The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2014.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.
August 2014
1 Gretta Bader, 83, American portrait and bust sculptor, heart failure.Gretta Bader, portrait sculptor known for her bronzes, dies at 83 Valyantsin Byalkevich, 41, Belarusian football player and coach, aneurysm.Умер Валентин Белькевич Godwin Chepkurgor, 45, Kenyan journalist, offered Bill Clinton dowry to marry Chelsea Clinton, injuries sustained in an elephant charge.Journalist who offered Bill Clinton 40 goats dies Chung Eun-yong, 91, South Korean policeman, instigated United States admission of role in No Gun Ri Massacre.S. Korean who forced US to admit massacre has died Norman Cornish, 94, English artist.Last 'Pitman painter' Norman Cornish dies aged 94 Rod de'Ath, 64, Welsh drummer (Rory Gallagher).Rod de'Ath dies Jürgen Degenhardt, 83, German songwriter, actor, director and author, cancer.Liedtexter Jürgen Degenhardt erliegt seinem Krebsleiden Kultur Thüringische Landeszeitung Karen X. Gaylord, 92, American actress (The Three Stooges).Cast Member : Karen X. Gaylord Don George, 80, American football player (BC Lions).Donald H. George Catherine Gregg, 96, American philanthropist and environmentalist, First Lady of New Hampshire (1953–1955), restored the Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion.Ex-N.H. First Lady Catherine Gregg Dies at 96 Michael Johns, 35, Australian singer-songwriter (American Idol), blood clot.'American Idol' Finalist Michael Johns Dead at Age 35 Jan Roar Leikvoll, 40, Norwegian author.Forfatter Jan Roar Leikvoll er død Hossein Maadani, 43, Iranian volleyball player and coach, pancreatic failure. Charles T. Payne, 89, American soldier.Charles Payne Obituary Jewel Prestage, 82, American political scientist and author (A Portrait of Marginality).Dr. Jewel Limar Prestage Ph.D. Saeed Saleh, 74, Egyptian actor (Madrast Al-Mushaghebeen).وفاة الفنان المصري سعيد صالح عن عمر ناهز 76 عاما James Ditson Service, 88, Canadian politician.James Ditson Service Mike Smith, 59, British television and radio presenter (BBC Radio 1), complications from heart surgery.Former Radio 1 DJ Mike Smith dies aged 59
2 Wolf-Dieter Ahlenfelder, 70, German Bundesliga referee.Wolf-Dieter Ahlenfelder ist tod Mariana Alarcón, 27, Argentine human rights activist.Sensibilizan a la Policía de Tucumán en el Derecho a la Identidad de Género James Anguilo, 74, Italian-American criminal.James Angiulo Obituary Luciano Borgognoni, 62, Italian Olympic cyclist.Luciano Borgognoni Brian Buckley, 78, Australian VFL football player (Carlton).Blues' big man Brian Buckley dies Chelsea Clark, 31, Canadian athlete, neuroblastoma. Rosetta Hightower, 70, American R&B singer (The Orlons). Ed Joyce, 81, American television executive, President of CBS News (1983–1985). June Krauser, 88, American Hall of Fame swimmer, swimming official and rules writer, Parkinson's disease. Eroni Kumana, 93, Solomon Islander fisherman, rescued John F. Kennedy after PT-109 sinking.Solomon Islander who helped save JFK dies at 93 Billie Letts, 76, American novelist (Where the Heart Is), pneumonia.Family Planning Memorial Service For Tulsa Author Billie Letts Kate O'Hanlon, 83–84, British nurse. Sir Alan Peacock, 92, British economist.Sir Alan Peacock (92) Died This Morning Barbara Prammer, 60, Austrian politician, Women's Affairs and Consumer Protection Minister (1997–2000), President of the National Council (since 2006), pancreatic cancer.EILT-AVISO: Nationalratspräsidentin Barbara Prammer verstorben Sue Richards, 56, Canadian artist.Artistic pioneer Sue Richards leaves Guelph with rich cultural legacy James Thompson, 49, American-born Finnish crime writer.Suomessa asunut huippudekkaristi Jim Thompson on kuollut Pete Van Wieren, 69, American sports broadcaster (Atlanta Braves), cutaneous B-cell lymphoma. Olga Voronets, 88, Russian mezzo-soprano folk singer.
