DEATHWATCH 2014: For those of you that have told me that someone should be on the DEATHWATCH, just because they died, here they are: January Eusébio Ariel Sharon Pete Seeger January 5 – Eusébio, Portuguese footballer (b. 1942) January 7 – Run Run Shaw, Hong Kong filmmaker and entrepreneur (b. 1907) January 9 Amiri Baraka, American poet (b. 1934) Dale T. Mortensen, American Nobel economist (b. 1939) January 10 – Zbigniew Messner, 9th Prime Minister of the Peoples Republic of Poland (b. 1929) January 11 Ariel Sharon, 11th Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1928) Vugar Gashimov, Azerbaijani chess grandmaster (b. 1986) January 14 – Mae Young, American professional wrestler (b. 1923) January 15 John Dobson, American amateur astronomer (b. 1915) Roger Lloyd-Pack, British actor (b. 1944) January 16 – Hiroo Onoda, Japanese army officer (b. 1922) January 20 – Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor (b. 1933) January 23 – Riz Ortolani, Italian film composer (b. 1926) January 25 – Gyula Sax, Hungarian chess grandmaster (b. 1951) January 26 – José Emilio Pacheco, Mexican poet and writer (b. 1939) January 27 – Pete Seeger, American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist (b. 1919) January 31 – Miklós Jancsó, Hungarian film director (b. 1921) February Shirley Temple Sid Caesar February 1 Luis Aragonés, Spanish football player and coach (b. 1938) Maximilian Schell, Austrian-Swiss actor (b. 1930) February 2 – Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor (b. 1967) February 3 – Louise Brough, American tennis player (b. 1923) February 10 Stuart Hall, Jamaican-British sociologist (b. 1932) Shirley Temple, American actress and diplomat (b. 1928) February 11 – Alice Babs, Swedish singer (b. 1924) February 12 – Sid Caesar, American actor (b. 1922) February 13 – Richard Møller Nielsen, Danish football player and coach (b. 1937) February 14 – Tom Finney, English footballer (b. 1922) February 18 – Nelson Frazier, Jr., American professional wrestler (b. 1971) February 19 – Valeri Kubasov, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1935) February 23 – Alice Herz-Sommer, Czech-British pianist (b. 1903) February 24 – Harold Ramis, American film director, writer, and actor (b. 1944) February 25 – Mário Coluna, Mozambican-born Portuguese footballer (b. 1935) February 26 – Paco de Lucía, Spanish guitarist (b. 1947) March Adolfo Suárez March 1 – Alain Resnais, French film director (b. 1922) March 9 – Mohammed Fahim, Vice President of Afghanistan (b. c. 1957) March 12 – Věra Chytilová, Czech film director (b. 1929) March 13 – Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, 3rd President of Sierra Leone (b. 1932) March 14 – Tony Benn, British politician and diarist (b. 1925) March 18 – Lucius Shepard, American writer (b. 1942) March 19 – Fred Phelps, American pastor (b. 1929) March 20 – Hilderaldo Bellini, Brazilian footballer (b. 1930) March 21 Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, 122nd Syriac Orthodox Patriarch (b. 1933) James Rebhorn, American actor (b. 1948) March 23 – Adolfo Suárez, 138th Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1932) March 27 – James R. Schlesinger, American economist and politician (b. 1929) March 31 – Frankie Knuckles, American disk jockey and record producer (b. 1955) April Mickey Rooney Gabriel García Márquez April 1 – Jacques Le Goff, French historian (b. 1924) April 4 – Kumba Ialá, President of Guinea-Bissau (2000–2003) (b. 1953) April 6 – Mickey Rooney, American actor (b. 1920) April 8 The Ultimate Warrior, American professional wrestler (b. 1959) Karlheinz Deschner, German activist and writer (b. 1924) April 9 – A. N. R. Robinson, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1926) April 10 – Sue Townsend, British novelist and playwright (b. 1946) April 13 – Ernesto Laclau, Argentine political theorist (b. 1935) April 16 – Gyude Bryant, Liberian politician (b. 1949) April 17 – Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian Nobel writer (b. 1927) April 20 – Rubin Carter, American boxer (b. 1937) April 24 Hans Hollein, Austrian architect (b. 1934) Tadeusz Różewicz, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1921) April 27 – Vujadin Boškov, Serbian football player and coach (b. 1931) April 29 – Bob Hoskins, British actor (b. 1942) May H. R. Giger Wojciech Jaruzelski Maya Angelou May 2 – Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., American actor (b. 1918) May 3 – Gary Becker, American Nobel economist (b. 1930) May 6 Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (b. 1940) Farley Mowat, Canadian author (b. 1921) May 12 Marco Cé, Italian cardinal (b. 1925) H. R. Giger, Swiss artist (b. 1940) May 15 – Jean-Luc Dehaene, 63rd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1940) May 17 – Gerald Edelman, American Nobel biologist (b. 1929) May 18 Dobrica Ćosić, Serbian writer