Deaths in 2007

The following is a list of notable deaths in 2007. Links to other years follow.

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January 2007

28

• Werner Hackmann, 59, German president of Fußball-Bundesliga, cancer.[1]
• O P Nayyar, 81, Indian music director for Hindi films, cardiac arrest. [2]
• Deborah Orin-Eilbeck, Washington correspondent for the New York Post, cancer. [3]

27

• Marcheline Bertrand, 56, actor and mother of Angelina Jolie, cancer. [4]
• Bob Carroll, 88, American television writer on I Love Lucy.
• Bing Devine, 90, American general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team (1958–64, 1968–78). [5]
• Kamleshwar, 75, Indian writer and television executive, heart attack. [6]
• Yang Chuan-Kwang, 73, Taiwanese silver medalist in decathlon at 1960 Summer Olympics, brain hemorrhage. [7]

26

• Doug Gentry, 34, American wrestling producer for Ring of Honor, complications from bacterial infection of the heart. [8]
• Emanuele Luzzati, 85, Italian painter, production designer and animator. [9] (Italian)
• Van McKenzie, 61, American sports editor for the Orlando Sentinel, cancer. [10]
• David Rattray, 46, South African historian of the Anglo-Zulu War, shot. [11] [12]
• Iwuchukwu Amara Tochi, 21, Nigerian convicted of drug trafficking in Singapore, execution by hanging. [13]
• Lorne "Gump" Worsley, 77, Canadian NHL goaltender and Vezina Trophy winner, heart attack. [14]

25

• Jack Lang, 85, American sportswriter and secretary-treasurer of the Baseball Writers Association of America (1966–1988). [15] [16]
• Eleanor McGovern, 85, American wife of Senator and Presidential candidate George McGovern. [17] [18]
• Albert Tenasco Jr., 74, Canadian former Grand Chief of the Algonquin Anishnabeg Nation, cancer. [19]
• Andrei Zhegalov, 42, Russian cinematographer, heart disease. [20]

24

• Ismail Cem, 67, Turkish politician and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1997–2002), lung cancer. [21] [22]
• Jean-François Deniau, 78, French writer and statesman, member of the Académie française. [23]
• Krystyna Feldman, 86, Polish actress. [24] (Polish)
• Adolf Frohner, 72, Austrian painter, natural causes. [25]
• Wolfgang Iser, 80, German literary scholar. [26] (German)
• Oliver Jackman, 77, Barbadian diplomat and international jurist. [27]
• Bryan Kocis, 44, American gay pornographer, stabbed. [28]
• Guadalupe Larriva, 50, Ecuadorian Defense minister, helicopter crash. [29]
• John W. Lavelle, 57, New York State Assemblyman, stroke. [30].
• A. H. de Oliveira Marques, 73, Portuguese historian, heart failure. [31]
• Emiliano Mercado del Toro, 115, Puerto Rican WW I veteran, was world's oldest person, natural causes. [32]
• David Morris, 79, British Labour MEP (1984–1999) and Chairman of CND Cymru. [33]
• Klara Palankay, 85, Hungarian mezzo soprano opera singer. [34]
• Charlotte Thompson Reid, 93, American singer and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives. [35]
• Mendy Samstein, 68, American civil rights activist, organizer for the SNCC, carcinoid cancer. [36]
• Daniel Stern, 79, American author, University of Houston English professor, Warner Bros. and CBS VP, heart surgery complications.[37]

23

• Syed Hussein Alatas, 78, Malaysian academic, writer and Gerakan Party founding president, heart attack. [38] [39]
• E. Howard Hunt, 88, American Watergate scandal principal, pneumonia. [40]
• Ryszard Kapuściński, 74, Polish journalist, author of book about the Soccer War. [41]
• John Majhor, 53, Canadian and American radio and TV broadcaster, cancer. [42]
• Leopoldo Pirelli, 81, Italian chairman of Pirelli (1965–1996). [43]
• David "Disco D" Shayman, 26, American hip hop producer, suicide. [44]