3 Daladier Arismendi, 39, Colombian singer, stabbed.Encuentran muerto a 'Dala', fundador de Alerta Kamarada George Ashe, 81, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP for Durham West (1977–1987), Mayor of Pickering (1973–1977), Parkinson's disease.First mayor of Pickering George Ashe dies Miangul Aurangzeb, 86, Pakistani politician, Governor of Balochistan (1997–1999) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (1999).RIP Miangul Aurangzeb: The last symbol of Swat's royal family fades away Charles Calhoun Jr., 83, American politician and judge, member of the Texas Senate.Tylerite Judge Calhoun dies at 83 Fernando Casimiro, 83, Portuguese Olympic sprinter.Fernando Casimiro Andrew Chatwood, 82, Canadian administrator and politician, heart failure. Edward Clancy, 90, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Sydney (1983–2001).A faithful son of the church: former Sydney Archbishop Edward Clancy dies Tony Clunn, 68, British army officer and archaeologist, rediscovered Kalkriese site of Varus's defeat by Arminius.Man who discovered Hermann battlefield of 9 A.D. dies in Germany Cec Creedon, 92, Australian politician. Dorothy Salisbury Davis, 98, American crime fiction writer, recipient of the Grand Master Award (1985).Dorothy Salisbury Davis dies Kenny Drew Jr., 56, American jazz pianist and composer.Jazz Pianist Kenny Drew Jr. Passes Away Robert H. Ellsworth, 85, American art dealer. Helmut Faeder, 79, German footballer (Hertha BSC, Hertha Zehlendorf).Faeder, Helmut Emmanuel Farber, 95, Canadian-American physician.Emmanuel Farber Christian Frémont, 72, French politician, chief of staff (Nicolas Sarkozy), Representative of the French Co-Prince of Andorra (2008–2012).Mort de Christian Frémont, ancien directeur de cabinet de Nicolas Sarkozy Richard J. Gambino, 79, American material scientist.Richard J. Gambino 1935-2014 Yvette Giraud, 97, French singer and actress.French singer Yvette Giraud, big in Japan, dies aged 97 Wimper Guerrero, 32, Ecuadorian footballer, heart attack.Fallece el exfutbolista Wimper Guerrero Jess Marlow, 84, American news broadcaster (KNBC, KCBS), complications from Alzheimer's disease.Jess Marlow, Veteran L.A. News Anchor, Dies at 84 James McClure, 88, Northern Irish politician, chairman of the Democratic Unionist Party.Former Coleraine DUP mayor James McClure dies, aged 88 Richard Newman, 89, Australian cricketer.Richard Newman Steve Post, 70, American radio broadcaster (WNYC), colon and lung cancer.New York radio contrarian and WNYC morning host Steve Post dies at age 70 Hal Sherbeck, 86, American football and baseball coach.Harold Embret Sherbeck Charles Simeons, 92, British politician, MP for Luton (1970–1974). David Smail, 76, British clinical psychologist.David Smail obituary Benedito de Ulhôa Vieira, 93, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Uberaba (1978–1996).Archbishop Benedito de Ulhôa Vieira Lydia Yu-Jose, 70, Filipino political scientist, non-Hodgkin lymphoma.Rest in God's peace and love, Lydia
4 Ashraf Abbasi, 91, Pakistani politician.Former Deputy Speaker NA Passes Away in Larkana James Brady, 73, American government official and gun control advocate, White House Press Secretary (1981–1989).US police to investigate James Brady death as homicide Hugh Calkins, 90, American lawyer and educator.HUGH CALKINS Obituary Rich Ceisler, 58, American stand-up comedian, Guillain–Barré syndrome.Rich Ceisler, 58, of Wakefield, died Aug. 4 in the Dominican Republic Chester Crandell, 68, American politician, member of the Arizona House of Representatives (2011–2013) and Senate (since 2013), horseriding fall.Arizona state Sen. Chester Crandell found dead Julieka Ivanna Dhu, 22, Australian detainee, sepsis and pneumonia. Barbara DeGenevieve, 67, American artist, cancer. Irma Elizondo Ramírez, 68, Mexican politician, MP for Coahuila (since 2012), heart attack.Diputada priísta Irma Elizondo fallece de un infarto George Hilton, 89, American historian, heart failure.George W. Hilton, professor and author of