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- Roy Askevold, 69, Norwegian boxer.
- Robert Creeley, 78, poet, died of complications from respiratory disease.
- Alan Dundes, 70, world-renowned folklorist, who was central in establishing folklore as a discipline, apparent heart attack while teaching.
- Milton Green, 91, former record holder in hurdles, boycotted the 1936 Summer Olympics as a protest against Adolf Hitler.
- Mitch Hedberg, 37, comedian, intoxication
- Fred Korematsu, 86, Japanese-American civil rights leader, respiratory illness
- Derrick Plourde, 33, former drummer of two California punk bands (Lagwagon and the Ataris), suicide.
- O. V. Vijayan, 74, Indian author, cartoonist and matchbox
- Ted Kord, 28, CEO of KORD Industries, gunshot wound to the head
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