Deaths in November 2010

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The following is a list of notable deaths in November 2010.

November 2010

1

• Mihai Chiţac, 82, Romanian general, Minister of Interior (1989–1990), after long illness.
• Julia Clements, 104, English flower arranger and author.
• Monica Johnson, 64, American novelist and screenwriter (Lost in America, Modern Romance), esophageal cancer.
• Herbert Krug, 73, German equestrian, Olympic gold medalist (1984), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Ed Litzenberger, 78, Canadian ice hockey player.
• Charlie O'Donnell, 78, American announcer (Wheel of Fortune), heart failure.
• Ernesto Presas, 65, Filipino martial arts grandmaster.
• Shannon Tavarez, 11, American actress (The Lion King), leukemia.
• Gaston Vandermeerssche, 89, Belgian partisan, leader of World War II Dutch underground intelligence, subject of Gaston's War, natural causes.
• Diana Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington, 88, British aristocrat and intelligence officer.

2

• Rudolf Barshai, 86, Russian conductor and viola player.
• Sarah Doron, 88, Israeli politician and government minister.
• Andy Irons, 32, American professional surfer.
• Clyde King, 86, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds) and manager (New York Yankees).
• Romualdas Krikščiūnas, 80, Lithuanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop and Apostolic Administrator of Panevėžys (1973–1983). (Lithuanian)
• Kalim Sharafi, 85, Indian Bengali language singer.
• Jule Sugarman, 83, American educator, creator and director of the Head Start Program, cancer.
• Ken Yuasa, 95, Japanese World War II surgeon, heart failure. (Japanese)

3

• Petros Hanna Issa Al-Harboli, 64, Iraqi Chaldean Catholic Bishop of Zakho (since 2001).
• Alfons Benedikter, 92, Austrian politician. (German)
• Jerry Bock, 81, American musical theater composer (Fiddler on the Roof, Fiorello!), heart failure.
• Kenneth Brown, 77, American academic, chairman of first undergraduate peace studies program in the United States (1980–2005).
• Viktor Chernomyrdin, 72, Russian politician, Prime Minister (1992–1998), Ambassador to Ukraine (2001–2009), cancer.
• Jim Clench, 61, Canadian bass guitarist (April Wine, Bachman–Turner Overdrive), lung cancer.
• Bill Colvin, 75, Canadian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1956) ice hockey player.
• Hotep Idris Galeta, 69, South African jazz pianist, composer and lecturer, asthma attack.
• P. Lal, 81, Indian writer.
• Sonia Pottinger, 79, Jamaican record producer.
• Pentti Uotinen, 79, Finnish Olympic ski jumper.

4

• Sparky Anderson, 76, American baseball player and manager (Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers), member of Baseball Hall of Fame, complications from dementia.
• Eugénie Blanchard, 114, French supercentenarian, world's oldest person.
• Ron Cockerill, 75, English footballer (Grimsby Town, Huddersfield Town), natural causes.
• Jean Compagnon, 94, French Army General and author.
• Ophelia Alcantara Dimalanta, 76, Filipino poet, hypertension.
• Antoine Duquesne, 69, Belgian politician. (French)
• James Freud, 51, Australian vocalist and bassist (Models) and solo artist, suicide.
• John Greene, 90, American football player (Detroit Lions), after short illness.
• Michelle Nicastro, 50, American singer, actress (When Harry Met Sally...) and voice actress (The Swan Princess), lung cancer.
• Rudy Regalado, 67, Venezuelan percussionist and bandleader (El Chicano), complications of pneumonia.
• Charles Reynolds, 78, American magician, liver cancer.
• Noel Taylor, 97, American Emmy Award-winning costume designer.