history of 'Ma & Pa' railroad, dies at 89 Jake Hooker, 61, Israeli-born American pop musician (Arrows), co-writer ("I Love Rock 'n' Roll") and producer.Jake Hooker, A Founder Of 1970s Pop/Rock Group The Arrows, Lorna Luft's Former Husband, Has Died At The Age Of 61 Erich E. Kunhardt, 65, Dominican-born American physicist. Walter Massey, 85, Canadian actor (Arthur, Lassie, The Greatest Game Ever Played).Canadian actor Walter Massey dies at 85 Rodolfo Motta, 70, Argentine football player and coach.Murió Rodolfo Motta, símbolo del fútbol de ascenso Rafael Santa Cruz, 53, Peruvian cajon musician and actor, heart attack.Peruvian cajon player, actor Rafael Santa Cruz dies at 53 Walter J. Sullivan, 91, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1951–1953), Mayor of Cambridge, heart failure.Walter Sullivan, 91; known as master of Cambridge politics Peter A. Vellucci, 71–72, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.PETER A. VELLUCCI Bill Wall, 83, American basketball executive.USA - Tributes paid after passing of former USA Basketball Chief William L Wall
5 Dmitri Anosov, 77, Russian mathematician.Дмитрий Викторович Аносов Arvind Apte, 79, Indian cricketer, prostate cancer.Arvind Apte succumbs to prostate cancer Joyce Baird, 85, Scottish medical researcher, Alzheimer's disease. Diann Blakely, 57, American poet, lung disorder.Harriet Diann Blakely Obituary by The Tennessean Elfriede Brüning, 103, German writer.Vom Alltag in der Etappe Marilyn Burns, 65, American actress (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre).Marilyn Burns "Chainsaw" Actress, Dies at 65 Ruth Sacks Caplin, 93, American screenwriter (Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont), heart ailment.Ruth Sacks Caplin, screenwriter of 'Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont,' dies at 93 Scott Ciencin, 51, American adaption novelist (Godzilla, Kim Possible, Buffy the Vampire Slayer), blood clot.Scott Ciencin John Crawford III, 22, American murder victim, shot. Michael A. B. Deakin, 74-75, Australian mathematician and mathematics educator. Hans V. Engström, 65, Swedish actor (Rederiet), liver failure.Rederietstjärnan Hans V Engström död Yakov Etinger, 84, Russian historian and political activist. Harold J. Greene, 55, American military officer, Army commanding general of NSRDEC, shot.U.S. General Is Killed in Attack at Afghan Base, Officials Say Dave Hereora, 57, New Zealand politician, Labour Party list MP (2002–2008).Labour list MP Dave Hereora dies Edward Leffingwell, 72, American art critic and curator.Edward G. Leffingwell, Curator, Dies at 72 Khalil Morsi, 67, Egyptian actor.Egyptian actor Khalil Morsi dead at 68 Joe McManemin, 91, New Zealand athletics coach and sports administrator.Athletics world mourns loss of top coach Angéla Németh, 68, Hungarian javelin thrower, Olympic (1968) and European (1969) champion.Hungarian Olympic javelin champion dies Richard Olson, 85, American politician, Mayor of Des Moines, Iowa (1972–1979), traffic collision.Richard E. "Dick" Olson Vladimir Orlov, 77, Russian novelist.В Москве скончался писатель Владимир Орлов, автор "Альтиста Данилова" Chapman Pincher, 100, British journalist and historian.Obituary: Chapman Pincher Rodrigo de Triano, 25, English thoroughbred, Cartier Champion Three-year-old Colt (1992), pneumonia.Rodrigo De Triano dies aged 25 Yoshiki Sasai, 52, Japanese biologist (RIKEN), apparent suicide by hanging.Stem-Cell Scientist Linked With Retracted Studies Dies Pran Kumar Sharma, 75, Indian cartoonist (Chacha Chaudhary), colon cancer.Pran, creator of Chacha Chaudhary, dies at 75 Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, 87, American naval officer and physician, Surgeon General (1969–1973), complications from a stroke.Surgeon general who fought tobacco dies at 87 Ronnie Stonham, 87, British army officer and broadcasting adviser. Emanuel Tanay, 86, American physician and Holocaust survivor, prostate cancer.Emanuel Tanay Obituary
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