22

• Klas Bergenstrand, 61, Swedish Director of the Swedish Security Police, apparent heart attack. [45]
• Doug Blasdell, 44, American Bravo television network trainer on Work Out. [46]
• L. M. Boyd, 79, American newspaper columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle. [47]
• Lisa E. Goldberg, 54, American president of the Charles H. Revson Foundation, brain aneurysm. [48]
• Toulo de Graffenried, 92, Swiss Formula One racing driver (1950–1956). [49] [50]
• Arnold Kats, 82, Russian musician and conductor. [51] (Russian)
• Carlos Lezama, 83, Venezuelan-born president of NY West Indian American Day Carnival Association, complications of diabetes [52]
• Ramón Marsal Ribó, 72, Spanish footballer for Real Madrid. [53]
• Michael Nolan, 78, English Law Lord and first chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, degenerative illness. [54]
• Elizaphan Ntakirutimana, 83, Rwandan pastor convicted of participation in the Rwandan genocide. [55]
• Abbé Pierre, 94, French founder of the Emmaüs movement, lung infection. [56]
• Father Charles Sylvestre, 84, Canadian Catholic priest guilty of sexual abuse. [57] [58]

21

• Maria Cioncan, 29, Romanian runner and medalist at 2004 Summer Olympics, car accident. [59]
• Peter Clarke, 58, Children's Commissioner for Wales, cancer. [60]
• Vic Kasinja, 49, Malawian cartoonist. [61]
• Richard Ollard, 83, British historian and biographer. [62]
• Peer Raben, 66, German composer, mainly of film music associated with Rainer Werner Fassbinder. [63]
• U;Nee, 25, Korean pop singer, suicide by hanging. [64]

20

• Eric Aubijoux, 42, French motorcycle rider, possible cardiac arrest during Dakar Rally. [65][66]
• Konstantin Borovko, 25, Russian journalist, fatal beating. [67] (Russian) [68]
• Dan Christensen, 64, American abstract painter, heart failure due to polymyositis.[69]
• James B. Farley, 76, American management consultant, CEO of Booz Allen and MONY, prolonged illness. [70]
• Lloyd Francis, 86, Canadian MP and Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons (1984), stomach cancer. [71]
• Murat Nasyrov, 37, Russian-Kazakh singer, suicide by jumping. [72]
• Anatol Rapoport, 95, Russian-born American mathematical psychologist and peace activist. [73]
• Alfredo Ripstein, 90, Mexican movie producer, respiratory failure. [74]
• Vern Ruhle, 55, American MLB pitcher and pitching coach, multiple myeloma. [75]
• George Smathers, 93, American Senator for Florida (1951–1969), stroke complications. [76]
• Ali de Vries, 92, Dutch women's 4x100m relay runner at the 1936 Summer Olympics. [77]
• Albert F. Wagner, 107, oldest former United States Marine and only known veteran of World War I living in Kansas. [78]

19

• Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow, 45, American professional wrestler. [79]
• Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão, 69, Portuguese poet, dramatist, essayist and translator, long illness. [80] (Portuguese)
• Gerhard Bronner, 84, Austrian composer and cabaret artist, complications following a stroke. [81]
• Curt Dempster, 71, American artistic director of New York's Ensemble Studio Theater. [82]
• Hrant Dink, 52, Armenian-Turkish editor, journalist and columnist, shot. [83] [84]
• Denny Doherty, 66, Canadian singer with The Mamas & the Papas, abdominal aneurysm. [85] [86] [87]
• Antonina Tumkovsky, 101, Ukrainian-born ballet dancer and teacher at the School of American Ballet. [88]

18

• Cyril Mar Baselious, 71, Indian Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, heart attack. [89]
• Julie Winnefred Bertrand, 115, Canadian who was the world's oldest known woman at time of death. [90]
• Richard Heard, 49, British managing director of Birmingham International Airport, struck by falling tree branch. [91] [92]
• Brent Liles, 43, American bassist of the punk bands Social Distortion and Agent Orange, traffic accident. [93]
• Thomas Lyson, 58, American sociologist and author, cancer. [94]
• Charles H. O'Brien, 86, Tennessee Supreme Court judge (1987–94). [95]

