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november 2007
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sonny bupp, 79, american child actor (our gang, citizen kane), last surviving credited cast member of citizen kane.
troy lee james, 83, american politician, member of ohio house of representatives (1967–2000).
edith motridge, 94, american olympic backstroke swimmer.
s. ali raza, 85, indian bollywood screenwriter, heart failure.
paul tibbets, 92, american pilot of enola gay dropped atomic bomb on hiroshima, heart failure.
paul woods, 57, british rugby union , rugby league player.

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oreste benzi, 82, italian roman catholic priest.
henry cele, 58, south african actor (shaka zulu) , soccer player.
charmaine dragun, 29, australian television news presenter, apparent suicide jumping.
the fabulous moolah, 84, american professional wrestler.[1]
lord michael fitzalan-howard, 91, british soldier , courtier, marshal of diplomatic corps (1972–1981).
don freeland, 82, american racecar driver (indianapolis 500).
witold vitek kiełtyka, 23, polish drummer (decapitated), injuries bus crash.
igor moiseyev, 101, russian choreographer, heart failure.
jean pierre reguerraz, 68, argentine actor.
reay tannahill, 77, british food historian , novelist.
s.p. thamilselvan, 40, sri lankan leader of tamil tigers, air strike.

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peter andren, 61, australian independent mp, pancreatic cancer.
maurice noël léon couve de murville, 78, french-born british roman catholic archbishop of birmingham (1982–1999).
aleksandr dedyushko, 45, russian actor, car crash. (russian)
marilyn martinez, 52, american stand comedian, colon cancer.
donald matthews, 82, american political scientist , author.
martin meehan, 62, irish sinn féin politician, heart attack.
mary walker phillips, 83, american textile artist, alzheimer s disease.
george ratterman, 80, american professional football player (cleveland browns), complications alzheimer s disease.
ryan shay, 28, american long-distance runner, heart attack during olympic marathon trials. [2]

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edward bartels, 82, american basketball player.
cyprian ekwensi, 86, nigerian author.
swami gahanananda, 91, bangladeshi religious leader, 14th president of ramakrishna order.
hideo hagiwara, 94, japanese painter. (japanese)
dorothy labostrie, 79, american songwriter ( tutti frutti ).
lennart rönnback, 102, finnish veteran of finnish civil war, last of white guard. (finnish)
peter viertel, 86, german-born american author , screenwriter.

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roberto bortoluzzi, 86, italian sports journalist , radio broadcaster.
james brabazon, 84, british author, lung cancer.
thelma buchholdt, 73, filipino-born american author , politician, pancreatic cancer.
nils liedholm, 85, swedish football midfielder , coach.
paul norris, 93, american comic book artist, co-creator of aquaman.
paul soloway, 66, american five-time world bridge champion, complications of infection.

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enzo biagi, 87, italian journalist.
hilda braid, 78, british actress (eastenders, citizen smith).
john grenier, 77, american politician, former executive director of republican national committee.
george grljusich, 68, australian sports broadcaster, lung cancer.
sayed mustafa kazemi, c. 48, afghan politician, former commerce minister, victim of baghlan factory bombing.
fred w. mcdarrah, 81, american photographer (village voice), documented rise of beat generation.
george osmond, 90, american patriarch of osmond singing family.
jimmy staggs, 72, american radio disk jockey, esophageal cancer.
hank thompson, 82, american country music singer, lung cancer.
hajji muhammad arif zarif, afghan politician , businessman, victim of baghlan factory bombing.

