List of Obituaries (Deaths) 2014

* Abdul Rahman Antulay - Former Maharashtra CM

* Acker Bilk - Legendary jazz clarinetist
* Adhip Chaudhuri - Economist
* Adolfo Suarez - first elected Prime Minister of Spain
* Ahmad Tejan Kabbah - 3rd President of Sierra Leone
* Akkineni Nageswara Rao - Telugu Film Actor
* Alan Henning - British Aid Worker (Beheaded by SIS Militants)
* Alfredo Di Stfano - Argentine-Spanish footballer
* Anandji Dossa - Cricket Historian
* Angela Nemeth - Olympic javelin champion (1968)
* Anjali Devi - South Indian Film Actress
* Anjan Das - National Award-winning Bengali filmmaker
* AP Venkateshwaran - Former foreign secretary

* Ariel Sharon - Former Israeli Prime Minister

* B Shobha Nagi Reddy - Sitting MLA of AP (Accident)
* B.K.S Iyengar - yoga guru
* Bala Thampoe - Sri Lankas trade unionist
* Balu Mahendra - Tamil cinematographer, director, screenwriter
* Bangaru Laxman - former BJP President
* Bapu (Sattiraju Lakshminarayana) - Telugu Film Director, Cartoonist
* Bibi Prakash Kaur - Bhagat Singh's sister
* Bipin Chandra - Historian and Writer

* Bir Bikrom UK Ching Marma - Bangladesh Freedom Fighter

* BKS Iyengar - Yoga Guru
* Bob Mischak - Football player (America)
* Bobby Keys - American saxophonist
* Booth Colman - Actor (Star Trek)
* Chakri - Telugu Music director
* Chandrasekhar P. Sant - President, Sports Journalists Association of
Mumbai
* Chemancherry Narayanan Nair - Malayalam actor
* Chester Nez - Last of original Navajo code talkers of World War II
* Christophe de Margerie - CEO, Total Oil (plane crash)
* Christopher Burger - Cricketer (South Africa)
* Chunibhai Vaidya - Freedom Fighter
* Daroji Eramma - Burra Katha exponent
* Dermot Healy - Irishi Poet
* Deven Verma - Bollywood actor-comedian
* Dick Wagner - Rock Guitarist
* Dilbagh Singh - Founder of Delhi Gymkhana Club
* Dr. Noel W. Hinners - former NASA chief scientist
* Dr. Shakeel Auj - Dean, Karachi University (Shot Dead)
* Eduard Shevardnadze - Ex President of Georgia
* Eduardo Coutinho - Brazil Film Maker (Killed)
* Eknath Keshav Thakur - Chairman, Saraswat Co-operative Bank
* Elizabeth Pena - American Actress
* Fabiola - Belgiums Former Queen

* Fernando Lucio da Costa - Former Brazilian football player

(Helicopter Accident)
* Firoza Begum - Nazrul Singer
* Gabriel Garcia Marquez Latin American Author
* Galway Kinnell - Poet (Pultizer Prize winner)
* Gary Gilmour - Australian Cricketer
* Goolam Essaji Vahanvati - Former Attorney General
* Gopinath Munde - Union Minister
* Granville Austin - American historian and a leading authority on the
Indian Constitution
* Grihanandan Singh - Hockey Olympian
* Habib Wali Mohammad - Pakistani ghazal singer
* Harris Blake - Former Moore County state senator
* Hashim Khan - Squash Legend of Pakistan
* Henry Warren "Hank" Hartsfield, Jr - NASA Astronaut
* Hilderaldo Luiz Bellini - Brazil's first World Cup-winning captain
(Football)
* Hillel Oscar - Former Israel captain and umpire
* Ila Pathak - Social Activist
* Ishrat Ali Siddiqui - Padma Shree Awardee, Journalist, Freedom Fighter
* J.S. Sarma - former TRAI Chairman
* Jagat Singh Mehta - Former foreign Secretary, diplomat and educationist
* Jagdish Sharan Pande - Freedom Fighter
* James Garner - Eminent American Actor
* Janamaddhi Hanamachhaastri - Telugu Writer

* Jarbom Gamlin - Former Arunachal Chief Minister

* Jehangir Pocha - Senior Journalist
* Jitendra Chandra Paul - Freedom fighter, journalist
* Joan Rivers - Comedian, Host (US)
* Joe McGinniss - Author (Fatal Vision)
* Jos Gmez Lucas - Olympic winning cyclist (Spain)
* K. Balachander - Tamil Director
* K. Suryanarayana Raja - Former International Basketball player
* K. Udayakumar - Volleyball player
* Kapil Krishna Thakur - MP (Lok Sabha)
* Karl Slym - MD of TATA Motors (Committed Suicide)
* Kavita Karkare - Wife of ATS chief Hemant Karkare (26/11)
* Ken Takakura - Japanese Actor
* Khagen Mahanta - Folk Singer of Assam
* Khushwant Singh - Padma Vibhushan Writer & Columnist (Train to
Pakisthan)
* Kireet Joshi - Educationist
* Kottarapattu Chattu - Sri Lanka's oldest hotel doorman,
* Kumar Dinesh - Violinist
* Lauren Bacall - Hollywood Actress
* Leonid Stadnyk - World's Tallest Man
* Leslie Franois Manigat - Former Haitian president
* Lorin Maazel - American Classical Musician
* Louis Zamperini - Olympic track star and WWII hero
* Lynda Bellingham - British Actress