17

• Art Buchwald, 81, American humorist and columnist, kidney failure. [96] [97]
• Keeley Dorsey, 19, American football running back at the University of South Florida. [98]
• Yevgeny Kushnarev, 55, Ukrainian politician and a deputy leader of the Party of Regions, shot while hunting. [99]
• Alice Lakwena, 50, Ugandan rebel leader and founder of the Holy Spirit Movement. [100]
• Uwe Nettelbeck, founding producer of German progressive rock band Faust. [101]
• Virtue Hampton Whitted, 84, American jazz musician (The Hampton Sisters), stroke. [102]
• Lyman Wynne, 83, American mental illness researcher, cancer [103]

16

• Ron Carey, 71, American actor (Barney Miller, History of the World, Part I), stroke. [104]
• Pookie Hudson, 72, American lead singer of The Spaniels, complications of thymus cancer. [105]
• Danny Mason, 69, golf coach and physical education professor. [106]
• Rudolf August Oetker, 90, German food industry magnate (Oetker Group) and philanthropist. [107]
• Chris Parry, 56, British-born theatre lighting designer, Tony and Olivier Award winner. [108] [109]] [110]
• Benny Parsons, 65, American champion NASCAR driver, won 1973 Winston Cup, complications from lung cancer. [111] [112]
• René Riffaud, 108, one of France's last surviving World War I veterans. [113]
• Jainal Antel Sali, Jr., 42, Filipino terrorist and a commander of Abu Sayyaf, shot in an army raid. [114]
• Yuri Stern, 57, Israeli politician, cancer. [115]
• Betty Trezza, 82, American baseball player in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, heart attack. [116]
• Gisela Uhlen, 87, German actress. [117]
• David Vanole, 43, American soccer goalkeeper, heart condition. [118]

15

• Awad Hamed al-Bandar, 61, former chief judge of Iraq, execution by hanging. [119]
• Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, 55, half-brother of Saddam Hussein, former leader of the Iraqi Intelligence Service, execution by hanging. [120]
• Bo Yibo, 98, Chinese politician known for urging crackdown on Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. [121] [122]
• Isaac Fanous, 87, Egyptian artist and scholar who specialized in Coptic art. [123] (Arabic)
• James Hillier, 91, Canadian-born American inventor of first practical electron microscope. [124] [125]
• Aart Koopmans, 60, Dutch founder of the Alternative Elfstedentocht speed skating series, pneumonia. [126] [127] (Dutch)
• Dr. Richard Musgrave, 96, German-born Harvard economist and government adviser, natural causes. [128] [129]
• Percy Saltzman, 91, first person to appear on Canadian television. [130]
• Yitzhak Michael Shiloh, 87, Israeli actor, cerebral hemorrhage resulting from a fall. [131] (Hebrew)
• Colin Thurston, British record producer for Duran Duran. [132] [133]

14

• Vegildo Babilonia, 40, Philippine Basketball Association player (1990s), cardiac arrest. [134] [135]
• Harvey Cohen, 55, American Emmy Award-winning composer and orchestrator, heart attack. [136]
• Darlene Conley, 72, American actress (The Bold and the Beautiful), stomach cancer. [137] [138]
• Vassilis Fotopoulos, 72, Greek Academy Award-winning art director (Zorba the Greek). [139]
• Barbara Kelly, 82, Canadian-born British actress (What's My Line), cancer. [140]
• Robert Noortman, 60, Dutch art dealer, heart attack. [141]
• Louis Pendleton, 75, African American civil rights leader in Shreveport, Louisiana. [142]
• Peter Prendergast, 60, Welsh artist. [143]

13

• Michael Brecker, 57, American jazz saxophonist, leukemia. [144]
• Larkin Ford, 86, American actor, last surviving cast member of 1954 original teleplay of 12 Angry Men. [145]
• Doyle Holly, 70, American bassist for Buck Owens' Buckaroos (1963–71), prostate cancer. [146]
• Michael Little, 51, Chairman and CEO (1998–2003) of Pioneer Drilling. [147]
• Dora McDonald, 81, American secretary to Martin Luther King, Jr., complications from cancer. [148] [149]
• Danny Oakes, 95, American USAC champion midget car driver. [150]
• Augustin Diamacoune Senghor, 78, Senegalese separatist leader. [151]

