October 23, 2014

2014Ghulam Azam, Bangladeshi politician (born 1922)^[†]

Ghulam Azam was Bangladeshi politician and writer who served as ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.

2014John Bramlett, American football player (born 1941)^[†]

John "Bull" Bramlett was an American professional football linebacker who played from 1965 to 1971 on four teams, the Denver Broncos, Miami Dolphins, and Boston Patriots in the American Football League (AFL) and the Patriots and Atlanta Falcons in the National Football League (NFL). He was a twice AFL All-Star. Bramlett served as a minister before his death.

2014Bernard Mayes, English-American journalist and academic (born 1929)^[†]

Anthony Bernard Duncan Mayes was a British broadcaster, university dean and author. In the United States, he founded KQED-FM, was Executive Vice President of KQED TV, then co-founded and became first working chairman of National Public Radio. He also founded one of America's first suicide prevention hotlines.

2014Joan Quigley, American astrologer and author (born 1927)^[†]

Joan Ceciel Quigley of San Francisco, California, was an astrologer best known for her astrological advice to the Reagan White House in the 1980s. Quigley was born in Kansas City, Missouri.

2014Tullio Regge, Italian physicist and academic (born 1931)^[†]

Tullio Eugenio Regge was an Italian theoretical physicist.

2014Alvin Stardust, English singer and actor (born 1942)^[†]

Bernard William Jewry, known professionally as Shane Fenton and later as Alvin Stardust, was an English rock singer and stage actor. Performing first as Shane Fenton in the 1960s, Jewry had a moderately successful career in the pre-Beatles era, hitting the UK top 40 with four singles in 1961–62. However, he became better known for singles released in the 1970s and 1980s as Alvin Stardust, a character he began in the glam rock era, with hits including the UK Singles Chart-topper "Jealous Mind", as well as later hits such as "Pretend" and "I Feel Like Buddy Holly".