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pekka-eric auvinen, 18, finnish mass murderer, suicide gunshot.
hobart brown, 74, american sculptor, founder of kinetic sculpture race, pneumonia.
earl dodge, 74, american presidential candidate (prohibition party), heart attack.
paul dojack, 93, canadian football league referee.
george w. george, 87, american broadway , film producer (my dinner andre), parkinson s disease.
salome gluecksohn-waelsch, 100, german-american geneticist.
arthur hezlet, 93, british royal navy vice-admiral, submariner , naval historian.
lidia ivanova, 71, russian tv journalist, announcer , writer, diabetes. (russian)
alejandra meyer, 70, mexican telenovela actress, heart failure. (spanish)

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john arpin, 70, canadian pianist , composer, cancer.
stephen fumio hamao, 77, japanese roman catholic cardinal, former bishop of yokohama, lung cancer.
bobby harrop, 71, english footballer (manchester united).
francine parker, 81, american film director (fta), heart failure.
dulce saguisag, 64, filipino politician, former secretary of department of social welfare , development, car accident.
david g. p. taylor, 74, british businessman , public official, governor of montserrat (1990–1993).
bungo tsuda, 89, japanese politician, former governor of kanagawa prefecture, colorectal cancer. (japanese)
chad varah, 95, british anglican priest, founder of samaritans.

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luis herrera campins, 82, venezuelan president (1979–1984), after long illness.
bill hosokawa, 92, japanese american author , journalist.
ilya zbarsky, 94, russian head of lenin s mausoleum. (russian)

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laraine day, 87, american actress (foreign correspondent, high , mighty).
john fee, 43, irish nationalist politician, brain tumour.
augustus f. hawkins, 100, american member of u.s. house of representatives california (1963–1991).
norman mailer, 84, american pulitzer prize–winning author (the naked , dead, executioner s song), renal failure.
john h. noble, 84, american prisoner in russian gulag , author (i slave in russia), heart attack.
sir john stanier, 82, british army field marshal, retired chief of general staff.

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anders hald, 94, danish statistician. (danish)
yukio hayashida, 91, japanese politician (house of councillors), governor of kyoto, minister of justice, heart failure. (japanese)
kojiro kusanagi, 78, japanese actor, interstitial lung disease.
berkeley lent, 86, american judge on oregon supreme court, heart attack.
delbert mann, 87, american film director (marty, separate tables, bachelor party), oscar winner (1956), pneumonia.
dick nolan, 75, american nfl player , coach (san francisco 49ers, new orleans saints), father of 49ers coach mike nolan.
omwony ojwok, 60, ugandan politician, former minister, heart failure.
margarito pomposo, 96–97, mexican olympic long-distance runner. [3]
tadahiro sekimoto, 80, japanese electronics engineer , business executive, former president , chairman of nec, stroke.
trish williamson, 52, british tv-am weather presenter , producer, car crash.

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ferdinando baldi, 80, italian screenwriter, film director , producer. (italian)
louis galen, 82, american philanthropist , banker, heart failure.
ying hope, 84, chinese canadian political.
khanmohammed ibrahim, 88, indian test cricketer.
vijay kumar khandelwal, 71, indian parliamentarian.
piet koornhof, 82, south african politician, former minister , ambassador.
ira levin, 78, american author (rosemary s baby, stepford wives) , playwright (deathtrap), heart attack.
tinius nagell-erichsen, 73, norwegian publisher (schibsted group, inc. aftenposten , verdens gang).
janlavyn narantsatsralt, 50, mongolian prime minister (1998–1999), car crash.
a. palanisamy, 74, indian volleyball player.
peter cool man steiner, 90, swiss musician , entertainer, fall. (german)
lester ziffren, 101, american reporter during spanish civil war, screenwriter , diplomat, heart failure.

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wahab akbar, 47, filipino politician, representative basilan province, victim of 2007 batasang pambansa bombing.
harold j. berman, 89, american harvard law school professor (1948–1985).
alec cooke, baron cooke of islandreagh, 87, british peer , former northern ireland senator.
john doherty, 72, british football player manchester united (1952–1957) , busby babe.
hugh gibbons, 91, irish parliamentarian , gaelic football player.
tony harris, 36, american basketball player (washington state cougars), possible suicide.
kazuhisa inao, 70, japanese hall of fame baseball player nishitetsu lions (1956–1969), cancer.
erik kurmangaliev, 47, russian-kazakh opera singer, liver disease.
sir john loveridge, 82, british mp (1970–1983).
robert taylor, 59, american 4 × 100 m relay gold medallist @ 1972 summer olympics, cardiac arrhythmia.
monty westmore, 84, american makeup artist (hook, jurassic park, star trek: first contact).
peter zinner, 88, american film editor (the deer hunter, godfather, officer , gentlemen), oscar winner (1979).

