professional or academic title used by individuals who are either:* Clinical professionals who work with patients in a variety of therapeutic contexts .* Scientists conducting psychological research or teaching psychology in a college...
, breast cancerBreast cancerBreast 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.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-carol-tomlinson-keasey13-2009oct13,0,6326141.story
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- Arne BakkerArne BakkerArne Bakker was a Norwegian footballer and bandy player.He was born in Bærum. He started his career in Fossum IF, joined Stabæk IF in 1946 and Asker SK in 1949. Here he played at the highest level of Norwegian football. His team became runner-up in the Norwegian football cup of 1951...
, 79, NorwegianNorwayNorway , 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...
football and bandyBandyBandy is a team winter sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.The rules of the game have many similarities to those of association football: the game is played on a rectangle of ice the same size as a football field. Each team has 11 players,...
player. http://www.budstikka.no/sec_sport/article267065.ece (Norwegian) - Francis BaldacchinoFrancis BaldacchinoFrancis Baldacchino was the first Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Malindi, Kenya.Born in Marsa, Malta, Baldcchino was ordained to the priesthood for the Friars Minor Capuchins on March 18, 1961. On June 2, 2000, Pope John Paul II appointed Baldacchino bishop and he was...
, 73, MalteseMaltaMalta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
-born Bishop of Malindi, Kenya. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbald.html - Raymond A. BrownRaymond A. BrownRaymond A. Brown was an American criminal defense lawyer who represented a wide variety of high-profile clients, ranging from politicians to accused spies, including New Jersey state senator Angelo Errichetti , boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter and "Dr...
, 94, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
lawyer, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseChronic obstructive pulmonary disease , also known as chronic obstructive lung disease , chronic obstructive airway disease , chronic airflow limitation and chronic obstructive respiratory disease , is the co-occurrence of chronic bronchitis and emphysema, a pair of commonly co-existing diseases...
. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/nyregion/12brown.html - Aldo BuzziAldo BuzziAldo Buzzi was an author and architect.Born in Como, Italy, Buzzi graduated from Milan School of Architecture in 1938...
, 99, ItalianItalyItaly , 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...
authorAuthorAn 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 architectArchitectAn architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
. http://operachic.typepad.com/opera_chic/2009/10/aldo-buzzi-19102009.html - Arturo "Zambo" Cavero, 68, PeruPeruPeru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
vian folk singerFolk SingerFolk Singer is a 1964 album by Muddy Waters. Waters plays acoustic guitar, backed by Willie Dixon on string bass, Clifton James on drums, and Buddy Guy on acoustic guitar...
, complications of sepsisSepsisSepsis is a potentially deadly medical condition that is characterized by a whole-body inflammatory state and the presence of a known or suspected infection. The body may develop this inflammatory response by the immune system to microbes in the blood, urine, lungs, skin, or other tissues...
. http://www.livinginperu.com/news/10330 - Jacques ChessexJacques ChessexJacques Chessex was a Swiss author and painter.-Biography :Chessex was born in 1934 in Payerne. From 1951 to 1953, he studied in St-Michel College in Fribourg, before undertaking literature studies in Lausanne. In 1953, he co-founded the literary review Pays du Lac in Pully...
, 75, SwissSwitzerlandSwitzerland 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....
authorAuthorAn 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:...
, first non-FrenchFranceThe 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...
recipient of the Prix GoncourtPrix GoncourtThe Prix Goncourt is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year"...
, heart attackMyocardial infarctionMyocardial 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.swissinfo.ch/eng/news_digest/Author_Jacques_Chessex_dies_at_75.html?siteSect=104&sid=11334354&ty=nd - Anne FriedbergAnne FriedbergAnne Friedberg was Chair of the Critical Studies Division in the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California and President-elect of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies. An author, historian and theorist of modern media culture, Friedberg received her PhD. in Cinema...
, 57, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
professorProfessorA 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...
(USC School of Cinematic ArtsUSC School of Cinematic ArtsThe USC School of Cinematic Arts, until 2006 named the School of Cinema-Television , is a film school within the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California. It is the oldest and largest such school in the United States, established in 1929 as a joint venture with the Academy of...
), colorectal cancerColorectal cancerColorectal cancer, commonly known as bowel cancer, is a cancer caused by uncontrolled cell growth , in the colon, rectum, or vermiform appendix. Colorectal cancer is clinically distinct from anal cancer, which affects the anus....
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0295123/bio - Vyacheslav IvankovVyacheslav IvankovVyacheslav Kirillovich Ivankov was a notorious member of the Russian Mafia who was believed to have connections with Russian state intelligence organizations and their organized crime partners. He has operated in both the Soviet Union and the United States...
, 69, RussiaRussiaRussia 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 crime figure, gunshot woundsBallistic traumaThe 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.rosbalt.ru/2009/10/09/678897.html (Russian) - Stuart M. KaminskyStuart M. KaminskyStuart M. Kaminsky was an American mystery writer and film professor. He is known for three long-running series of mystery novels featuring the protagonists Toby Peters, a private detective in 1940s Hollywood; Inspector Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov, a Moscow police inspector; and veteran Chicago...
, 75, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
mystery writerWriterA 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....
, hepatitisHepatitisHepatitis is a medical condition defined by the inflammation of the liver and characterized by the presence of inflammatory cells in the tissue of the organ. The name is from the Greek hepar , the root being hepat- , meaning liver, and suffix -itis, meaning "inflammation"...
. http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20091011/ARTICLE/910111085/-1/NEWSSITEMAP - Barry LettsBarry LettsBarry Leopold Letts was a British actor, television director, writer and producer best known for his work on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, and for producing the BBC's Sunday Classic drama serials in the late 1970s and early 1980s...