5

• Martin Baum, 86, American talent agent (Creative Artists Agency), President of ABC Pictures (1968–1971).
• Jutta Burggraf, 58, German Roman Catholic theologian and professor (University of Navarre).
• Antonio Cárdenas Guillén, 48, Mexican drug lord, shot.
• Jill Clayburgh, 66, American actress (An Unmarried Woman, Ally McBeal, Dirty Sexy Money), chronic leukemia.
• Hajo Herrmann, 97, German Luftwaffe bomber pilot and lawyer.
• Charles McDowell, 84, American journalist and syndicated columnist, complications from a stroke.
• Midge the Sea Lion, 25, American sea lion (Oklahoma City Zoo), euthanized.
• Randy Miller, 39, American drummer (The Myriad), bone cancer.
• Rozsika Parker, 64, British art historian and psychotherapist, cancer.
• Adrian Păunescu, 67, Romanian author, poet and politician.
• Martin Starkie, 87, British actor and writer.
• David Steuart, 94, Canadian politician, Saskatchewan MLA (1962–1977) and Leader of the Opposition (1971–1976), Senator (1975–1991).
• Henriette van Lynden-Leijten, 60, Dutch diplomat, cancer.
• Shirley Verrett, 79, American operatic mezzo-soprano, heart failure.

6

• Fernando Bastos de Ávila, 92, Brazilian Roman Catholic priest, Vice-Chancellor (Pontifícia Universidade Católica), member of Academy of Letters, cancer.
• Ezard Haußmann, 75, German actor, cancer. (German)
• Peter Hilton, 87, British mathematician.
• Walter Isard, 91, American economist, founder of regional science.
• Jo Myong-rok, 82, North Korean military official, First Vice-Chairman of the National Defense Commission (since 2009), heart disease.
• Motoichi Kumagai, 101, Japanese photographer. (Japanese)
• Robert Lipshutz, 88, American politician, White House Counsel (1977–1979).
• Siddhartha Shankar Ray, 90, Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (1972–1977), Governor of Punjab (1986–1989), renal failure.
• Michael Seifert, 86, Soviet-born Nazi war criminal, complications from a fall.
• Jay Van Noy, 82, American baseball player (1951 St. Louis Cardinals).

7

• George Estock, 86, American baseball player (Boston Braves).
• Chris Goudge, 75, British Olympic athlete.
• Domingo Maza Zavala, 88, Venezuelan economist, President of the Central Bank of Venezuela (1997–2004). (Spanish)
• Yoshinobu Nishizaki, 75, Japanese anime producer (Space Battleship Yamato), fall from boat.
• Smaro Stefanidou, 97, Greek actress, heart failure. (Greek)
• Hedy Stenuf, 88, Austrian Olympic figure skater.

8

• Gregorio Barradas Miravete, 28, Mexican politician, Mayor-elect of Rodríguez Clara, Veracruz, shot.
• Richard Bing, 101, German-born American cardiologist.
• Fred Blankemeijer, 84, Dutch footballer. (Dutch)
• Philip Carlo, 61, American crime author, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Quintin Dailey, 49, American basketball player (Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Clippers, Seattle SuperSonics), cardiovascular disease.
• Disque Deane, 89, American financier, pneumonia.
• Jack Levine, 95, American artist.
• Sam Holmes, 94, American Negro League baseball player.
• Emilio Eduardo Massera, 85, Argentine admiral, member of the 1976 Argentine coup d'état, cardiovascular arrest.
• Addison Powell, 89, American actor (Dark Shadows, The Thomas Crown Affair, Three Days of the Condor).
• Mikhail Savicki, 88, Belarusian painter. (Russian)
• George Solomos, 85, American editor and writer.
• Jean White, 69, British pastor and missionary, pancreatic cancer.
• Tim Womack, 76, English footballer (Derby County, Workington).

9

• Elizabeth Carnegy, Baroness Carnegy of Lour, 85, British academic and life peer.
• John Jerome Cunneen, 78, New Zealand Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Christchurch (1995–2007).
• Robin Day, 95, British furniture designer.
• Robert Donatucci, 58, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (since 1980), sleep apnea.
• Reginald Hollis, 78, Canadian Anglian prelate, Bishop of Montreal (1975–1990).
• Albert Wesley Johnson, 87, Canadian civil servant, President of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (1975–1982), after long illness.
• Ektor Kaknavatos, 90, Greek poet. (Greek)
• Amos Lavi, 57, Israeli actor. (Hebrew)
• Herman Liebaers, 91, Belgian linguist. (Dutch)
• Lursakdi Sampatisiri, 91, Thai businesswoman and politician, first female Minister of Transport (1976–1977).