12

• Alice Coltrane, 69, American jazz musician and widow of John Coltrane, respiratory failure. [152] [153]
• Stephen Gilbert, 96, Scottish painter and sculptor. [154]
• Sir James Killen, 81, Australian Minister for Defence (1975–82). [155]
• Terrance B. Lettsome, 71, politician in the British Virgin Islands, illness. [156]
• Larry Stewart, 58, American philanthropist known in Kansas City as "Secret Santa", cancer of the esophagus. [157] [158]
• Jennifer Strange, 28, American radio contestant, water intoxication. [159]

11

• Solveig Dommartin, 48, French actress, trapeze artist in Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire, heart attack. [160] (French)
• Ward Grant, 75, American publicist and co-author with Bob Hope, heart failure. [161]
• Dick Landy, 69, American NHRA driver, kidney failure. [162]
• Bob MacQuarrie, 80, Canadian politician (1981–85). [163]
• Kéba Mbaye, 82, Senegalese judge, vice president of the ICJ and vice president of the IOC. [164]
• Dale Noyd, 73, American Air Force captain and Vietnam War conscientious objector, emphysema. [165]
• Donald Edward Osterbrock, 82, American astronomer. [166], [167]
• Bryan Pearce, 77, British painter. [168][169]
• Mónica Pretelini Sáenz, 45, wife of Mexico state governor Enrique Peña Nieto, complications of epilepsy. [170] (Spanish)
• Robert Anton Wilson, 74, American novelist, futurist and conspiracy theory researcher, post-polio syndrome. [171]
• Rudy Wissler, 78, American actor and singer, singing voice of Scotty Beckett as the young Al Jolson in The Jolson Story. [172]

10

• Ray Beck, 75, American football player for the New York Giants (1952-57). [173]
• Cho Tat Wah, 91, Hong Kong wuxia actor, stomach hemorrhage. [174] (Chinese)
• Carlos Granados, 36, American murderer, capital punishment by lethal injection. [175]
• Harry Horse (Richard Horne), 46, British cartoonist and children's book author (The Last... series), suicide. [176]
• Wilson Hulme, 60, American philatelist and curator of the National Postal Museum, heart attack. [177]
• Bradford Washburn, 96, American cartographer, mountaineer and founder of the Boston Museum of Science, heart failure. [178]

9

• Chris Aylmer, 49, British musician, bass guitarist for Samson, throat cancer. [179] [180]
• Dame Joyanne Bracewell, 72, British senior judge of the Family Division of the High Court, after long illness. [181]
• Ion Dincă, 78, Romanian Deputy Prime Minister and Mayor of Bucharest during the Communist era. [182] (Romanian)
• Rex Farrance, 59, American technical editor of PC World, shot. [183]
• Ruth Jefford, 92, American pioneer pilot, founding member of the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra, arterial disease. [184]
• Kim Hyung-eun, 27, South Korean comedic actress, heart failure, complications from serious auto accident. [185] [186]
• Thomas Nelson, 111, American who was second oldest man in the world at time of death. [187]
• Maureen Orcutt, 99, American golf champion. [188]
• Yelena Petushkova, 66, Russian equestrian, Olympic double medallist in 1972, after long illness.[189] [190]
• Carlo Ponti, 94, Italian film producer, pulmonary complications. [191]
• Irma St. Paule, 80, American Broadway and film actress. [192]
• Elmer Symons, 29, South African off-road motorcycle racer, accident during the Dakar Rally. [193]
• Jean-Pierre Vernant, 93, French historian and anthropologist. [194] (French)
• Bob Zawoluk, 76, American National Basketball Association player, heart attack. [195]

