Deaths in August 2011
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The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2011.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of deat (if known), and reference.
August 2011
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- Concha Alós, 85, Spanish writer.{{cite news|url=http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2009/07/01/actualidad/1246399208_850215.html|title=Fallece el escritor mallorquín Baltasar Porcel|newspaper=El País|date=July 2009}}
- Stan Barstow, 83, English novelist.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/aug/01/stan-barstow-obituary |title=Stan Barstow obituary |first=Ian |last=Haywood |date=August 1, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |newspaper=The Guardian}}
- Joe Caffie, 80, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Buckeyes).{{Cite news |url=http://www.vindy.com/news/tributes/2011/aug/07/joe-clifford-caffi/ |title=Joe Clifford Caffie |newspaper=The Vindicator |access-date=July 16, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403042820/http://www.vindy.com/news/tributes/2011/aug/07/joe-clifford-caffi/ |archive-date=April 3, 2012}}
- Carmela Marie Cristiano, 83, American Roman Catholic nun (Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth), first nun to seek political office in New Jersey.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2011/08/nun_who_once_headed_jersey_cit.html |title=Nun who once locked horns with corrupt Jersey City mayor dies |first=Terrence T. |last=McDonald |date=August 3, 2011 |newspaper=The Jersey Journal |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
*Florentina Gómez Miranda, 99, Argentine lawyer and women's rights activist.{{cite web |url=http://m24digital.com/en/2011/08/01/advocate-of-divorce-florentina-gomez-miranda-passed-away/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021161713/http://m24digital.com/en/2011/08/01/advocate-of-divorce-florentina-gomez-miranda-passed-away/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-10-21 |title=Advocate of divorce Florentina Gomez Miranda passed away |website=M24Digital.com |access-date=2019-07-16}}
- Gamini Goonesena, 80, Sri Lankan cricketer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/525680.html |title=Former Sri Lanka captain Gamini Goonesena dies at 80 |date=August 2, 2011 |website=Cricinfo |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Chieko N. Okazaki, 84, American Mormon women's leader, first non-Caucasian woman to hold a senior position in the LDS church, heart failure.{{cite news |url=https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=52320992&itype=cmsid |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820101520/http://m.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/52320992-78/okazaki-lds-women-church.html.csp |url-status=live |archive-date=August 20, 2011 |title=Beloved Mormon women's leader Chieko Okazaki dies |newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune |date=August 5, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Ken Payne, 60, American football player (Green Bay Packers).{{cite web |url=https://blog.packers.com/2011/08/04/former-packers-wr-ken-payne-jr-dies/ |title=Former Packers WR Ken Payne Jr. dies |website=Green Bay Packers |date=August 4, 2011 |access-date=June 4, 2020 |archive-date=June 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604123146/https://blog.packers.com/2011/08/04/former-packers-wr-ken-payne-jr-dies/ |url-status=dead }}
- Alex Pitko, 97, American baseball player.{{cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/azcentral/obituary.aspx?n=alexander-pitko&pid=152867264 |title=Alexander Pitko's Obituary in The Arizona Republic |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Zhanna Prokhorenko, 71, Russian film actress (Ballad of a Soldier).{{cite web |url=https://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/w/ros/3508/bio/ |title=Жанна Прохоренко биография |website=Kino-teatr |date=May 11, 2020 |language=ru}}
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- Leslie Esdaile Banks, 51, American author (The Vampire Huntress Legend Series), adrenal cancer.{{Cite web |url=https://locusmag.com/2011/08/l-a-banks-1959-2011/ |title=L.A. Banks (1959-2011) |date=August 2, 2011 |work=Locus |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Baruj Benacerraf, 90, Venezuelan-born American immunologist, Nobel laureate (1980).{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/03/us/03benacerraf.html |title=Baruj Benacerraf, Nobel Winner in Medicine, Dies at 90 |first=Denise |last=Gellene |date=August 2, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
- Ralph Berkowitz, 100, American composer.{{Cite web |url=http://carlindustries.com/ralph-berkowitz-and-the-artists-command-and-dilemma/ |title=Ralph Berkowitz and the artist's command, and dilemma |first=Peter Ames |last=Carlin |website=Carlindustries |access-date=July 16, 2019 |archive-date=March 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311215616/http://www.peteramescarlin.com/node/197 |url-status=dead }}
- Igor Chepusov, 61, Soviet and American producer, script writer and director.{{Cite web |url=http://www.runyweb.com/articles/57/igor-chepusov-dead.html |title=Умер кинооператор Игорь Чепусов |website=Runyweb.com |access-date=July 16, 2019 |language=ru}}
- Meldric Daluz, 90, Indian Olympic gold medal-winning (1952) field hockey player.{{Cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/meldric-daluz-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418104705/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/meldric-daluz-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Meldric Daluz Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Al Federoff, 87, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).{{Cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/eastvalleytribune/obituary.aspx?n=alfred-federoff&pid=152885201 |title=Alfred Federoff's Obituary in the East Valley Tribune |website=Legacy.com |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Asadullo Gulomov, 58, Tajik politician, Deputy Prime Minister (since 2006).{{Cite news |url=https://www.kp.ru/daily/25730/2720214/ |title=Вице-премьер Таджикистана умер на стройке |date=August 3, 2011 |newspaper=Komsomolskaya Pravda |access-date=July 16, 2019 |language=ru}}
- Andrey Kapitsa, 80, Russian geographer and explorer, discovered and named Lake Vostok.{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/science-obituaries/8725763/Andrei-Kapitsa.html |title=Andrei Kapitsa |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
- Clarence E. Miller, 93, American politician, U.S. Representative from Ohio (1967–1993), pneumonia.{{Cite web |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/08/03/Former-Rep-Clarence-Miller-R-Ohio-dies/55591312418117/ |title=Former Rep. Clarence Miller, R-Ohio, dies |website=UPI |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Attilio Pavesi, 100, Italian Olympic cyclist, oldest living Olympic champion.{{Cite news |url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Ciclismo/03-08-2011/addio-pavesi-802299438328.shtml |title=Addio a Pavesi, Ultracentenario olimpionico |newspaper=La Gazzetta dello Sport|access-date=July 16, 2019 |language=it}}
- Richard Pearson, 93, Welsh actor (The Yellow Rolls-Royce).{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2011/aug/02/richard-pearson-obituary |title=Richard Pearson obituary |first=Michael |last=Billington |date=August 2, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |newspaper=The Guardian}}
*José Sanchis Grau, 79, Spanish comic book artist.{{Cite news |url=https://www.ara.cat/cultura/More-Jose-Sanchis-creador-Pumby_0_529147572.html |title=Mor José Sanchis, creador del gat Pumby |first=Antoni |last=Bassas |date=August 3, 2011 |newspaper=Ara |access-date=July 16, 2019 |language=ca}}
- James Ford Seale, 76, American murderer, Ku Klux Klan member.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/aug/03/klansman-dies-1964-murders |title=Ku Klux Klan man dies four years after jailing for 1964 murders |first=Ed |last=Pilkington |date=August 3, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |newspaper=The Guardian}}
- Markku Yli-Isotalo, 58, Finnish Olympic wrestler{{Cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/yl/markku-yli-isotalo-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417180354/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/yl/markku-yli-isotalo-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 17, 2020 |title=Markku Yli-Isotalo Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
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- Rudolf Brazda, 98, German concentration camp prisoner, last known survivor of pink triangle homosexual deportation.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/06/world/europe/06brazda.html |title=Rudolf Brazda, Who Survived Pink Triangle, Is Dead at 98 |first=Dennis |last=Hevesi |date=August 5, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
- Richard Cates, 85, American lawyer.{{Cite news |url=http://www.jsonline.com/news/obituaries/127096198.html |title=Cates played key role in Watergate impeachment |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |access-date=July 16, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910075709/http://www.jsonline.com/news/obituaries/127096198.html |archive-date=September 10, 2011}}
- Annette Charles, 63, American actress (Grease), complications of lung cancer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.tmz.com/2011/08/04/cha-cha-dies-dead-grease-annette-charles-cardona-cancer/ |title=Cha Cha from 'Grease' Dies -- Dead at 63 |website=TMZ |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Antonio Diaz, 83, Filipino politician, Representative from Zambales (1969–1972, 1992–2001, 2004–2011).{{Cite web |url=http://interaksyon.com/article/9966/zambales-rep-diaz-83 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818144243/http://interaksyon.com/article/9966/zambales-rep-diaz-83 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 18, 2011 |title=Zambales Rep. Diaz, 83 |website=InterAksyon |date=August 18, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Jackie Hudson, 76, American nun and peace activist.{{Cite news |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2015886110_hudsonobit11m.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315025707/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2015886110_hudsonobit11m.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 15, 2012 |title=Jackie Hudson, nun and activist for nuclear disarmament, 76 |newspaper=The Seattle Times |date=March 15, 2012 |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Ingrid Luterkort, 101, Swedish actress.{{Cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/ingrid-luterkort-ar-dod |title=Ingrid Luterkort är död |date=August 4, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |language=sv}}
- Andrew McDermott, 45, British singer (Threshold), complications of kidney failure.{{cite web |url=http://www.rocks-magazin.de/neu/meldungen/artikel/andrew_mac_mcdermott_r.i.p |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402073609/http://www.rocks-magazin.de/neu/meldungen/artikel/andrew_mac_mcdermott_r.i.p |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 April 2012 |title=Andrew "Mac" McDermott: R.I.P |date=4 August 2011 |website=Rocks |access-date=2019-07-16 |language=de}}
- Simona Monyová, 44, Czech writer, stabbed.{{Cite web |url=https://www.idnes.cz/zpravy/cerna-kronika/spisovatelka-simona-monyova-byla-ve-svem-dome-zavrazdena.A110804_113315_brno-zpravy_dmk |title=Spisovatelka Simona Monyová byla ve svém domě zavražděna |date=August 4, 2011 |website=iDNES.cz |access-date=July 16, 2019 |language=cs}}
- Ray Patterson, 89, American basketball executive (Milwaukee Bucks, Houston Rockets).{{Cite news |url=https://www.chron.com/sports/rockets/article/Ex-Rockets-president-Ray-Patterson-dies-at-89-2079891.php |title=Ex-Rockets president Ray Patterson dies at 89 |first=David |last=Barron |date=August 3, 2011 |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Nikolai Arnoldovich Petrov, 68, Russian pianist, People's Artist of the USSR, stroke.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}
- José Ignacio Rivero, 90, Cuban journalist.{{Cite web |url=http://cubanews.cubaverdad.net/2011/08/muere-en-miami-jose-ignacio-rivero-exdirector-del-diario-de-la-marina/ |title=Muere en Miami José Ignacio Rivero, exdirector del 'Diario de la Marina' |access-date=June 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140629153108/http://cubanews.cubaverdad.net/2011/08/muere-en-miami-jose-ignacio-rivero-exdirector-del-diario-de-la-marina/ |archive-date=June 29, 2014 |url-status=dead |language=es}}
- William Sleator, 66, American science fiction writer (Interstellar Pig).{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/books/william-sleator-science-fiction-writer-for-young-adults-dies-at-66.html |title=William Sleator, Science-Fiction Writer for Young Adults, Dies at 66 |first=Margalit |last=Fox |date=August 6, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
- Bubba Smith, 66, American football player (Baltimore Colts) and actor (Police Academy, Stroker Ace).{{Cite news |url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/08/bubba-smith-nfl-star-police-academy-actor-found-dead-home.html |title=Bubba Smith, NFL star and 'Police Academy' actor, found dead at home |date=August 3, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Mohsen Koochebaghi Tabrizi, 87, Iranian Shi'ite Muslim marja, heart attack.{{cite web |url=http://www.tabnak.ir/fa/news/181213/ |title=یکی از علمای تبریز دارفانی را وداع گفت |date=3 August 2011 |website=Tabnak.ir |access-date=2019-07-16 |language=fa}}
- Allan Watkins, 89, Welsh cricketer, after short illness.{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/story/525932.html |title=Allan Watkins dies aged 89 |date=August 4, 2011 |website=Cricinfo |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
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- David B. Barrett, 83, American professor.{{cite journal |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2396939317739819 |title=The legacy of David B. Barrrett|year=2018|doi=10.1177/2396939317739819|last1=Zurlo|first1=Gina A.|journal=International Bulletin of Mission Research|volume=42|pages=29–39|s2cid=166183311}}
- Alan Blackshaw, 78, English mountaineer and civil servant, cancer.{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/8694127/Alan-Blackshaw.html |title=Alan Blackshaw |date=August 10, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
- Michael Bukht, 69, British radio executive, television personality and chef who worked as Michael Barry.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-14446449 |title=Food and Drink's Barry dies at 69 |date=August 8, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |website=BBC News}}
- Mark Duggan, 29, British crime suspect, shot.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-19816751 |title=Gun 'removed from Duggan minicab' |date=October 3, 2012 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |website=BBC News}}
- Naoki Matsuda, 34, Japanese footballer (Yokohama F. Marinos, national team), suspected heart attack.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-14401517 |title=Japan World Cup star Naoki Matsuda dies at 34 |work=BBC News |date=August 4, 2011 }}
- Conrad Schnitzler, 74, German musician (Tangerine Dream, Kluster, Eruption, Berlin Express), stomach cancer.{{Cite web |url=http://alteredzones.com/posts/1756/rip-conrad-schnitzler/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007033333/http://alteredzones.com/posts/1756/rip-conrad-schnitzler/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 7, 2011 |title=R.I.P. Conrad Schnitzler |website=Altered Zones |date=November 28, 2013 |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Erika Thijs, 51, Belgian politician, Senator (since 1995), cancer.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20110804_242 |title=Erika Thijs (CD&V) verliest strijd tegen kanker |website=Het Nieuwsblad |access-date=July 16, 2019 |language=nl}}