10

• Georges Aeschlimann, 90, Swiss cyclist.
• Dino De Laurentiis, 91, Italian film producer.
• Theo Doyer, 54, Dutch Olympic field hockey player, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. (Dutch)
• Jim Farry, 56, Scottish football administrator, Chief Executive of the Scottish Football Association (1990–1999), heart attack.
• Phillip Hoffman, 80, American surfer, pulmonary disease.
• Donald S. Kellermann, 83, American journalist and opinion researcher, liver cancer.
• Andreas Kirchner, 57, German Olympic gold (1984) and bronze (1980) medal-winning bobsledder. (German)
• Attila Kovács, 70, Hungarian Olympic fencer.
• Tiger Lance, 70, South African cricketer, injuries sustained in a traffic collision.
• Dave Niehaus, 75, American sportscaster (Seattle Mariners), 2008 Ford C. Frick Award recipient, heart attack.
• Nicolo Rizzuto, 86, Italian-born Canadian mafia leader (Rizzuto crime family), shot.
• Einar Sæter, 92, Norwegian triple jumper, resistance member, newspaper editor and writer. (Norwegian)

11

• Carlos Edmundo de Ory, 87, Spanish poet, leukemia. (Spanish)
• John Elliott, 66, American football player (New York Jets), cancer.
• Daud Ibrahim, Malaysian Olympic cyclist.
• Baby Marie Osborne, 99, American silent movie actress.
• Carroll Pratt, 89, American sound engineer, pioneer of laugh track, natural causes.

12

• Des Alwi, 82, Indonesian historian, businessman, and public intellectual, adopted son of Mohammad Hatta, heart failure.
• Stanisław Bobak, 54, Polish Olympic ski jumper. (Polish)
• Ernst von Glasersfeld, 93, Austrian-born American philosopher (radical constructivism).
• Henryk Górecki, 76, Polish composer (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs), after long illness.
• William Hohri, 83, American activist, source behind Civil Liberties Act of 1988, Alzheimer's disease.
• Theodore W. Kheel, 96, American labor negotiator.
• Karl Plutus, 106, Estonian jurist and centenarian. (Estonian)

13

• Luis García Berlanga, 89, Spanish film director, natural causes. (Spanish)
• George Binks, 96, American baseball player (Washington Senators, Philadelphia Athletics).
• Jim Deane, 82, Australian football player.
• Norman Dennis, 81, British sociologist, leukaemia.
• Witold Hatka, 71, Polish politician, traffic collision. (Polish)
• Ken Iman, 71, American football player (Green Bay Packers, Los Angeles Rams).
• W. Henry Maxwell, 75, American politician and Baptist minister.
• Claudio Obregón, 75, Mexican actor, respiratory failure.
• Nathan Oliveira, 81, American painter.
• D. V. S. Raju, 81, Indian film producer, short illness.
• Allan Sandage, 84, American astronomer, pancreatic cancer.

14

• Hal Bamberger, 86, American baseball player (New York Giants).
• Vincent Broderick, 90, English cricketer.
• Lew Carpenter, 78, American football player (Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Philadelphia Eagles).
• Eugenio Galliussi, 95, Italian cyclist.
• Wes Santee, 78, American Olympic track athlete (1952 Summer Olympics), cancer.
• Bobbi Sykes, 67, Australian Aboriginal rights activist.

