Deaths in 2014

This is a chronology of notable deaths in 2014. Names are reported under the date of death. Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by family name or pseudonym. Deaths of notable animals and other organisms are also reported here if they first have their own Wikipedia article. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:

• Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship, reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.

August 2014

15

• Licia Albanese, 105, Italian-born American operatic soprano.
• Jan Ekier, 100, Polish pianist, composer, competition judge and noted Chopin authority, won Chopin Competition (1937), awarded Order of the White Eagle (2010).
• Peter McAlevey, 58, American film producer (Flatliners, Double Impact, Radio Flyer), liver cancer.
• Amitava Nandy, 71, Indian politician, MP for Dum Dum (2004–2009), cancer.
• Rick Parashar, American record producer, (Pearl Jam, Temple Of The Dog), natural causes
• Piet de Ruiter, 75, Dutch politician, natural causes
• Joseph T. Walsh, 84, American judge, member of the Delaware Supreme Court (1985–2003), cancer.

14

• Jay Adams, 53, American skateboarder, heart attack.
• Mariana Briski, 48, Argentine actress (Primicias), breast and lung cancer.
• John Cinicola, 85, American basketball coach (Duquesne Dukes).
• Leonard Fein, 80, American Jewish activist, academic, editor (Moment), columnist (Forward) and author, founder of MAZON and Moment.
• Javier Guzmán, 69, Mexican footballer (Cruz Azul, national team), diabetes.
• George V. Hansen, 83, American politician, member of the U.S. House for Idaho's 2nd (1965–1969, 1975–1985).
• Paul Hargreaves, New Zealand technology executive, co-founder of Datacom Group.
• Charles Levitt, 83, British newspaper editor (Hull Daily Mail) and radio broadcaster (BBC Radio Humberside). (death announced on this date)
• George Linton, 57, Barbadian cricket player (national team) and coach.
• Kurt Meier, 67, Swiss chess player, natural causes.

13

• Abdul Majid Ahmad, 76, Malaysian politician, Terengganu MLA for Jerteh (1986–1990).
• Frans Brüggen, 79, Dutch musician.
• Eduardo Campos, 49, Brazilian politician, Minister of Science and Technology (2004–2005), Governor of Pernambuco (2007–2014), 2014 presidential candidate, plane crash.
• Columba Domínguez, 85, Mexican actress (Pueblerina).
• Bernard Evans, 85, British harbour landscape artist. (death announced on this date)
• Edith Flagg, 94, Romanian-born American fashion designer, pioneer in the use of polyester, natural causes.
• Mydin Ibrahim, 76, Malaysian comedian and actor, heart attack.
• Laurence Mee, 63, Scottish marine scientist, director of SAMS, stroke.
• Dorothy Schwieder, 80, American biographer and historian.
• Süleyman Seba, 88, Turkish football player and sport executive, president of Beşiktaş J.K., respiratory tract infection.
• [[{{{1}}}]], 61, Brazilian cultural historian.
• Kurt Tschenscher, 85, German football referee.
• Frank Udvari, 90, Canadian NHL referee.
• Jean Wilks, 97, British educator, headmistress of King Edward VI High School for Girls, President of HMC (1972–1974). (death announced on this date)

12

• Carlos Abella y Ramallo, 80, Spanish diplomat, Ambassador to Kenya (1987–1991) and the Holy See (1996–2004).
• Lauren Bacall, 89, American Tony Award-winning stage (Applause, Woman of the Year) and film (To Have and Have Not, The Mirror Has Two Faces) actress, stroke.
• Purdy Crawford, 82, Canadian corporate lawyer and financier, CEO and chairman of Imasco, Allstream Inc. and Canada Trust.
• Daroji Eramma, 84, Indian folk artist and storyteller (Burra katha).
• Futatsuryū Jun'ichi, 64, Japanese sumo wrestler, lung cancer. (death announced on this date)
• Bill Hitchings, 75, Welsh newspaper journalist (Herald Sun).
• Abel Laudonio, 75, Argentine actor and boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1960), complications from aciclovir.
• Gordon Mackenzie, 77, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics) and coach.
• Arlene Martel, 78, American actress (Star Trek, Hogan's Heroes, The Twilight Zone), heart attack.
• Kongō Masahiro, 65, Japanese sumo wrestler, pneumonia.
• Lida Moser, 93, American photographer.
• Miguel Pajares, 75, Spanish Roman Catholic priest, attended ebola victims in Liberia, ebola.
• Frederick Ruffner, 88, American book reference publisher, founder and CEO of Gale Research.
• Kazimierz Trampisz, 85, Polish footballer.
• Connie Worden-Roberts, 83, American civic leader, key player in the founding of Santa Clarita and Canyon Country.