- Sherman White, 82, American basketball player (Long Island University).{{Cite web |url=http://www.northjersey.com/obituaries/127057408_Local_hoops_legend_dies.html |title=Local hoops legend dies |website=NorthJersey.com |access-date=July 16, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021050001/http://www.northjersey.com/obituaries/127057408_Local_hoops_legend_dies.html |archive-date=October 21, 2011}}
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- Jean-Claude Bajeux, 79, Haitian activist and scholar, lung cancer.{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/jean-claude-bajeux-haitian-human-rights-activist-dies-at-79/2011/08/06/gIQARGT6yI_story.html |title=Jean-Claude Bajeux, Haitian human rights activist, dies at 79 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Gerry Davidson, 90, American masters athlete, stroke.{{Cite web |url=http://masterstrack.com/2011/08/19682/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008005027/http://masterstrack.com/2011/08/19682/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 8, 2011 |title=Gerry Davidson dies at 90; Hall of Famer was a distance marvel |date=October 8, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Erol Erduran, 78, Cypriot educator and writer.{{Cite news |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/people/obituaries/erol-erduran-1932-2011/417213.article |title=Erol Erduran, 1932-2011 |date=August 25, 2011 |website=Times Higher Education (THE) |access-date=July 16, 2019 |url-access=registration}}
- Dudley E. Faver, 94, American Air Force major general and academic.{{Cite web |url=http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=General+Dudley-Faver&lc=4905&pid=153000578&mid=4769562&locale=en-US |title=General Dudley Faver Obituary |website=DignityMemorial.com |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Marion D. Hanks, 89, American Mormon leader.{{Cite news |url=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/lifestyle/52335526-80/hanks-lds-church-duff.html.csp?page=1 |title=Marion D. Hanks, longtime Mormon leader, dies |access-date=September 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011202752/http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/lifestyle/52335526-80/hanks-lds-church-duff.html.csp?page=1 |archive-date=October 11, 2012 |url-status=dead}}
- Grahame Jarratt, 82, New Zealand rower.{{Cite news |url=http://notices.nzherald.co.nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/obituary-preview.aspx?n=grahame-laughlan-jarratt&pid=152984857&referrer=2865 |title=Grahame Laughlan Jarratt's Obituary in The New Zealand Herald |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Hazel Johnson-Brown, 83, American Army nurse and general, Alzheimer's disease.{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/hazel-johnson-brown-pioneering-black-army-nurse-dies-at-83/2011/08/18/gIQA0E2MOJ_story.html |title=Hazel Johnson-Brown, Army nurse who was first black female general, dies at 83 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Andrzej Lepper, 57, Polish politician, suspected suicide by hanging.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-14424247 |title=Scandal-hit Polish politician Andrzej Lepper dead |date=August 5, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |website=BBC News}}
- Elphas Mukonoweshuro, 58, Zimbabwean academic and politician.{{Cite web |url=https://www.thezimbabwean.co/2011/08/elphas-mukonoweshuro-an-obituary/ |title=Elphas Mukonoweshuro: An obituary |date=August 16, 2011 |website=The Zimbabwean |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Gary Nixon, 70, American motorcycle racer, complications from a heart attack.{{Cite web |url=https://www.roadracingworld.com/news/updated-rip-gary-nixon/ |title=Updated: R.I.P. Gary Nixon |website=RoadRacingWorld.com |date=August 5, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Francesco Quinn, 48, Italian-born American actor (Platoon, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, The Shield), heart attack.{{Cite web |url=https://patch.com/california/malibu/malibu-actor-francesco-quinn-dies |title=Malibu Actor Francesco Quinn Dies |date=August 7, 2011 |website=Malibu, CA Patch |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Aziz Shavershian, 22, Australian bodybuilder and model, heart attack.{{Cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/zyzz-ripped-from-this-life-too-young-20110811-1ioik.html |title=Zyzz ripped from this life too young |first=Sam de |last=Brito |date=August 11, 2011 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Adi Talmor, 58, Israeli journalist and news presenter, assisted suicide.{{Cite news |url=https://www.haaretz.com/1.5042871 |title=Army Radio Shocked by Suicide of Legendary Broadcaster |date=August 9, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |newspaper=Haaretz}}
- Stan Willemse, 86, British footballer (Chelsea).{{cite web |url=http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/2410740 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131124124142/http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/2410740 |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 November 2013 |title=Stan Willemse 1924-2011|date=5 August 2011 |website=Chelsea FC |access-date=2019-07-16}}
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- Bernadine Healy, 67, American cardiologist, director of the National Institutes of Health (1991–1993), brain cancer.{{cite web |url=http://clevelandheights.patch.com/articles/dr-bernadine-healy-loop-who-led-national-institutes-of-health-american-red-cross-and-more-died-saturday-at-67 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402073609/http://clevelandheights.patch.com/articles/dr-bernadine-healy-loop-who-led-national-institutes-of-health-american-red-cross-and-more-died-saturday-at-67 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 2, 2012 |title= Dr. Bernadine Healy Loop, Who Led National Institutes of Health, American Red Cross and More, Died Saturday at 67 |date=August 7, 2011 |website=Cleveland Heights Patch.com |access-date=2019-07-16}}
- Fred Imus, 69, American songwriter and radio talk show host, brother of Don Imus.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/fred-imus-songwriter-brother-don-imus-dies-69-article-1.944966 |title=Fred Imus, songwriter and brother of Don Imus, dies at 69 |first=David |last=Hinckley |website=New York Daily News |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Kuno Klötzer, 89, German football coach.{{Cite web |url=http://www.werder.de/en/aktuell/news/34844.php |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140702063452/http://www.werder.de/en/aktuell/news/34844.php |url-status=dead |title=Werder Bremen mourn for Kuno Klötzer |access-date=July 16, 2019 |archive-date=July 2, 2014 |language=de}}
- Fe del Mundo, 99, Filipino pediatrician, National Scientist of the Philippines, heart attack.{{Cite web |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/228669/news/nation/fe-del-mundo-dame-of-phl-pediatrics-dies-at-99/ |title=Fe del Mundo, dame of PHL pediatrics, dies at 99 |website=GMA News Online |date=August 6, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Roman Opałka, 79, French-born Polish painter.{{Cite news |url=https://kultura.dziennik.pl/artykuly/349551,zmarl-polski-malarz-roman-opalka.html |title=Zmarł polski malarz Roman Opałka |newspaper=Dziennik Gazeta Prawna |language=pl}}
- John W. Ryan, 81, American academic administrator, President of Indiana University (1971–1987).{{Cite web |url=http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=49103 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024070709/http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=49103 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 24, 2013 |title=IU Mourns Former President's Passing |date=December 24, 2012 |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Jerry Smith, 80, American football player (San Francisco 49ers) and coach (Denver Broncos).{{Cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/6845670 |title=Former Broncos interim head coach Smith dies |date=August 9, 2011 |website=ESPN.com |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- John Wood, 81, English actor (WarGames, Chocolat, Sabrina), Tony winner (1976).{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-14461952 |title=British actor Wood dies aged 81 |date=August 9, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |website=BBC News}}
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- Eric Anthony Abrahams, 71, Jamaican public servant.{{cite web|url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20110818/lead/lead6.html|title=Anthony Abrahams laid to rest|date=August 18, 2011}}
- Joseph Candolfi, 89, Swiss Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Basel (1983–1996).{{Cite news |url=https://www.suedostschweiz.ch/politik/ehemaliger-weihbischof-joseph-candolfi-89-jahrig-gestorben |title=Ehemaliger Weihbischof Joseph Candolfi 89-jährig gestorben |newspaper=Die Südostschweiz |access-date=July 16, 2019 |language=de}}
- Hugh Carey, 92, American politician, Governor of New York (1975–1982) and U.S. Representative (1961–1974).{{Cite web |url=http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/144520/hugh-carey--51st-governor-of-new-york--dead-at-92 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130130053920/http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/144520/hugh-carey--51st-governor-of-new-york--dead-at-92 |url-status=dead |title=Hugh Carey, 51st Governor Of New York, Dead At 92 |website=NY1 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |archive-date=January 30, 2013}}
- Rocco Colonna, 77, American politician, Member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1975–1988).{{Cite news |url=https://www.cleveland.com/newssun/2011/08/news_sun_obituaries_68.html |title=Obituary: Rocco Colonna |date=August 10, 2011 |newspaper=Lake County News-Sun |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Charles Coventry, 52, Zimbabwean cricket umpire.{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/player/55339.html |title=Charles Coventry |website=Cricinfo |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Cornelius Elanjikal, 92, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Verapoly (1987–1996).{{Cite web |url=https://malayalam.oneindia.com/news/2011/08/07/india-arch-bishop-cornelius-elanjikal-obit-aid0031.html |title=ആര്ച്ച് ബിഷപ്പ് കൊര്ണേലിയസ് കാലംചെയ്തു |date=August 7, 2011 |website=Oneindia Malayalam |access-date=July 16, 2019 |language=ml}}
- Eddie Gibbins, 85, English footballer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news-archive-1/eddie-gibbins/ |title=Eddie Gibbins |website=Tottenham Hotspur FC}}
- Marshall Grant, 83, American double bassist (Tennessee Two).{{Cite web |url=http://www.nodepression.com/profiles/blogs/rip-marshall-grant |title=RIP Marshall Grant |date=August 7, 2011 |access-date=September 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907053001/http://www.nodepression.com/profiles/blogs/rip-marshall-grant |archive-date=September 7, 2011 |url-status=live}}
- F. M. Hardacre, 96, American academic and college football coach.{{Cite web |url=https://www.haysmemorial.com/obituary/Forrest-Hardacre |title=Forrest Marion Hardacre |website=Hays Memorial Chapel}}
- Mark Hatfield, 89, American politician, Governor of Oregon (1959–1967) and U.S. Senator (1967–1997).{{Cite news |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2011/08/mark_o_hatfield_former_oregon.html |title=Mark O. Hatfield, former Oregon governor and senator, died tonight |first=Jeff |last=Mapes |date=August 8, 2011 |newspaper=The Oregonian |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Harri Holkeri, 74, Finnish politician, Prime Minister (1987–1991), after long illness.{{Cite web |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/ex-pm_harri_holkeri_dies_at_74/5403234 |title=Ex-PM Harri Holkeri dies at 74 |website=Yle Uutiset |date=August 7, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Paul Meier, 87, American mathematician (Kaplan–Meier estimator), complications from a stroke.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/13/health/13meier.html |title=Paul Meier, Revolutionary Medical Statistician, Dies at 87 |first=Dennis |last=Hevesi |date=August 12, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
- George Naghi, 59, Romanian businessman, founder of Aldis SRL, boating accident.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nineoclock.ro/2011/08/09/aldis-owner-george-naghi-to-be-buried-in-calarasi-today/ |title=Aldis owner George Naghi to be buried in Calarasi today |newspaper=Nine O'Clock |date=August 9, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Tom Radney, 79, American politician, member of the Alabama Senate (1967–1971), after long illness.{{Cite web |url=https://www.wsfa.com/story/15224935/fmr-senator-tom-radney-dies-at-age-79 |title=Fmr. Senator Tom Radney dies at age 79 |website=WSFA |date=August 8, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Jiří Traxler, 99, Czech-born Canadian jazz pianist.{{Cite web |url=https://ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/kultura/1248860-zemrel-tvurce-ceskeho-tanecniho-swingu-jiri-traxler |title=Zemřel tvůrce českého tanečního swingu Jiří Traxler |website=ČT24 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |language=cs}}
- Nancy Wake, 98, New Zealand-born Australian French Resistance leader, chest infection.{{Cite news |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/war-heroine-nancy-wake-dies/news-story/1027372581713969dd1ded743dd9af6c |title=War heroine Nancy Wake dies |date=August 7, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Charles Wyly, 77, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Michaels Stores, automobile accident.{{cite web |url=http://news.yahoo.com/texas-billionaire-charles-wyly-killed-colo-084619180.html |title=Texas billionaire Charles Wyly killed in Colo. |date=August 8, 2011 |website=Yahoo! News |access-date=June 1, 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423015139/http://news.yahoo.com/texas-billionaire-charles-wyly-killed-colo-084619180.html |archive-date=April 23, 2015}}
- Joe Yamanaka, 64, Japanese rock singer, lung cancer.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}
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- Neal Abberley, 67, English cricketer, heart and lung condition.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/aug/08/neal-abberley-warwickshire-ian-bell |title=Neal Abberley, batting mentor of Ian Bell at Warwickshire, dies at 67 |first=David |last=Hopps |date=August 8, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |newspaper=The Guardian}}
- Ray Anderson, 77, American entrepreneur, cancer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/08/09/ray-anderson-interface-chairman-and-sustainability-leader-dies-at-77/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109210102/http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/08/09/ray-anderson-interface-chairman-and-sustainability-leader-dies-at-77/ |url-status=live |archive-date=November 9, 2011 |title=Ray Anderson, Interface Chairman and Sustainability Leader, Dies at 77 |work=Environmental Leader |date=November 9, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Mike Barrett, 67, American Olympic and professional basketball player (Virginia Squires, San Diego Conquistadors).{{Cite news |url=http://sundaygazettemail.com/Sports/201108091103 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401023424/http://sundaygazettemail.com/Sports/201108091103 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 1, 2012 |title=Tech Olympian Mike Barrett, 67, dies |newspaper=Charleston Gazette-Mail |date=April 1, 2012 |access-date=July 17, 2019}}
- Ruth Brinker, 89, American AIDS and nutrition activist, founder of Project Open Hand, vascular dementia.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/19/us/19brinker.html |title=Ruth Brinker, 89, Dies; Founded Agency to Feed AIDS Patients |first=Daniel E. |last=Slotnik |date=August 18, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