, 84, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
televisionTelevisionTelevision is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
actorActorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, directorTelevision directorA 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...
and producerTelevision producerThe primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
(Doctor WhoDoctor WhoDoctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
). http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2009/oct/12/barry-letts-obituary - John Daido LooriJohn Daido LooriJohn Daido Loori was a Zen Buddhist rōshi who served as the abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery and was the founder of the Mountains and Rivers Order and CEO of Dharma Communications. Daido Loori received shiho from Taizan Maezumi in 1986 and also received a dendokyoshi certificate formally from the...
, 78, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Zen Buddhist monkBhikkhuA Bhikkhu or Bhikṣu is an ordained male Buddhist monastic. A female monastic is called a Bhikkhuni Nepali: ). The life of Bhikkhus and Bhikkhunis is governed by a set of rules called the patimokkha within the vinaya's framework of monastic discipline...
, lung cancerLung cancerLung 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.mro.org/daido/ - Hermann RaichHermann RaichHermann Raich was the first Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wabag in Papua New Guinea.Born in Jerzens, Austria, Raich was ordained to the priesthood on 29 April 1962. On 8 March 1982, Pope John Paul II appointed Raich bishop and he was ordained a bishop on 29 April 1982....
, 75, AustriaAustriaAustria , 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 Roman Catholic BishopBishop (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 WabagRoman Catholic Diocese of WabagThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Wabag is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mount Hagen. It was erected in 1982....
(1982–2008). http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/braich.html - Louis SanmarcoLouis SanmarcoLouis Sanmarco was a French colonial administrator of italian origin. He served as the governor of the colony of Ubangi-Shari from 1954 until 1957, and served as its High Commissioner from then until 1958. He was born in Martigues and died in Paris.-References:*...
, 97, FrenchFranceThe 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...
administratorColonialismColonialism is the establishment, maintenance, acquisition and expansion of colonies in one territory by people from another territory. It is a process whereby the metropole claims sovereignty over the colony and the social structure, government, and economics of the colony are changed by...
, GovernorGovernorA governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...
(1954–1957) and High CommissionerHigh CommissionerHigh Commissioner is the title of various high-ranking, special executive positions held by a commission of appointment.The English term is also used to render various equivalent titles in other languages.-Bilateral diplomacy:...
(1957–1958) of Ubangi-Shari. http://rulers.org/2009-10.html - Richard SonnenfeldtRichard SonnenfeldtRichard W. Sonnenfeldt - was a Jewish-American engineer and corporate executive most notable for being the U.S...
, 86, GermanGermanyGermany , 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 AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
interpreter at the Nuremberg TrialsNuremberg TrialsThe Nuremberg Trials were a series of military tribunals, held by the victorious Allied forces of World War II, most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of the defeated Nazi Germany....
, complications from a strokeStrokeA 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.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2009/10/13/richard_sonnenfeldt_nuremberg_interpreter_dies/ - Dré SteemansDré SteemansDré Steemans was a Belgian tv and radio host.-Career:Steemans debuted on 1 September 1985 in the radioshow Het Genootschap of Luk Saffloer, in which he started using his alter ego Felice Damiano...
, 55, BelgianBelgiumBelgium , 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...
televisionPresenterA 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 radio hostRadio personalityA 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,...
, cardiac arrestCardiac arrestCardiac arrest, is the cessation of normal circulation of the blood due to failure of the heart to contract effectively...
. http://www.nieuwsblad.be/Article/Detail.aspx?articleID=DMF20091009_012 (Dutch) - Horst SzymaniakHorst SzymaniakHorst Szymaniak was a former German football player.- Career :Clubs he played for include: SpVgg Erkenschwick, Wuppertaler SV, Karlsruher SC, Calcio Catania, F.C. Internazionale Milano, A.S...
, 75, GermanGermanyGermany , 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...
footballer, after long illness. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/nationalelf/startseite/515652/artikel_Trauer-um-Horst-Szymaniak.html (German) - Rusty WierRusty WierRussell Allen "Rusty" Wier was an American singer-songwriter from Austin, Texas.Wier's career dates back to the 1970s and covers multiple music genres...
, 65, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
country musicCountry musicCountry 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-songwriterSinger-songwriterSinger-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...
, cancerCancerCancer , 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.rustywier.com/updates.htm
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- Gordon BoydGordon BoydGordon William Boyd was an English actor and television host, who hosted several television programs in Australia during the 1960s.-Early life and military service:...
, 86, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
-born AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , 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 television personalityCelebrityA celebrity, also referred to as a celeb in popular culture, is a person who has a prominent profile and commands a great degree of public fascination and influence in day-to-day media...
, after short illness. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/tv/aussie-tv-great-dies/story-e6frexlr-1225785741885 - James DelgrossoJames DelgrossoJames A. Delgrosso was an American politician. He served as a longtime city councilman from 1982 until 2003, as well as the Mayor of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, from 2003 until 2004.-Early life:...
, 66, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
, MayorMayorIn many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
of Bethlehem, PennsylvaniaBethlehem, PennsylvaniaBethlehem is a city in Lehigh and Northampton Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 74,982, making it the seventh largest city in Pennsylvania, after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie,...
(2003–2004), leukemiaLeukemiaLeukemia or leukaemia is a type of cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal increase of immature white blood cells called "blasts". Leukemia is a broad term covering a spectrum of diseases...
. http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/all-delgrosso-dead-1008cn,0,3231048.story - Gerald FergusonGerald FergusonGerald Ferguson was a conceptual artist and painter who lived and taught in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Born in Cincinnati he was both a Canadian and US citizen.-Background:...
, 72, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
-born CanadianCanadaCanada 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...
artistArtistAn 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.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2009/10/09/gerald-ferguson.html?ref=rss - Juan Carlos MarecoJuan Carlos MarecoJuan Carlos Mareco was a Uruguayan actor and radio and television talk show host. He achieved fame in Spain, Chile and Argentina from the 1960s onwards in comedy roles and as a television host in a variety of genres....
, 83, UruguayUruguayUruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
an actorActorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. http://momento24.com/en/2009/10/08/juan-carlos-mareco-dies-aged-83/ - Torsten ReißmannTorsten ReißmannTorsten Reißmann was an East German judoka who competed in the late 1970s and the early 1980s. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, he finished fifth in the half-lightweight event.-Reference:...
