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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1995 January 1 Eugene Wigner, physicist (Nobel Prize for physics-1963), dies at age 92 (born 1902). [1] [29] Frederick West, English contractor/serial killer, commits suicide at age 53. [1] [29] Jess Stacy, US jazz pianist (Great Gatsby), dies at age 90. [1] Ted Hawkins, US blues singer (Watch Your Step), dies at age 58. [1] January 2 Graham Sharp, ice skater, dies at age 77. [1] Manuel Rivera, Spanish painter/co-founder (El Paso), dies at age 67. [1] Mohammed Siyad Barre, General/President of Somalia (1969-91), dies at age 84 (born 1919). [1] [29] Nancy Kelly, US actress (Bad Seed, Submarine Patrol), dies at age 73. [1] January 3 Al Duncan, drummer, dies at age 68. [1] Byron MacGregor, newscaster, dies at age 56. [1] Gerard W Taylor, South African/British surgeon, dies at age 74. [1] Robert Nesbitt, impresario, dies at age 88. [1] January 4 D Elmina Davies, filmmaker, dies at age 36. [1] Dorothy Granger, US actress (Hog Wild, Dentist), dies at about age 80. [1] Death of Sol Tax, American anthropologist (born 1907). [29] Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor, dies in air crash at age 52. [1] Jonathan Zeitlyn, artist, dies at age 43. [1] Leonard Hirsch, British violinist/conductor (BBC Empire Orchestra), dies at age 92. [1] Robert Clifford Latham Pepys, scholar, dies at age 82. [1] January 5 Francis Lopez, French dentist/operetta composer (Andalousie), dies at age 78. [1] Mansour Satari, Brigadier General/commandant (Iran Air Force), dies at age 46. [1] January 6 Edward Sutcliffe, judge (British Central Criminal Court), dies at age 77. [1] James Clay, saxophonist, dies at age 59. [1] Joe Slovo, Latvian/South African attorney/Secretary-General (SACR), dies at age 68. [1] Karl Guttmann, Austrian/Dutch playwright/director (Pinter), dies at age 81. [1] January 7 Arthur Leavins, violinist, dies at age 77. [1] Harry Golombek, chess Grandmaster, dies at age 83. [1] Larry Grayson, British entertainer (Generation Game), dies at age 71 (born 1923). [1] [29] Murray Newton Rothbard, economist, dies of cardiac arrest at age 69 (born 1926). [1] [29] Viktor Vorobyov, Russian General Major, dies in battle. [1] January 8 Carlos Monzon [El Macho], Argentine middleweight boxing champion (1970-77), dies at age 52. [1] Joyce McCartan, peace campaigner, dies at age 68. [1] Louis "Loulou" Gasté, guitarist/composer (Doggy in the Window), dies at age 88. [1] January 9 Peter Cook, English comic/actor (Peter n' Dud, Bedazzled), dies at age 57 (born 1937). [1] [29] Souphanouvong [Red Prince], President of Laos (1975-87), dies at age 85. [1] January 10 Elaine Greene, literary agent, dies at age 74. [1] Halton Kathleen Tynan, writer, dies at age 57. [1] January 11 Adrian J "Ad" Kaland, Dutch Member of Parliament (CDA 1977-93), dies at age 72. [1] John AG Gere, English art historian (Raphael and his Circle), dies at age 73. [1] Onat Kutlar, Turkish screenplay/producer (Hazal), murdered at age 59. [1] Willem N "Pim" Koot, pianist (Concert Building), dies at age 76. [1] January 12 George Price, cartoonist (New Yorker), dies at age 93. [1] Marion Herbst, German/Dutch jewelry designer, dies at age 50. [1] January 13 Arnold Smith, painter (Vigelius Prize 1935), dies at age 89. [1] Arthur Mervyn Stockwood, bishop, dies at age 81. [1] Maxwell Henley Harris, Austrian poet/publisher (Critics), dies at age 73. [1] Ruby Starr, vocalist (Grey Ghost), dies of brain tumor at age 44. [1] January 14 Alexander Gibson, British conductor/founder (Scottish Opera), dies at age 68. [1] Mark Finch, film festival organizer, dies at age 33. [1] Stafford William Somerfield, newspaper editor, dies at age 84. [1] January 15 Sollie McElroy, singer, dies at age 61. [1] January 16 William Dillard, trumpeter/singer, dies at age 83. [1] January 17 Isador Caplan, lawyer/Aldeburgh Festival pioneer, dies at age 82. [1] Urias Nooteboom, Dutch journalist/critic (The Time), dies at age 54. [1] January 18 Adolf F J Butenandt, German bio-chemist (Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1939), dies at age 91 (born 1903) in Munich, Germany. [1] [29] [37] Charles Baskerville, vocalist, dies at age 54. [1] Joseph Kagan, businessman, dies at age 79. [1] Death of Ron Luciano, baseball umpire (born 1937). [29] January 19 Eugene Fuller, polymath/linguist, dies at age 80. [1] January 20 John Halas, Hungarian/US