- Royal Copeland, 86, Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts), Alzheimer's disease.{{Cite web |url=https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=373491 |title=Former Argos star Royal Copeland passes away at 86 |access-date=December 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020224544/http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=373491 |archive-date=October 20, 2012 |url-status=dead}}
- Cem Erman, 64, Turkish actor and composer.{{Cite news |url=http://www.milliyet.com.tr/cadde/yesilcamin-unlu-oyuncusu-oldu-1423806 |title=Yeşilçam'ın ünlü oyuncusu öldü |newspaper=Milliyet |access-date=July 16, 2019 |language=tr}}
- Fred Ingaldson, 78, Canadian Olympic basketball player.{{Cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/in/fred-ingaldson-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418093012/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/in/fred-ingaldson-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Fred Ingaldson Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Kurt Johansson, 97, Swedish Olympic sport shooter.{{Cite web |url=http://www.sok.se/aktiva/historisktaktiva/kurtjohansson.5.aad0b10833d63e5c800015162.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918110540/http://www.sok.se/aktiva/historisktaktiva/kurtjohansson.5.aad0b10833d63e5c800015162.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 18, 2012 |title=Kurt Johansson |website=Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté |date=September 18, 2012 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |language=sv}}
- Anastasios Peponis, 87, Greek politician and author, heart problems.{{Cite news |url=http://www.tanea.gr/ellada/article/?aid=4648078 |title=Πέθανε ο Αναστάσιος Πεπονής |date=December 8, 2006 |newspaper=Ta Nea |access-date=July 16, 2019 |language=el |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324124051/http://www.tanea.gr/ellada/article/?aid=4648078 |archive-date=March 24, 2012}}
- Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, 89, Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Ayacucho/Huamanga (1979–1991).{{Cite web |url=https://archivo.radioondaazul.com/?c=noticia&id=16346 |title=Falleció monseñor Federico Richter, arzobispo emérito de Ayacucho |website=Radio Onda Azul |access-date=July 16, 2019 |language=es}}
- Hind Rostom, 81, Egyptian actress, heart attack.{{Cite web |url=http://www.thedailynewsegypt.com/film/egyptian-screen-legend-seductress-hind-rostom-dies-at-82.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326074759/http://www.thedailynewsegypt.com/film/egyptian-screen-legend-seductress-hind-rostom-dies-at-82.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 26, 2012 |title=Egyptian screen legend, seductress Hind Rostom dies at 82 |date=March 26, 2012 |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Jiřina Švorcová, 83, Czech actress and pro-Communist activist.{{Cite web |url=https://ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/kultura/1248782-zemrela-herecka-a-komunistka-jirina-svorcova |title=Zemřela herečka a komunistka Jiřina Švorcová |website=ČT24 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |language=cs}}
- Chandrashekhar Vijay, 77, Indian Jain Monk.{{cite news | title=Thousands take part in Jain saint's last journey | website=The Times of India | date=10 August 2011 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Thousands-take-part-in-Jain-saints-last-journey/articleshow/9548122.cms | access-date=8 January 2015}}
- Harry H. Wellington, 84, American lawyer, Dean of Yale Law School (1975–1985) and New York Law School (1992–2000), brain tumor.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/10/nyregion/harry-h-wellington-former-dean-of-yale-law-school-dies-at-84.html |title=Harry H. Wellington, Former Dean of Yale Law School, Dies at 84 |first=Adam |last=Liptak |date=August 9, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
- Guillermo Zarur, 79, Mexican actor, complications of kidney and heart disease.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tvnotas.com.mx/2011/08/09/C-16008-murio-el-actor-guillermo-zarur.php/ |title=Murió el actor Guillermo Zarur |access-date=September 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917050542/http://www.tvnotas.com.mx/2011/08/09/C-16008-murio-el-actor-guillermo-zarur.php/ |archive-date=September 17, 2011 |url-status=dead |language=es}}
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- Wendy Babcock, 32, Canadian advocate for the rights of prostitutes, suspected suicide.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2011/08/11/prostitute_turned_osgoode_law_student_found_dead.html |title=Prostitute turned Osgoode law student found dead |newspaper=Toronto Star |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Roberto Busa, 97, Italian Jesuit priest, pioneer in Digital Humanities.{{Cite news |url=http://www.osservatoreromano.va/en/news/stop-reader-fr-busa-is-dead |title=Stop, reader! Fr Busa is dead |newspaper=L'Osservatore Romano |access-date=July 16, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051845/http://www.osservatoreromano.va/en/news/stop-reader-fr-busa-is-dead |archive-date=March 4, 2016}}
- Adolphe-Maria Gustave Hardy, 91, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Beauvais (1985–1995).{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bhardy|Bishop Adolphe-Maria Gustave Hardy|access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, 85, Japanese Olympic swimmer, heart failure.{{Cite web |url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/World/27871.asp?q=Passages:-Japanese-Johnny-Weismuller,-Yoshihiro-Hamaguchi,-85 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918064450/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/World/27871.asp?q=Passages:-Japanese-Johnny-Weismuller,-Yoshihiro-Hamaguchi,-85 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 18, 2012 |title=Passages: Japanese Johnny Weismuller, Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, 85 |date=September 18, 2012 |work=Swimming World |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Jimmy Harris, 76, American football player (University of Oklahoma, Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles), natural causes.{{Cite news |url=https://oklahoman.com/article/3593001/legendary-ou-quarterback-jimmy-harris-dies |title=Legendary OU quarterback Jimmy Harris dies |newspaper=The Oklahoman |access-date=June 4, 2020 |archive-date=June 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604121242/https://oklahoman.com/article/3593001/legendary-ou-quarterback-jimmy-harris-dies |url-status=dead }}
- Kolapo Ishola, 77, Nigerian politician, Governor of Oyo State (1991–1993).{{Cite web |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/08/kolapo-ishola-ex-oyo-gov-dies-at-77/ |title=Kolapo Ishola, ex-Oyo Gov dies at 77 |date=August 9, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Eleanor Josaitis, 79, American activist, co-founder of Focus: HOPE, peritoneal cancer.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/11/us/11josaitis.html |title=Eleanor M. Josaitis, Activist in Detroit, Dies at 79 |first=Nick |last=Bunkley |date=August 10, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
- Julian Kenny, 81, Trinidadian zoologist, environmentalist and politician, Senator (1995–2001).{{Cite web |url=http://www.ctntworld.com/LocalArticles.aspx?id=30250 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322133601/http://www.ctntworld.com/LocalArticles.aspx?id=30250 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 22, 2012 |title=Environmentalist, Julian Kenny dies |date=March 22, 2012 |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Mimi Lee, 91, American chemist, First Lady of Maryland (1977–1979), heart failure.{{Cite news |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2011-08-13-bs-md-ob-mathilde-lee-20110812-story.html |title=Mathilde B. "Mimi" Lee, former acting first lady of Maryland, dies at 91 |first=Frederick N. |last=Rasmussen |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Werner W. Wallroth, 81, German film director.{{Cite web |url=http://www.film-zeit.de/?action=result&sub=person&info=long&person_id=6127 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411091752/http://www.film-zeit.de/?action=result&sub=person&info=long&person_id=6127 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 11, 2016 |title=Werner W. Wallroth |work=Film-Zeit |date=April 11, 2016 |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
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- P. C. Alexander, 90, Indian politician, Governor of Tamil Nadu (1988–1990), Maharashtra (1993–2002) and Goa (1996–1998).{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/he-was-an-outstanding-civil-servant-manmohan/article2342944.ece |title=He was an outstanding civil servant: Manmohan |date=August 10, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |newspaper=The Hindu}}
- Moraíto Chico II, 54, Spanish musician, cancer.{{Cite news |url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2011/08/10/actualidad/1312927201_850215.html |title=Fallece el guitarrista flamenco Moraíto Chico |first=Ángeles |last=Castellano |date=August 10, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |newspaper=El País |language=es}}
- Arnaud Desjardins, 86, French philosopher.{{Cite news |url=https://www.ledauphine.com/drome/2011/08/12/arnaud-desjardins-mort-d-un-sage |title=Arnaud Desjardins, mort d'un sage |newspaper=Le Dauphiné libéré |access-date=July 16, 2019 |language=fr}}
- Norton Fredrick, 73, Sri Lankan cricketer, illness.{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/526948.html |title=Norton Fredrick dies at 73 |date=August 10, 2011 |website=Cricinfo |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Billy Grammer, 85, American country singer.{{Cite news |url=https://thesouthern.com/news/local/state-and-regional/grand-ole-opry-legend-billy-grammer-dead-at/article_4ad1cd20-c364-11e0-80e9-001cc4c03286.html |title=Grand Ole Opry legend Billy Grammer dead at 85 |first=Brent |last=Stewart |newspaper=The Southern Illinoisan |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Selwyn Griffith, 83, Welsh poet.{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/welsh/hi/newsid_9120000/newsid_9126500/9126562.stm |title=Y Dirprwy-Archdderwydd Selwyn Iolen wedi marw |date=August 10, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |website=BBC Cymru |language=cy}}
- Oldřich Machač, 65, Czech Olympic silver (1968, 1976) and bronze (1972) medal-winning ice hockey player, heart failure.{{Cite web |url=http://praguemonitor.com/2011/08/11/three-times-world-champ-mach%C3%A1%C4%8D-dies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109023252/http://praguemonitor.com/2011/08/11/three-times-world-champ-mach%C3%A1%C4%8D-dies |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 9, 2012 |title=Three-times world champ Macháč dies |website=Prague Daily Monitor |date=January 9, 2012 |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Babak Masoumi, 39, Iranian futsal player and coach, blood cancer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.farsnews.com/news/9005196282%20%20%20%20/بابك-معصومي-درگذشت |title=بابك معصومي درگذشت |date=August 10, 2011 |website=Fars News Agency |access-date=July 16, 2019 |language=fa }}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- Lilia Michel, 85, Mexican actress.{{Cite web |url=http://entretenimiento.starmedia.com/escandalos/muere-actriz-mexicana-lilia-michel.html |title=Muere la actriz mexicana Lilia Michel |access-date=September 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320192728/http://entretenimiento.starmedia.com/escandalos/muere-actriz-mexicana-lilia-michel.html |archive-date=March 20, 2012 |url-status=dead |language=es}}
- Mark Sinyangwe, 31, Zambian footballer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2011/08/11/patrick-phiri-pays-tribute-mark-sinyangwe/ |title=Patrick Phiri Pays Tribute To Mark Sinyangwe |date=August 11, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
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*Agustín Romualdo Álvarez Rodríguez, 88, Spanish-born Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Machiques (1986–1995).{{Cite web |url=http://revistaecclesia.com/content/view/28230/59 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402073613/http://revistaecclesia.com/content/view/28230/59 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 2, 2012 |title=Fallece el obispo misionero y fraile capuchino Agustín Romualdo Álvarez, a los 88 años |website=Ecclesia Digital |date=April 2, 2012 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |language=es}}
- V. R. Athavale, 92, Indian singer.{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/gwalior-gharana-one-of-the-ancient-one/article21290240.ece |title=V. R. Athavale career}}
- Robert Breer, 84, American experimental filmmaker.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/sep/02/robert-breer-obituary |title=Robert Breer obituary |first=William |last=Fowler |date=September 2, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |newspaper=The Guardian}}
- Don Chandler, 76, American football player (New York Giants, Green Bay Packers).{{Cite web |url=https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/state-and-regional/former-nfl-kicker-and-tulsan-don-chandler-dies/article_4de5c291-e68b-5f2b-93cc-e151c404c2bd.html |title=Former NFL kicker and Tulsan Don Chandler dies |first=Rhett |last=Morgan |website=Tulsa World |date=August 12, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- George Devol, 99, American inventor, creator of Unimate, the first industrial robot.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/16/business/george-devol-developer-of-robot-arm-dies-at-99.html |title=George Devol, Developer of Robot Arm, Dies at 99 |first=Jeremy |last=Pearce |date=August 15, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
- Karen Drambjan, 57, Armenian-born Estonian activist, shot.{{Cite web |url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-estonia-shooting-idUKTRE77A3AJ20110811 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306162151/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-estonia-shooting-idUKTRE77A3AJ20110811 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |title=Gunman killed after Estonian ministry shooting |date=August 11, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |website=Reuters}}
- Ignacio Flores, 58, Mexican football player (Cruz Azul, national team), shot.{{Cite web |url=https://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/liga-mx/recibe-76-impactos-camioneta-nacho-flores |title=Recibe 76 impactos camioneta de "Nacho" Flores |website=Mediotiempo |date=November 8, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |language=es}}
- Mateo Flores, 89, Guatemalan Olympic athlete.{{Cite web |url=https://www.deguate.com/artman/publish/personajes_deportistas/biografia-de-mateo-flores.shtml |title=Biografía de Mateo Flores, máxima leyenda de la maratón de Guatemala |website=Deguate.com |language=es}}
- Noach Flug, 86, Polish-born Israeli economist, advocate for rights of Holocaust survivors.{{Cite news |url=https://www.haaretz.com/1.5044786 |title=United Survivors in Push for Benefits |date=August 12, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |newspaper=Haaretz}}
- Richard Floyd, 80, American politician and lawmaker.{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-richard-floyd-20110814,0,6285825.story |title=Richard Floyd dies at 80; tough-talking California lawmaker |website=Los Angeles Times |date=August 14, 2011 |access-date=September 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822190403/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-richard-floyd-20110814,0,6285825.story |archive-date=August 22, 2011 |url-status=live}}
- Clair George, 81, American CIA officer (Iran–Contra affair), cardiac arrest.{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/clair-e-george-cia-officer-who-figured-in-iran-contra-scandal-dies-at-81/2011/08/12/gIQAADpzBJ_story.html |title=Clair E. George, CIA officer who figured in Iran-contra scandal, dies at 81 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- David Holbrook, 88, English writer and academic.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2011/sep/01/david-holbrook-obituary |title=David Holbrook obituary |first=Tom |last=Deveson |date=September 1, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |newspaper=The Guardian}}