, 56, GermanGermanyGermany , 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...
OlympicOlympic GamesThe 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...
judoJudois a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
ka. http://www.maerkischeallgemeine.de/cms/beitrag/11627719/62449/Torsten-Reissmann-gestorben-JUDO.html (German) - Jean SageJean SageJean Sage was the sporting director at the French Formula One team Renault between 1977 and 1985.-Early life and career:...
, 68, FrenchFranceThe 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...
racing driver, former sporting director of the Renault F1Renault F1Lotus Renault GP, formerly the Renault F1 Team, is a British Formula One racing team. The Oxfordshire-based team can trace its roots back through the Benetton team of the late 1980s and 1990s to the Toleman team of the early 1980s. Renault had also competed in various forms since , before taking...
team. http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns21903.html - Michael Angelo SaltarelliMichael Angelo SaltarelliMichael Angelo Saltarelli was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Wilmington from 1995 to 2008.-Biography:...
, 77, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Roman Catholic BishopBishop (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 WilmingtonRoman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington-External links:**...
(1995–2008), bone cancer. http://cbs3.com/wireapnewsde/Former.bishop.of.2.1235054.html - Abu TalibAbu Talib (musician)Abu Talib was an African American blues and jazz guitarist, singer, and harmonica player.-Career:...
, 70, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
blues musician, cancerCancerCancer , 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.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i7tmqC7MKeJ-9N8PbXthcC0mg7bgD9B81PE00 - Sir Sydney WallingSydney WallingSir Sydney Walling was an Antiguan cricketer who played for Antigua and Barbuda during the 1930’s and 1940’s.Despite playing for his national team he failed to ever make it onto the West Indies team...
, 102, AntiguanAntigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda is a twin-island nation lying between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It consists of two major inhabited islands, Antigua and Barbuda, and a number of smaller islands...
cricketCricketCricket 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://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/html/20091010T190000-0500_161495_OBS_ANTIGUA_CRICKETER_SIR_SYDNEY_WALLING_DIES.asp
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- Ben AliBen Ali (businessman)Mahaboob Ben Ali, known as Ben Ali, was a Trinidadian-born American businessman and restaurateur. Ali co-founded Ben's Chili Bowl, a landmark restaurant located on U Street in Washington D.C., with his wife, Virginia Ali, in 1958...
, 82, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
restaurateurRestaurateurA restaurateur is a person who opens and runs restaurants professionally. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who owns a restaurant, traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspects of the restaurant business.-Etymology:The word...
(Ben's Chili BowlBen's Chili BowlBen's Chili Bowl is a landmark restaurant in Washington, D.C., located at 1213 U Street, next to Lincoln Theatre, in the Shaw neighborhood of northwest D.C. It is known locally for its chili dogs, half-smokes, and milkshakes, and has been an integral part of the neighborhood's history since its...
), heart failure. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings10-2009oct10,0,3848402.story - Bikram Keshari DeoBikram Keshari DeoBikram Keshari Deo is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Kalahandi constituency of Orissa and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party....
, 58, IndiaIndiaIndia , 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 politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
, cardiac arrestCardiac arrestCardiac arrest, is the cessation of normal circulation of the blood due to failure of the heart to contract effectively...
. http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/senior-orissa-bjp-leader-ex-mp-bk-deo-dead_100257319.html - Steve Ferguson, 60, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
guitaristGuitaristA 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...
(NRBQNRBQNRBQ is an American rock band founded in 1967. It is known for its live performances, containing a high degree of spontaneity and levity, and blending rock, pop, jazz, blues and Tin Pan Alley styles. Its best known line-up is the 1974–1994 quartet of pianist Terry Adams, bassist Joey Spampinato,...
), cancerCancerCancer , 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.courier-journal.com/article/20091008/SCENE04/910080355/1008/NEWS01/Louisville+musician+Steve+Ferguson+dies - Irving PennIrving PennIrving Penn was an American photographer known for his portraiture and fashion photography.-Early career:Irving Penn studied under Alexey Brodovitch at the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art from which he was graduated in 1938. Penn's drawings were published by Harper's Bazaar and he...
, 92, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
fashion photographerFashion photographyFashion photography is a genre of photography devoted to displaying clothing and other fashion items. Fashion photography is most often conducted for advertisements or fashion magazines such as Vogue, Vanity Fair, or Elle...
(VogueVogue (magazine)Vogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine that is published monthly in 18 national and one regional edition by Condé Nast.-History:In 1892 Arthur Turnure founded Vogue as a weekly publication in the United States. When he died in 1909, Condé Montrose Nast picked up the magazine and slowly began...
). http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/arts/design/08penn.html - Shelby SingletonShelby SingletonShelby Singleton was an American record producer and record label owner.-Early Life:...
, 77, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
record producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and record labelRecord labelIn the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
owner (Sun RecordsSun RecordsSun Records is a record label founded in Memphis, Tennessee, starting operations on March 27, 1952.Founded by Sam Phillips, Sun Records was known for giving notable musicians such as Elvis Presley , Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, and Johnny Cash...
), brain cancer. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-shelby-singleton9-2009oct09,0,4187635.story - Helen WattsHelen WattsHelen Watts CBE was a Welsh contralto. She was born at Wales in Milford Haven and educated at the School of S. Mary and S. Anne, Abbots Bromley and the Royal Academy of Music. She began her career with the Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, and was a regular broadcaster on the Welsh Home Service...
, 81, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
contraltoContraltoContralto is the deepest female classical singing voice, with the lowest tessitura, falling between tenor and mezzo-soprano. It typically ranges between the F below middle C to the second G above middle C , although at the extremes some voices can reach the E below middle C or the second B above...
. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/oct/15/helen-watts-obituary - Pedro E. ZadunaiskyPedro E. ZadunaiskyPedro Elias Zadunaisky was an Argentine astronomer and mathematician who plotted the orbit of Saturn's most-distant moon, Phoebe, as well as several comets including Halley's Comet, and various satellites including Explorer I.He lived and died in Argentina...