15

• Helen Boehm, 89, American businesswoman, complications from cancer and Parkison's disease.
• Ángel Cabrera, 71, Uruguayan footballer. (Spanish)
• Nikol Joseph Cauchi, 81, Maltese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Gozo (1972–2005).
• Edmond Amran El Maleh, 93, Moroccan writer and intellectual.
• Larry Evans, 78, American chess grandmaster and author, complications following gallbladder operation.
• Moira Hoey, 88, Irish actor (The Riordans, Glenroe).
• Paul Jiang Taoran, 84, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Zhengding, heart disease.
• Toswel Kaua, 63, Solomon Islands politician, Deputy Prime Minister (2007), after long illness.
• Nimr al-Khatib, c. 92, Palestinian educator and writer. (Arabic)
• Ed Kirkpatrick, 66, American baseball player (California Angels, Kansas City Royals, Pittsburgh Pirates), throat cancer.
• W. Howard Lester, 75, American businessman, former CEO of Williams-Sonoma, cancer.
• Sir Cassam Moollan, 84, Mauritian Chief Justice (1982–1988).
• Imre Polyák, 78, Hungarian Greco-Roman wrestler. (Hungarian)
• Hugh Prather, 72, American self-help author, apparent heart attack.
• William Self, 89, American actor and television production manager (Batman, Lost in Space, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea), heart attack.

16

• Louis Bisdee, 100, Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council (1959–1981).
• Paul Calello, 49, American investment banker, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
• Britton Chance, 97, American biochemist, biophysicist and Olympic sailor.
• Ronni Chasen, 64, American publicist (Hans Zimmer, Michael Douglas), shot.
• Ragnhild Magerøy, 90, Norwegian writer. (Norwegian)
• Donald Nyrop, 98, American CEO of Northwest Airlines (1954–1976), Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
• Mimi Perrin, 84, French jazz singer and pianist.
• Ilie Savu, 90, Romanian footballer and coach, hepatic cirrhosis.
• Wyngard Tracy, 58, Filipino talent manager, stroke.
• Wong Tin-lam, 83, Chinese screenwriter, producer, director and actor, organ failure.

17

• Olavo Rodrigues Barbosa, 87, Brazilian footballer. (Portuguese)
• Isabelle Caro, 28, French anorexic model.
• Johnny Simpson, 88, New Zealand rugby player.
• N. Viswanathan, 81, Indian actor, heart attack.

18

• Freddy Beras-Goico, 69, Dominican television producer, comedian, writer and actor, gastric cancer. (Spanish)
• Jochem Bobeldijk, 90, Dutch Olympic sprint canoer. (Dutch)
• Jim Cruickshank, 69, Scottish footballer.
• Brian G. Marsden, 73, British astronomer, after long illness.
• Abraham Serfaty, 84, Moroccan pro-democracy activist.
• Dito Shanidze, 73, Georgian Olympic silver medal-winning (1968, 1972) weightlifter. (Georgian)
• Gaye Stewart, 87, Canadian ice hockey player.
• Mackenzie Taylor, 32, British comedian, suicide.

19

• 75 Cents, 77, Croatian singer (Eurovision Song Contest 2008).
• Pat Burns, 58, Canadian ice hockey coach (Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils), lung cancer.
• Byron Duckenfield, 93, British World War II Air Force pilot.
• Piotr Hertel, 74, Polish composer. (Polish)
• Ole Bjørn Støle, 60, Norwegian judge. (Norwegian)
• Atama Zedkaia, 79, Marshallese tribal leader, paramount chief of Majuro, mother of President Jurelang Zedkaia.

20

• Laurie Bembenek, 52, American convicted murderer, liver and kidney failure.
• Roxana Briban, 39, Romanian soprano, apparent suicide.
• Santha Devi, 85, Indian actress.
• Chalmers Johnson, 79, American scholar and author.
• Rob Lytle, 56, American football player (Michigan Wolverines, Denver Broncos), heart attack.
• Robert Earl Maxwell, 86, American judge.
• Danny McDevitt, 78, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).
• Little Smokey Smothers, 71, American blues guitarist and singer, natural causes.
• Ruth Springford, 89, Canadian actress (5 Card Stud, Hangin' In), after short illness.
• Heinz Weiss, 89, German film actor. (German)
• Jim Yardley, 64, English cricketer.