11

• Nadezhda Andreyeva, 55, Russian Soviet alpine skier.
• Kisanrao Bankhele, 78, Indian politician, MP (1988–1991) and Maharashtra MLA (1972–1988) for Khed.
• Vladimir Beara, 85, Yugoslav football player (national team) and manager, Olympic silver medalist (1952).
• Armando Círio, 98, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Cascavel (1978–1995).
• Vol Dooley, 87, American law enforcement officer, sheriff of Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
• William A. Falkler, 88, American landscape artist.
• Raymond Gravel, 61, Canadian Québécois Roman Catholic priest and politician, MP for Repentigny (2006–2008), lung cancer.
• Morkos Hakim, 83, Egyptian Coptic Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Sohag (1982–2003).
• Sam Hall, 77, American Olympic silver-medalist diver (1960), politician and mercenary, member of the Ohio House of Representatives.
• Murray Hogarth, 80s, Canadian oil executive and philanthropist, founder of Pioneer Energy.
• Reshamlal Jangade, 90, Indian politician, MP for Bilaspur (1952–1961, 1989–1991), Madhya Pradesh MLA (1950–1952).
• Dick King, 86, American newspaper journalist, columnist and editor (The Topeka Capital-Journal).
• Maibam Kunjo, 73, Indian politician, Manipur MLA for Thoubal (1972–1977, 1995–2004, since 2012).
• Rolf Larsen, 79, American judge, member of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court (1978–1994), only justice ever impeached by Pennsylvania Senate, lung cancer.
• Marion Milne, 79, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (1995–2001).
• [[{{{1}}}]], 74, Italian footballer (Napoli).
• Pierre Ryckmans, 78, Belgian diplomat, Australian sinologist and author (Chinese Shadows). (death announced on this date)
• Kika Szaszkiewiczowa, 97, Polish artist, writer and blogger.
• Joe Viskocil, 61, American visual effects artist (Star Wars, Apollo 13), Academy Award winner (Independence Day), complications from multiple organ failure.
• Robin Williams, 63, American comedian and Academy Award-winning film (Good Will Hunting), television (Mork & Mindy), and voice (Aladdin) actor, suicide by hanging.

10

• Constantin Alexandru, 60, Romanian wrestler, Olympic silver medalist (1980).
• [[{{{1}}}]], 83, Colombian politician, Senator (1994–2010), heart attack.
• Peter Chippindale, 69, British newspaper journalist (The Guardian) and author.
• Jim Command, 85, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).
• Nicolas Feuillatte, 88, French vintner (Centre Vinicole – Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte), American coffee trader and socialite.
• Graham Gedye, 85, New Zealand cricket player (national team).
• Frederick Jacob Reagan Heebe, 91, American judge, member (since 1966) and Chief Judge (1972–1992) of the U.S. District Court for Eastern Louisiana.
• Maria Kolokouri, 37, Greek rock singer (Astarte), complications from leukemia.
• Princess Lalla Fatima Zohra, 85, Moroccan royal.
• Dan Lynch, 67, American syndicated editorial cartoonist (Kansas City Star, The Journal Gazette).
• Dotty Lynch, 69, American television journalist and editor (CBS News), melanoma.
• Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw, 101, British mathematician and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (1975–1976), mentor and advisor to Margaret Thatcher.
• Ann Rowan, 85, Irish actress (The Riordans, Father Ted).
• Prabha Sharma, 93, Indian independence fighter, political activist and prisoner.
• Shree Krishna Shrestha, 47, Nepalese actor, pneumonia.
• Denny Triyugo, 26, Indonesian motorcycle racer, brain aneurysm from a racing fall.
• Bob Wiesler, 83, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Washington Senators).