, 91, ArgentinianArgentinaArgentina , 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...
astronomerAstronomerAn astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...
and mathematicianMathematicianA mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-obit-zadunaiskyoct09,0,1551146.story
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- Jimmy BatesJimmy BatesJimmy E. Bates was an Australian rules footballer for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League.Bates played just one game in the VFL...
, 99, AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , 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 footballAustralian rules footballAustralian 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...
player, oldest living VFLAustralian Football LeagueThe Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
player. http://classifieds.news.com.au/Controller?controlleraction=viewclassified&id=2250059V3%20&publicationid=fdhs&categoryid=708 - Pamela BlakePamela BlakePamela Blake was an American film actress. She starred opposite John Wayne in the 1939 film Wyoming Outlaw....
, 94, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actress, natural causesDeath by natural causesA 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.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings10-2009oct10,0,3848402.story - Douglas CampbellDouglas Campbell (actor)Douglas Campbell, CM was a Canadian-based stage actor. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland.-Acting career:...
, 87, ScottishScotlandScotland 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...
-born CanadianCanadaCanada 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...
actorActorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, complications of diabetes and heart diseaseHeart diseaseHeart 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.broadwayworld.com/article/Renowned_Actor_Douglas_Campbell_Dead_at_87_20091009 - Raymond FedermanRaymond FedermanRaymond Federman was a French–American novelist and academic, known also for poetry, essays, translations, and criticism. He held positions at the University at Buffalo from 1973 to 1999, when he was appointed Distinguished Emeritus Professor. Federman was a writer in the experimental style, one...
, 81, FrenchFranceThe 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...
-born AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
writerWriterA 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 academic, cancerCancerCancer , 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.buffalonews.com/obituaries/story/821288.html - Aengus FinucaneAengus FinucaneAengus Finucane was a Roman Catholic missionary of the Spiritan Fathers order, who organized food shipments from Portugal to the Igbo people during the Nigerian Civil War.-Early life:...
, 77, IrishRepublic of IrelandIreland , 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,...
priestPriestA priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...
, Chief Executive of Concern WorldwideConcern WorldwideConcern Worldwide is Ireland's largest aid and humanitarian agency. Since its foundation over 40 years ago it has worked in 50 countries and currently employs 3,200 staff in 25 countries around the world. Concern works to help those living in the world's poorest countries to achieve real and...
(1981–1997), after short illness. http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1006/finucanea.html - Pyarelal KhandelwalPyarelal KhandelwalPyarelal Khandelwal was a senior Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party and served as a member of the Parliament of India representing Madhya Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament....
, 80, IndiaIndiaIndia , 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 politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
, cancerCancerCancer , 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.dailyindia.com/show/337887.php - Werner MaihoferWerner MaihoferWerner Maihofer was a German jurist and legal philosopher. He served as Germany's Federal Minister of the Interior from 1974–1978 until he resigned after a scandal involving an illegal wiretapping of Klaus Traube.-Biography:...
, 90, GermanGermanyGermany , 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...
Minister of the InteriorFederal Ministry of the Interior (Germany)The Federal Ministry of the Interior is a ministry of the German federal government. Its main office is in Berlin, with a secondary seat in Bonn. The current minister of the interior is Dr...
(1974–1978). http://idw-online.de/pages/de/news339778 (German) - Donna Mae MimsDonna Mae MimsDonna Mae Mims was an American race car driver. She was the first woman to win a Sports Car Club of America national championship. Mims won the SCCA Class H championship in 1963...
, 82, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
race driver, first female SCCA champion, strokeStrokeA 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.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/regional/s_647640.html - Gilberto ZaldívarGilberto ZaldívarJuan Gilberto Zaldívar was the Cuban-born American co-founder of the Repertorio Español a Spanish language theater company based in New York City that presents classic Spanish plays, modern works from Hispanic playwrights and adaptions of works from other languages...
, 75, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
founder of the Repertorio EspañolRepertorio EspañolRepertorio Español was founded in 1968 by producer Gilberto Zaldívar and Artistic Director René Buch to introduce the best of Latin American, Spanish and Hispanic-American theatre in distinctive, quality productions, and to bring theatre to a broad audience in New York City and across the country,...
, complications of dementia with Lewy bodiesDementia with Lewy bodiesDementia with Lewy bodies , also known under a variety of other names including Lewy body dementia, diffuse Lewy body disease, cortical Lewy body disease, and senile dementia of Lewy type, is a type of dementia closely allied to both Alzheimers and Parkinson's Diseases...
. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/arts/08zaldivar.html?_r=1&hpw
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- Mike Alexander, 32, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
bassistBassistA bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
(EvileEvileEvile is a thrash metal band from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire in the United Kingdom. Their debut album, Enter the Grave, was produced by Flemming Rasmussen at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark and was released worldwide in 2007 by Earache Records to critical acclaim by fans and critics...
), pulmonary embolismPulmonary embolismPulmonary embolism is a blockage of the main artery of the lung or one of its branches by a substance that has travelled from elsewhere in the body through the bloodstream . Usually this is due to embolism of a thrombus from the deep veins in the legs, a process termed venous thromboembolism...
. http://earachenews.blogspot.com/2009/10/evile-statement-mike-alexander.html - Leon Clarke, 76, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
footballNational Football LeagueThe National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
player (Los Angeles Rams), pancreatitisPancreatitisPancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas. It occurs when pancreatic enzymes that digest food are activated in the pancreas instead of the small intestine. It may be acute – beginning suddenly and lasting a few days, or chronic – occurring over many years...
. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h-X-nEVvPBEGw3xWnExPnxmTo49wD9B75J880 - James DuesenberryJames DuesenberryJames Stemble Duesenberry was an American economist. He made a significant contribution to the Keynesian analysis of income and employment with his 1949 doctoral thesis Income, Saving and the Theory of Consumer Behavior...