21

• José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado, 67, Brazilian composer and pianist, pulmonary edema. (Portuguese)
• Rosaura Andreu, 92, American actress.
• Willis Burks II, 75, American actor (King of California, Law & Order).
• Silverio Cavazos, 41, Mexican politician, Governor of Colima (2005–2009), shot.
• Takaharu Kondo, 66, Japanese jurist, member of the Supreme Court, pneumonia. (Japanese)
• Steve Kuczek, 85, American baseball player (Boston Braves).
• Norris Church Mailer, 61, American author and model, gastrointestinal cancer.
• David Nolan, 66, American political activist, Libertarian Party founder, stroke.
• Prince Chunk, 10, American obese cat, heart disease.
• Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, 95, American museum founder (DuSable Museum of African American History).

22

• Jean Cione, 82, American baseball player (Rockford Peaches).
• Frank Fenner, 95, Australian scientist.
• Julien Guiomar, 82, French film actor. (French)
• David Lam, 87, Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (1988–1995), prostate cancer.
• Len Lunde, 74, Canadian ice hockey player, heart condition.
• Winston Murray, 69, Guyanese politician, Shadow Minister of Finance.
• Urbano Navarrete Cortés, 90, Spanish Roman Catholic priest, Cardinal since 2007.
• Tom Underwood, 56, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, Oakland A's), pancreatic cancer.

23

• Mauro Alice, 84, Brazilian film editor, pneumonia.
• Nassos Daphnis, 96, Greek-born American artist, Alzheimer's disease.
• Wolfgang Hellrigl, 69, German philatelist.
• Joyce Howard, 88, British actress (The Night Has Eyes, They Met in the Dark), natural causes.
• Pavel Lednyov, 67, Russian modern pentathlete. (Russian)
• Ingrid Pitt, 73, Polish-born British actress (The Vampire Lovers, Countess Dracula, Where Eagles Dare), heart failure.
• Kananginak Pootoogook, 75, Canadian Inuit artist, complications from surgery.
• James Tyler, 70, American lutenist.
• George Otto Wirz, 81, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Madison (1977–2004).

24

• Peter Christopherson, 55, British musician (Coil, Throbbing Gristle) and graphic artist (Hipgnosis).
• A. Arthur Giddon, 101, American lawyer and jurist.
• Huang Hua, 97, Chinese politician, Foreign Minister (1976–1982).
• Valentin Ivakin, 80, Russian footballer and football manager. (Russian)
• Lim Chong Eu, 91, Malaysian politician, Chief Minister of Penang (1969–1990).
• Molly Luft, 66, German prostitute, cancer.
• Michael Samuels, 90, British philologist.
• Sergio Valech, 83, Chilean Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile (1973–2003). (Spanish)
• Norm Winningstad, 85, American technology entrepreneur, founder of Floating Point Systems, suicide.

25

• Alfred Balk, 80, American journalist, former editor of the Columbia Journalism Review, cancer.
• Jesse Bankston, 103, American politician.
• Tony Dixon, 52, Irish disc jockey and blogger, after short illness. (death announced on this date)
• Bernard Matthews, 80, British businessman (Bernard Matthews Farms).
• Doris McCarthy, 100, Canadian artist.
• James Morrison, 68, American politician, member of the Kansas House of Representatives (1992–2010).
• Yaroslav Pavulyak, 62, Ukrainian poet.
• Colin Slee, 65, British Church of England prelate, Dean of Southwark Cathedral, pancreatic cancer.
• Ann Southam, 73, Canadian composer.
• Bob Wheeler, 58, American Olympic athlete. (death announced on this date)

26

• Gavin Blyth, 41, British television producer, cancer.
• R. N. DeArmond, 99, American historian.
• James DiPaola, 57, American politician, Massachusetts House of Representatives (1993–1996), Sheriff of Middlesex County (1996–2010), suicide by gunshot.
• Mohammad Anwar Elahee, 81, Mauritian footballer and manager.
• Maria Hellwig, 90, German yodeler and folk musician.
• Palle Huld, 98, Danish actor, believed to be inspiration for Tintin.
• Paraska Korolyuk, 71, Ukrainian political activist (Orange Revolution). (Ukrainian)
• Mario Pacheco, 60, Spanish music producer and photographer.
• Kevin Parry, 77, Australian businessman, traffic collision.
• Purcell Powless, 84, American tribal leader, chairman of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin (1967–1990).
• Marjory Saunders, 97, Canadian Olympic archer.
• Shahir Vitthal Umap, 80, Indian musician.