8

• Jane Bolin, 98, New York City family court judge (1939–79) and first African American female judge. [196]
• Lord Cockfield, 90, British proponent of the European single market and vice-president of the European Commission (1985-1989). [197]
• Gloria Connors, 82, United States Open tennis player (1942–43) and mother and coach of Jimmy Connors, natural causes. [198]
• Ken Cranston, 89, English test cricketer (1947-1948). [199]
• Yvonne De Carlo, 84, Canadian-born American actress (The Ten Commandments, The Munsters), natural causes. [200]
• Frank DeNardis, 74, Canadian broadcasting pioneer, member of Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame. [201]
• David Ervine, 53, Northern Irish politician, leader of the Progressive Unionist Party, complications from heart attack and stroke. [202]
• Bong Soo Han, 75, Korean martial arts master and film fight choreographer. [203] [204]
• William Kershner, 77, American flight instructor and best-selling author, cancer. [205] [206]
• Drew Posada, 37, American comic book colourist and artist, pancreatitis. [207]
• Italo Sarrocco, 108, Italian World War I veteran. [208] (Italian)
• Iwao Takamoto, 81, Japanese American animator, TV producer and film director, created Scooby-Doo, heart failure. [209] [210]
• Judith Vladeck, 83, American labor lawyer and women's rights advocate, complications of infection. [211] [212]
• James C. Weeks, 64, president and chief operating officer of The New York Times Regional Media Group. [213]

7

• Bob Ehrhart, 75, American Drake Relays director (1969-2000), cancer. [214]
• Bobby Hamilton, 49, American NASCAR 2004 Craftsman Truck Series Champion, head and neck cancer. [215] [216]
• Magnús Magnússon, 77, Icelandic-born British television presenter (Mastermind, 1972–1997), pancreatic cancer. [217]
• Olli-Matti Multamäki, 58, commander of the Finnish Army, illness. [218]
• Hotte Paksha Rangaswamy, 74, Indian politician, Guinness World Record-holder for contesting elections, brief illness. [219]
• John Silvertand, 61, American horse breeder most noted for breeding Afleet Alex, cancer. [220]
• Johnny Spuhler, 89, English footballer with Sunderland and manager of Shrewsbury Town, natural causes. [221] {unconfirmed date}
• Joop Wolff, 79, Dutch, editor-in-chief of De Waarheid (1945-1978), Communist Party of the Netherlands MP (1967-1982). [222] (Dutch)

6

• Bill W. Clayton, 78, Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives (1975-1983), natural causes. [223]
• Mario Danelo, 21, American football placekicker for USC, fall from a cliff. [224] [225]
• Yvon Durelle, 77, Canadian boxing champion, complications from a stroke. [226]
• Frédéric Cardinal Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, 76, Congolese Archbishop of Kinshasa, complications of diabetes. [227]
• Antonella Kerr, Marchioness of Lothian, 84, British journalist and broadcaster. [228]
• Charmion King, 81, Canadian actress. [229]
• Pete Kleinow, 72, American special effects artist and pedal steel guitarist (Flying Burrito Brothers), Alzheimer's disease. [230]
• Soad Nasr, 57, Egyptian actress, complications from liposuction. [231]
• Mohamed Lamine Sanha, Bissau-Guinean Navy Chief of Staff, shot. [232]
• Ira D. Wallach, 97, American philanthropist and CEO of Central National-Gottesman (1956–1979). [233]
• Roberta Wohlstetter, 94, American historian of military intelligence. [234]

5

• Momofuku Ando, 96, Taiwanese-born inventor of Nissin instant ramen noodles including the Cup Noodle, heart failure. [235]
• Ruthanna Boris, 88, American ballet dancer and choreographer, cancer. [236]
• Cole Campbell, 53, American newspaper editor and Dean of the University of Nevada School of Journalism, car accident. [237]
• E. J. Hughes, 93, Canadian painter, heart failure. [238]
• Marie Mornet Robin, 112, second-oldest person in France. [239] (French)
• Chih Ree Sun, 83, Chinese-American physicist and poet, kidney and lung cancer. [240]

