Deaths in 2011

The following is a list of notable deaths in 2011.

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 (and language of reference, if not English).

September 2011

7

• Vitali Anikienko, 24, Ukranian ice hockey player, plane crash [1]
• Hans Apel, 79, German politician, Finance Minister (1974–1978) and Defence Minister (1978–1982). [2] (German)
• Gennady Churilov, 24, Russian ice hockey player, plane crash [3]
• Robert Dietrich, 25, German ice hockey player, plane crash [4]
• Pavol Demitra, 36, Slovakian ice hockey player (St. Louis Blues, Minnesota Wild), plane crash [5]
• Alexander Galimov, 26, Russian ice hockey player, plane crash [6]
• Marat Kalimulin, 23, Russian ice hockey player, plane crash [7]
• Alexander Kalyanin, 23, Russian ice hockey player, plane crash [8]
• Alexander Karpovtsev, 41, Russian ice hockey coach and retired player ([[New York Rangers, Dynamo Moscow), plane crash [9]
• Andrei Kiryukhin, 24, Russian ice hockey player, plane crash [10]
• Nikita Klyukin, 21, Russian ice hockey player, plane crash [11]
• Igor Korolev, 41, Russian ice hockey coach and retired player (HC Dynamo Moscow, Toronto Maple Leafs, St. Louis Blues), plane crash [12]
• Stefan Liv, 29, Swedish ice hockey player, plane crash [13]
• Jan Marek, 31, Czech ice hockey player, plane crash [14]
• Brad McCrimmon, 52, Canadian ice hockey coach and retired player (Boston Bruins, Calgary Flames), plane crash [15]
• Sergei Ostapchuk, 21, Belarussian hockey player, plane crash [16]
• Karel Rachůnek, 32, Czech ice hockey player (Ottawa Senators, New Jersey Devils), plane crash [17]
• Ruslan Salei, 36, Belarussian hockey player (Anaheim Ducks, Detroit Red Wings), plane crash [18]
• Kārlis Skrastiņš, 37, Latvian hockey player (Dallas Stars, Colorado Avalanche), plane crash. [19]
• Daniil Sobchenko, 31, Russian ice hockey player, plane crash [20]
• Ivan Tkachenko, 31, Russian ice hockey player, plane crash [21]
• Pavel Trakhanov, 33, Russian ice hockey player, plane crash [22]
• Josef Vašíček, 30, Czech ice hockey player (Carolina Hurricanes, New York Islanders), plane crash [23]
• Alexander Vasyunov, 23, Russian ice hockey player, plane crash [24]
• Alexander Vyukhin, 38, Ukranian ice hockey player, plane crash [25]
• Artem Yarchuk, 21, Russian ice hockey player, plane crash [26]
• Hiroe Yuki, 62, Japanese badminton player. [27] (Japanese)

6

• Shigeri Akabane, 70, Japanese professional wrestler, heart attack. [28]
• Dan David, 82, Romanian-born Israeli businessman and philanthropist, brain hemorrhage. [29]
• Janusz Morgenstern, 88, Polish filmmaker. [30]
• Wardell Quezergue, 81, American music arranger, producer and bandleader, heart failure. [31]
• Donald L Taffner, 80, American television producer and distributor.

[32]

5

• Charles S. Dubin, 92, American film and television director (Hawaii Five-O, Kojak, M*A*S*H), natural causes. [33]
• Salvatore Licitra, 43, Italian tenor, motor scooter accident. [34]
• Georgios-Alexandros Magakis, 89, Greek professor of law and politician, Minister of Justice (1982–1986). [35] (Greek)
• Vann Nath, 66, Cambodian painter. [36]
• Bobby Rhine, 35, American soccer player (FC Dallas), heart attack. [37]

4

• Lalla Aicha, 81, Moroccan princess, first female Arab ambassador, Ambassador to United Kingdom (1965–1969); Greece (1969–1970); Italy (1970–1973). [38]
• Hugh Fox, 79, American poet and novelist. [39]
• Hilde Heltberg, 51, Norwegian musician, cancer. [40] (Norwegian)
• Bill Kunkel, 61, American video game designer and magazine editor, heart attack. [41]
• Jag Mundhra, 62, Indian film director (Bawandar). [42]
• León Rozitchner, 87, Argentine philosopher. [43] (Spanish)
• Lee Roy Selmon, 56, American Hall of Fame football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), stroke. [44]
• Dana Wilson, 28, New Zealand rugby league player, car accident. [45]

3

• Julio Casas Regueiro, 75, Cuban politician, Vice President and Defense Minister (since 2008), heart attack. [46]
• Andrzej Maria Deskur, 87, Polish Roman Catholic cardinal. [47]
• Don Fambrough, 88, American football player and head coach (University of Kansas), injuries from a fall. [48]
• Finn Helgesen, 92, Norwegian Olympic gold medal-winning (1948) speed skater. [49] (Norwegian)
• John Hoover, 91, American artist. [50]
• Sándor Képíró, 97, Hungarian World War II veteran acquitted of Nazi war crimes. [51]
• Sumant Misra, 88, Indian tennis player. [52]

2

• Edgar Benson, 88, Canadian politician and diplomat. [53]
• Felipe Camiroaga, 44, Chilean television presenter, plane crash. [54]
• Takis Chrisoulis, 65, Greek playwright and actor. [55] (Greek)
• Tony Corsari, 84, Belgian television host, cancer. [56] (Dutch)
• Samuel Flores Borrego, Mexican drug cartel leader, shot. [57]
• Allan Hubbard, 83, New Zealand businessman, car accident. [58]
• Shrinivas Khale, 85, Indian composer. [59]
• José María Montes, 91, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Chascomús (1983–1996). [60]
• Jehangir Sabavala, 89, Indian artist. [61]
• Bernard William Smith, 94, Australian art historian and critic. [62]
• Ichiro Yoshikuni, 95, Japanese baseball commissioner. [63] (Japanese)

1

• Jan Lammers, 84, Dutch Olympic athlete. [64] (Dutch)
• Liu Huang A-tao, 90, Taiwanese activist, first comfort woman to sue Japan for compensation. [65]
• Abdulrahman al-Nuaimi, 67, Bahraini opposition leader, founder of the PFLB and the NDA. [66]
• Kamal Salibi, 82, Lebanese historian. [67]

August 2011

See Deaths in August 2011.

July 2011

See Deaths in July 2011.

June 2011

See Deaths in June 2011.

May 2011

See Deaths in May 2011.

April 2011

See Deaths in April 2011.

March 2011

See Deaths in March 2011.

February 2011

See Deaths in February 2011.

January 2011

See Deaths in January 2011.

External links

• General obituaries
  • Legacy.com/Associated Press
  • Variety magazine
• Australian obituaries
  • The Sydney Morning Herald
• Canadian obituaries
  • The Globe & Mail
  • The Star

• German obituaries
  • Der Tagesspiegel (German)
• South African obituaries
  • Mail & Guardian
• United Kingdom obituaries
  • The Guardian
  • The Independent
  • The Scotsman
  • The Telegraph

• United States obituaries
  • The Boston Globe
  • Los Angeles Times
  • The Miami Herald
  • The New York Times
  • The Washington Post

For earlier deaths, see Deaths in 2010, Deaths in 2009, Deaths in 2008, Deaths in 2007, Deaths in 2006, Deaths in 2005, Deaths in 2004, Deaths in 2003, Deaths in 2002, Deaths in 2001, Deaths in 2000, Deaths in 1999, Deaths in 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, ...