Deaths

Alan Hovhaness, Armenian-American composer (b. 1911)

Kami, Japanese drummer (Malice Mizer) (b. 1973)

Anastasio Ballestrero, Italian cardinal (b. 1913)

Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1931)

William Wilson Morgan, American astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1906)

Ticho Parly, Danish tenor (b. 1928)

Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah, Bengali poet (b. 1956)

Cedric Belfrage, English-American journalist and author, co-founded the National Guardian (b. 1904)

Madman Muntz, American businessman and engineer, founded the Muntz Car Company (b. 1914)