* M.V. Raghavan - Founder, Communist Marxist Party (CMP)

* Madhav Vittal Kamath - Veteran Journalist
* Madhukar Singh - Hindi Litterateur
* Marion Shepilov Barry Jr. - Ex-Washington DC mayor
* Mathias Samuel Soundra Pandian - JNU Professor, Author
* Maya Rao - Kathak dancer
* Menahem Golan - Israeli Director and Producer (The Delta Force,
Death Wish, Masters of the Universe)
* Michel du Cille - Photographer (3 Time Pulitzer Prize winner)
* Mohammad Ghouse - Cricket Umpire
* Murli Deora - Former Union Ministe (longest serving petrolium minister)
* Nadine Gordimer - Nobel Prize winning Author (South Africa)
* Namdeo Dhasal - Marathi Poet
* Nanda - Bollywood Actress
* Nedanuri Krishnamurthy - Carnatic vocalist
* Norman Gordon - World's Oldest Test cricketer
* Norman Willis - Former TUC leader
* Oscar De La Renta - Fashion Designer
* P Ramdas - Malayalam Director
* Paco de Lucia - Guitarist (Mexico)
* PD James - Crime novelist
* Philip Seymour Hoffman - Oscar Winning Actor
* Phillip Hughes - Australian cricketer
* Piratla Venkateswarlu - Veteran Journalist
* Posta Bahadur Bogati - Former Nepal Minister

* Pottu Amman - Sri Lankan Tamil militant

* Pran Kumar Sharma - Cartoonist (Chacha Choudhary, Pinky)
* Prokash Karmakar - Painter
* Qimat Rai Gupta - Chairman, Havells India Limited
* Radwa Ashour - Egyptian novelist
* Ralph Henry Baer - Video Game Developer
* Rama Narayanan - Tamil Producer / Director
* Ravi Chopra - Mahabharat Director, Film maker
* Reshamlal Jangade - member of First Lok Sabha
* Reshamlal Jangde - Indias first Lok Sabha member
* Richard Attenborough - Actor, Director, Oscar Winner (Gandhi)
* Richard Kiel - Actor (James Bond Villain)
* Robert Frederick Panara - Pioneer of Deaf Studies
* Robin Williams - Oscar Winning Actor (Good will Hunting)
* Rudraiya Chockalingam - Tamil film director (Aval Appadithaan)
* S.V. Krishnamurthy - Veteran music critic
* Sadashiv Amrapurkar - Veteran Bollywood actor
* Sattiraju Lakshminarayana (Bapu) - Telugu Film Maker, Cartoonist
* Senzo Meyiwa - Captain, South Africa Football (shot dead)
* Shankar Baruah - Ex-Assam DGP
* Shanti Patel - Ex. MP, Freedom Fighter
* Sheila MacRae - English Actress
* Shirley Temple - Former Child Actress (Hollywood)
* Siegfried Lenz - Author (Germany)
* Silverine Swer - 1st Padma Shri Awardee from Meghalaya

* Simin Behbahani - Iranian Poet

* Sitara Devi - Eminent Kathak danseuse
* Som Ranchan - Educationist, Scholar and Author
* Stephen Gaskin - Founder of The Farm commune
* Subhash Chougule - founder-president, Ajanta Film Society
* Suchitra Sen - Bengali Actress
* Sudhir Mahato - Deputy CM of Jharkhand
* Sundaram Sankaran - Journalist
* Sushilarani Patel - Classical Singer
* T C Teli - Former Minister (Arunachal Pradesh)
* Tom Finney - Footballer (England)
* Tony Benn - British Politician
* Turaga Janaki Rani - Telugu Writer, Radio Artiste
* U R Ananthamurthy - Kannada writer (Samskara, Bhava)
* Uday Kiran Actor (Telugu)
* Uppalapu Srinivas - Mandolin Player
* UR Ananthamurthy - Kannada Writer, Jnanpith Awardee
* V.R. Krishna Iyer - Former Supreme Court Judge
* Veenapani Chawla - Theatre personality
* Vishwanath Ramachandra Bondre - Ranji Cricketer (Mumbai)
* Vladimir Beara - Goalkeeper, Croatia
* William Clay Ford - Auto Family Scion and Detroit Lions Owner
* William Greaves - Host of Black Journal (Emmy Awardee)
* William Greaves - TV host and filmmaker
* Wolfgang Theuerkauf - Social Worker, Botanist (Mukkuruti forest in

Karnataka)
* Yoshiko Yamaguchi - Japanies Actress
* Yuri Lyubimov - Stage Actor (Russia)
*Zohra Sehgal - Grand Old Lady of Indian Cinema