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michael blodgett, 68, american actor , screenwriter (beyond valley of dolls), heart attack.
ronnie burns, 72, american actor, adopted son of george burns , gracie allen, cancer.
hila elmalich, 33, israeli fashion model, anorexia nervosa.
bertha fry, 113, american supercentenarian, third-oldest person in world, pneumonia.
yadav pant, 82, nepalese economist , politician.
pablo antonio vega mantilla, 88, nicaraguan roman catholic bishop of juigalpa.

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john cross jr, 82, american pastor of 16th street baptist church, stroke.
sergio del valle jiménez, 80, cuban general , politician, former army chief of staff , minister.
domokos kosáry, 94, hungarian historian, president of hungarian academy of sciences (1990–1996).
audrey mccall, 92, american widow of former governor of oregon tom mccall.
lauren s. mccready, 92, american admiral, pioneer of united states merchant marine academy, heart failure.
joe nuxhall, 79, american major league baseball pitcher , broadcaster cincinnati reds, cancer.
george van meter, 75, american olympic cyclist.

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harold alfond, 93, american businessman , philanthropist.
gene h. golub, 75, american mathematician , computer scientist, myeloid leukemia.
pierre granier-deferre, 80, french film director.
grethe kausland, 60, norwegian actress , singer, lung cancer.
patrick f. kelly, 78, american federal judge.
trond kirkvaag, 61, norwegian comedian, cancer. (norwegian)
don metz, 91, canadian ice hockey player (toronto maple leafs).
james daniel niedergeses, 90, american roman catholic bishop of nashville (1975–1992), hemorrhage.
victor rabinowitz, 96, american lawyer left-wing clients , causes.
andrea stretton, 55, australian arts journalist , television presenter, lung cancer.
sir arthur watts, 76, british lawyer , diplomat.

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irving bluestone, 90, american negotiator uaw, heart failure.
landis everson, 81, american poet, apparent suicide gunshot.
oleg gazenko, 88, russian space scientist.
hy lit, 73, american radio disc jockey, parkinson s disease.
robert evander mcnair, 83, american politician, governor of south carolina (1965–1971), brain cancer.
ambroise noumazalaye, 74, congolese politician, prime minister (1966–1968). (french)
r. s. pathak, 82, indian jurist, former chief justice of india, heart attack.
vernon scannell, 85, british poet, long illness.
gail sheridan, 92, american actress, stroke.

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hollis alpert, 91, american film critic, cofounded national society of film critics, pneumonia.
peter cadogan, 86, british writer , political activist (anti-nuclear campaigner).
jim ford, 66, american singer songwriter.
ellen preis, 95, austrian fencer, gold medallist @ 1932 summer olympics, kidney failure.
joe shaw, 79, british footballer, appearance record holder sheffield united.
chickie williams, 88, american country music singer , wife of doc williams.

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andré bettencourt, 88, french resistance fighter , politician.
paul brodie, 73, canadian saxophonist.
nyimpine chissano, 37, mozambican businessman, son of ex-president joaquim chissano, heart attack.
kevin dubrow, 52, american rock singer (quiet riot), accidental cocaine overdose.
wiera gran, 91, polish singer , actress.
mike gregory, 43, british lions rugby league captain, motor neurone disease.
peter haining, 67, british author, heart attack.
ken leek, 72, british international footballer (wales, birmingham city).
laulu fetauimalemau mata afa, 79, samoan educator, community worker, diplomat , former member of parliament.
channaiah odeyar, 91, indian lok sabha mp.
graham paddon, 57, british footballer (norwich city, west ham united).
milo radulovich, 81, american airman threatened mccarthyism , championed edward r. murrow, stroke.
jim ringo, 75, american professional football player (green bay packers) , member of pro football hall of fame.
john straffen, 77, british murderer, britain s longest serving prisoner (56 years), natural causes.
magda szabó, 90, hungarian writer.
dick wilson, 91, british-born american actor ( mr. whipple ), natural causes.

