The following is a list of deaths in August 2009.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
August 2009
1 Jerome Anderson, 55, American basketball player (Boston Celtics) and coach. Corazon Aquino, 76, Filipino politician, first female President (1986–1992), colon cancer. Devendra Nath Dwivedi, 74, Indian politician, Governor designate of Gujarat. Flavia Irwin, 92, British painter. Edward D. Ives, 83, American folklorist and professor. Keith Macklin, 78, British journalist and broadcaster. George Taylor Morris, 62, American radio personality, throat cancer.George Morris Dies; Former Host on Satellite Radio Classic Rock Channel Nicholas D'Antonio Salza, 93, Honduran Bishop of Juticalpa (1963–1977). Naomi Sims, 61, American model and author, breast cancer. Rana Chandra Singh, 78, Pakistani politician. Howard Smit, 98, American film make-up artist (The Wizard of Oz). Panakkad Sayeed Mohammedali Shihab Thangal, 73, Indian politician, cardiac arrest. Borka Vučić, 83, Serbian politician and banker, traffic collision.
2 Shafiq al-Hout, 77, Palestinian politician, co-founder of the Palestine Liberation Organization, cancer. Adolf Endler, 78, German writer. Hironoshin Furuhashi, 80, Japanese swimmer, Vice President of FINA. Mark Green, 92, British prelate, Bishop of Aston (1972–1982). Billy Lee Riley, 75, American rockabilly musician, cancer. Stanley Robertson, 68, British folk singer and storyteller. Michael A. Wiener, 71, American radio mogul (Infinity Broadcasting) and philanthropist, cancer. Sidney Zion, 75, American journalist, cancer.
3 Subhas Chakraborty, 66, Indian politician. Christopher Elrington, 79, English historian, general editor of the Victoria County History. Zelik Epstein, 96, American rabbi and rosh yeshiva. Charles Gwathmey, 71, American architect, esophageal cancer. Keith Kirton, 81, South African cricketer. Walter Philip Leber, 90, American Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (1967–1971). Nikolaos Makarezos, 90, Greek army officer, leader of the Greek military junta of 1967–1974. Reiko Ohara, 62, Japanese actress, intracerebral hemorrhage. Svend Ove Pedersen, 88, Danish Olympic bronze medal-winning (1952) rower. Zinovy Vysokovsky, 76, Russian actor.
4 Hirotugu Akaike, 81, Japanese statistician, pneumonia. David Ames, 72, American football player (New York Titans), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Svend Auken, 66, Danish politician, prostate cancer. Benson, appr. 25, British common carp, voted as Britain's Favourite Carp (death announced on this date). George I. Cannon, 89, American church leader (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). Ross Dufty, 81, Australian cricketer. Anita Farra, 103, Italian actress.Anita Farra Sir David Haslam, 86, British admiral. Jo O-ryeon, 56, South Korean Olympic swimmer. Ergash Karimov, 75, Uzbek actor and comedian. Amos Kenan, 82, Israeli columnist, painter, sculptor, playwright and novelist, Alzheimer's disease. Günther Morbach, 81, German classical bass in opera and concert. Joseph Msika, 85, Zimbabwean politician, Vice President, stroke. Gonzalo Santos, 68, Northern Mariana Island Cabinet member, educator and principal, lung cancer. Blake Snyder, 51, American screenwriter (Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot, Blank Check) and author (Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need), cardiac arrest. Ole A. Sørli, 63, Norwegian manager and record producer. Mbah Surip, 60, Indonesian reggae singer, heart attack. Robert Mitsuhiro Takasugi, 78, American federal judge. Martha Ware, 91, American judge, first female judge in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. James Wiegold, 75, Welsh mathematician, leukemia.