, 91, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
economistEconomistAn 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.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=james-stemble-duesenberry&pid=134117473 - Israel GelfandIsrael GelfandIsrael Moiseevich Gelfand, also written Israïl Moyseyovich Gel'fand, or Izrail M. Gelfand was a Soviet mathematician who made major contributions to many branches of mathematics, including group theory, representation theory and functional analysis...
, 96, RussiaRussiaRussia 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 mathematicianMathematicianA mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-obit-gelfand-11oct11,0,5748695.story - Giselher KlebeGiselher KlebeGiselher Wolfgang Klebe was a German composer. He composed more than 140 works, among them 14 operas, 8 symphonies, 15 solo concerts, chamber music, piano works, and sacred music.-Biography:...
, 84, GermanGermanyGermany , 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...
composerComposerA 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.focus.de/kultur/diverses/musik-komponist-giselher-klebe-gestorben_aid_442072.html (German) - David LakeDavid LakeDavid John Lake is an Indian-born Australian science fiction writer, poet, and literary critic. He moved to Australia in 1967.-Biography:...
, 66, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
winemakerWinemakerA 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...
. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6890982.ece - Sir Hugh Lloyd-JonesHugh Lloyd-JonesSir Peter Hugh Jefferd Lloyd-Jones FBA was a British classical scholar and Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford....
, 87, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
classical scholar. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/6263156/Professor-Sir-Hugh-Lloyd-Jones.html - Brian PowellBrian PowellWilliam Brian Powell was a Major League Baseball pitcher from Bainbridge, Georgia, who played in the majors from to for the Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies, and San Francisco Giants. In , he pitched a no-hitter for the minor league baseball team, New Orleans Zephyrs, then...
, 35, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
baseballBaseballBaseball 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, self-inflicted gunshot woundBallistic traumaThe 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.thepostsearchlight.com/news/2009/oct/06/baseball-star-powell-dead-35/ - René SommerRené SommerRené Sommer was a Swiss inventor and computer programmer.Along with Professor Jean-Daniel Nicoud and André Guignard, Sommer helped invent the computer mouse at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne...
, 58, SwissSwitzerlandSwitzerland 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....
co-inventor of the computer mouse. http://worldradio.ch/wrs/news/wrsnews/computer-mouse-inventor-dies-in-vaud.shtml?16283 - Aisling SymesDisappearance of Aisling SymesThe disappearance of Aisling Celine Symes, a two-year-old girl of Irish and New Zealand descent, occurred on 5 October 2009 in New Zealand. It was initially thought the girl had been abducted, but on 12 October 2009 it was confirmed that a body had been located in a storm water drain on a property...
, 2, New ZealandNew ZealandNew 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...
child whose disappearance initiated major search, drowned. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2970480/Doves-released-as-Aisling-Symes-remembered.
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- Koichi HaraguchiKoichi Haraguchiwas a former Japanese diplomat and the Grand Master of Ceremonies of the Imperial Household Agency.- Biography :Haraguchi was born in 1940 in Tokyo. He attended Hibiya High School, and attended college at the University of Tokyo. After graduating, he entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1964...
, 68, JapanJapanJapan 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 chief of staffChief of StaffThe title, chief of staff, identifies the leader of a complex organization, institution, or body of persons and it also may identify a Principal Staff Officer , who is the coordinator of the supporting staff or a primary aide to an important individual, such as a president.In general, a chief of...
, Imperial House of JapanImperial House of JapanThe , also referred to as the Imperial Family or the Yamato Dynasty, comprises those members of the extended family of the reigning Emperor of Japan who undertake official and public duties. Under the present Constitution of Japan, the emperor is the symbol of the state and unity of the people...
, heart attackMyocardial infarctionMyocardial 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.47news.jp/news/2009/10/post_20091004203704.html (Japanese) - Veikko HuovinenVeikko HuovinenVeikko Huovinen was a Finnish novelist known for his realism, pacifism, sharp intellect, and peculiar humor. He wrote 37 books.-Early life:...
, 82, FinnishFinlandFinland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
writerWriterA 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://yle.fi/uutiset/kulttuuri/2009/10/veikko_huovinen_on_kuollut_1056770.html (Finnish) - Grace KeagyGrace KeagyGrace Keagy was an American actress, best-known for her work on the stage in character roles. She is best known for her Drama Desk Award nominated performance as "Rosa" in the original 1979 production of Joseph Stein and Alan Jay Lerner's Carmelina.-Career:Keagy was born in Youngstown, Ohio and...
, 87, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actress, ovarian cancerOvarian cancerOvarian cancer is a cancerous growth arising from the ovary. Symptoms are frequently very subtle early on and may include: bloating, pelvic pain, difficulty eating and frequent urination, and are easily confused with other illnesses....
. http://www.playbill.com/news/article/133558-Grace_Keagy_Stage_Actress_of_Woman_of_the_Year_and_Carmelina_Dies_at_87 - Ernő KolczonayErnõ KolczonayErnő Kolczonay was a Hungarian fencer, who won two Olympic silver medals in the Épée competitions. He was a member of the Hungarian fencing team that won the world championship in Hamburg, 1978...
, 56, HungarianHungaryHungary , 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...
OlympicOlympic GamesThe 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 fencerFencingFencing, 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...
(19801980 Summer OlympicsThe 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...
, 19921992 Summer OlympicsThe 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
). http://www.origo.hu/sport/egyeb/vivas/20091004-elhunyt-kolczonay-erno-a-magyar-vivosport-kiemelkedo-alakja.html (Hungarian) - James Lin XiliJames Lin XiliJames Lin Xili was a Chinese underground Roman Catholic bishop of Wenzhou. His 1992 ordination as the First Bishop of Wenzhou was never recognized by the government of the People's Republic of China....
, 91, ChinesePeople's Republic of ChinaChina , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
underground first BishopBishop (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 WenzhouWenzhouWenzhou is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. The area under its jurisdiction, which includes two satellite cities and six counties, had a population of 9,122,100 as of 2010....