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nigel bridge, baron bridge of harwich, 90, british judge.
james lamond, 78, british lord provost of aberdeen, mp (oldham east, oldham central , royton) (1970–1992), pneumonia.
ernest doc paulin, 100, american jazz musician.
ian smith, 88, rhodesian politician, prime minister (1964–1979).
randy tallman, 67, american voice actor.

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valda aveling, 87, australian pianist, harpsichordist , clavichordist.
fernando fernán gómez, 86, spanish actor.
andrew foldi, 81, hungarian opera singer.
tom johnson, 79, canadian hall of fame hockey player, heart failure.
richard leigh, 64, american author (the holy blood , holy grail).
noel mcgregor, 75, new zealand test cricketer.
herbert saffir, 90, american engineer, co-creator of saffir-simpson hurricane scale; complications surgery.

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maurice béjart, 80, french choreographer.
jefferson j. deblanc, 86, american fighter pilot, medal of honor recipient, pneumonia.
takami eto, 82, japanese politician, former member of house of representatives, heart failure. (japanese)
verity lambert, 71, british tv producer, bbc s first female producer (doctor who).
richard nolte, 86, american expert on middle east, complications stroke.
reg park, 79, british bodybuilder, mr. universe (1951), skin cancer.
dallas schmidt, 85, canadian fighter pilot , politician.

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peter burgstaller, 43, austrian football goalkeeper (austria salzburg), shot.
patricia m. byrne, 82, american diplomat, united states ambassador burma (1979–1983), cerebral hemorrhage.
aloysius c. galvin, 82, american jesuit priest, president of university of scranton (1965–1970), cancer.
frank guarrera, 83, american baritone metropolitan opera.
joe kennedy, 28, american baseball player, hypertensive , valvular heart disease.
vladimir kryuchkov, 83, russian former kgb chief, led coup against mikhail gorbachev.
Óscar carmelo sánchez, 36, bolivian footballer, cancer.
william tallon, 72, british servant hm queen elizabeth, queen mother.
francesc candel tortajada, 82, spanish catalan writer, cancer. (spanish)
henrietta valor, 72, american broadway singer , actress, alzheimer s disease.
robert vesco, 73, american fugitive financier, lung cancer.
edmund hoyle vestey, 75, british businessman.
pat walsh, 71, new zealand rugby union player , selector, black (1955–1964).

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farid babayev, russian politician yabloko party, homicide gunshot.
casey calvert, 26, american guitarist (hawthorne heights), accidental combined drug intoxication.
imil jarjoui, 72, palestinian member of palestinian legislative council , plo executive committee, heart attack.
antonio lamer, 74, canadian lawyer , chief justice of supreme court of canada (1990–2000), heart disease.
joseph minish, 91, american member of house of representatives new jersey (1963–1985).
william o neill, 77, american politician, governor of connecticut (1980–1991), complications of emphysema.
emily sander, 18, american murder victim.
david sheldon, 43, american professional wrestler ( angel of death ).
david h. shepard, 84, american inventor, bronchiectasis.

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lola almudevar, 29, british news reporter, car accident.
agnethe davidsen, 60, greenlandic politician, mayor of nuuk (1993–2007).
arthur dimmock, 89, british campaigner deaf.
john drury, 80, american television journalist, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
norm hacking, 57, canadian musician , author, suspected heart attack.
neil hope, 35, canadian actor (degrassi junior high, degrassi high), natural causes.
peter houghton, 68, british recipient of first artificial heart transplant, multiple organ failure.
peter lipton, 53, american philosopher, heart attack.
karl ohs, 61, american politician, lieutenant governor of montana (2001–2005), brain cancer.
david francis pocock, 79, british anthropologist.
matt price, 46, australian journalist (nine network, australian), brain tumour.

