Deaths in History
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- Aug 26 Rainer Barzel, German politician CDU-CSU) and minister, dies at 82
- Aug 27 Maria Capovilla, oldest woman alive from 2004-2006 (b. 1889)
- Aug 28 Benoît Sauvageau, French Canadian politician (b. 1963)
- Aug 28 Melvin Schwartz, American Physicist and Nobel Laureate (neutrinos - subatomic particles with no electric charge and virtually no mass), dies at 73
- Aug 30 Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian novelist (Palace Walk, Sugar Street) and first Arabic writer to win a Nobel Prize (1988), dies at 94
- Aug 30 Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon, New Zealand jurist and member of the British House of Lords (b. 1926)
- Aug 31 Derrick Wayne Frazier, American convicted murderer (b. 1977)
- Sep 1 Sir Kyffin Williams, Welsh landscape painter (b. 1918)
- Sep 1 Bob O'Connor, American politician (58th Mayor of Pittsburgh), dies at 61
- Sep 1 Nellie Connally, wife of Texas governor John Connally (b. 1919)
- Sep 1 Warren Mitofsky, American pollster (b. 1934)
- Sep 4 Colin Thiele, Australian author and educator (b. 1920)
- Sep 8 Hilda Bernstein, English-born South African author, artist, and activist (b. 1915)
- Sep 8 Jean Villain, Swiss writer, dies at 78
- Sep 9 William B. Ziff, Jr., American publishing executive (b. 1930)
- Sep 10 Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, King of Tonga (1965-2006), dies at 88
- Sep 11 William Auld, Scottish poet, writer and supporter of Esperanto (b. 1924)
Joachim Fest
Sep 11 Joachim Fest, German historian and journalist (Hitler biography, Speer: The Final Verdict), dies at 79
Joachim Fest
- Sep 11 Johannes Bob van Benthem, Dutch lawyer (b. 1921)
- Sep 13 Ann Richards, 46th Governor of Texas (b. 1933)
- Sep 15 Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and writer, dies at 77
- Sep 16 Rob Levin, creator of Freenode (b. 1955)
- Sep 17 Patricia Kennedy Lawford, American socialite (b. 1924)
- Sep 18 Edward J. King, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1925)
- Sep 19 Hugh Kawharu, New Zealander Ngāti Whātua Māori chief (b. 1927)
- Sep 19 Martha Holmes, American photographer (b. 1923)
- Sep 25 Jeff Cooper, American firearms expert (b. 1920)
- Sep 25 John M. Ford, American sci-fi author and poet, dies at 49
- Sep 26 Philip Randle, British biochemist (Randle cycle), dies at 80
- Sep 29 Michael A. Monsoor, United States Navy SEAL (posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor), killed in Iraq at 25
- Sep 29 Khalique Ibrahim Khalique, Pakistani journalist and Urdu poet and critic (b. 1926)
- Sep 29 Louis-Albert Cardinal Vachon, French Canadian Catholic archbishop of Quebec (b. 1912)
- Oct 1 Jerald Tanner, American religious activist (b. 1938)
- Oct 2 Helen Chenoweth-Hage, American politician (b. 1938)
- Oct 2 Paul Halmos, Hungarian-born American mathematician (b. 1916)
- Oct 3 Alberto Ramento, Filipina bishop (b. 1937)
- Oct 3 John Crank, British mathematician (b. 1913)
- Oct 3 Peter Norman, Australian track star (b. 1942)
- Oct 4 Oskar Pastior, Romanian-born German writer, dies at 78
- Oct 5 Antonio Peña, Mexican founder of lucha libre promotion AAA (b. 1953)
- Oct 6 Wilson Tucker, American writer (b. 1914)
- Oct 6 Alex L. Shigo, American Biologist and Plant Pathologist, dies at 76
- Oct 7 Anna Politkovskaya, Russian journalist and human rights activist, dies at 48
- Oct 9 Raymond Noorda, American co-founder and long time CEO of Novell (b. 1924)
- Oct 10 Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist (b. 1932)
- Oct 10 Ian Scott, Canadian politician (b. 1934)
- Oct 11 Howard Kerzner, Chief Executive Officer of Kerzner International (b. 1964)
- Oct 11 Benito Martínez, Haitan born Cuban who claimed to be the oldest living person at 126 (b. 1880)
- Oct 13 Wang Guangmei, Chinese first lady (b. 1921)