5 G. A. Cohen, 68, Canadian Marxist political philosopher. Jordi Sabater Pi, 87, Spanish ethologist, discovered albino gorilla Snowflake. Sheikha Hessa bint Salman Al Khalifa, appr. 76, Bahraini royal, widow of Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifah, mother of King Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah.Hessa bint Salman Al Khalifa Baitullah Mehsud, appr. 35, Pakistani militant, injuries resulting from a military strike. Budd Schulberg, 95, American screenwriter (On the Waterfront, The Harder They Fall, A Face in the Crowd), Oscar winner (1955). Daljit Singh, 73-74, Indian cricketer. Al Tomko, 77, Canadian professional wrestler, pancreatic cancer.Al Tomko - a true original - dies
6 Bahadır Akkuzu, 54, Turkish musician, heart attack. Rolf Back, 81, Finnish Olympic sprinter.Rolf Back Helen Brotherton, 95, British conservationist. Maup Caransa, 93, Dutch property developer. Riccardo Cassin, 100, Italian mountaineer. Savka Dabčević-Kučar, 85, Croatian politician. Willy DeVille, 58, American singer–songwriter (Mink DeVille), pancreatic cancer. Stanley Haidasz, 86, Canadian politician, MP for Trinity (1957–1958) and Parkdale (1962–1978), Senator (1978–1998). Charles Harrison, 67, British art historian. John Hughes, 59, American film director (The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off) and screenwriter (Home Alone), heart attack. Anthony Impreveduto, 61, American corrupt politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1987–2004), lymphoma. Jack T. Kirby, 70, American historian, winner of the 2007 Bancroft Prize, heart failure. Anilza Leoni, 75, Brazilian actress, emphysema. Donald Marshall Jr., 55, Canadian wrongfully convicted of murder, complications from a lung transplant. Murali, 55, Indian actor, heart attack. Willibrordus S. Rendra, 73, Indonesian poet.Indonesian prominent poet dies at 74 Sam, 4, Australian koala made famous after the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires, euthanised. Aram Tigran, 75, Armenian singer and oud player. Otha Young, 66, American musician and songwriter, cancer.
7 Jimmy Bedford, 69, American distiller (Jack Daniel's), heart attack. Frank G. Dickey, 91, American educator, president of the University of Kentucky (1956–1963). Gibson, 7, American Great Dane therapy dog, recognized by Guinness Book of World Records as world's tallest dog, bone cancer. Carleen Hutchins, 98, American violin maker. Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf, 80, Iraqi politician, Vice President (1975–2003). Gulshan Kumar Mehta, 72, Indian songwriter, heart failure. John Harber Phillips, 75, Australian jurist, Chief Justice of Victoria (1991–2003).Criminal Law Journal: Obituary The Hon. John Harber Phillips, AC QC Danko Popović, 81, Serbian writer. Louis E. Saavedra, 76, American politician, Mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico (1973; 1989–1993), brain cancer. Mike Seeger, 75, American folk musician, folklorist and banjo player, cancer. Paul Silver, 60, American seismologist, traffic collision. Sergio Stefanini, 87, Italian Olympic basketball player. Tatiana Stepa, 46, Romanian folk singer, cervical cancer. Seiichi Tagawa, 91, Japanese politician, party leader (New Liberal Club). Anne Wexler, 79, American political adviser and lobbyist, breast cancer.Anne Wexler, Political Adviser and Lobbyist, Dies at 79
8 Alfonso Calderón, 78, Chilean writer and poet, heart attack. Yehuda Cohen, 95, Israeli Supreme Court justice. Cal Ermer, 85, American baseball coach and manager (Minnesota Twins). Harold Hitchcock, 95, British artist. Daniel Jarque, 26, Spanish footballer, heart attack. David Hillman, 74, English operatic tenor, brain tumour. Pål Kraby, 77, Norwegian barrister and businessman. Peter Milton, 80, Australian politician, MP (1980–1990). Jone Railomo, 28, Fijian rugby player, member of the Fiji 2007 Rugby World Cup team. Barnett Rosenberg, 82, American chemist, discovered cisplatin. Raul Solnado, 79, Portuguese actor and comedian, cardiovascular disease. Michael Viner, 65, American record producer (Incredible Bongo Band), cancer. Jerry Wisdom, 61, Bahamian Olympic sprinter.Jerry Wisdom