- Jani Lane, 47, American musician (Warrant).{{Cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=161881 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812115329/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=161881 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 12, 2011 |title=Former Warrant Singer Jani Lane Dead At 47 |website=Blabbermouth.net |date=August 12, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Scott LeDoux, 62, American boxer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/13/sports/scott-ledoux-gritty-heavyweight-boxing-contender-dies-at-62.html |title=Scott LeDoux, Gritty Heavyweight Boxing Contender, Dies at 62 |first=Dennis |last=Hevesi |date=August 12, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
- Karen Overington, 59, Australian politician, Victorian MLA for Ballarat West (1999–2010).{{Cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-11/former-labor-mp-dies/2835266 |title=Former Labor MP Karen Overington dies |date=August 11, 2011 |website=ABC News |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Bob Shamansky, 84, American politician, U.S. Representative from Ohio (1981–1983).{{Cite news |url=https://www.dispatch.com/article/20110815/NEWS/308159811 |title=Robert N. Shamansky 1927-2011: Lawyer served term in Congress |first=Theodore |last=Decker |newspaper=The Columbus Dispatch |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Johann Traxler, 52, Austrian Olympic cyclist.{{Cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tr/johann-traxler-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418044210/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tr/johann-traxler-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Johann Traxler Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Joe Trimble, 80, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates).{{Cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nwitimes/obituary.aspx?n=tommie-joe-trumble-tj&pid=154639605&fhid=4979 |title=Tommie Joe "TJ" Trumble's Obituary in The Times |website=Legacy.com |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Paul Wilkinson, 74, British academic, expert on the study of terrorism (University of St Andrews).{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-14503770 |title=University terrorism expert dies |date=August 12, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |website=BBC News}}
- Bob Will, 80, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).{{Cite web |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?n=ROBERT-L-WILL&pid=153120260 |title=Robert Will's Obituary in the Chicago Tribune |website=Legacy.com |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
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- Patricia Acioli, 47, Brazilian judge and feminist, shot.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/brazil/8699387/Brazilian-judge-Patricia-Acioli-gunned-down-near-Rio.html|title=Brazilian judge Patricia Acioli gunned down near Rio}}
- Austin-Emile Burke, 89, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Halifax (1991–1998).{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bburkea|Archbishop Austin-Emile Burke|access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Ernie Johnson, 87, American baseball player (Boston Braves/Milwaukee Braves, Baltimore Orioles) and broadcaster (Atlanta Braves).{{Cite web |url=http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2011/08/12/legendary-braves-broadcaster-johnson-dies/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020215853/http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2011/08/12/legendary-braves-broadcaster-johnson-dies/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 20, 2011 |title=Legendary Braves broadcaster Johnson dies – updated |website=Atlanta Braves |date=October 20, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Karl Kittsteiner, 91, German cyclist and National Champion (1946).{{Cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=9098 |title=Karl Kittsteiner |website=Cycling Archives |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Charles P. Murray, Jr., 89, American Army colonel, Medal of Honor recipient, heart failure.{{Cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/12/idUS229779+12-Aug-2011+PRN20110812 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201090502/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/12/idUS229779+12-Aug-2011+PRN20110812 |url-status=dead |title=Medal of Honor Recipient Charles P. Murray, Jr. Passes Away at 90 |website=Reuters |access-date=July 16, 2019 |archive-date=February 1, 2013}}
- Robert Robinson, 83, English radio and television presenter.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-14514388 |title=Robert Robinson dies at age of 83 |date=August 13, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |website=BBC News}}
*Francisco Solano López, 83, Argentine comics artist (El Eternauta), complications from a stroke.{{Cite news |url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/ultimas/20-174339-2011-08-12.html |title=Murió Francisco Solano López |newspaper=Página/12 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |language=es}}
- Pierpaolo Spangaro, 69, Italian Olympic swimmer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sp/pierpaolo-spangaro-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418012006/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sp/pierpaolo-spangaro-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Pierpaolo Spangaro Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
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- Álvaro Lara, 26, Chilean footballer, traffic collision.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/universidad-catolica/ex-jugador-de-rangers-curico-unido-y-la-uc-murio-en-accidente-de/2011-11-20/104751.html |title=Ex jugador de Rangers, Curicó Unido y la UC murió en accidente de tránsito |website=Radio Cooperativa |access-date=July 16, 2019 |language=es}}
- Chris Lawrence, 78, British racing driver and engineer, cancer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.classicandsportscar.com/news/general-classic-car-news/morgan-racing-legend-and-monica-creator-chris-lawrence-dies |title=Morgan racing legend and Monica creator Chris Lawrence dies |date=August 15, 2011 |website=Classic & Sports Car |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Ctirad Mašín, 81, Czech resistance fighter.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-resistance-fighter-ctirad-masin-dies-in-united-states/674383 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329054138/http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-resistance-fighter-ctirad-masin-dies-in-united-states/674383 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 29, 2012 |title=Czech resistance fighter Ctirad Masin dies in United States |website=České Noviny |date=March 29, 2012 |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Tareque Masud, 54, Bangladeshi independent film director, traffic collision.{{Cite web |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2011/08/13/crash-victims-bodies-arrive-probe-begins |title=Crash victims' bodies arrive, probe begins |website=Bdnews24.com |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Mishuk Munier, 52, Bangladeshi journalist, photography director, media specialist and cinematographer, traffic collision.{{Cite web |url=http://news.priyo.com/law-and-order/2011/08/13/tarique-masud-killed-road-cras-34551.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407043521/http://news.priyo.com/law-and-order/2011/08/13/tarique-masud-killed-road-cras-34551.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 7, 2015 |title=Tareq Masud, Mishuk Munir killed in road crash |website=Priyo News |date=April 7, 2015 |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Jesús del Pozo, 65, Spanish fashion designer, pulmonary emphysema.{{Cite web |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/08/15/11/spanish-fashion-designer-jesus-del-pozo-dies-aged-64 |title=Spanish fashion designer Jesus del Pozo dies aged 64 |agency=Agence France-Presse |website=ABS-CBN News |date=August 15, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Topi Sorsakoski, 58, Finnish singer, lung cancer.{{Cite web |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/singer_topi_sorsakoski_dead_at_58/5406167 |title=Singer Topi Sorsakoski dead at 58 |website=Yle Uutiset |date=August 13, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Ellen Winther, 78, Danish opera singer and actress.{{Cite web |url=http://esctoday.com/news/read/17593 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118211019/http://esctoday.com/news/read/17593 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 18, 2011 |title=Denmark: Ellen Winther dies at the age of 78 |website=ESC Today |date=November 18, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
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- Fritz Bach, 77, Austrian-born American transplant physician and immunologist.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/18/us/18bach.html |title=Fritz Bach, Who Aided Transplant Survival, Dies at 77 |first=Douglas |last=Martin |date=August 17, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
- Jonathan Bacon, 30, American gangster, shot.{{cite news |url=https://vancouversun.com/news/crime/guilty-pleas-in-jonathan-bacon-murder-coming-tuesday |title=Jonathan Bacon shot in a casino gunfire}}
- Albert Brown, 105, American World War II veteran, oldest survivor of Bataan Death March.{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-albert-brown-20110817,0,6539916.story |title=Albert Brown dies at 105; oldest survivor of Bataan Death March |website=Los Angeles Times |date=August 17, 2011 |access-date=September 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830025008/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-albert-brown-20110817,0,6539916.story |archive-date=August 30, 2011 |url-status=live}}
- Kase2 (Jeff Brown), 52, graffiti writer and contributor to the hip-hop movement.{{Cite web |url=https://hyperallergic.com/33197/rip-kase-2/ |title=The King of Style Is Dead or Why Aren't Style Innovators Getting More Respect? |website=Hyperallergic |date=August 23, 2011 |access-date=February 15, 2021}}
- Yekaterina Golubeva, 44, Russian actress.{{Cite web |url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/2011/08/18/cinema/actualite-cinema/katerina-golubeva-disparition-dune-actrice-mysterieuse-et-felee/ |title=Katerina Golubeva: disparition d'une actrice mystérieuse et fêlée |website=Les Inrockuptibles |access-date=July 16, 2019 |language=fr}}
- Shammi Kapoor, 79, Indian film actor and director, renal failure.{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Film-actor-Shammi-Kapoor-passes-away-last-rites-to-be-performed-tomorrow/articleshow/9598394.cms |title=Film actor Shammi Kapoor passes away, last rites to be performed tomorrow |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Fritz Korbach, 66, German football player and manager, laryngeal cancer.{{Cite web |url=https://nos.nl/l/264357 |title=Trainer Korbach (66) overleden |website=Nos.nl |date=August 15, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |language=nl}}
- Paul Reeves, 78, New Zealand Anglican archbishop, Primate (1980–1985), Governor-General (1985–1990), cancer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/5441812/Sir-Paul-Reeves-dead-aged-78 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121220184534/http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5441812/Sir-Paul-Reeves-dies-aged-78 |url-status=live |title=Sir Paul Reeves dead, aged 78 |website=Stuff |date=August 14, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |archive-date=December 20, 2012}}
- Friedrich Schoenfelder, 94, German actor.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bild.de/regional/berlin/schauspieler-friedrich-schoenfelder-gestorben-19408264.bild.html |title=Schauspieler Friedrich Schoenfelder gestorben |newspaper=Bild |language=de |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Shawn Tompkins, 37, Canadian kickboxer and mixed martial artist, suspected heart attack.{{cite web |url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/mma/post/2011/08/report-mma-trainer-tompkins-died-of-heart-attack/415423/1 |title=Report: MMA trainer Tompkins died of heart attack |date=August 2011 |newspaper=USA Today |access-date=2019-07-16}}
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- Nenad Bijedić, 51, Bosnian football manager, cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.ntvspor.net/futbol/nejat-biyedici-kaybettik-579e5cedc873cc20ac3dbdb2 |title=Nejat Biyediç'i kaybettik |website=NTV Spor |language=tr}}
- Colin Harvey, 50, British science fiction writer and editor, stroke.{{cite web |url=http://angryrobotbooks.com/2011/08/colin-harvey-rip/ |title=Colin Harvey RIP |website=Angry Robot Books |date=2011-08-16 |access-date=2019-07-16 |archive-date=October 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006164842/http://angryrobotbooks.com/2011/08/colin-harvey-rip/ |url-status=dead }}
- Michael Legat, 88, British author and publisher.{{Cite web |url=http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=153254956 |title=Obituary: Michael Ronald Legat |access-date=September 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505100418/http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=153254956 |archive-date=May 5, 2013 |url-status=dead}}
- Peter Mair, 60, Irish political scientist.{{cite news |url=https://notices.irishtimes.com/death/mair-professor-peter/11028925 |title=Mair, Professor Peter : Death notice |newspaper=The Irish Times}}
- Solomon Mujuru, 62, Zimbabwean military officer and politician, injuries from a fire.{{cite web |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2011-08-16-zimbabwes-general-solomon-mujuru-dies-in-fire/ |title=Zimbabwe's General Solomon Mujuru dies in fire |first=Nickolaus |last=Bauer |website=The M&G Online|date=August 16, 2011 }}
- Wim Peeters, 85, South African Olympic shooter.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/wim-peeters-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418122046/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/wim-peeters-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Wim Peeters Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com}}
- Hugo Perié, 67, Argentine politician, MP (since 2003), Montoneros militant, lung disease.{{cite news |url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/ultimas/20-174543-2011-08-15.html |title=Murió el diputado correntino Hugo Perié |newspaper=Página/12 |language=es}}
- Sif Ruud, 95, Swedish actress.{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/sif-ruud-avliden |title=Sif Ruud avliden |first=Lars |last=Ring |date=August 16, 2011 |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |language=sv}}
- Rick Rypien, 27, Canadian ice hockey player (Vancouver Canucks), suicide.{{Cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/hundreds-attend-funeral-for-nhler-rick-rypien/article2136233/ |title=Hundreds attend funeral for NHLer Rick Rypien |website=The Globe and Mail |access-date=August 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107064401/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/hundreds-attend-funeral-for-nhler-rick-rypien/article2136233/ |archive-date=November 7, 2016 |url-status=dead}}
- Tōru Shōriki, 92, Japanese baseball team owner (Tokyo Giants), sepsis.{{cite news |url=http://www.sponichi.co.jp/baseball/news/2011/08/15/kiji/K20110815001418090.html |title=巨人名誉オーナー 正力亨氏 92歳で死去 |newspaper=Sports Nippon |date=2011-08-15 |access-date=2019-07-16 |language=ja}}
- Betty Thatcher, 67, British lyricist (Renaissance), cancer.{{Cite web |url=http://renaissancetouring.com/2011/08/betty-thatcher/ |title=Renaissance Blog: Betty Thatcher |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
