October 26, 2013

2013Ritva Arvelo, Finnish actress, director, and screenwriter (born 1921)^[†]

Ritva Helinä Arvelo was a Finnish actress, director, screenwriter and a pioneer in modern dance.

2013Ron Davies, Welsh photographer (born 1921)^[†]

Ron Davies, OBE was a Welsh photographer.

2013Doug Ireland, American journalist and activist (born 1946)^[†]

William Douglas Ireland was an American journalist and blogger who wrote about politics, power, media, and LGBT issues. He was the U.S. correspondent for the French political-investigative weekly Bakchich, for which he also wrote a weekly column, and he was also the Contributing Editor for International Affairs of Gay City News. Scott Tucker has called him "not only a left-wing critic of sexual and political conformism among sectors of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender movements, but ... also one of the notable public intellectuals of the civil libertarian left."

2013Al Johnson, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1948)^[†]

Alfred Orlando Johnson was an American R&B singer, writer, arranger and producer. He co-wrote the song "We Have Love for You" with Deniece Williams from her 1977 album Songbird.

2013Andries Maseko, South African footballer (born 1955)^[†]

Andries "Six Mabone" Maseko was a South African football striker who played for Moroka Swallows, San Jose Earthquakes, Washington Diplomats and Phoenix Inferno.

2013Gabriel of Komana (born 1946)^[†]

Gabriel of Komana was an Eastern Orthodox archbishop of the Ecumenical Patriarchate who led the Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe from 2003 to 2013.