9

• J. F. Ade Ajayi, 85, Nigerian academic and historian of Africa.
• Andriy Bal, 56, Ukrainian football player (Soviet national team) and coach (national team), blood clot.
• Raymond Berthillon, 90, French ice cream manufacturer (Berthillon).
• Arthur G. Cohen, 84, American real estate developer (Crowne Plaza Hotel, Royalton Hotel, One Worldwide Plaza, Olympic Tower).
• Obi Henry Ezeagwuna II, Nigerian royal, traditional leader of Issele-Uku, traffic collision.
• Trevor Boots Harris, 69, Jamaican entertainment journalist and broadcaster, heart attack.
• Merle G. Kearns, 76, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (2001–2005) and Senate (1991–2000).
• Charles Keating, 72, English Emmy Award-winning actor (All My Children, Another World), lung cancer.
• Clive Lawrence, 69, British radio broadcaster and producer (BBC Radio Kent), cancer.
• Dave Lloyd, 77, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Philadelphia Eagles).
• Khayelihle Mathaba, South African royal and politician, KwaZulu-Natal MLA, chieftain of the eMacambini, traffic collision.
• Yasuyuki Nakai, 60, Japanese baseball player (Yomiuri Giants), esophageal cancer.
• Ed Nelson, 85, American actor (Gunsmoke, Murder, She Wrote, Peyton Place), heart failure.
• George Nicholaw, 86, American radio executive (KNX).
• Henry Pease, 69, Peruvian politician and politicial scientist, member of DCC (1992–1995) and Congress (1995–2006), cardiac arrest as a complication from cancer.
• Emigdio Vasquez, 75, American muralist and pictorial artist, pneumonia.
• Kevin Ward Jr., 20, American sprint car racing driver, blunt force trauma from race collision.
• Myrtle Young, 90, American potato chip collector, heart failure.

8

• Anita Ghulam Ali, 76, Pakistani radio broadcaster (PBC), politician and educator, cardiac problem.
• Johnny Ray Allen, 56, American roots rock bassist (The Subdudes).
• Robert Boehm, 55, Australian alt-rock musician.
• Ralph Bryans, 72, Northern Irish Grand Prix motorcycle racer, World Champion (1965). (death announced on this date)
• Andre Bush, 45, American jazz guitarist (Nnenna Freelon).
• Luciano Bux, 78, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi (2000–2011).
• Edmund John Patrick Collins, 83, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Darwin (1986–2007).
• Menahem Golan, 85, Israeli film director (Operation Thunderbolt) and producer (The Delta Force, Death Wish II), recipient of the Israel Prize (1999).
• Darrell Harris, 71, American retail furniture executive, co-founder, president and CEO of Furnitureland South.
• Viktor Kopyl, 54, Ukrainian footballer (Karpaty Lviv, Volyn Lutsk).
• Leonardo Legaspi, 78, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Caceres (1983–2012), Rector of University of Santo Tomas, lung cancer.
• Bill McIlwain, 88, American newspaper editor (Newsday, Toronto Star, The Washington Star) and spoof novel contributor (Naked Came the Stranger).
• Danny Murphy, 58, American actor (There's Something About Mary, Me, Myself and Irene), cancer.
• J. J. Murphy, 86, Northern Irish actor (Mickybo and Me, Angela's Ashes, Game of Thrones).
• Mack Newberry, 89, American publicist (Dolly Parton, Carol Burnett, Donny and Marie Osmond).
• Peter Sculthorpe, 85, Australian composer (Kakadu).
• Michael K. Smith, 48, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1995–2011), heart attack.
• Red Wilson, 85, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).