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- Vladimir Antakov, 54, Soviet Olympic hockey player.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/vladimir-antakov-1.html |title=Vladimir Antakov Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418051931/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/vladimir-antakov-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-18}}
- Andrej Bajuk, 67, Slovenian politician and economist, Prime Minister (2000), stroke.{{Cite web |url=http://www.sta.si/en/vest.php?s=a&id=1665828 |title=Former Prime Minister Andrej Bajuk Dies |access-date=September 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913225738/http://www.sta.si/en/vest.php?s=a&id=1665828 |archive-date=September 13, 2012 |url-status=dead}}
- Mihri Belli, 96, Turkish politician and writer, respiratory failure.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bianet.org/bianet/siyaset/132155-mihri-belli-aramizdan-ayrildi |title=Mihri Belli Aramızdan Ayrıldı |website=Bianet |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Creed Black, 86, American newspaper publisher (Lexington Herald-Leader).{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/18/business/media/creed-c-black-newspaper-executive-dies-at-86.html |title=Creed C. Black, Newspaper Executive, Dies at 86 |first=Douglas |last=Martin |date=August 17, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
- Huw Ceredig, 69, Welsh actor.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-14548635 |title=Hollywood star's Ceredig tribute |date=August 17, 2011 |website=BBC News}}
- Albert Facchiano, 101, American mobster.{{cite web |url=http://www.tributes.com/show/92209944 |title=Albert Facchiano Obituary |website=Tributes.com}}
- Akiko Futaba, 96, Japanese ryūkōka singer.{{cite web |url=https://www.tokyohive.com/article/2011/08/singer-futaba-akiko-passes-away-due-to-acute-heart-failure |title=Singer Futaba Akiko passes away due to acute heart failure |website=TokyoHive}}
- Ahmet Kıbıl, 58, Turkish Olympic skier.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/ahmet-kibil-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418121755/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/ahmet-kibil-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Ahmet Kıbıl Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com}}
- Bruno Monti, 81, Italian Olympic cyclist.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/bruno-monti-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418013016/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/bruno-monti-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Bruno Monti Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com}}
- Frank Munro, 63, Scottish footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.), heart attack.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/scotland/14559724 |title=Scotland and Wolves star Frank Munro dies age 63 |date=August 17, 2011 |website=BBC News}}
- Pete Pihos, 87, American Hall of Fame football player (Philadelphia Eagles), Alzheimer's disease.{{cite news |url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2011/08/hall-of-fame-wr-pete-pihos-passes-away/1 |title=Hall of Fame WR Pete Pihos passes away |newspaper=USA Today}}
- Leo Rodríguez, 82, Mexican baseball player.{{cite web |url=http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/2011/08/all-time-great-3b-rodriguez-dies-at-age.html |title=All-Time Great 3B Rodriguez Dies At Age 82 |first=Bruce |last=Baskin |work=Baseball Mexico |date=August 17, 2011}}
- Ramesh Saxena, 66, Indian cricketer, brain haemorrhage.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/527816.html |title=Former India batsman Ramesh Saxena dies |date=August 17, 2011 |website=Cricinfo}}
- Bernard William Schmitt, 82, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston (1989–2004).{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bschmitt|Bishop Bernard William Schmitt}}
- Aud Talle, 65, Norwegian social anthropologist.{{cite web |url=https://nai.uu.se/news/articles/2011/08/18/151328/index.xml |title=Aud Talle has left us |website=Nordic Africa Institute |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123081353/https://nai.uu.se/news/articles/2011/08/18/151328/index.xml |archive-date=November 23, 2015}}
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- Augustus Aikhomu, 72, Nigerian admiral and politician, Vice President (1986–1993).{{cite news |url=http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/16522-life-and-times-of-an-admiral.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110921022952/http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/16522-life-and-times-of-an-admiral.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-09-21 |title=Life and times of an Admiral |newspaper=The Nation |access-date=2019-07-16}}
- Hrach Bartikyan, 84, Armenian academician.{{cite web |url=http://www.wua.am/writers/bartikyan_hrach/eng.htm |title=Hrach Bartikyan's bio |access-date=April 22, 2021 |archive-date=August 20, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820070222/http://www.wua.am/writers/bartikyan_hrach/eng.htm |url-status=dead }}
- Vasyl Dzharty, 53, Ukrainian politician, Prime Minister of Crimea (since 2010), cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.kyivpost.com/article/content/ukraine-politics/crimean-prime-minister-dzharty-dies-110989.html |title=Crimean Prime Minister Dzharty dies |date=August 17, 2011 |newspaper=Kyiv Post}}
- Gualtiero Jacopetti, 91, Italian documentary film director.{{cite web |url=http://affaritaliani.libero.it/culturaspettacoli/addio_al_regista_gualtiero_jacopetti.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325171322/http://affaritaliani.libero.it/culturaspettacoli/addio_al_regista_gualtiero_jacopetti.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-03-25 |title=Addio al regista Gualtiero Jacopetti |website=Affaritaliani |language=it |date=2012-03-25 |access-date=2019-07-16}}
- Michel Mohrt, 97, French writer, member of the Académie française (since 1985).{{cite news |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2011/08/17/97001-20110817FILWWW00357-info-le-figaro-deces-du-romancier-michel-mohrt.php |title=Décès du romancier Michel Mohrt |date=August 17, 2011 |newspaper=Le Figaro |language=fr}}
- Pierre Quinon, 49, French pole vaulter and Olympic champion (1984), suicide by self-defenestration.{{cite web |url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/sports/former-olympic-champion-pierre-quinon-commits-suicide-177229 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008052550/http://www.ndtv.com/article/sports/former-olympic-champion-pierre-quinon-commits-suicide-177229 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-10-08 |title=Former Olympic champion Pierre Quinon commits suicide |website=NDTV.com |date=2011-08-18 |access-date=2019-07-16}}
- Bill Robinson, 72, New Zealand scientist.{{cite web |url=http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/2011/08/18/tribute-to-dr-bill-robinson/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603131959/http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/2011/08/18/tribute-to-dr-bill-robinson/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-06-03 |title=Tribute to Dr Bill Robinson FRSNZ |website=Royal Society of New Zealand |access-date=2019-07-16}}
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- John Bean, 48, Australian cinematographer, helicopter crash.{{Cite web|url=http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/bean-john-wayne-16733|title=Obituary - John Wayne Bean - Obituaries Australia}}
- Samir Chanda, 53, Indian art film director, cardiac arrest.{{Cite web |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/article/69926.html |title=Art Director Samir Chanda no more |access-date=September 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110908171908/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/article/69926.html |archive-date=September 8, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
- Peter George Davis, 87, English Royal Marine officer,{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/special-forces-obituaries/8736012/Lieutenant-Colonel-Pug-Davis.html |title=Lieutenant-Colonel 'Pug' Davis |date=September 1, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
- Simon De Jong, 69, Canadian politician, MP for Regina East (1979–1988) and Regina—Qu'Appelle (1988–1997), leukemia.{{Cite web |url=http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Simon-De+Jong&lc=3745&pid=153255617&mid=4786900 |title=Simon De Jong Obituary |website=Dignity Memorial |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Bill Gray, 88, American football player (Washington Redskins).{{Cite web |url=http://obits.oregonlive.com/obituaries/oregon/obituary.aspx?n=william-robertson-gray&pid=153270485 |title=William Gray's Obituary in The Oregonian |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Johnson, 58, Indian film music composer, cardiac arrest.{{cite web |url=http://www.chitramala.in/news/malayalam-music-maestro-johnson-died-126691.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140629153107/http://www.chitramala.in/news/malayalam-music-maestro-johnson-died-126691.html |title=Malayalam music maestro Johnson died! |access-date=June 28, 2014 |archive-date=June 29, 2014}}
- Paul Lockyer, 61, Australian journalist, helicopter crash.{{cite news |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/three-lost-on-abcs-saddest-of-days/news-story/53bb0294ccedb5fb0f659e29e1d31758 |title=Three lost on ABC's 'saddest of days' |date=August 19, 2011 |newspaper=The Australian |url-access=subscription}}
- Herb Pfuhl, 83, American politician, longest-serving mayor of Johnstown, Pennsylvania (1971–1977, 1982–1993).{{cite news |url=https://www.tribdem.com/news/local_news/former-mayor-pfuhl-dies/article_f45fd40a-a3e0-5e77-b49a-21cfa8b36d20.html |title=Former mayor Pfuhl dies |first=Mike |last=Fahermfaher |newspaper=The Tribune-Democrat}}
- Maurice M. Rapport, 91, American neuroscience biochemist.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/03/health/03rapport.html |title=Maurice M. Rapport, Who Studied Serotonin, Dies at 91 |first=William |last=Grimes |date=September 2, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
- Scotty Robertson, 81, American basketball coach (New Orleans Jazz, Chicago Bulls, Detroit Pistons), cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/2011-08-18-scotty-robertson-obit-jazz-bulls-lousiana-tech-pistons_n.htm |title=Former Jazz, Louisiana Tech coach Scotty Robertson dies |newspaper=USA Today}}
- Jerome J. Shestack, 88, American human rights activist and attorney, President of American Bar Association (1997–1998).{{cite web |url=https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/press-release/statement-elisa-massimino-celebrating-life-human-rights-first-co-founder-jerry |title=Statement of Elisa Massimino Celebrating the Life of Human Rights First Co-Founder Jerry Shestack |website=Human Rights First |access-date=July 16, 2019 |archive-date=July 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716204605/https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/press-release/statement-elisa-massimino-celebrating-life-human-rights-first-co-founder-jerry |url-status=dead }}
- Jean Tabary, 81, French comic strip artist.{{Cite web |url=http://en.artmediaagency.com/27018/death-of-jean-tabary/ |title=Death of Jean Tabary |access-date=August 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903111343/http://en.artmediaagency.com/27018/death-of-jean-tabary/ |archive-date=September 3, 2014 |url-status=dead}}
- Norm Willey, 83, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles).{{cite web |url=https://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110820/APS/1108200709 |title=Former Eagles defensive end, Willey, 83, dies |website=GoErie.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926004827/https://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20110820%2FAPS%2F1108200709 |archive-date=September 26, 2012 |access-date=March 6, 2021 }}
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- John Abley, 81, Australian football player, cardiac arrest.{{cite web |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/magpies-mourn-defensive-ace-abley/news-story/5b1bbd66d2f3a4f77111b6062343b001 |title=Magpies mourn defensive ace Abley |date=August 19, 2011 |website=AdelaideNow}}
- Hendrina Afrikaner, 58–59, Namibian politician, car accident.{{cite web|url=http://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?archive_id=84926|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150309101923/http://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?archive_id=84926|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-03-09| title=The Namibian }}
- Merv Brooks, 92, Australian footballer.{{cite web |url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/122552/default.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011011314/http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/122552/default.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-10-11 |title=Lions honour Roy boy |website=Australian Football League |access-date=2019-07-16}}
- Gil Courtemanche, 68, Canadian journalist and novelist (Un dimanche à la piscine à Kigali), cancer.{{cite web |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/527660/deces-gil-courtemanche |title=Le monde de la culture rend hommage à Gil Courtemanche |website=Radio-Canada |date=August 19, 2011 |language=fr}}
- Gun Hägglund, 79, Swedish television personality, Sweden's first female television news presenter, after short illness.{{cite news |url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/tv-profilen-gun-hagglund-ar-dod/ |title=Tv-profilen Gun Hägglund är död |date=August 23, 2011 |newspaper=Dagens Nyheter |language=sv}}
- Kerima Polotan Tuvera, 85, Filipino author and journalist.{{cite news |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2011/08/21/718630/writer-and-journalist-kerima-polotan-tuvera-85 |title=Writer and journalist Kerima Polotan Tuvera, 85 |newspaper=The Philippine Star}}
- Brian Pope, 100, English rugby union player.{{cite web |url=http://www.espnscrum.com/england/rugby/story/146812.html |title=RFU pays tribute to Brian Pope |website=ESPN scrum}}
- Raúl Ruiz, 70, Chilean film director (Three Lives and Only One Death, Time Regained), pulmonary infection.{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/r-i-p-raoul-ruiz-prolific-and-enigmatic-director-1798227091 |title=R.I.P. Raoul Ruiz, prolific and enigmatic director |first=Sean |last=O'Neal |website=The A.V. Club|date=August 19, 2011 }}
- Jimmy Sangster, 83, British director and screenwriter (Hammer Films).{{cite web |url=http://www.britmovie.co.uk/2011/08/19/jimmy-sangster-hammer-writer-and-director-dies-at-83/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001195932/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/2011/08/19/jimmy-sangster-hammer-writer-and-director-dies-at-83/ |archive-date=2011-10-01 |title=Jimmy Sangster, Hammer writer and director, dies at 83 |date=October 1, 2011 |website=Britmovie}}
- Vilem Sokol, 96, American conductor and music professor, cancer.{{Cite web |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015969279_sokolobit21m.html |title=Revered maestro Vilem Sokol gave his love of music to all |access-date=September 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110921071144/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015969279_sokolobit21m.html |archive-date=September 21, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
- Vladimir Torban, 78, Soviet basketballer, 1956 Olympic silver medalist, two-times European champion.{{cite web |url=http://www.dynamobasket.com/articles.php?articles_type=1&aID=8945&cID=52 |title=19 августа 2011 ушел из жизни - Торбан Владимир Александрович |website=MBC Dynamo Moscow |language=ru}}