(since 1992), Alzheimer’s disease. http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=14933 - Shōichi NakagawaShoichi Nakagawawas a Japanese conservative politician in the Liberal Democratic Party , who served as Minister of Finance from September 24, 2008 to February 17, 2009. He previously held the posts of Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the cabinet of...
, 56, JapanJapanJapan 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 politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
, Minister of FinanceMinister of Finance (Japan)The is the member of the Cabinet of Japan in charge of the Ministry of Finance. This position was formerly cited as being Japan's most powerful and one of the world's, because Japan had historically held the largest foreign exchange reserves...
(2008–2009). http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=17&art_id=88700&sid=25596416&con_type=3 - NikiforosMetropolitan Nikiforos of Didymoteicho, Orestiada and SoufliMetropolitan Nikiforos was the metropolitan bishop of Didymoteicho, Orestiada and Soufli from 1988 until his death...
, 78, GreekGreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
BishopBishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
of DidymoteichoDidymoteichoDidymóteicho is a town located in the eastern part of the Evros peripheral unit of Thrace, Greece. It is the seat of the municipality of the same name. The town sits on a plain and located south east of Svilengrad, south of Edirne, Turkey and Orestiada, west of Uzunköprü, about 20 km north...
, after long illness. http://www.in.gr/news/article.asp?lngEntityID=1060104&lngDtrID=244 (Greek) - Günther RallGünther RallLieutenant-General Günther Rall was the third most successful fighter ace in history. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. He achieved a total of 275 victories during World War II: 272 on the Eastern Front,...
, 91, GermanGermanyGermany , 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...
LuftwaffeLuftwaffeLuftwaffe 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....
flying aceFlying aceA flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down several enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The actual number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an "ace" has varied, but is usually considered to be five or more...
during WWIIWorld War IIWorld 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...
, heart attackMyocardial infarctionMyocardial 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.warbirds-eaa.org/news/2009%20-%2010_06%20-%20Famed%20German%20Ace%20Gunther%20Rall%20Passes%20Away.html - Mercedes SosaMercedes SosaHaydée Mercedes Sosa, known as La Negra, was an Argentine singer who was popular throughout South America and some countries outside the continent. With her roots in Argentine folk music, Sosa became one of the preeminent exponents of nueva canción. She gave voice to songs written by both...
, 74, ArgentinianArgentinaArgentina , 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...
folkFolk musicFolk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
singer, liver failureLiver failureAcute liver failure is the appearance of severe complications rapidly after the first signs of liver disease , and indicates that the liver has sustained severe damage . The complications are hepatic encephalopathy and impaired protein synthesis...
. http://www.france24.com/en/20091004-legendary-folk-singer-mercedes-sosa-dies-74-argentina-entertainment-music - Bronisław Żurakowski, 98, PolishPolandPoland , 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...
aerospace engineerAerospace engineeringAerospace engineering is the primary branch of engineering concerned with the design, construction and science of aircraft and spacecraft. It is divided into two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering...
. http://nekrologi.wyborcza.pl/0,11,,5796,Bronis%C5%82aw-%C5%BBurakowski-nekrolog.html (Polish)
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- Alexander BasilaiaAlexander BasilaiaAlexander Basilaia was a Georgian composer and songwriter of popular music and film scores. He led the popular musical group Iveria since its founding in 1968 through the mainstream success in the 1970s and 1980s until his death of a long and severe disease in Germany in 2009...
, 67, GeorgianGeorgia (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...
composerComposerA 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...
, after long illness. http://www.interpressnews.ge/en/index.php/permalink/11852.html&hd_line=1 - Vladimir BeekmanVladimir BeekmanVladimir Beekman was an Estonian writer, poet and translator.-References:...
, 80, EstoniaEstoniaEstonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
n writerWriterA 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 translatorTranslationTranslation 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...
. http://uudised.err.ee/index.php?06179640 (Estonian) - Fernando CaldeiroFernando CaldeiroFernando "Frank" Caldeiro was an Argentine-American astronaut with a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Arizona and the University of Central Florida....
, 51, ArgentineArgentinaArgentina , 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...
-born AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
astronautAstronautAn astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft....
, brain cancer. http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?wcd=145117 - Fatima of Libya, 98, Queen of LibyaLibyaLibya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
(1951–1969), widow of King Idris IIdris I of LibyaIdris, GBE , , was the first and only king of Libya, reigning from 1951 to 1969, and the Chief of the Senussi Muslim order.- Early life :...
. http://www.libya-al-mostakbal.org/taazi2009/031009_queen_fatema.html (Arabic) - Robert KirbyRobert KirbyRobert Kirby was a British born arranger of string sections for rock and folk music. He is best known for his work on the Nick Drake albums, Five Leaves Left and Bryter Layter, but has also worked with Elton John, Ralph McTell, Strawbs, Paul Weller and Elvis Costello.-At Cambridge:Patrick...
, 61, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
folk rockFolk rockFolk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...
arrangerArrangementThe American Federation of Musicians defines arranging as "the art of preparing and adapting an already written composition for presentation in other than its original form. An arrangement may include reharmonization, paraphrasing, and/or development of a composition, so that it fully represents...
, after short illness. http://www.nme.com/news/nick-drake/47730 - Ernie LopezErnie LopezErnie "Indian Red" Lopez , was an American professional boxer. He twice fought for the world welterweight boxing title, losing title bouts to José Nápoles in 1970 and 1973...
, 64, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
boxerBoxingBoxing, 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 dementiaDementiaDementia is a serious loss of cognitive ability in a previously unimpaired person, beyond what might be expected from normal aging...
. http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2009/10/06/ernie_lopez_64_boxer_filled_arenas_with_aggressive_style/ - Reinhard MohnReinhard MohnReinhard Mohn was a German businessman who turned Bertelsmann, a "provincial, war-shattered German publisher", into the sixth largest media conglomerate in the world.-Early life:...
