Obituaries

The following people, appearing in volumes 1-25 of the Encyclopedia of World Biography, have died since the publication of the second edition and its supplements. Each entry lists the volume where the full biography can be found.

AZCONA HOYO, JOSÉ (born 1927), president of Honduras, died of a heart attack in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on October 24, 2005 (Vol. 1).

BONDI, HERMANN (born 1919), English mathematician and cosmologist, died in Cambridge, England, on September 10, 2005 (Vol. 18).

BUTLER, OCTAVIA E. (born 1947), African American novelist and essayist, died near Seattle, Washington, on February 24, 2006 (Vol. 3).

CALDWELL, SARAH (born 1924), long-time artistic director, conductor and founder of the Opera Company of Boston, died of heart failure in Portland, Maine, on March 23, 2006 (Vol. 3).

CHAMBERLAIN, OWEN (born 1920), American physicist, died of complications from Parkinson's disease in Berkley, California, on February 28, 2006 (Vol. 25).

DELORIA, VINE, JR. (born 1933), Native American author, poet and activist, died of complications from an aortic aneurysm in Denver, Colorado, on November 13, 2005 (Vol. 4).

DIAMOND, DAVID (born 1915), American composer and teacher, died of congestive heart failure in Rochester, New York, on June 13, 2005 (Vol. 4).

DRUCKER, PETER (born 1909), American author and business consultant, died of natural causes in Claremont, California, on November 11, 2005 (Vol. 21).

FAHD IBN ABDUL AZIZ AL-SAUD (Born 1920), son of the founder of modern Saudi Arabia and king, died in Saudi Arabia, on August 1, 2005 (Vol. 5).

FOOTE, SHELBY (born 1916), American author, died in Memphis, Tennessee, on June 27, 2005 (Vol. 18).

FOWLES, JOHN (born 1926), English novelist, died in Lyme Regis, England, on November 5, 2005 (Vol. 6).

FREED, JAMES INGO (born 1930), American architect, died of complications from Parkinson's disease in New York, New York, on December 15, 2005 (Vol. 6).

FRIEDAN, BETTY (NAOMI) (born 1921), women's rights activist and author, died of congestive heart failure in Washington, D.C., on February 4, 2006 (Vol. 6).

GORMAN, R. C. (born 1931), Native American artist, died of pneumonia in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on November 3, 2005 (Vol. 23).

HEATH, EDWARD RICHARD GEORGE (born1916), prime minister of Great Britain, died in Salisbury, England, on July 17, 2005 (Vol. 7).

HOWELLS, WILLIAM WHITE (born 1908), American anthropologist, died in Kittery Point, Maine, on December 20, 2005 (Vol. 7).

JABER AL-SABAH, JABER AL-AHMAD (born 1926), emir of Kuwait, died on January 15, 2006 (Vol. 8).

JOHNSON, JOHN HAROLD (born 1918), founder of the Johnson Publishing Company, died in Chicago, Illinois, on August 8, 2005 (Vol. 8).

KILBY, JACK ST. CLAIR (born 1923), American electrical engineer and inventor, died of cancer in Dallas, Texas, on June 20, 2005 (Vol. 25).

KING, CORETTA SCOTT (born 1929), American advocate of civil rights, nonviolence and international peace, died in Rosarito Beach, Mexico, on January 30, 2006 (Vol. 9).

MCCARTHY, EUGENE JOSEPH (born 1916), American statesman, died of complications from Parkinson's disease in Washington, D.C., on December 10, 2005 (Vol. 10).

MIKAN, GEORGE (born 1924), American basketball player, died of diabetes and kidney disease in Scottsdale, Arizona, on June 1, 2005 (Vol. 21).

MILOSEVIC, SLOBODAN (born 1941), president of Serbia, died of a heart attack in the Hague, the Netherlands, on March 11, 2006 (Vol. 11).

MOTLEY, CONSTANCE BAKER (born 1921), African American judge and attorney, died of congestive heart failure in New York, on September 28, 2005 (Vol. 18).

OBOTE, APOLO MILTON (born 1925), Ugandan politician, died of kidney failure in Johannesburg, South Africa, on October 10, 2005 (Vol. 11).

PA CHIN (Le Fei-kan; born 1904), Chinese novelist, died of cancer in Shanghai, China, on October 17, 2005 (Vol. 12).

PARKS, GORDON (born 1912), American photographer, composer and filmmaker died in Manhattan, New York, on March 7, 2006 (Vol. 19).

PARKS, ROSA (born 1913), American civil rights leader, died in Detroit, Michigan, on October 24, 2005 (Vol. 12).

PROXMIRE, WILLIAM (born 1915), Democratic senator for Wisconsin, died from Alzheimer's disease in Sykesville, Maryland, on December 15, 2005 (Vol. 12).

PRYOR, RICHARD (born 1940), American entertainer, died of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California, on December 10, 2005 (Vol. 19).

RAU, JOHANNES (born 1931), German Social Democrat politician, died in Berlin, Germany, on January 27, 2006 (Vol. 13).

REHNQUIST, WILLIAM HUBBS (born 1924), U.S. Supreme Court chief justice, died of thyroid cancer in Arlington, Virginia, on September 3, 2005 (Vol. 13).

ROCHBERG, GEORGE (born 1918), American composer, died from complications following surgery in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on May 29, 2005 (Vol. 13).

SAUNDERS, CICELY (born 1918), English doctor and social worker, died in London, England, on July 14, 2005 (Vol. 25).

SCHÖNHUBER, FRANZ XAVER (born 1923), German right-wing political leader, died on November 27, 2005 (Vol. 14).

SIMON, CLAUDE HENRI EUGENE (born 1913), French author, died in Paris, France, on July 6, 2005 (Vol. 25).

SIN, JAIME L. (born 1928), Filipino cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, died of multiple organ failure in Manila, Philippines, on June 21, 2005 (Vol. 14).

STRAWSON, SIR PETER FREDRICK (born 1919), English philosopher, died on February 13, 2006 (Vol. 14).

TUCKER, C. DELORES (born 1927), African American civil rights activist, died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 12, 2005 (Vol. 18).

WESTMORELAND, WILLIAM CHILDS (born 1914), Commander of all American forces in the Vietnam War (1964–1968) and chief of staff of the U.S. Army, died in Charleston, South Carolina, on July 18, 2005 (Vol. 16).

WIESENTHAL, SIMON (born 1908), Ukrainian Jew who tracked down Nazi war criminals, died in Vienna, Austria, on September 20, 2005 (Vol. 16).

WILSON, AUGUST (born 1945) African American playwright, died of liver cancer in Seattle, Washington, on October 2, 2005 (Vol. 16).

YARD, MARY ALEXANDER (born 1912), American feminist, political organizer and social activist, died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on September 21, 2005 (Vol. 16).