- Yevhen Yevseyev, 24, Ukrainian footballer, car accident.{{cite web |url=http://un.ua/eng/article/345771.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901111048/http://un.ua/eng/article/345771.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-01 |title=Arsenal Kyiv Football Club's Player Yevseev Killed In Automobile Accident In Ivano-Frankivsk |website=Ukrainian News |access-date=2019-07-16}}
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- George C. Axtell, 90, American military officer, United States Marine Corps lieutenant-general.{{cite news |url=https://www.tryondailybulletin.com/2011/08/23/lt-gen-george-c-axtell-usmc-ret-an-american-hero/ |title=Lt. Gen. George C. Axtell (USMC Ret.) An American Hero |newspaper=Tryon Daily Bulletin}}
- Reza Badiyi, 81, Iranian-born American television director (Mission: Impossible, The Six Million Dollar Man).{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-reza-badiyi-20110822,0,7589597.story |title=Reza Badiyi dies at 81; prolific TV director |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=September 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905050953/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-reza-badiyi-20110822,0,7589597.story |archive-date=September 5, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
- Ross Barbour, 82, American singer, last founding member of The Four Freshmen, lung cancer.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/24/arts/music/ross-barbour-a-founding-freshman-dies-at-82.html |title=Ross Barbour, a Founding 'Freshman,' Dies at 82 |first=Douglas |last=Martin |date=August 23, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
- Fred Fay, 66, American leader in the disability rights movement.{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-xpm-2011-sep-04-la-me-frederick-fay-20110904-story.html |title=Frederick A. Fay dies at 66; advocate for rights of the disabled |date=September 4, 2011 |website=Los Angeles Times}}
- Charles Gubser, 95, American politician, U.S. Representative from California (1953–1974).{{Cite web |url=http://www.habingfamily.com/obituary/1247976?lud=E1A3BF2C4B6CB74B6AC6FA85FC0B4477 |title=Obituary: Charles S. Gubser |website=Habing Family Funeral Home}}
- Rafael Halperin, 87, Israeli businessman and professional wrestler.{{Cite news |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4111460,00.html |title=Rabbi Rafael Halperin passes away |date=August 20, 2011 |website=Ynetnews}}
- Patricia Hardy, 79, American actress, colon cancer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/actress-patricia-hardy-dies-at-229496 |title=Actress Patricia Hardy Dies at 80 |website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=August 30, 2011 }}
- Chal Port, 80, American baseball coach (The Citadel).{{Cite web |url=http://citadelsports.com/sports/bsb/2011-12/releases/201108201ewiek |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122041429/http://citadelsports.com/sports/bsb/2011-12/releases/201108201ewiek |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 22, 2011 |title=Legendary Baseball Coach Chal Port Passes |website=The Citadel |date=November 22, 2011}}
- Jethu Singh Rajpurohit, 90, Indian politician.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rajpurohit.org/jethusinghji.html |title=JethuSinghji SamratSinghji Rajpurohit |website=Rajpurohit.org}}
- Angelo Maria Rivato, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ponta de Pedras (1967–2002).{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|brivato|Bishop Angelo Maria Rivato}}
- Ram Sharan Sharma, 91, Indian historian.{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/us |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110911211555/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-21/india/29911647_1_rs-sharma-delhi-university-history-professor |url-status=live |title=Historian Ram Sharan Sharma passes away in Patna |access-date=July 16, 2019 |newspaper=The Times of India |archive-date=September 11, 2011}}
- Vernon Stratton, 83, British Olympic sailor.{{Cite web |url=https://www.sail-world.com/Canada/Remembering-past-Olympian-Vernon-Stratton/87633 |title=Remembering past Olympian Vernon Stratton |website=Sail-world.com}}
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- Dharani Dhar Awasthi, 88, Indian botanist, taxonomist, and lichenologist.{{cite web |url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail/N84-0033 |title=Dharani Dhar Awasthi obituary |access-date=April 20, 2021 |archive-date=August 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810115256/http://insaindia.res.in/detail/N84-0033 |url-status=dead }}
- Dame Christine Cole Catley, 88, New Zealand journalist, publisher and author, lung cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5481400/Acclaimed-journalist-dies |title=Acclaimed journalist dies |website=Stuff|date=August 21, 2011 }}
- Sir Donald Farquharson, 83, British jurist.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8750782/Sir-Donald-Farquharson.html |title=Sir Donald Farquharson |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
- Patrick Guillemin, 60, French actor and voice actor, heart attack.[https://www.telez.fr/actus-tv/lacteur-patrick-guillemin-voix-des-simpson-est-decede/ L’acteur Patrick Guillemin, voix des « Simpson », est décédé] (in French)
- Brian Harrison, 89, Australian-born British politician and businessman, MP for Maldon (1955–1974).{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/8772334/Brian-Harrison.html |title=Brian Harrison |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
- Budd Hopkins, 80, American artist and UFO researcher, liver cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/25/arts/design/budd-hopkins-abstract-artist-and-ufo-author-dies-at-80.html |title=Budd Hopkins, Abstract Artist and U.F.O. Author, Dies at 80 |first=Margalit |last=Fox |date=August 24, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
- John R. Hubbard, 92, American diplomat, President of University of Southern California (1970–1980), United States Ambassador to India (1988–1989).{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/john-hubbard-us-ambassador-and-usc-president-dies/2011/08/23/gIQAU12QcJ_story.html |title=John Hubbard, U.S. ambassador and USC president, dies |newspaper=The Washington Post}}
- John J. Kelley, 80, American Olympic long-distance runner, winner of the 1957 Boston Marathon.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/22/sports/john-j-kelley-marathon-champion-dies-at-80.html |title=John J. Kelley, Marathon Champion, Dies at 80 |first=Frank |last=Litsky |date=August 21, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
- Irène Pittelioen, 84, French Olympic gymnast.{{cite web |url=http://memoire.lavoixdunord.fr/espace/madame-irene-eggremont/122886 |title=Madame Irène Eggremont née Pittelioen |website=Mémoire |language=fr}}
- Ezra Sued, 88, Argentine footballer (Racing Club de Avellaneda), infection.{{cite news |url=https://www.clarin.com/deportes/Murio-gloria-Racing-Ezra-Sued_0_HkhGVGRnv7l.html |title=Murió una gloria de Racing: Ezra Sued |newspaper=Clarín |language=es}}
- Muga Takewaki, 67, Japanese actor, cerebrovascular disease.{{cite news |url=http://mdn.mainichi.jp/arts/news/20110822p2g00m0et107000c.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822234954/http://mdn.mainichi.jp/arts/news/20110822p2g00m0et107000c.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-08-22 |title=Actor Muga Takewaki dies at 67 |newspaper=The Mainichi Daily News |access-date=2019-07-16}}
- Edith Tiempo, 92, Filipino author, National Artist of the Philippines, heart attack.{{cite news |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/45431/natl-artist-for-literature-edith-tiempo-passes-away |title=Nat'l artist for literature Edith Tiempo passes away |first=Alex Rey |last=Pal |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer}}
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- Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, 40, Libyan-born Afghan Al-Qaeda leader.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/aug/27/al-qaida-two-killed-pakistan |title=Al-Qaida's number two killed in Pakistan |agency=Associated Press |date=August 27, 2011 |newspaper=The Guardian}}
- Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani, 72, Yemeni politician, Prime Minister (1994–1997).{{Cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/yemen-death-idUSL5E7JM1RX20110822 |title=Yemen politician dies of wounds from attack on Saleh |date=August 22, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |website=Reuters}}
- Ray Abruzzese, 73, American football player (Buffalo Bills, New York Jets).{{cite web |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/raymond-abruzzese-jr-obituary?pid=153253715 |title=Raymond L. Abruzzese, Jr. Obituary |website=Legacy.com|date=August 22, 2011 }}
- Nickolas Ashford, 70, American R&B singer (Ashford & Simpson) and songwriter ("Ain't No Mountain High Enough"), throat cancer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-nick-ashford-20110824,0,1896038.story |title=Nick Ashford of Ashford & Simpson songwriting team dies at 70 |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=September 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909061534/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-nick-ashford-20110824,0,1896038.story |archive-date=September 9, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
- John Howard Davies, 72, English television producer and director (Fawlty Towers, The Good Life), former child actor (Oliver Twist), cancer.{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/8718897/John-Howard-Davies.html |title=John Howard Davies |date=August 23, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
- Kamal el-Shennawi, 89, Egyptian actor.{{cite web |url=https://egyptianchronicles.blogspot.com/2011/08/rip-kamal-shennawi-1921-2011.html |title=RIP Kamal Shennawi (1921-2011) |date=August 22, 2011 |website=Egyptian Chronicles}}
- Joan Gerber, 76, American voice actress (DuckTales).{{cite web |url=http://voicechasers.com/database/showactor.php?actorid=1266 |title=Joan Gerber |website=Voice Chasers |access-date=December 16, 2016 |archive-date=January 4, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104155556/http://voicechasers.com/database/showactor.php?actorid=1266 |url-status=dead }}
- Jesper Klein, 66, Danish actor, liver cancer.{{cite web |url=https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=180389 |title="Ballad of Carl-Henning" Actor Jesper Klein R.I.P. |website=Blu-ray Forum}}
- Jack Layton, 61, Canadian politician, Leader of the Official Opposition (2011) and New Democratic Party (2003–2011), cancer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/jack-layton-61-dies-after-struggle-with-cancer-1.686548 |title=Jack Layton, 61, dies after struggle with cancer |date=August 22, 2011 |access-date=September 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007032722/http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20110822/ndp-leader-jacklayton-obit/ |archive-date=October 7, 2011 |url-status=live}}
- Jerry Leiber, 78, American songwriter ("Stand By Me", "Hound Dog", "Jailhouse Rock"), cardiopulmonary failure.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/songwriter-jerry-leiber-dies-at-78-246231/ |title=Songwriter Jerry Leiber Dies at 78 |first=Andy |last=Greene |date=August 22, 2011 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}
- Loriot, 87, German cartoonist and actor.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/loriot-german-comedy-legend-dead-226376 |title=Loriot, German Comedy Legend, Dead at 87 |website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=August 23, 2011 }}
- Samuel Menashe, 85, American poet, natural causes.{{cite web |url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2011/08/samuel-menashe.html |title=Poet Samuel Menashe has died |date=August 23, 2011}}
- Žarko Nikolić, 74, Serbian footballer.{{cite news |url=https://sport.blic.rs/fudbal/domaci-fudbal/preminuo-kapiten-vosine-sampionske-generacije-zarko-nikolic/yyyy6lp |title=Preminuo kapiten Vošine šampionske generacije Žarko Nikolić |first=D. |last=Nikolić |newspaper=Blic |language=sr}}
- Casey Ribicoff, 88, American socialite and philanthropist, lung cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/26/nyregion/casey-ribicoff-widow-of-senator-dies-at-88.html |title=Casey Ribicoff, Widow of Senator, Dies at 88 |first=William |last=Grimes |date=August 25, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
- Michael Showers, 45, American actor (Treme, The Vampire Diaries, The Tree of Life), drowned.{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/treme-actor-found-dead-in-the-mississippi-river-1798227139 |title=Treme actor found dead in the Mississippi River |first=Sean |last=O'Neal |website=The A.V. Club|date=August 25, 2011 }}
- Thomas Syme, 83, British Olympic ice hockey player.{{Cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=thomas-w-syme&pid=153274018 |title=Thomas W. Syme's Obituary in the Los Angeles Times |website=Legacy.com |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
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- Akhtaruzzaman, 65, Bangladeshi film director.{{cite web|url=http://archive.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2011-08-23/news/180520|title=চলচ্চিত্র-নির্মাতা আক্তারুজ্জামান আর নেই - প্রথম আলো|access-date=April 18, 2021|archive-date=March 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305013022/http://archive.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2011-08-23/news/180520|url-status=dead}}
- J.C. Daniel, 84, Indian naturalist, lung cancer.{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Conservationist-JC-Daniel-dies-of-cancer/articleshow/9726399.cms |title=Conservationist JC Daniel dies of cancer |newspaper=The Times of India}}
- Paul Francis Duffy, 79, American-born Zambian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mongu (1997–2011).{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bduffp|Bishop Paul Francis Duffy}}
- Clare Hodges, 54, British campaigner for the medical use of cannabis, multiple sclerosis.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/sep/20/elizabeth-brice-obituary |title=Elizabeth Brice obituary |first=Duncan |last=Dallas |date=September 20, 2011 |newspaper=The Guardian}}
- Sybil Jason, 83, American child actress.{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/sybil-jason-child-star-and-screen-rival-to-shirley-temple-dies-at-83/2011/08/26/gIQAJBw7gJ_story.html |title=Sybil Jason, child star and screen rival to Shirley Temple, dies at 83 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}
- David Lunn-Rockliffe, 86, British businessman co-founder of the River and Rowing Museum, heart failure.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/oct/03/david-lunn-rockliffe |title=David Lunn-Rockliffe obituary |first=Christopher |last=Dodd |date=October 3, 2011 |newspaper=The Guardian}}
- Jim Peckham, 81, American Olympic wrestler.{{Cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/jim-peckham-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418122021/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/jim-peckham-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Jim Peckham Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com}}
- Frank Potenza, 77, American police officer and actor (Jimmy Kimmel Live!), cancer.{{Cite web |url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-08-23/entertainment/29939634_1_abc-s-jimmy-kimmel-live-frank-sinatra-nephew |title=Frank Potenza, 'Uncle Frank' on nephew Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show, dead at 77 |access-date=September 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107193543/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-08-23/entertainment/29939634_1_abc-s-jimmy-kimmel-live-frank-sinatra-nephew |archive-date=January 7, 2012 |url-status=dead}}
- Hasballah M. Saad, 63, Indonesian politician, Human Rights Minister (1999–2000).{{Cite news |url=http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/politics/former-human-rights-minister-dies-at-63/461035 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929022713/http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/politics/former-human-rights-minister-dies-at-63/461035 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 29, 2012 |title=Former Human Rights Minister Dies at 63 |newspaper=Jakarta Globe |date=September 29, 2012}}