7

• Mohammad Abdulrahman al-Bahar, 95, Kuwaiti financier and industrialist, chairman of the National Bank.
• Claude Bertrand, 97, Canadian neurosurgeon.
• Cristina Deutekom, 82, Dutch coloratura soprano opera singer, fall.
• Víctor Fayad, 59, Argentine politician, Mayor of Mendoza (since 2007), mediastinum cancer.
• Tommy Gill, 49, American jazz pianist, renal failure.
• Walter R. Hanson, 83, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1971–1982).
• Mary Healy, 60, American zoo executive, CEO and director of the Sacramento Zoo, cerebral aneurysm and heart attack.
• Mitsuo Higashinaka, 90, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives for Osaka's 2nd District (1969–2000), lung cancer.
• Perry Moss, 88, American football coach (Montreal Alouettes, Orlando Predators) and player (Green Bay Packers), complications from a neuromuscular disease.
• [[{{{1}}}]], 89, Spanish footballer.
• Henry Stone, 93, American record company executive and record producer (TK Records).
• Ekanath K. Thakur, 73, Indian politician and finance executive, MP for Maharashtra (2002–2008), chairman of Saraswat Bank, cancer.
• Sir Denys Williams, 84, Barbadian judge, member and Chief Judge of the Supreme Court, Acting Governor-General (1995–1996).

6

• James L. Adams, 92, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1955–1974).
• Imre Bajor, 57, Hungarian actor, brain tumor.
• Ghaleb Barakat, 86, Jordanian diplomat and politician, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities (1967–1972).
• Gabrielle Blunt, 95, British actress. (death announced on this date)
• Billy Bowles, 83, American newspaper journalist and war correspondent (Detroit Free Press).
• William E. Cornelius, 82, American electric utility executive, President and CEO of Union Electric Company, cancer.
• Ananda W. P. Guruge, 85, Sri Lankan diplomat and academic.
• John Woodland Hastings, 87, American biochemist, pioneer in antibiotics research, pulmonary fibrosis.
• Stephen Heinemann, 75, American neuroscience researcher, pioneer in neurotransmitter receptors, complications from kidney failure.
• Dalire Kaneohe, 64, American hula dancer, first Miss Aloha Hula winner.
• Norman Lane, 94, Canadian Olympic sprint canoer.
• Li Hu, 40, Chinese HIV activist, complications from AIDS.
• Ken Lucas, 73, American professional wrestler.
• Richard McCooey, 83, American restaurateur, cancer.
• Smita Talwalkar, 59, Indian film actress, producer (Tu Tithe Mee) and director, ovarian cancer.
• Dharmesh Tiwari, 63, Indian actor (Mahabharat), diabetes.
• David Weidman, 93, American animation and silkscreen artist.

5

• Dmitri Anosov, 77, Russian mathematician.
• Arvind Apte, 79, Indian cricketer, prostate cancer.
• Diann Blakely, 57, American poet, lung disorder.
• Marilyn Burns, 65, American actress (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre).
• Ruth Sacks Caplin, 85, American screenwriter (Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont), heart ailment.
• Scott Ciencin, 51, American author, blood clot.
• Walter De Logi, 63, American biotechnology executive, co-founder and chairman of Ceres, Inc. (death announced on this date)
• Hans V. Engström, 65, Swedish actor (Rederiet), liver failure.
• Yakov Yakovlevich Etinger, 84, Russian historian and political activist.
• Harold J. Greene, 55, American military officer, Army commanding general of NSRDEC, shot.
• Dave Hereora, 57, New Zealand politician, list MP (2002–2008).
• Erich E. Kunhardt, 65, Dominican-born American physicist.
• [[{{{1}}}]], 67, Egyptian actor.
• Joe McManemin, 91, New Zealand athletics coach and sports administrator.
• Angéla Németh, 68, Hungarian javelin thrower, Olympic (1968) and European (1969) champion.
• Richard Olson, 85, American politician, Mayor of Des Moines, Iowa (1972–1979), traffic collision.
• Vladimir Orlov, 77, Russian novelist.
• Chapman Pincher, 100, British journalist and historian.
• Rodrigo de Triano, 25, English thoroughbred, Cartier Champion Three-year-old Colt (1992), pneumonia.
• Yoshiki Sasai, 52, Japanese biologist (RIKEN), apparent suicide by hanging.
• Pran Kumar Sharma, 75, Indian cartoonist (Chacha Chaudhary), colon cancer.
• Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, 87, American naval officer and physician, Surgeon General (1969–1973), complications from a stroke.
• Ronnie Stonham, 87, British army officer and broadcasting adviser.