27

• Steve Hill, 70, English footballer.
• Irvin Kershner, 87, American film director (The Empire Strikes Back, Never Say Never Again), lung cancer.
• Bill Werle, 89, American baseball player (Pirates, Cardinals, Red Sox).

28

• Jon D'Agostino, 81, Italian-born American comic book artist (Archie Comics), bone cancer.
• Keir Clark, 100, Canadian politician, Prince Edward Island MLA for 3rd Kings (1948–1959; 1966–1970).
• Samuel T. Cohen, 89, American physicist, inventor of the neutron bomb, cancer.
• Cal Emery, 73, American baseball player and coach.
• Giorgos Fountas, 86, Greek actor, Alzheimer's disease. (Greek)
• Vladimir Maslachenko, 74, Russian footballer, winner of the 1960 European Nations' Cup. (Russian)
• Gil McDougald, 82, American baseball player (New York Yankees), prostate cancer.
• Katsuya Miyahira, 92, Japanese martial artist.
• Leslie Nielsen, 84, Canadian-born American actor (Airplane!, The Naked Gun), pneumonia.
• Gene Polito, 92, American cinematographer (Futureworld, Up in Smoke, Lost in Space), esophageal cancer.
• Mahaveer Prasad, 71, Indian politician, after long illness.
• Renato Terra, 87, Italian actor and poet. (Italian)

29

• Bella Akhmadulina, 73, Russian poet.
• Irena Anders, 90, Polish stage actress and singer. (Polish)
• El Hijo de Cien Caras, 34, Mexican professional wrestler, shot. (Spanish)
• David Fleming, 70, British environmental writer
• John Gerrish, 100, American composer.
• Richard Goldman, 90, American philanthropist, founder of the Goldman Environmental Prize.
• Bob Holcomb, 88, American politician, Mayor of San Bernardino, California (1971–1985, 1989–1993), heart failure.
• Pete Langelle, 93, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs).
• John Mantle, 64, Scottish Episcopalian prelate, Bishop of Brechin (2005–2010).
• Alfred Masini, 80, American television producer, creator of Entertainment Tonight, Solid Gold and Star Search, melanoma.
• Mario Monicelli, 95, Italian film director, suicide by jumping.
• Steven Posner, 67, American corporate raider, boat collision.
• Majid Shahriari, Iranian quantum physicist, car bomb.
• Stephen J. Solarz, 70, American politician, U.S. Representative from New York (1975–1993), esophageal cancer.
• Sir Maurice Wilkes, 97, British computer scientist.

30

• Daya Mata, 96, American spiritual leader, Self-Realization Fellowship president (1955–2010).
• Garry Gross, 73, American fashion photographer, heart attack.
• Peter Hofmann, 66, German operatic tenor, dementia and Parkinson's disease.
• Jim Kelley, 61, American sportswriter and television journalist (Sports Illustrated), pancreatic cancer.
• Gabriela Kownacka, 58, Polish actress (Rodzina zastępcza), breast cancer. (Polish)
• Pat Patterson, 86, American politician, mayor of Minden, Louisiana (1974–1978).
• Robert Potter, 101, British architect, Surveyor to the Fabric of St Paul's Cathedral
• Dave Skrien, 81, American CFL football player (Roughriders, Blue Bombers) and coach (BC Lions, Roughriders), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Ted Sorel, 74, American actor (Guiding Light, Law & Order), complications from Lyme disease.
• R. C. Stevens, 76, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators).
• Monty Sunshine, 82, British clarinetist (Chris Barber Orchestra).