- Peter Terpeluk, Jr., 63, American diplomat, Ambassador to Luxembourg (2002–2005), heart attack.{{cite news|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/128369148.html |title=Peter Terpeluk Jr., 63, influential Republican |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131053243/http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/128369148.html |archive-date=2013-01-31}}
- June Wayne, 93, American artist and print maker.{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-june-wayne-20110825,0,1934004,full.story |title=June Wayne dies at 93; led revival of fine-art print making |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=September 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017113534/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-june-wayne-20110825,0,1934004,full.story |archive-date=October 17, 2012 |url-status=dead}}
- Willie Williams, 86, American Negro league baseball player.{{Cite news |url=https://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20110825/News/605211218 |title=Baseball pioneer Williams dies in Sarasota |first=Billy |last=Cox |newspaper=Sarasota Herald-Tribune }}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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- Frank DiLeo, 63, American music industry executive and actor (Goodfellas, Wayne's World), heart complications.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/25/arts/music/frank-dileo-michael-jacksons-manager-dies-at-63.html |title=Frank Dileo, Michael Jackson's Manager, Dies at 63 |first=Ben |last=Sisario |date=August 24, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
- Esther Gordy Edwards, 91, American Motown executive, creator of Hitsville U.S.A. museum.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/aug/30/esther-gordy-edwards-obituary |title=Esther Gordy Edwards obituary |first=Richard |last=Williams |date=August 30, 2011 |newspaper=The Guardian}}
- Seyhan Erözçelik, 49, Turkish poet.{{cite web |url=http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2011/08/seyhan-erozcelik-1962-2011/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009002706/http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2011/08/seyhan-erozcelik-1962-2011/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-10-09 |title=Seyhan Erözçelik, 1962-2011 |website=The Poetry Foundation |date=2012-10-09 |access-date=2019-07-16}}
- Mike Flanagan, 59, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Toronto Blue Jays), suicide by gunshot.{{Cite web |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110824&content_id=23719698&vkey=news_bal&c_id=bal |title=Longtime Oriole Flanagan dead at 59 |access-date=September 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107074027/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110824&content_id=23719698&vkey=news_bal&c_id=bal |archive-date=November 7, 2012 |url-status=dead}}
- Frederick A. Fox, 80, American composer and music educator.{{cite web |url=https://keisersouthernmusic.com/composers/frederick-fox |title=Frederick Fox |website=Keiser Southern Music |access-date=June 4, 2020 |archive-date=August 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811134404/https://www.keisersouthernmusic.com/composers/frederick-fox |url-status=dead }}
- Jenő Gerbovits, 86, Hungarian politician, minister without portfolio (1990–1991), tractor accident.{{cite web |url=http://index.hu/belfold/2011/08/24/traktorbalesetben_elhunyt_gerbovits_jeno_volt_tarca_nelkuli_miniszter/ |title=Traktorbalesetben elhunyt Gerbovits Jenő volt tárca nélküli miniszter |date=August 24, 2011 |website=Index.hu |language=hu}}
- Paul Harney, 82, American golfer.{{cite web |url=https://www.pgatour.com/news/2011/08/25/harney.html |title=Harney, six-time winner on PGA Tour, dies at 82 |website=PGA Tour}}
- Jack Hayes, 92, American composer and orchestrator (The Color Purple, The Unsinkable Molly Brown), natural causes.{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2011/film/news/composer-jack-hayes-dies-at-92-1118041892/ |title=Composer Jack Hayes dies at 92 |website=Variety|date=August 27, 2011 }}
- Clemente Isnard, 94, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nova Friburgo (1960–1992).{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bisnard|Bishop Clemente José Carlos Isnard}}
- George Knight, 90, English footballer (Burnley).{{cite news |url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/9242412.burnleys-last-pre-war-player-laid-to-rest/ |title=Burnley's last pre-war player laid to rest |newspaper=Lancashire Telegraph}}
- Joyce McDougall, 91, New Zealand-French psychoanalyst.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/oct/24/joyce-mcdougall-obituary |title=Joyce McDougall obituary |first=Christine |last=Miqueu-Baz |date=October 24, 2011 |newspaper=The Guardian}}
- Graeme Moody, 60, New Zealand sports broadcaster, drowned.{{cite web |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/5503262/Broadcaster-Graeme-Moody-dies-while-surfing |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130223105248/http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/5503262/Broadcaster-Graeme-Moody-dies-in-surfing-accident |url-status=live |title=Broadcaster Graeme Moody dies while surfing |website=Stuff |date=August 25, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |archive-date=February 23, 2013}}
- Yacoub Romanos, 76, Lebanese Olympic wrestler.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/yacoub-romanos-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418073035/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/yacoub-romanos-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Yacoub Romanos Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com}}
- Alfons Van Brandt, 84, Belgian footballer.{{cite web |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/21079/Fons_Van_Brandt.html |title=Van Brandt, Fons |website=National Football Teams}}
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- Bandi Rajan Babu, 73, Indian photographer.{{cite web |url=http://www.sakshi.com/main/FullStory.aspx?catid=219401&subcatid=7&Categoryid=3 |title=Bandi Rajan Babu death notice}}
- A. A. Birch, Jr., 78, American lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court.{{cite news |url=http://www.tntribune.com/?p=131 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007025558/http://www.tntribune.com/?p=131 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-10-07 |title=Justice A. A. Birch Jr., A History Making Life Of Service To The Community |newspaper=Tennessee Tribune |date=2011-09-02 |access-date=2019-07-16}}
- Donna Christanello, 69, American professional wrestler, heart attack.{{Cite web |url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2011/08/29/18613276.html |title=Donna Christantello, dead at 69, was Moolah's 'right-hand person' |access-date=September 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115061922/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2011/08/29/18613276.html |archive-date=January 15, 2013 |url-status=dead}}
- Jyles Coggins, 90, American politician, Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina (1975–1977).{{cite news |last=Goldsmith |first=Thomas |url=http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/08/27/1439507/former-raleigh-mayor-coggins-dies.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003153354/http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/08/27/1439507/former-raleigh-mayor-coggins-dies.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-10-03 |title=Former Raleigh mayor Coggins dies |newspaper=The News & Observer |date=2011-08-27 |access-date=2019-07-16}}
- Elliott Johnston, 93, Australian jurist, Judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia (1983–1988).{{cite news |url=https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/tribute-elliott-johnston-1918-2011 |title=A tribute to Elliott Johnston: 1918-2011 |date=September 6, 2016 |newspaper=Green Left Weekly}}
- Lazar Mojsov, 90, Macedonian politician, 10th. President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (1987–1988).{{cite news |url=http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/aktuelno.69.html:342801-Sahranjen-Lazar-Mojsov |title=Sahranjen Lazar Mojsov |newspaper=Večernje novosti |language=sr}}
- Eugene Nida, 96, American linguist and bible translator.{{cite web |url=http://www.unitedbiblesocieties.org/news/794-eugene-nida-dies/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929132553/http://www.unitedbiblesocieties.org/news/794-eugene-nida-dies/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-09-29 |title=Eugene Nida dies |website=United Bible Societies |date=2011-08-25 |access-date=2019-07-16}}
- Anne Sharp, 94, Scottish coloratura soprano.{{cite news |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-anne-sharp-singer-who-performed-at-covent-garden-and-had-parts-created-for-her-by-benjamin-britten-1-1999393 |title=Obituary: Anne Sharp - Singer who performed at Covent Garden and had parts created for her by Benjamin Britten |newspaper=The Scotsman |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903170847/https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-anne-sharp-singer-who-performed-at-covent-garden-and-had-parts-created-for-her-by-benjamin-britten-1-1999393 |archive-date=September 3, 2014}}
- Ruth Thomas, 84, British writer.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/sep/23/ruth-thomas |title=Ruth Thomas obituary |first=Julia |last=Eccleshare |date=September 23, 2011 |newspaper=The Guardian}}
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- Aloysius Ambrozic, 81, Slovenian-born Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Toronto (1990–2006).{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-s-cardinal-ambrozic-dies-1.1036831 |title=Toronto's Cardinal Ambrozic dies |access-date=September 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827174807/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2011/08/26/toronto-cardinal-ambrozic-dead.html |archive-date=August 27, 2011 |url-status=live}}
- George Band, 82, British mountaineer.{{cite web |url=https://www.thebmc.co.uk/george-band-obe-1929-2011 |title=George Band OBE (1929-2011) |website=British Mountaineering Council}}
- C. K. Barrett, 94, British theologian.{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/religion-obituaries/8745353/The-Reverend-CK-Barrett.html |title=The Reverend C.K. Barrett |date=September 6, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
- Josephine Figlo, 88, American baseball player (AAGPBL).{{cite web |url=http://www.aagpbl.org/profiles/josephine-figlo-gill/391 |title=Josephine Figlo Gill |website=AAGPBL}}
- Patrick C. Fischer, 75, American computer scientist and Unabomber target.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/us/31fischer.html |title=Patrick C. Fischer, Early Unabomber Target, Is Dead at 75 |first=Paul |last=Vitello |date=August 31, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
- Susan Fromberg Schaeffer, 71, American novelist and educator, complications of a stroke.{{cite news |url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2011/08/writer-susan-fromberg-schaeffer-has-died.html |title=Writer Susan Fromberg Schaeffer has died |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}
- John McAleese, 61, British SAS soldier involved in the Iranian Embassy Siege.{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/special-forces-obituaries/8728502/John-McAleese.html |title=John McAleese |date=August 28, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
- Elvis Reifer, 50, Barbadian cricketer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nationnews.com/articles/view/elvis-reifer-dies-at-50/ |title=Elvis Reifer dies at 50 |access-date=September 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825192543/http://www.nationnews.com/articles/view/elvis-reifer-dies-at-50/ |archive-date=August 25, 2012 |url-status=dead}}
- Manuel Saavedra, 70, Chilean footballer [https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/manuel-saavedra/]
- Donn A. Starry, 86, American army officer, Commanding General, TRADOC (1977–1981).{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/four-star-general-donn-a-starry-dies-at-86/2011/08/30/gIQAtRc8uJ_story.html |title=Four-star general Donn A. Starry dies at 86 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2011-09-01 |access-date=2019-07-16}}
- B. Jeff Stone, 75, American rockabilly singer-songwriter.{{cite web |url=https://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2011/08/28/5735976.htm |title=Singer/songwriter B. Jeff Stone dies at 75 |website=TMC Net}}
- Nadine Winter, 87, American politician, member of the Council of the District of Columbia (1975–1991).{{cite web |url=http://www.afro.com/sections/news/Washington/story.htm?storyid=72287 |title=Councilwoman Nadine Winter, Champion of the Poor Dies at 87 |website=Afro.com |date=2010-01-14 |access-date=2019-07-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928232443/http://www.afro.com/sections/news/Washington/story.htm?storyid=72287 |archive-date=September 28, 2011}}
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*Heribert Barrera, 94, Spanish politician, President of the Parliament of Catalonia (1980–1984).{{Cite news |url=https://www.diariovasco.com/v/20110828/politica/lider-heribert-barrera-fallece-20110828.html |title=El líder de ERC Heribert Barrera fallece a los 94 años en Barcelona |date=August 28, 2011 |newspaper=El Diario Vasco |language=es}}
- Eve Brent, 82, American actress (The Green Mile, Garfield, Adam-12).{{Cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/eve-brent-prolific-character-actress-230856 |title=Eve Brent, Prolific Character Actress, Dies at 82 |website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=September 2, 2011 }}
- Frank Fanovich, 88, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Athletics).{{Cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/news-journalonline/obituary.aspx?n=frank-j-fanovich&pid=153304846&fhid=3797 |title=Frank J. Fanovich Jr. Obituary in the Daytona Beach News-Journal |website=Legacy.com |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Lykourgos Kallergis, 97, Greek actor, director and politician.{{Cite news |url=http://www.ekathimerini.com/135636/article/ekathimerini/life/actor-and-director-lykourgos-kallergis-dies |title=Actor and director Lykourgos Kallergis dies |newspaper=I Kathimerini}}
- Stetson Kennedy, 94, American folklorist and civil rights activist.{{Cite news |url=https://www.gainesville.com/article/20110827/News/604147086 |title=Florida author, known for infiltrating Klan, dies |first=Cindy |last=Swirko |newspaper=Gainesville Sun}}
- Kim Tai-chung, 54, Korean actor and martial artist, internal stomach bleeding.{{Cite web |url=http://cityonfire.com/kim-tai-chung-1943-2011-dead-died-death-jung/ |title=R.I.P. Kim Tai Chung |website=CityOnFire.com |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Nico Minardos, 81, Greek actor (Istanbul, Twelve Hours to Kill, The Twilight Zone), natural causes.{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2011/scene/people-news/nico-minardos-dies-at-81-1118043262/ |title=Nico Minardos dies at 81 |work=Variety |date=September 23, 2011}}
- John Parke, 74, Northern Irish footballer (Linfield, Hibernian, Sunderland, Northern Ireland), Alzheimer's disease.{{Cite news |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/irish-league/tributes-paid-to-windsor-legend-john-parke-28651405.html |title=Tributes paid to Windsor legend John Parke |newspaper=Belfast Telegraph}}
- Tapio Pöyhönen, 83, Finnish Olympic basketball player{{Cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/tapio-poyhonen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417182913/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/tapio-poyhonen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Tapio Pöyhönen Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com}}