4

• James Brady, 73, American government official and gun control advocate, White House Press Secretary (1981–1989), shot during Reagan assassination attempt (1981).
• Rich Ceisler, 58, American stand up comedian, Guillain-Barre syndrome.
• Chester Crandell, 68, American politician, member of the Arizona House of Representatives (2011–2013) and Senate (since 2013), horseriding fall.
• Val Eddy, 88, American jazz musician, singer and band leader, cancer and Parkinson's disease.
• Irma Elizondo Ramírez, 68, Mexican politician, MP for Coahuila (since 2012), heart attack.
• George Hilton, 89, American historian, heart failure.
• Jake Hooker, 61, Israeli-born American pop musician (Arrows), co-writer ("I Love Rock 'n' Roll") and producer.
• Alan Kang, 70, American women's volleyball coach (Hawaii Rainbow Wahine).
• Ruth du Pont Lord, 92, American philanthropist and conservationist (Winterthur), co-founder of Long Wharf Theater.
• Daniel Mansour, Palestinian militant, a commander of the PIJ, airstrike.
• Walter Massey, 85, Canadian actor (Arthur, Lassie).
• [[{{{1}}}]], 70, Argentine football player and coach.
• es, 48, Salvadoran footballer, traffic collision.
• Rafael Santa Cruz, 53, Peruvian cajon musician and actor, heart attack.
• Vratislav Schilder, 75, Czech puppeteer.
• Walter J. Sullivan, 91, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1951–1953), Mayor of Cambridge, heart failure.
• Richie Taylor, 61, Irish rock music journalist and musician, complications from a stroke.
• George Usayi, 48, Zimbabwean footballer.
• Charles Womack, 71, American newspaper and magazine publisher.

3

• Peter Arguindegui, 82, American oilman and politician.
• George Lyle Ashe, 81, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP for Durham West (1977–1987), Mayor of Pickering (1973–1977), Parkinson's disease.
• Miangul Aurangzeb, 86, Pakistani politician, Governor of Balochistan (1997–1999) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (1999).
• Charles Calhoun, Jr., 83, American politician and judge, member of the Texas Senate.
• Gene Callahan, 80, American journalist, policy advisor and MLB lobbyist.
• Edward Clancy, 90, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Sydney (1983–2001).
• Tony Clunn, 68, British army officer and archaeologist, rediscovered Kalkriese site of Varus's defeat by Arminius.
• Dorothy Salisbury Davis, 98, American crime fiction writer, recipient of the Grand Master Award (1985).
• Kenny Drew, Jr., 56, American jazz pianist and composer.
• Robert H. Ellsworth, 85, American collector and dealer of Asian art.
• Christian Frémont, 72, French politician, chief of staff (Nicolas Sarkozy), Representative of the French Co-Prince of Andorra (2008–2012).
• Yvette Giraud, 97, French singer and actress.
• Manuel Gomez Torres, Mexican politician, Mayor of Ayutla, Jalisco, shot.
• [[{{{1}}}]], 32, Ecuadorian footballer, heart attack.
• James Nelson Lee, 90, American judge.
• Jess Marlow, 84, American news broadcaster (KNBC, KCBS), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• James McClure, 88, Northern Irish politician, chairman of the Democratic Unionist Party.
• Steve Post, 70, American radio broadcaster (WNYC), colon and lung cancer.
• Hal Sherbeck, 86, American football coach (Fullerton College).
• Charles Simeons, 92, British politician, MP for Luton (1970–1974).
• Benedito de Ulhôa Vieira, 93, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Uberaba (1978–1996).
• Lydia Yu-Jose, 70, Filipino political scientist.
• Vic Zast, 69, American horse racing journalist and track executive.