- Oct 14 Maurice Grosse, British paranormal investigator (b. 1919)
- Oct 14 Nancy Lynn, American aviator (b. 1956)
- Oct 14 Gerry Studds, American politician (b. 1937)
- Oct 16 Valentín Paniagua Corazao, Ex President of Peru (b. 1936)
- Oct 18 Mario Francesco Cardinal Pompedda (b. 1929)
- Oct 22 Choi Kyu-hah, President of South Korea, dies at 87
- Oct 23 Lebo Mathosa, South African entertainer (b. 1977)
- Oct 24 Enolia McMillan, American civil rights activist (b. 1904)
- Oct 24 William Montgomery Watt, Islamic studies scholar, orientalist and historian (b. 1909)
- Oct 26 Pontus Hultén, Swedish art collector and museum director (b. 1924)
- Oct 27 Brad Will, American anarchist and independent journalist (b. 1970)
- Oct 29 Mohammadu Maccido, 18th Sultan of Sokoto (b. 1928)
- Oct 30 Junji Kinoshita, Japanese playwright (b. 1914)
- Oct 30 Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist (symbolic anthropology), dies at 80
P. W. Botha
Oct 31 P. W. Botha, President of South Africa (1984-89) and Prime Minister (19778-84), dies at 90
P. W. Botha
- Nov 1 William Styron, American novelist (Confess of Nat Turner, Sophie's Choice), dies at 81
- Nov 3 Marie Rudisill, American author and "Fruitcake Lady" (b. 1911)
- Nov 4 Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, American author (Cheaper by the Dozen), dies at 98
- Nov 4 Frank Arthur Calder, Canadian politician (b. 1915)
- Nov 4 Torolf Elster, Norwegian journalist and writer (Frihet och demokrati), dies at 95
- Nov 5 Bülent Ecevit, four term Turkish Prime Minister (between 1974 and 2002), dies at 81
- Nov 7 Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, French journalist (b. 1924)
- Nov 7 Jackie Parker, American College and Canadian Football Hall of Fame utility (Mississippi State University; Grey Cup 1954-56; Edmonton Eskimos), dies from throat cancer at 74
- Nov 8 Hannspeter Winter, Austrian plasma physicist, dies at 65
- Nov 9 Markus Wolf, East German Intelligence Director (b. 1923)
- Nov 9 Ellen Willis, American journalist and feminist, dies at 64
- Nov 10 Nadarajah Raviraj, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1962)
- Nov 10 Fokko du Cloux, mathematician (b. 1954)
- Nov 11 Harry Lehotsky, American Canadian pastor and activist, dies at 49
- Nov 12 General Jacob E. Smart, US Air Force leader World War II (b. 1909)
- Nov 15 David K. Wyatt, American historian (b. 1937)
Milton Friedman
Nov 16 Milton Friedman, American economist, Nobel Prize Economics 1976, dies at 94
Milton Friedman
- Nov 16 Yuri Levada, Russian sociologist (b. 1930)
- Nov 19 Edward Ford, courtier in the Royal Household of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II, dies at 96
- Nov 20 Zoia Ceauşescu, Romanian mathematician and daughter of Communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, dies of lung cancer at 57
- Nov 21 Pierre Amine Gemayel, Lebanese Cabinet minister (assassinated) (b. 1972)
- Nov 22 Ria Beckers, Dutch politician and leader of the progressive Christian party PPR, dies at 67
- Nov 22 Gilles Grégoire, Quebec politician (co-founder of the Parti Québécois), dies at 80
- Nov 23 Nick Clarke, English radio presenter (b. 1948)
- Nov 23 Alexander Litvinenko, Russian KGB officer, dies at 43
- Nov 24 George W. S. Trow, American writer (b. 1943)
- Nov 24 Zdeněk Veselovský, Czech zoologist (b. 1938)
- Nov 25 Sean Bell, American shooting victim (b. 1983)
- Nov 25 Luciano Bottaro, Italian comic book artist, dies at 75
- Nov 25 Kenneth M. Taylor, American pilot (b. 1919)
- Nov 26 Mário Cesariny, Portuguese painter and writer (b. 1923)
- Nov 26 Dave Cockrum, American comic book artist (b. 1943)
- Nov 26 Stephen Heywood, American builder (b. 1969)
- Nov 27 Alan Freeman, British disc jockey known by his nickname 'Fluff' (b. 1927)
- Nov 27 Bebe Moore Campbell, American author (b. 1950)
- Nov 28 Robert Volpe, Artist, Art Theft Detective (b.1942)