cartoonist (Animal Farm), dies at age 81. [1] Mehdi Bazargan, director Iranian oil corp/premier (1979), dies at age 86. [1] Robert Shaw, town planner, dies at age 81. [1] January 21 Flavio "Negao" Pires da Conceicao, drug trafficker, dies at age 25. [1] John Halas, animator, dies at age 82. [1] Philippe Casado, Moroccan/French cyclist, dies at age 30. [1] January 22 Christopher Francis Palmer, orchestrater/author, dies at age 48. [1] Margaret Barbara Lambert, British historian (Saar), dies at age 88. [1] Nico Adriaans, founder of Rotterdam Junkiebond, dies of AIDS at age 37. [1] Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, mother of President John F Kennedy, dies at age 104 (born 1890). [1] [29] January 23 Harold Collett Dent, journalist/educationist, dies at age 100. [1] Ken Hill, playwright/director, dies at age 57. [1] Michael Whalley Wickham, artist, dies at age 91. [1] Peter Ambrose Cyprian Luke, playwright, dies at age 75. [1] January 24 Ian Prestt, English ornithologist, dies at age 65. [1] Victor Reinganum, artist, dies at age 87. [1] Wim H Sinnige, Amsterdam PvdA alderman of Finance, dies at age 60. [1] January 25 Peter Black, TV critic, dies at age 82. [1] Tom Brugman, Dutch puppeteer (Brave Dodo), dies at age 62. [1] January 26 Bernardo Leighton, Chilean politician (1964-70), dies. [1] Geoffrey Penwill Parsons, Australian/British piano accompanist, dies at age 65. [1] Louis Heren, journalist, dies at age 65. [1] Vic Buckingham, English soccer player/trainer (Ajax), dies at age 79. [1] January 27 Halsey S Colchester, British SAS/MI6-spy/priest, dies at age 76. [1] Jean Tardieu, author, dies at age 91. [1] Willem R "Wim" van der Zee, General-Secretary Council of Churches, dies at age 64. [1] January 28 Barrie Wilson, academic, dies at age 59. [1] George Woodcock, author, dies at age 82. [1] James P Grant, US director of UNICEF (1980-95), dies at age 72. [1] Jim Gilbert, artist, dies at age 61. [1] Philip H Burton Welsh, producer/Richard Burton's teacher, dies at age 80. [1] Walter Ernest Allen, writer/critic, dies at age 83. [1] January 29 Arthur Guy Clutton-Brock, English agronomist (Rhodesia), dies at age 88. [1] Chris de Marigny, painter/designer, dies at age 52. [1] Raymond Joseph Cecil, British architect, dies at age 69. [1] Richard Desborough Burnell, British oarsman (Olympics-gold-1948), dies at age 77. [1] January 30 George H Poyser, English soccer player (Manchester City), dies at age 84. [1] George Richard James, saxophonist, dies at age 88. [1] Gerald M Durrell, British zoologist/author (Mockery Bird), dies at age 70 (born 1925). [1] [29] January 31 George Abbott, playwright/actor/producer (Damn Yankees), dies at age 107 (born 1887). [1] [29] James Johnson, English Member of Parliament (Labour, 1950-83), dies at age 86. [1] February 1 John Smith, CEO (Liverpool FC), dies at age 74. [1] Michael Caesar, pope of pot, dies of liver cancer at age 52. [1] February 2 Alexis d'Anjou de Bourbon-Condé, French prince/Russian, dies at age 47. [1] André Frossard, French publicist (Defense of Pope), dies at age 80. [1] David Kindersley, alphabet designer/cutter, dies at age 79. [1] Donald Pleasance, English actor (Halloween), dies at age 75 (born 1919). [1] [29] Fred Perry, English tennis star (Wimbledon 1934-36), dies at age 85 (born 1909). [1] [29] Phillip Borsos, Tasmanian/Canadian director (Mean Season), dies. [1] Robert L Haller, coon dog trainer, dies at age 32. [1] February 3 John Pinsent, classical scholar, dies at age 72. [1] Turner Fodrell, blues singer/guitarist, dies at age 66. [1] February 4 Betty Davis, British dance teacher of Dame Margot Fonteyn, dies. [1] Patricia Highsmith [Mary Patricia Plangman], US/Swiss author, dies at age 74 (born 1921). [1] [29] Roel Wiersma, Dutch soccer star (PSV), dies at age 62. [1] February 5 Courtenay E Benson, broadcaster, dies at age 79. [1] Doug Mcclure, US rodeo rider/actor (Trampas-Virginian), dies at age 59. [1] Frans Köhler, Dutch painter, dies at age 59. [1] Frederick Craig Riddle, violinist, dies at age 82. [1] Judith Fluks, Amsterdam's activist, dies. [1] Kimberley Leston, journalist, dies at age 35. [1] February 6 Arthur S Taylor Jr, US drummer/author (Notes on notes), dies at age 65. [1] James Ingram Merrill, US poet (Braving the elements), dies at age 68. [1] February 7 Helen Wallis, cartographer/librarian, dies at age 70. [1] Massimo Pallottino, Italian archaeologist (Etruscologia), dies