9 Frank Borth, 91, American comic book artist. Tommy Clinton, 83, Irish footballer (Everton, Republic of Ireland). Thierry Jonquet, 55, French writer. William Lindsay Osteen Sr., 79, American judge of the District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina (1991–2006). John Quade, 71, American character actor (Every Which Way But Loose, The Outlaw Josey Wales). Rodney Scott Webb, 74, American federal judge, cancer. Jasmine You, 30, Japanese bassist (Versailles), undisclosed causes.Versailles' Jasmine You Passes Away
10 Laurie Bickerton, 92, Australian football player. Josef Burg, 97, Ukrainian Yiddish writer, stroke. Alik Djabrailov, 42, Russian charity worker, shot. Peter Dunnill, 71, British biochemical engineer. Albert L. Gordon, 94, American gay rights legal activist. Rita Inos, 55, Northern Mariana Island educator and politician, first female candidate for Lieutenant Governor, cancer. Andy Kessler, 48, American skateboarder, wasp sting. Ede Király, 82, Hungarian Olympic silver medal-winning (1948) figure skater. Urpo Korhonen, 86, Finnish Olympic gold medal-winning (1952) cross-country skier. Sylvia Lennick, 93, Canadian actress and comedian, complications from pneumonia. Merlyn Mantle, 77, American author, widow of Mickey Mantle, Alzheimer's disease. Art McKinlay, 77, American Olympic silver medal-winning (1956) rower, heart attack. Zarema Sadulayeva, 33, Russian activist, head of children's aid organization in Chechnya, shot. Renzo Sambo, 67, Italian Olympic gold medal-winning (1968) rower. Thomas C. Slater, 68, American politician, member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives (since 1994), lung cancer. Yosef Tamir, 94, Israeli politician and environmental activist, member of the Knesset (1965–1981). Francisco Valdés, 66, Chilean footballer, heart failure.
11 Bektas Abubakirov, 36, Kazakhstani boxer. Malik Akhmedilov, 33, Russian journalist, shot. Campbell R. Bridges, 71, British gemologist and adventurer, speared. Nuala Fennell, 73, Irish politician. *José Ramón García Antón, 61, Spanish engineer and politician in Valencian Community. Tom Hennies, 70, American police officer and politician.Thomas L. Hennies August 11, 2009 Valeriu Lazarov, 73, Romanian-born Spanish television producer. Aykut Oray, 67, Turkish actor, heart attack. Behjat Sadr, 85, Iranian painter, heart attack. Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 88, American activist, founder of the Special Olympics, sister of John F. Kennedy. Jan Sillo, 32, South African footballer, traffic collision. Kitty White, 86, American jazz vocalist, stroke. Margaret Bush Wilson, 90, American lawyer and activist, multiple organ failure.
12 Rashied Ali, 76, American jazz drummer, heart attack. Ruslan Amerkhanov, Russian official, Ingushetia construction minister, shot. Howard M. Ervin, 93, American Christian scholar. Ruth Ford, 98, American model and actress. Gladys Gillem, 88, American professional wrestler, Alzheimer's disease. John Gregson, Baron Gregson, 85, British businessman and politician. Stephen MacDonald, 76, British actor, director and playwright. Zaw One, 64, Burmese actor and singer, liver disease. Nalin Seneviratne, 78, Sri Lankan general, Commander of the Army (1985–1988). Karl Von Hess, 90, American professional wrestler, Alzheimer's disease. Shingo Yamashiro, 70, Japanese actor, pneumonia. Les Paul, 94, American guitarist and inventor, complications from pneumonia.
13 John Bentley, 92, British actor (Crossroads). M. Watt Espy, 77, American researcher and author on capital punishment. Lavelle Felton, 29, American basketball player (Paderborn Baskets), shot. Brian McLaughlin, 54, British footballer (Celtic, Motherwell). Joseph Gilles Napoléon Ouellet, 87, Canadian archbishop of Rimouski. Al Purvis, 80, Canadian Olympic gold medal-winning ice hockey player (1952). Dobby Walker, 90, American labor lawyer, stroke.
14 Frank Branston, 70, British politician, Mayor of Bedford, aortic aneurysm. John Hughes, 84, British politician, MP for Coventry North East (1987–1992).