Vyacheslav Ivankov

Age: 69

Summary: Russian crime boss who spent nearly 10 years in a U.S. prison for trying to extort millions of dollars from an investment firm run by Russian emigres in New York, who was shot in the abdomen on July 28 by a sniper rifle fired from inside a minivan parked across the street as he was leaving a Thai restaurant in Moscow, and who had undergone several operations since the shooting but was never well enough to leave the hospital.

Cause of Death: Gunshot wounds

Born: January 2, 1940

Died: October 9, 2009

Location: Moscow, Russia