, 88, GermanGermanyGermany , 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...
entrepreneurEntrepreneurAn entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
and publisher, founder of Bertelsmann FoundationBertelsmann FoundationThe Bertelsmann Foundation is the largest private operating non-profit foundation in Germany, created in 1977 by Reinhard Mohn. The Bertelsmann Foundation holds 77.4 percent of Bertelsmann AG....
. http://www.westfalen-blatt.de/index.php?id=31607&artikel=reg (German) - Vasile Louis PuscasVasile Louis PuscasVasile Louis Puscas was an American prelate of the Romanian Catholic Church.Puscas was born in Aurora, Illinois and was ordained to the priesthood on May 14, 1942. He was appointed Apostolic Exarch of for the Romanian faithful of the Byzantine rite residing in the United States and was ordained...
, 94, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
BishopBishop (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 St George's in CantonRomanian Catholic Eparchy of St George's in CantonThe Eparchy of St George's in Canton is a Romanian Catholic eparchy based in Canton, Ohio, USA. The current eparch is John Michael Botean. The eparchy's cathedral church is St George's Cathedral, Canton, Ohio. The boundaries of the eparchy stretch across the continental United States...
in the Romanian Catholic ChurchRomanian Church United with Rome, Greek-CatholicThe Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic is an Eastern Catholic Church which is in full union with the Roman Catholic Church. It is ranked as a Major Archiepiscopal Church and uses the Byzantine liturgical rite in the Romanian language....
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- Alain BernheimAlain Bernheim (producer)Alain Bernheim was a French-born American film producer and literary agent.His film credits include Buddy Buddy and Racing with the Moon. Bernheim died on October 2, 2009 at age 86. -External links:...
, 86, FrenchFranceThe 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...
-born AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
film producerFilm producerA 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...
, complications of dialysisDialysisIn medicine, dialysis is a process for removing waste and excess water from the blood, and is primarily used to provide an artificial replacement for lost kidney function in people with renal failure...
. http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2009/10/06/alain_bernheim_producer_sued_studio/ - Alan DaryAlan DaryAlan Dary is an American professional actor and voice over artist.Dary is best known for his work on the Showtime series Brotherhood in which he played Representative Janakowski for 3 seasons starting in 2006...
, 89, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
radio host (WHDH-AM). http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2009/11/24/alan_dary_popular_host_of_boston_radio_shows_at_89/ - Marek EdelmanMarek EdelmanMarek Edelman was a Jewish-Polish political and social activist and cardiologist.Before World War II, he was a General Jewish Labour Bund activist. During the war he co-founded the Jewish Combat Organization. He took part in the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, becoming its leader after the death of...
, 86, PolishPolandPoland , 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...
political and social activist, cardiologist, last surviving leader of the Warsaw Ghetto UprisingWarsaw Ghetto UprisingThe Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was the Jewish resistance that arose within the Warsaw Ghetto in German occupied Poland during World War II, and which opposed Nazi Germany's effort to transport the remaining ghetto population to Treblinka extermination camp....
. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/6259900/Marek-Edelman.html - Jack EvansJack Evans (Australian politician)-Sources:*J.G. Evans, , 4 May 1983, Senate Hansard page 196...
, 80, AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , 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 politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
, SenatorAustralian SenateThe Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives. Senators are popularly elected under a system of proportional representation. Senators are elected for a term that is usually six years; after a double dissolution, however,...
(1983–1984), co-founder of the Australian DemocratsAustralian DemocratsThe Australian Democrats is an Australian political party espousing a socially liberal ideology. It was formed in 1977, by a merger of the Australia Party and the New LM, after principals of those minor parties secured the commitment of former Liberal minister Don Chipp, as a high profile leader...
, cancerCancerCancer , 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.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/02/2703521.htm - Nat FinkelsteinNat FinkelsteinNathan “Nat” Louis Finkelstein was an American photographer and photojournalist. Finkelstein studied photography under Alexey Brodovitch, the art director of Harper’s Bazaar and worked as a photojournalist for the Black Star and PIX photo agencies, reporting primarily on the political developments...
, 76, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
photographer and photojournalist. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/arts/13finkelstein.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss - John "Mr. Magic" RivasMr. MagicJohn "Mr. Magic" Rivas, was an important figure in the world of hip hop radio.-Biography:Mr. Magic debuted in 1981 on WHBI-FM in New York City with the first exclusive rap radio show to be aired on a major station...
, 53, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
radio personalityRadio personalityA 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,...
, heart attackMyocardial infarctionMyocardial 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://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/10/02/mr-magic/ - Saleh MekiSaleh MekiSaleh Meki was an Eritrean politician and government minister. He was a member of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front, which had offices in the San Francisco Bay Area of the United States, during the period of the Eritrean War of Independence.Meki was trained as a nurse anesthesiologist in the...
, 61, EritreaEritreaEritrea , officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa. Eritrea derives it's name from the Greek word Erethria, meaning 'red land'. The capital is Asmara. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast...
n cabinet minister and politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
, heart attackMyocardial infarctionMyocardial 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.shaebia.org/artman/publish/article_5964.shtml - Peg MullenPeg MullenMargaret E. Mullen , best known as Peg Mullen, became an antiwar activist, after the death of her son in Vietnam, who had been killed by shrapnel fired from friendly artillery in a 1970 incident. She became an active opponent of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War and protested against the Gulf War...
, 92, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
authorAuthorAn 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:...
, subject of film Friendly FireFriendly Fire (1979 film)Friendly Fire is an American television movie first broadcast on the ABC network on April 22, 1979. Watched that night by an estimated 64 million people, Friendly Fire went on to win four Emmy awards, including Outstanding Drama Special....
. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-ia-obit-mullen,0,3809183.story - Desmond Plummer, Baron Plummer of St. MaryleboneDesmond PlummerArthur Desmond Herne Plummer, Baron Plummer of St Marylebone was a Conservative Party politician in London and the longest serving Leader of the Greater London Council....