at age 86. [1] February 8 B G Hooghoudt, radio-telescope builder (Dwingeloo/Westerbork), dies at age 70. [1] Wilhelm J Soukop, Austrian/British sculptor, dies at age 88. [1] February 9 David Wayne [Wayne Mcmeekan], US actor (Dallas), dies at age 81. [1] J William Fulbright, (Senator-Democrat-Arkansas)/anti-Vietnam War, dies at age 89. [1] February 10 Kenton Kilmer, poet/translator, dies at age 85. [1] Louis Sen A Kaw, Suriname's great dam builder, dies at age 75. [1] Paul Monette, writer, dies at age 49. [1] S van der Linde, church historian, dies at age 89. [1] February 12 Death of Robert Bolt, English writer (born 1924). [29] (February 21 [1]) L Jansma Fries, publisher (Friese stamp), dies. [1] Earring George Mayweather, blues harmonica player, dies at age 66. [1] Rachid Mimouni, Algerian author (L'Honneur de la Tribu), dies at age 49. [1] Terence Beckles, pianist/teacher, dies at age 82. [1] Tony Secunda, rock band manager, dies at age 54. [1] February 13 Abdelhafid Said, Algerian student leader, murdered. [1] Azeddine Medjoubi, head of Algerian national theater, murdered at age 49. [1] Joan A C Ramsey nee Hamilton, lady Ramsey of Canterbury, dies at age 84. [1] Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair, saxophonist, dies at age 68. [1] February 14 Alberto Burri, Italian physician/sculptor/painter, dies at age 79. [1] Ischa Meÿer, journalist/critic/entertainer/interviewer, dies at age 52. [1] Michael Vincent Gazzo, US actor/playwright (Godfather II), dies at age 71. [1] Nigel Lucius Graeme Finch, TV Director/film-maker, dies at age 45. [1] Patricia Highsmith, writer, dies at age 74. [1] Roger de Grey, English chairman of Royal Academy (1984-93), dies at age 76. [1] Siem Suurhoff, TV-director (Behind the News, Sonja), dies at age 58. [1] U Nu, Prime Minister of Burma (1948-56, 1957-58, 1960-62), dies (born 1907). [1] [29] February 15 Francis Taylor, builder, dies at age 90. [1] Joseph Ortiz, French-Algerian extremist/rebel, dies at age 77. [1] Lord Taylor of Hadfield, British president of Taylor Woodrow Group, dies at age 90. [1] Nabila Diahnine, Algerian architect/feminist, murdered at age 33. [1] Sahnoun Jawhari, Tunisian Annahda-leader, dies at age 40 in jail. [1] Viscount Camrose, British large landowner/Conservative, dies. [1] February 16 John Everett Allen, US businessman, dies at age 91. [1] Martin Soames, traveller, dies at age 91. [1] February 17 Jan Bart Klaster, music editor (The Slogan), dies at age 50. [1] Thelma Hulbert, painter, dies at age 81. [1] Timothy Hugh Brown, theatre critic, dies at age 52. [1] Uta Graf, singer/teacher, dies at age 80. [1] February 18 Calder Willingham, US scriptwriter (End as a Man), dies at age 72. [1] Denny Cordel, rock music producer-Laverack, dies at age 51. [1] Eddie Williams, blues/Jazz Bassist, dies at age 82. [1] John Rhea "Yank" Lawson, US jazz trumpeteer (Stormy weather), dies at age 83. [1] February 19 Calder Willingham, novelist/scriptwriter, dies at age 72. [1] Ian Ball, photographer, dies at age 80. [1] Shlomo Averbach, Israeli ultra-orthodox rabbi, dies at age 84. [1] February 20 John Humphreys Whitfield, Italianist, dies at age 88. [1] February 21 Ibrahim Ali, a 17-year-old Comorian living in France, is murdered by three far-right National Front activists. [29] February 22 Ed Flanders, actor (Dr Westphall-St Elsewhere), commits suicide at age 60. [1] Elfi Althoff-Jacobi, Austrian circus director, dies at age 80. [1] Lembarek Boumaarafi, Algerian murderer of President Boudiaf, dies. [1] Death of Melvin English Franklin, American singer at age 52 (born 1942). [29] (February 23 [1]) February 23 Art Kane, photographer, dies at age 69. [1] James Herriot, Scot veterinarian and author (All Creatures Great and Small), dies at age 78 (born 1916). [1] [29] Norman Hunter, writer, dies at age 95. [1] Peter Guy Wykeham, fighter pilot-Barnes dies at age 79. [1] February 24 Richard Nicholson, musician, dies at age 89. [1] February 25 Jack Clayton, British director (Great Gatsby), dies at age 73. [1] Oh Jin Woo, Korean minister of defense, dies. [1] Terence Weil, cellist/teacher, dies at age 73. [1] February 27 Bernard Cornfield, financier, dies at age 67. [1] Philip Sherrington, opus Dei Priest, dies at age 51. [1] February 28 Herman "Ace" Wallace, blues guitarist/singer, dies at age 69. [1] Keith Rigg, cricketer (8 Tests for Australia 1931-37), dies. [1] Max Rudolf, conductor, dies at age 92. [1]