and politician, President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (b. 1921) Wubbo Ockels, Dutch astronaut and physicist (b. 1946) Gordon Willis, American cinematographer (b. 1931) May 19 – Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (b. 1926) May 21 – Jaime Lusinchi, President of Venezuela (b. 1924) May 25 – Wojciech Jaruzelski, Communist leader of Poland (b. 1923) May 28 Maya Angelou, American poet and author (b. 1928) Malcolm Glazer, American businessman (b. 1928) May 29 – Karlheinz Böhm, Austrian actor (b. 1928) May 31 Marinho Chagas, Brazilian footballer (b. 1952) Martha Hyer, American actress (b. 1924) June Casey Kasem Eli Wallach Ana María Matute June 1 – Valentin Mankin, Ukrainian sailor, Olympic triple champion and silver medalist (b. 1938) June 2 Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Indian cardinal (b. 1924) Alexander Shulgin, American pharmacologist and chemist (b. 1925) June 7 – Fernandão, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1978) June 9 Bernard Agré, Ivorian cardinal (b. 1926) Rik Mayall, British comedian, writer and actor (b. 1958) June 11 Ruby Dee, American actress, poet, and playwright (b. 1922) Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor and composer (b. 1933) June 13 – Gyula Grosics, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1926) June 15 Casey Kasem, American radio host and voice actor (b. 1932) Daniel Keyes, American author (b. 1927) June 18 Stephanie Kwolek, American chemist (b. 1923) Horace Silver, American jazz pianist and composer (b. 1928) June 24 Ramón José Velásquez, Venezuelan historian, journalist and politician (b. 1916) Eli Wallach, American actor (b. 1915) June 25 – Ana María Matute, Spanish author (b. 1925) June 26 – Howard Baker, American politician and diplomat (b. 1925) June 27 Leslie Manigat, 43rd President of Haiti (b. 1930) Bobby Womack, American singer-songwriter (b. 1944) June 30 Paul Mazursky, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930) Željko Šturanović, Prime Minister of Montenegro (b. 1960) July Alfredo Di Stéfano Eduard Shevardnadze July 7 Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentine-Spanish footballer (b. 1926) Eduard Shevardnadze, 2nd President of Georgia (b. 1928) July 10 – Zohra Sehgal, Indian actress and dancer (b. 1912) July 11 Charlie Haden, American jazz bassist (b. 1937) Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-American drummer and producer (b. 1949) John Seigenthaler, American journalist (b. 1927) July 13 Lorin Maazel, French-American conductor and violinist (b. 1930) Nadine Gordimer, South African Nobel writer (b. 1923) July 14 – Alice Coachman, American athlete (b. 1923) July 16 – Johnny Winter, American singer and guitarist (b. 1944) July 17 Henry Hartsfield, American colonel and astronaut (b. 1933) Elaine Stritch, American actress and singer (b. 1925) July 19 David Easton, Canadian-American political scientist (b. 1917) James Garner, American actor (b. 1928) July 25 – Carlo Bergonzi, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1924) July 27 – Francesco Marchisano, Italian cardinal (b. 1929) July 30 – Julio Grondona, Argentinian football authority (b. 1931) August Robin Williams Lauren Bacall August 1 – Valyantsin Byalkevich, Belarusian footballer and manager (b. 1973) August 3 – Edward Clancy, Australian cardinal (b. 1923) August 8 Menahem Golan, Israeli filmmaker (b. 1929) Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer (b. 1929) August 9 – Andriy Bal, Ukrainian football player and coach (b. 1958) August 11 Vladimir Beara, Yugoslav football player and manager (b. 1928) Pierre Ryckmans, Belgian diplomat and author (b. 1935) Robin Williams, American actor and comedian (b. 1951) August 12 – Lauren Bacall, American actress (b. 1924) August 13 – Frans Brüggen, Dutch musician (b. 1934) August 15 – Licia Albanese, Italian-American soprano (b. 1909) August 19 – Simin Behbahani, Iranian poet (b. 1927) August 20 B. K. S. Iyengar, Indian yoga teacher and author (b. 1918) Edmund Szoka, American cardinal (b. 1927) August 21 – Albert Reynolds, Irish Taoiseach (prime minister) (b. 1932) August 24 – Richard Attenborough, British actor and film director (b. 1923) August 28 – Glenn Cornick, British bass guitarist (b. 1947) August 29 – Björn Waldegård, Swedish rally driver (b. 1943) September Joan Rivers Atef Ebeid Ian Paisley September 1 – Gottfried John, German actor (b. 1942) September 4 Gustavo Cerati, Argentine singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1959) Donatas Banionis, Lithuanian actor (b. 1924) Joan Rivers, American comedian, actress, and television host (b. 1933) September 5 – Wolfhart Pannenberg, German theologian (b. 1928) September 6 – Kira Zvorykina, Belarusian chess player (b. 1919) September 7 – Yoshiko Ōtaka, Chinese-Japanese actress, singer, and politician (b. 1920) September 8 – Magda Olivero, Italian