2

• Brian Buckley, 78, Australian VFL football player (Carlton).
• Ed Joyce, 81, American television executive, President of CBS News (1983–1985).
• Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo, 72, Bahraini industrialist, chairman of Kanoo, diabetes.
• June Krauser, 88, American Hall of Fame swimmer, swimming official and rules writer, Parkinson's disease.
• Eroni Kumana, 93, Solomon Island fisherman, rescued John F. Kennedy after PT-109 sinking.
• Billie Letts, 76, American novelist (Where the Heart Is).
• Sir Alan Peacock, 92, British economist.
• Barbara Prammer, 60, Austrian politician, Minister for Women's Affairs and Consumer Protection (1997–2000), President of the National Council (since 2006), pancreatic cancer.
• Betty Jo Simpson, 80, American social media personality, lung cancer.
• James Thompson, 49, American-born Finnish crime writer.
• Pete van Wieren, 69, American sports broadcaster (Atlanta Braves), cutaneous B-cell lymphoma.
• Olga Voronets, 88, Russian mezzo-soprano folk singer.
• Craig Whittaker, 55, American jazz saxophonist and music academic, cancer.

1

• Mohammed Nur Alkali, 68, Nigerian policy advisor and educator.
• Gretta Bader, 83, American portrait and bust sculptor, heart failure.
• Valyantsin Byalkevich, 41, Belarusian football player and coach, thrombus.
• Godwin Chepkurgor, 45, Kenyan journalist, offered Bill Clinton dowry to marry Chelsea Clinton, injuries sustained in an elephant charge.
• Chung Eun-young, 91, South Korean policeman, instigated United States admission of role in No Gun Ri Massacre.
• [[{{{1}}}]], 71, Romanian stuntman and actor, cancer.
• Norman Cornish, 94, English artist.
• Rod de'Ath, 64, Welsh drummer (Rory Gallagher).
• Hadar Goldin, 23, Israeli soldier.
• Catherine Gregg, 96, American philanthropist and environmentalist, First Lady of New Hampshire (1953–1955).
• Michael Johns, 35, Australian singer-songwriter (American Idol), blood clot.
• Jan Roar Leikvoll, 40, Norwegian author.
• Keith Newbery, 65, British journalist, columnist and editor.
• Charles T. Payne, 89, American soldier.
• Saeed Saleh, 76, Egyptian actor (Madrast Al-Mushaghebeen).
• James Ditson Service, 88, Canadian politician and lawyer.
• Mike Smith, 59, British television and radio presenter (BBC Radio 1), complications from heart surgery.

Earlier months

• Deaths in July 2014
• Deaths in June 2014
• Deaths in May 2014
• Deaths in April 2014

• Deaths in March 2014
• Deaths in February 2014
• Deaths in January 2014

See also

• Deaths in 2013
• Deaths in 2012
• Deaths in 2011
• Deaths in 2010
• Deaths in 2009
• Deaths in 2008
• Deaths in 2007

• Deaths in 2006
• Deaths in 2005
• Deaths in 2004
• Deaths in 2003
• Deaths in 2002
• Deaths in 2001
• Deaths in 2000

• Deaths in 1999
• Deaths in 1998
• Deaths in 1997
• Deaths in 1996
• Deaths in 1995
• Deaths in 1994
• Deaths in 1993

• Deaths in 1992
• Deaths in 1991
• Deaths in 1990
• Deaths in 1989
• Deaths in 1988
• Deaths in 1987
• Deaths in 1986

External links

• The Guardian, UK obituaries
• Obituaries, Los Angeles Times
• The New York Times, US obituaries
• The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian obituaries