- Iya Savvina, 75, Russian actress, People's Artist of the USSR.{{Cite news |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1760190 |title=Звезда пленительного несчастья |newspaper=Kommersant |language=ru}}
- N. F. Simpson, 92, British dramatist.{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/theatre-obituaries/8731685/NF-Simpson.html |title=NF Simpson |date=August 30, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
- Keith Tantlinger, 92, American mechanical engineer and inventor.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/07/business/keith-tantlinger-builder-of-cargo-container-dies-at-92.html |title=Keith Tantlinger, Builder of Cargo Container, Dies at 92 |first=Margalit |last=Fox |date=September 6, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
- Pat Villani, 57, American computer programmer (FreeDOS){{cite journal |title=Obituaries and memorials for former Digital employees |journal=DECconnection |url=http://decconnection.org/memorials.htm |access-date=2011-11-21 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118004711/http://decconnection.org/memorials.htm |archive-date=2017-11-18}}
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- Theo Blankenaauw, 87, Dutch track cyclist.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bl/theo-blankenaauw-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418060613/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bl/theo-blankenaauw-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Theo Blankenaauw Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com}}
- Billy Drake, 93, British fighter pilot.{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-force-obituaries/8729626/Group-Captain-Billy-Drake.html |title=Group Captain Billy Drake |date=August 29, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
- Bernie Gallacher, 44, British footballer (Aston Villa).{{cite web |url=http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10265~2435896%2C00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150313174049/http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10265~2435896%2C00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-03-13 |title=Bernie Gallacher RIP |website=Aston Villa FC |access-date=2019-07-15}}
- Bruno Gamberini, 61, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Campinas (since 2004).{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bgambe|Archbishop Bruno Gamberini}}
- Len Ganley, 68, Northern Irish snooker referee.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/14704328 |title=Northern Ireland snooker referee Len Ganley dies |date=August 28, 2011 |website=BBC News}}
- George Green, 59, American songwriter ("Hurts So Good", "Crumblin' Down"), lung cancer.{{Cite web |url=http://ww.heraldtimesonline.com/stories/2011/08/30/scene.qp-8782469.sto |title=Songwriter, Mellencamp collaborator George Green dies at 59 |access-date=July 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714171212/http://ww.heraldtimesonline.com/stories/2011/08/30/scene.qp-8782469.sto |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |url-status=dead}}
- Leonard Harris, 81, American actor, arts and theater critic (WCBS-TV), complications of pneumonia.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/arts/television/leonard-harris-tv-critic-with-star-turn-dies-at-81.html |title=Leonard Harris, TV Critic With Star Turn, Dies at 81 |first=Daniel E. |last=Slotnik |date=August 31, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
- Leonidas Kyrkos, 87, Greek politician, after short illness.{{Cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/ns/obituary.aspx?n=leonidas-kyrkos&pid=153356958 |title=Leonidas Kyrkos Obituary |website=Legacy.com |date=August 28, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Dmitri Royster, 87, American hierarch (Orthodox Church in America), Archbishop of the Diocese of the South (1978–2009).{{cite web |url=https://oca.org/news/headline-news/the-repose-of-his-eminence-archbishop-dmitri |title=The Repose of His Eminence, Archbishop Dmitri |website=Orthodox Church in America|date=August 28, 2011 }}
- Tony Sale, 80, British computer scientist.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-14720180 |title=Key computer conservationist dies |date=March 9, 2012 |website=BBC News}}
- Necip Torumtay, 84–85, Turkish general, Chief of the General Staff (1987–1990).{{cite news |url=http://www.radikal.com.tr/turkiye/necip-torumtay-hayatini-kaybetti-1061637/ |title=Necip Torumtay hayatını kaybetti |newspaper=Radikal |language=tr}}
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- Ebenezer Adam, 91–92, Ghanaian teacher and politician.{{cite web|url=https://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2011/10/11/co-founder-of-cpp-ebenezer-adam-to-be-buried-in-tamale/|title=Co-founder of CPP, Ebenezer Adam to be buried in Tamale|date=October 11, 2011}}
- Pauline Morrow Austin, 94, American physicist and meteorologist.{{cite news|url=http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2011/10/12/pauline_austin_developed_weather_radar_after_wwii/ |title=Pauline Austin obituary|newspaper=Boston.com|date=October 12, 2011|last1=Landergan|first1=Katherine}}
- Jim Baechtold, 83, American basketball player.{{cite web |url=http://www.wkyt.com/obits/headlines/Obituary_-__128697168.html |title=Jim Baechtold's obituary |access-date=April 21, 2021 |archive-date=March 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325060746/http://www.wkyt.com/obits/headlines/Obituary_-__128697168.html |url-status=dead }}
- John Bancroft, 82, British architect.{{cite web |last=Hopkirk |first=Elizabeth |url=http://m.bdonline.co.uk/news/john-bancroft-(1928-2011)/5024108.article |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324035249/http://m.bdonline.co.uk/news/john-bancroft-(1928-2011)/5024108.article |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-03-24 |title=John Bancroft (1928-2011) |website=Building Design |date=2011-09-07 |access-date=2019-07-15}}
- David "Honeyboy" Edwards, 96, American blues guitarist and singer, heart failure.{{Cite news |url=http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/music/7352665-421/chicago-blues-great-honeyboy-edwards-dies-at-95.html |title=Chicago blues great David 'Honeyboy' Edwards dies at 96 |access-date=September 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001133555/http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/music/7352665-421/chicago-blues-great-honeyboy-edwards-dies-at-95.html |archive-date=October 1, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
- Khamis Gaddafi, 28, Libyan seventh son of Muammar Gaddafi, commander of the Khamis Brigade, airstrike.{{cite web |url=https://en.trend.az/world/arab/2079132.html |title=Libya: Khamis Gaddafi found dead in Beni Walid |website=Trend News Agency|date=October 21, 2012 }}
- R. B. McDowell, 97, Irish historian.{{cite news |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0831/1224303237246.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902000543/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0831/1224303237246.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-09-02 |title=Death of Trinity historian McDowell aged 97 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=2011-08-31 |access-date=2019-07-15}}
- Mark Ovendale, 37, English footballer (Luton Town, Bournemouth), cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/9221636.cherries-ovendale-loses-cancer-battle/ |title=Cherries: Ovendale loses cancer battle |newspaper=Bournemouth Daily Echo}}
- David P. Reynolds, 96, American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse breeder.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/01/business/david-reynolds-leader-of-metals-company-dies-at-96.html |title=David Reynolds, Leader of Metals Company, Dies at 96 |first=Eric |last=Dash |date=August 31, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
- George Sutor, 67, American basketball player.{{cite web |url=http://www.obitsforlife.com/obituary/399054/Sutor-George.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213015932/http://www.obitsforlife.com/obituary/399054/Sutor-George.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-12-13 |title=George Sutor Obituary |website=Obitsforlife |access-date=2019-07-15}}
- Junpei Takiguchi, 80, Japanese voice actor and narrator (Dragon Ball, Yatterman, Mazinger Z), stomach cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-08-29/voice-actor/narrator-junpei-takiguchi-passes-away |title=Voice Actor/Narrator Junpei Takiguchi Passes Away |website=Anime News Network|date=August 13, 2023 }}
- Ayala Zacks-Abramov, 99, Israeli art patron.{{cite news |url=https://www.jpost.com/National-News/Israels-greatest-art-collector-dies-at-age-99 |title=Israel's 'greatest art collector' dies at age 99 |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post}}
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- Alla Bayanova, 97, Russian singer, People's Artist of Russia, cancer.{{cite news |url=https://iz.ru/news/498946 |title=Умерла народная артистка России Алла Баянова |date=August 30, 2011 |newspaper=Izvestia |language=ru}}
- Faye Blackstone, 96, American rodeo star, cancer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bradenton.com/2011/08/31/3456822/cowgirl-hall-of-famer-faye-blackstone.html |title=Cowgirl hall of famer Faye Blackstone dies at 96 |access-date=September 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320003520/http://www.bradenton.com/2011/08/31/3456822/cowgirl-hall-of-famer-faye-blackstone.html |archive-date=March 20, 2012 |url-status=dead}}
- Ronald N. Hartman, 76, American professor of astronomy, planetarium director (Mt. San Antonio College).{{cite web |url=http://meteorite-recovery.tripod.com/2012/jul12.htm |title=Ron Hartman's Memorial |website=meteorite-recovery.tripod.com}}
- Revo Jõgisalu, 35, Estonian rapper, melanoma.{{cite news |url=https://www.delfi.ee/a/56804872 |title=Suri Toe Tagi räppar Revo Jõgisalu |date=August 30, 2011 |newspaper=Eesti Päevaleht |language=et}}
- Peggy Lloyd, 98, American stage actress.{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2011/legit/news/broadway-thesp-peggy-lloyd-dies-at-98-1118041995/ |title=Broadway thesp Peggy Lloyd dies at 98 |work=Variety|date=August 30, 2011 }}
- Wambui Otieno, 75, Kenyan politician.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/18/wambui-otieno-obituary |title=Wambui Otieno Mbugua obituary |first=Shola |last=Adenekan |date=October 18, 2011 |newspaper=The Guardian}}
- João Carlos Batista Pinheiro, 79, Brazilian footballer, prostate cancer.{{cite web |url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/noticia/2011/08/morre-pinheiro-ex-zagueiro-do-flu-e-da-selecao-vitima-de-cancer.html |title=Morre Pinheiro, ex-zagueiro do Flu e da Seleção, vítima de câncer |date=30 August 2011 |website=Globo Esporte |language=pt}}
- Cactus Pryor, 88, American broadcaster, Alzheimer's disease.{{cite web |url=http://www.austin360.com/television/cactus-pryor-austins-original-funnyman-dies-at-88-1807004.html |title=Cactus Pryor, Austin's original funnyman, dies at 88 |website=Austin360 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130117073411/http://www.austin360.com/television/cactus-pryor-austins-original-funnyman-dies-at-88-1807004.html |archive-date=2013-01-17}}
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- Paul Abisheganaden, 97, Singaporean music conductor and Cultural Medallion recipient.{{Cite web |url=http://sglinks.com/pages/1452796-music-pioneer-paul-abisheganaden-dies-age |title=Music pioneer Paul Abisheganaden dies at age 97 |access-date=July 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714165006/http://sglinks.com/pages/1452796-music-pioneer-paul-abisheganaden-dies-age |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |url-status=dead}}
- Wade Belak, 35, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, Nashville Predators), suicide.{{cite news |url=http://www.torontosun.com/2011/08/31/ex-leafs-enforcer-belak-found-dead |title=Ex-NHLer Belak found dead |newspaper=Toronto Sun |access-date=2019-07-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917130956/http://www.torontosun.com/2011/08/31/ex-leafs-enforcer-belak-found-dead |archive-date=September 17, 2011}}
- Cal Christensen, 84, American basketball player (Milwaukee Hawks, Rochester Royals), heart failure.{{Cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/toledoblade/obituary.aspx?n=Calvin-Christensen&pid=153496982 |title=Calvin Christensen Obituary in The Blade |website=Legacy.com |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
- Denis Collins, 58, Australian football player, heart attack.{{cite web |url=http://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/4311/newsid/122418/default.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323144221/http://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/4311/newsid/122418/default.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-03-23 |title=Carlton tearaway Collins dies |website=Official AFL Website of the Carlton Football Club |access-date=2019-07-15}}
- Abderrahmane Mahjoub, 82, Moroccan-born French footballer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1502674.html |title=Franco-Moroccan great Belmajdoub dies |access-date=October 31, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112123847/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1502674.html |archive-date=November 12, 2012 |url-status=dead}}
- Robert Muir, 91, Canadian politician, MP and Senator.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/former-nova-scotia-parliamentarian-robert-muir-dies-at-91-1.1074937 |title=Former Nova Scotia Parliamentarian Robert Muir dies at 91 |access-date=September 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111231044531/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2011/08/31/ns-bob-muir-obit.html |archive-date=December 31, 2011 |url-status=live}}
- Dave Petrie, 64, Scottish politician, Member of the Scottish Parliament for Highlands and Islands (2006–2007).{{cite news |url=https://www.scotsman.com/education/shock-at-death-of-fighting-fit-trinity-teacher-1-1826927 |title=Shock at death of 'fighting fit' Trinity teacher |newspaper=The Scotsman}}
- Valery Rozhdestvensky, 72, Soviet cosmonaut.{{cite web |url=http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum38/HTML/001399.html |title=Cosmonaut Valeri Rozhdestvensky (1939-2011) |website=collectSPACE}}
- Betty Skelton, 85, American aerobatics pilot and Women Airforce Service Pilots veteran.{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/betty-skelton-fastest-woman-on-earth-dies-at-85/2011/09/03/gIQAyv83zJ_story.html |title=Betty Skelton, 'fastest woman on earth,' dies at 85 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}
- Jack Stephens, 78, American basketball player (St. Louis Hawks).{{cite web |url=http://www.wndu.com/sports/headlines/Former_ND_basketball_All-American_Junior_Stephens_dies_129162668.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105142355/http://www.wndu.com/sports/headlines/Former_ND_basketball_All-American_Junior_Stephens_dies_129162668.html |url-status=dead |title=Former ND basketball All-American "Junior" Stephens dies |archive-date=January 5, 2013 |access-date=September 6, 2011}}
- Radoslav Stojanović, 81, Serbian politician and law expert (University of Belgrade), co-founder of the Democratic Party.{{cite news |url=https://www.blic.rs/vesti/politika/preminuo-profesor-radoslav-stojanovic-jedan-od-osnivaca-ds/m9y0b2h |title=Preminuo profesor Radoslav Stojanović, jedan od osnivača DS |newspaper=Blic |language=sr}}
- Peter Twiss, 90, British test pilot.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-14756742 |title=Pilot who set 1,000mph jet-powered aircraft record dies |date=September 1, 2011 |website=BBC News}}
- Rosel Zech, 69, German actress (Veronika Voss, Aimée & Jaguar), cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/veronica-voss-actress-rosel-zech-230235 |title='Veronica Voss' Actress Rosel Zech Dies of Cancer |website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=September 2011 }}
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