soprano (b. 1910) September 10 – Richard Kiel, American actor (b. 1939) September 12 Atef Ebeid, Egyptian politician, 47th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1932) Ian Paisley, British politician and First Minister of Northern Ireland (b. 1926) Joe Sample, American pianist and composer (b. 1939) September 15 Yitzhak Hofi, Israeli general (b. 1927) Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia (b. 1922) September 17 – Andriy Husin, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1972) September 20 Anatoly Berezovoy, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1942) Polly Bergen, American actress (b. 1930) September 24 – Christopher Hogwood, English conductor, writer, and musicologist (b. 1941) September 25 Sulejman Tihić, Bosnian politician (b. 1951) Dorothy Tyler-Odam, British athlete (b. 1920) September 28 – Dannie Abse, British poet (b. 1923) September 30 – Martin Lewis Perl, American Nobel physicist (b. 1927) October Oscar de la Renta Gough Whitlam Jack Bruce October 2 – György Lázár, Hungarian politician, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (b. 1924) October 4 Fyodor Cherenkov, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1959) Jean-Claude Duvalier, 41st President of Haiti (b. 1951) October 5 Andrea de Cesaris, Italian race car driver (b. 1959) Yuri Lyubimov, Russian actor and director (b. 1917) October 6 Igor Mitoraj, Polish sculptor (b. 1944) Marian Seldes, American actress (b. 1928) October 7 – Siegfried Lenz, German writer (b. 1926) October 9 – Jan Hooks, American actress and comedian (b. 1957) October 14 – Elizabeth Peña, American actress (b. 1959) October 16 – John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, British peer and educator (b. 1926) October 17 – Masaru Emoto, Japanese author (b. 1943) October 20 – Oscar de la Renta, Dominican-American fashion designer (b. 1932) October 21 – Gough Whitlam, 21st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1916) October 23 – Tullio Regge, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1931) October 24 – Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South African middle-distance runner (b. 1980) October 25 – Jack Bruce, British rock bassist (b. 1943) October 28 – Michael Sata, 5th President of Zambia (b. 1937) October 29 Rainer Hasler, Liechtensteiner footballer (b. 1958) Klas Ingesson, Swedish footballer (b. 1968) October 30 – Thomas Menino, American politician, 53rd Mayor of Boston (b. 1942) November Alexander Grothendieck P. D. James November 1 – Wayne Static, American guitarist and vocalist (b. 1965) November 2 Acker Bilk, British jazz clarinetist (b. 1929) Veljko Kadijević, Yugoslavian general (b. 1925) November 3 – Gordon Tullock, American economist and academic (b. 1922) November 10 – Ken Takakura, Japanese actor (b. 1931) November 12 – Warren Clarke, English actor (b. 1947) November 13 – Alexander Grothendieck, German-French mathematician (b. 1928) November 14 Eugene Dynkin, Russian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1924) Glen A. Larson, American television producer and writer (b. 1937) November 16 – Serge Moscovici, Romanian-French psychologist (b. 1925) November 19 – Mike Nichols, German-born American director (b. 1931) November 20 – Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba, Spanish aristocrat (b. 1926) November 22 – Fiorenzo Angelini, Italian cardinal (b. 1916) November 24 – Viktor Tikhonov, Soviet ice hockey player and coach (b. 1930) November 26 – Sabah, Lebanese singer and actress (b. 1927) November 27 – P. D. James, English writer and life peer (b. 1920) November 28 – Chespirito, Mexican actor and comedian (b. 1929) November 30 – Go Seigen, Chinese-born Japanese Go player (b. 1914) December Queen Fabiola of Belgium Luise Rainer December 2 – Jean Béliveau, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1931) December 3 Jacques Barrot, French politician (b. 1937) Ian McLagan, British musician (b. 1945) December 5 – Queen Fabiola of Belgium (b. 1928) December 6 – Ralph H. Baer, American video game pioneer (b. 1922) December 8 – Knut Nystedt, Norwegian composer (b. 1915) December 9 – Jorge María Mejía, Argentine cardinal (b. 1923) December 16 – Ernie Terrell, American boxer (b. 1939) December 18 – Virna Lisi, Italian actress (b. 1936) December 21 Åke Johansson, Swedish footballer (b. 1928) Udo Jürgens, Austrian composer and singer (b. 1934) Billie Whitelaw, English actress (b. 1932) December 22 Joe Cocker, English singer (b. 1944) Joseph Sargent, American film director (b. 1925) December 26 – Leo Tindemans, 43rd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1922) December 27 – Tomaž Šalamun, Slovenian poet (b. 1941) December 30 – Luise Rainer, German-born American actress (b. 1910) December 31 – Edward Herrmann, American television and film actor (b. 1943)
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