4

• Nikki Bacharach, 40, American daughter of Angie Dickinson and Burt Bacharach, suicide by asphyxia. [241]
• Anne Ophelia Todd Dowden, 99, American botanical artist, in her sleep. [242]
• Ben Gannon, 54, Australian theatre, film and television producer, cancer. [243]
• Helen Hill, 36, American independent film-maker, shot. [244]
• Sir Lewis Hodges, 88, British Air Chief Marshal. [245]
• Grenfell (Gren) Jones, 72, Welsh newspaper cartoonist. [246] [247] [248]
• Steve Krantz, 83, American film and TV producer (Fritz the Cat), husband of Judith Krantz, complications of pneumonia. [249]
• Harry "Cowboy" Lang, 56, Canadian-born midget professional wrestler. [250]
• Bernard D. Meltzer, 92, American law professor at University of Chicago and a prosecutor at Nuremberg trials, prostate cancer. [251]
• Bob Milliken, 80, American Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher (1953–54), cardiac arrest. [252]
• Gáspár Nagy, 57, Hungarian poet and writer [253] (Hungarian)
• Sandro Salvadore, 67, Italian footballer. [254]
• Vincent Sardi, Jr., 91, American restaurateur, owner of Sardi's, complications of urinary tract infection. [255]
• Jan Schröder, 65, Dutch cyclist. [256] (Dutch)
• John W. Simpson, 92, American engineer, president of Westinghouse (1969–77), complications of pneumonia. [257]
• John Smyth, 78, Irish snooker referee of two World Snooker finals, cancer. [258]
• Marais Viljoen, 91, South African president (1979–1984), heart failure. [259] [260]

3

• Annibale Ciarniello, 106, Italian World War I veteran. [261] (Italian)
• C. Harry Falk, 66, CEO of the New York Board of Trade, heart attack. [262] [263]
• Janos Furst, 71, Hungarian-born orchestral conductor, cancer. [264]
• Earl Reibel, 76, Canadian ice hockey forward (Detroit Red Wings), 1956 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy winner, complications of stroke.[265]
• Calvin William Verity Jr., 89, United States Secretary of Commerce (1987–1989), complications from pneumonia. [266] [267]
• Sir Cecil Walker, 82, Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament for North Belfast (1983–2001), heart attack. [268] [269]
• Michael Yeats, 85, Irish Fianna Fáil senator (1961–1981) and son of W.B. Yeats. [270]

2

• Charles (Garry) Betty, 49, American CEO of Earthlink, adrenocortical carcinoma. [271] [272]
• Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, 65, American historian, complications from surgery. [273]
• Terrell Hansen, 65, American heart transplant recipient and inspiration for book/film Blood Work, complications from a stroke. [274]
• Sergio Jiménez, 69, Mexican actor, heart attack. [275]
• Mauno Jokipii, 82, Finnish professor and World War II researcher, natural causes. [276] (Finnish)
• Teddy Kollek, 95, Israeli Mayor of Jerusalem (1965–1993), natural causes. [277] [278]
• Don Massengale, 69, American PGA Tour golf player, heart attack. [279]
• Richard Newton, 55, Australian-born technology pioneer and professor at University of California, Berkeley, pancreatic cancer. [280]
• Paek Nam-sun, 78, North Korean Foreign Affairs minister, lung cancer. [281]
• David Perkins, 87, Stanford University geneticist, after short illness. [282]
• Dan Shaver, 56, NASCAR driver and ARCA race car driver/owner, cancer. [283]
• Robert C. Solomon, 64, American scholar of continental philosophy. [284]

1

• A.I. Bezzerides, 98, American novelist and screenwriter of Greek-Armenian descent, born in Turkey, injuries from a fall. [285] [286]
• Tiberio Colantuoni, 71, Italian comic book artist. [287]
• Leonard Fraser, 55, Australian serial killer, heart attack. [288]
• Jack Furner, 85, British World War II RAF pilot. [289]
• Julius Hegyi, 83, American conductor, Alzheimer's disease. [290]
• Werner Hollweg, 70, German tenor, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. [291]
• Tad Jones, 54, American jazz music historian, complications from a fall. [292]
• Jim Karvellas, 71, American sports broadcaster, prostate cancer. [293]
• Ernie Koy, 97, American baseball player, in his sleep. [294]
• Roland Levinsky, 63, South African medical scientist, Plymouth University Vice Chancellor, electric shock induced heart attack.[295]
• Sándor Mihályfy, 69, Hungarian film director (Indul a Bakterház). [296] (Hungarian)
• Annie Milner, 104, Minnesota's longest serving worker, injuries from a fall. [297]
• Tillie Olsen, 94, American writer, natural causes. [298]
• Del Reeves, 74, American country singer, emphysema. [299]
• Eleanore Schoenfeld, 81, Slovenian-born cellist and teacher at USC Thornton School of Music, heart attack. [300]
• Darrent Williams, 24, American NFL player (Denver Broncos), shot. [301] [302]

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