, 95, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
, leader of Greater London CouncilGreater London CouncilThe Greater London Council was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. It replaced the earlier London County Council which had covered a much smaller area...
(1967–1973). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/6263154/Lord-Plummer-of-St-Marylebone.html - Rolf RüssmannRolf RüssmannRolf Rüssmann was a German international footballer who played as a defender for FC Schalke 04, Club Brugge and Borussia Dortmund.-Player bio:...
, 58, GermanGermanyGermany , 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...
football managerCoach (sport)In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
, prostate cancerProstate cancerProstate 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://bundesliga.de/en/liga/news/2008/meldung.php?f=0000137487.php - Herman D. SteinHerman D. SteinHerman D. Stein, DSW was Dean of the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences and University Professor Emeritus at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH...
, 92, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
professor (Case Western Reserve UniversityCase Western Reserve UniversityCase Western Reserve University is a private research university located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA...
). http://www.cleveland.com/obituaries/index.ssf/2009/10/herman_d_stein_case_western_pr.html - Harvey VeniotHarvey VeniotHarvey Alfred Veniot was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Pictou West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1956 to 1974 as a Progressive Conservative member....
, 93, CanadianCanadaCanada 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...
MLANova Scotia House of AssemblyThe Nova Scotia Legislature, consisting of Her Majesty The Queen represented by the Lieutenant Governor and the House of Assembly, is the legislative branch of the provincial government of Nova Scotia, Canada...
for Pictou WestPictou WestPictou West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.Its Member of the Legislative Assembly since 2003 has been Charlie Parker of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party ....
(1956–1974), SpeakerSpeaker of the House of Assembly of Nova ScotiaThe Speaker for the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia is the presiding Officer of the House of Assembly. Gordie Gosse is the current Speaker of the 61st General Assembly of Nova Scotia....
of the Nova Scotia House of AssemblyNova Scotia House of AssemblyThe Nova Scotia Legislature, consisting of Her Majesty The Queen represented by the Lieutenant Governor and the House of Assembly, is the legislative branch of the provincial government of Nova Scotia, Canada...
(1961–1968). http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/cbc/091004/canada/canada_novascotia_ns_harvey_veniot - Shaun WylieShaun WylieShaun Wylie was a British mathematician and World War II codebreaker.-Early life:Wylie was born in Oxford, England, the fourth son of Sir Francis Wylie, later the first Warden of Rhodes House in Oxford. He was educated at Dragon School and then Winchester College...
, 96, BritishUnited KingdomThe 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...
mathematicianMathematicianA mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
and World War IIWorld War IIWorld 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...
codebreakerCryptanalysisCryptanalysis is the study of methods for obtaining the meaning of encrypted information, without access to the secret information that is normally required to do so. Typically, this involves knowing how the system works and finding a secret key...
. http://www.legacy.com/TimesOnline-UK/Obituaries.asp?Page=Notice&PersonID=134097349
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- Otar ChiladzeOtar ChiladzeOtar Chiladze was a Georgian writer who played a prominent role in the resurrection of the Georgian prose in the post-Stalin era. His novels characteristically fuse Sumerian and Hellenic mythology with the predicaments of a modern Georgian intellectual...
, 76, GeorgianGeorgia (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...
writerWriterA 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....
, heart failure. http://www.interpressnews.ge/ge/index.php/permalink/111310.html&hd_line=1 (Georgian) - André-Philippe FutaAndré-Philippe FutaAndré-Philippe Futa was a politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was originally from Miabi in the Congolese province of Kasai Oriental.-Biography:...
, 66, CongoleseDemocratic Republic of the CongoThe Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...
politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
, Minister of the Economy and Foreign Trade (since 2002). http://en.afrik.com/news12914.html - Gunnar HaarbergGunnar HaarbergGunnar Haarberg was a Norwegian philologist, teacher, radio- and television personality.Haarberg was born in Trondheim. He was a philologist, teacher, radio personality and was called Norway's first television celebrity. He earned this status by being the first soldier for the Norwegian anti-war...
, 92, NorwegianNorwayNorway , 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...
television presenter. http://www.aftenposten.no/kul_und/article3301686.ece (Norwegian) - Syed KamalSyed KamalSyed Kamal was a Pakistani film and TV actor.Kamal was a popular film star of in the 1960s and the 1970s. Kamal, whose film Tauba became a success, has a striking resemblance with the Indian filmstar Raj Kapoor, and he is not evasive about this issue...
, 72, PakistanPakistanPakistan , 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 actorActorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, after long illness. http://www.thepakistaninewspaper.com/news_detail.php?id=14677 - Lou MoroLou MoroLuigi "Lou" Moro was an Italian-born Canadian professional soccer and lacrosse coach.-Early life:Luigi Moro was born in Savona, Italy on 26 April 1918; his family emigrated to British Columbia in 1929.-Career:...
, 91, CanadianCanadaCanada 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...
footballer and football coachCoach (sport)In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
. http://www.whitecapsfc.com/archive/feature10010906.aspx - V. M. Muddiah, 80, IndiaIndiaIndia , 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 cricketCricketCricket 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, strokeStrokeA 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.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/427925.html?CMP=OTC-RSS - Bhandit RittakolBhandit RittakolBhandit Rittakol was an award-winning Thai film director, producer and screenwriter. His films include the controversial biographical film of Thai communist revolutionary Seksan Prasertkul, The Moonhunter; the jungle thriller Tigress of King River and The Seed , a semi-documentary story of Isan...
, 58, ThaiThailandThailand , 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...
film directorFilm directorA 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:...
, producerFilm producerA 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...
and screenwriterScreenwriterScreenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
, heart failure. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30113509/Boonchoo-directors-dies= - Cintio VitierCintio VitierCintio Vitier was a Cuban poet, essayist, and novelist. Upon winning the Juan Rulfo Prize, the award jury called him "one of the most important writers of his generation".-Early life:...
, 88, CubaCubaThe Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
n poetPoetA 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...
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