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marit allen, 66, british film costume designer (mrs. doubtfire, eyes wide shut, dirty rotten scoundrels), brain aneurism.
buddy burris, 84, american footballer.
george harris, 84, australian football administrator, former carlton president.
bill hartack, 74, american hall of fame jockey, five-time winner of kentucky derby, heart attack.
silvestre s. herrera, 90, mexican-born american soldier, medal of honor recipient.
takafumi isomura, 76, japanese politician, mayor of osaka (1995–2003), hepatocellular carcinoma.
elaine lorillard, 93, american socialite, helped start newport jazz festival, infection.
herb mckenley, 85, jamaican 400 m relay gold medalist @ 1952 summer olympics.
noel miller, 94, australian cricketer.
raleigh rhodes, 89, american world war ii pilot, leader of blue angels, lung cancer.
stanley thorne, 89, british politician, labour mp preston south , preston (1974–1987).
susan williams-ellis, 89, british founder of portmeirion pottery, bronchial pneumonia.
mel tolkin, 94, american head writer show of shows.

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philip allen, baron allen of abbeydale, 95, british civil servant.
bernie banton, 61, australian asbestosis compensation campaigner, mesothelioma.
robert cade, 80, american doctor, inventor of gatorade, kidney failure.
jack eliis, 95, british rugby union player.
nicodemus kirima, 71, kenyan roman catholic archbishop of nyeri, kidney failure.
kavungal chathunni panicker, 86, indian classical dancer.
cecil payne, 84, american saxophonist, prostate cancer.
jane rule, 76, canadian author of lesbian-themed works, liver cancer.
sean taylor, 24, american football player (washington redskins), homicide gunshot.
bill willis, 86, american football player (ohio state, cleveland browns) , member of pro football hall of fame.

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albert asriyan, 56, azerbaijani-born american violinist, composer, arranger , band leader, leukemia.
jeanne bates, 89, american film actress (eraserhead, die hard 2), breast cancer.
elly beinhorn, 100, german pilot , author. (german)
fred chichin, 53, french musician, songwriter , leader of les rita mitsouko, cancer.
mali finn, 69, american casting agent, (titanic, l.a. confidential, matrix), cancer.
lonny heckman, 38, american songwriter ( when see beth smiling ), pulmonary embolism.
tony holland, 67, british co-creator of eastenders.
bob simpson, 77, canadian football player, prostate cancer.
petter c.g. sundt, 62, norwegian shipping magnate, cancer. (norwegian)
ashley titus, 36, south african rapper , tv presenter ( mr. fat ), heart problems.
james miles venne, 89, canadian northern saskatchewan first nations leader.
gudrun wagner, 63, german co-organizer of bayreuth festival, wife of wolfgang wagner.

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james barber, 84, british-born canadian cooking show host (the urban peasant).
ralph beard, 79, american college basketball player university of kentucky involved in point-shaving scandal.
henry hyde, 83, american member of house of representatives illinois (1975–2007).
jane lawton, 63, american democratic maryland politician, heart attack.
jim nesbitt, 75, american country music singer.
roger bonham smith, 82, american chairman , ceo of general motors (1981–1990).

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j. l. ackrill, 86, british philosopher.
engin arık, 59, turkish physicist, plane crash.
seymour benzer, 86, american genetic biologist, stroke.
ian crawford, 73, scottish footballer (hearts).
evel knievel, 69, american stunt performer.
ian macarthur, 82, british politician, mp perth , east perthshire (1959–1974).
françois-xavier ortoli, 82, french president of european commission (1973–1977).
john strugnell, 77, american biblical scholar, complications infection.
sam vasquez, 35, american mixed martial arts competitor, brain injury sustained during fight.