Obituaries

Obituaries

The following people, appearing in volumes 1–27 of the Encyclopedia of World Biography, have died since the publication of the second edition and its supplements. Each entry lists the volume where the full biography can be found.

ANTONIONI, MICHELANGELO (born 1912), Italian filmmaker, died in Rome, Italy, on July 30, 2007 (Vol. 1).

BERGMAN, INGMAR (born 1918), Swedish filmmaker, died in Faro, Sweden, on July 30, 2007 (Vol. 2).

BHUTTO, BENAZIR (born 1953), Pakistani politician, died by suicide bombing in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on December 27, 2007 (Vol. 2).

BUCKLEY, WILLIAM F., JR. (born 1925), American conservative pundit, writer, and editor, died in Stamford, Connecticut, on February 27, 2008 (Vol. 3).

CHANDLER, ALFRED D., Jr. (born 1918), American historian, died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 9, 2007 (Vol. 3).

CLAIBORNE, LIZ (born 1929), American fashion designer, died of cancer in Manhattan, New York, on June 26, 2007 (Vol. 4).

CLARK, ARTHUR C. (born 1917), British science fiction writer, died in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on March 19, 2008 (Vol. 18).

CURIE, EVE (born 1904), French musician, author, and diplomat, died in New York, New York, on October 22, 2007 (Vol. 18).

DOUGLAS, MARY (born 1921), British anthropologist and social thinker, died on May 16, 2007 (Vol. 5).

EKWENSKI, CYPRIAN (born 1921), Nigerian writer, died on November 4, 2007 (Vol. 5).

FALWELL, JERRY (born 1933), American religious leader, died in Lynchburg, Virginia, on May 15, 2007 (Vol. 5).

FISCHER, ROBERT JAMES (BOBBY) (born 1943), American chess player, died in Reykjavik, Iceland, on January 17, 2008 (Vol. 5).

FOLKMAN, JUDAH M. (born 1933), American physician and medical researcher, died of a heart attack in Denver, Colorado on January 14, 2008 (Vol. 22).

HABASH, GEORGE (born 1926), founder of the Arab Nationalists Movement, died of a heart attack in Amman, Jordan, on January 26, 2008 (Vol. 7).

HALBERSTAM, DAVID (born 1934), American author, journalist, and social historian, died of injuries from a car crash in California on April 23, 2007 (Vol. 18).

HILLARY, EDMUND (born 1919), New Zealander explorer and mountaineer, died in Auckland, New Zealand, on January 11, 2008 (Vol. 7).

HUTT, WILLIAM (born 1920), Canadian actor, died of leukemia in Stratford, Ontario, on June 27, 2007 (Vol. 27).

KORNBERG, ARTHUR (born 1918), American biochemist, died of respiratory failure in Stanford, California, on October 26, 2007 (Vol. 9).

LEDERBERG, JOSHUA (born 1925), American geneticist, died of pneumonia in New York on February 2, 2008 (Vol. 9).

L'ENGLE, MADELEINE (born 1918), American author, died of natural causes in Litchfield, Connecticut, on September 6, 2007 (Vol. 18).

LEWITT, SOL (born 1928), American Minimalist and Conceptualist artist, died of cancer in New York on April 8, 2007 (Vol. 9).

MACCREADY, PAUL (born 1925), American aeronautical engineer, died in Pasadena, California, on August 28, 2007 (Vol. 20).

MACQUARRIE, JOHN (born 1919), Scottish Anglican theologian, died in Oxford, England, on May 28, 2007 (Vol. 10).

MAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI (born 1911), Indian guru and founder of the Transcendental Meditation movement, died of natural causes in Vlodrop, Netherlands, on February 5, 2008 (Vol. 10).

MAILER, NORMAN (born 1923), American author, producer, and director, died of acute renal failure in New York on November 10, 2007 (Vol. 10).

MARCEAU, MARCEL (born 1923), French practitioner of pantomime, died in Paris, France, on September 22, 2007 (Vol. 10).

OERTER, AL (born 1936), American discus thrower, died of heart failure in Ft. Myers, Florida, on October 1, 2007 (Vol. 21).

OUSMANE, SEMBENE (born 1923), Senegalese novelist and filmmaker, died in Dakar, Senegal, on June 9, 2007 (Vol. 12).

PALEY, GRACE (born 1922), American author and activist, died in Thetford Hill, Vermont, on August 22, 2007 (Vol. 22).

PAVAROTTI, LUCIANO (born 1935), Italian tenor, died of pancreatic cancer in Modena, Italy, on September 6, 2007 (Vol. 12).

PETERSON, OSCAR (born 1925), Canadian pianist, died of kidney failure in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, on December 23, 2007 (Vol. 23).

PYM, FRANCIS (born 1922), British statesman, died in Bedfordshire, England, on March 7, 2008 (Vol. 12).

ROBBE-GRILLET, ALAIN (born 1922), French novelist and filmmaker, died in France on February 18, 2008 (Vol. 13).

ROBINSON, EDDIE GAY (born 1919), American college football coach, died of Alzheimer's disease in Ruston, Louisiana, on April 3, 2007 (Vol. 18).

RORTY, RICHARD M. (born 1931), American philosopher and man of letters, died of complications from pancreatic cancer in Palo Alto, California, on June 8, 2007 (Vol. 13).

ROSTROPOVICH, MSTISLAV (born 1927), Russian cellist and conductor, died in Moscow, Russia, on April 26, 2007 (Vol. 13).

SILLS, BEVERLY (born 1929), American soprano, died of lung cancer in New York on July 2, 2007 (Vol. 14).

SMITH, IAN (born 1919), African prime minister, died of a stroke in Cape Town, South Africa, on November 20, 2007 (Vol. 14).

SMUIN, MICHAEL (born 1938), American dancer, choreographer, and director, died of heart failure in San Francisco, California, on April 24, 2007 (Vol. 14).

STOCKHAUSEN, KARLHEINZ (born 1928), German composer, died on December 5, 2007 (Vol. 14).

SUHARTO (born 1921), second Indonesian president after independence, died of multiple organ failure in Jakarta, Indonesia, on January 27, 2008 (Vol. 15).

VALENTI, JACK (born 1921), American presidential advisor, copyright lobbyist, and longtime president of the Motion Picture Association of America, died of a stroke in Washington, D.C., on April 26, 2007 (Vol. 15).

VONNEGUT, KURT (born 1922), American author, died of brain injuries from a fall, in New York, on April 11, 2007 (Vol. 16).

WALDHEIM, KURT (born 1918), Austrian statesman and president, died of heart failure in Vienna, Austria, on June 14, 2007 (Vol. 16).

YELTSIN, BORIS (born 1931), Russian politician and former president, died of heart failure in Moscow, Russia, on April 23, 2007 (Vol. 16).

ZAHIR SHAH, MOHAMMAD (born 1931), Afghani king, died in Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 23, 2007 (Vol. 22).