1 •
Gerald M. Ackerman, 87, American art historian and educator. •
Natasha Aguilar, 45, Costa Rican swimmer, silver and bronze medalist at the
1987 Pan American Games, complications from a stroke. •
George Alexandru, 58, Romanian theater and film actor, complications from an abdominal infection. •
Fazu Aliyeva, 83, Russian
Avar poet and journalist, heart failure. •
Lennie Bluett, 96, American actor (
Gone with the Wind,
Mighty Joe Young,
A Star is Born). •
Dale Bumpers, 90, American politician,
Governor of Arkansas (1971–1975),
Senator from Arkansas (1975–1999). •
Antonio Carrizo, 89, Argentine broadcaster. •
Delia Córdova, 62, Peruvian Olympic volleyball player. •
Maria Gąsienica Daniel-Szatkowska, 79, Polish Olympic alpine skier. •
Jacques Deny, 99, French mathematician. •
Gail Fullerton, 88, American academic administrator. •
Brian Johns, 79, Australian company director, managing director of the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1995–2000), cancer. •
Gilbert Kaplan, 74, American conductor and businessman, cancer. •
Helmut Koester, 89, German-born American history professor. •
Tony Lane, 71, American art director (
Rolling Stone), brain cancer. •
Mark B, 45, British hip-hop record producer. •
Gilberto Mendes, 93, Brazilian composer. •
John Coleman Moore, 92, American mathematician. •
Homa Nategh, 81, Iranian educator and historian. •
Mike Oxley, 71, American politician, member of the
United States House of Representatives from (1981–2007), lung cancer. •
Jean Pedersen, 81, American mathematician. •
Ian Pieris, 82, Sri Lankan cricketer (
Cambridge University Cricket Club). •
Jim Ross, 89, Scottish-born Canadian ice hockey player (
New York Rangers). •
Anil Salgaocar, 75, Indian executive and politician. •
Fred Wiedersporn, 84, German Olympic gymnast. •
Vilmos Zsigmond, 85, Hungarian-American cinematographer (
Close Encounters of the Third Kind,
The Deer Hunter,
McCabe & Mrs. Miller),
Oscar winner (
1978).
2 •
Faris al-Zahrani, 38, Saudi
al-Qaeda member, execution by beheading. •
Mieke Andela-Baur, 92, Dutch politician, member of the
House of Representatives. •
Marcel Barbeau, 90, Canadian painter and sculptor. •
Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan, 91, Indian politician, General Secretary of the
Communist Party of India (1996–2012), complications from a stroke. •
Vicente Camacho, 86, Northern Mariana Islands businessman and politician, member of the
Marianas Political Status Commission. •
Michel Delpech, 69, French singer-songwriter and actor, throat cancer. •
Leonard Evans, 86, Canadian politician, complications from a heart attack. •
Tim Francis, 87, New Zealand diplomat,
Ambassador to the United States (1988–1991),
Administrator of Tokelau (1984–1988), cancer. •
Brad Fuller, 62, American
video game composer (
Marble Madness,
Tetris,
Blasteroids), Director of Engineering for
Atari (1993–1996), pancreatic cancer. •
Maria Garbowska-Kierczyńska, 93, Polish actress. •
Matt Hobden, 22, English cricketer (
Sussex), fall. •
Matthiew Klinck, 37, Canadian film director and producer (
Hank and Mike), stabbed. •
Thomas Johnstone McWiggan, 97, British aviation engineer. •
Gisela Mota Ocampo, 33, Mexican politician, Mayor of
Temixco (2016), member of the
Chamber of Deputies (2012–2015), shot. •
Nimr al-Nimr, 56, Saudi
Shia religious leader, execution by beheading. •
John Reid, 87, Australian Anglican prelate,
Bishop of South Sydney (1972–1993). •
Frederic Remington, 86, American politician. •
Rino Salviati, 93, Italian singer, guitarist and actor. •
Kaneko Shigeji, 84, Japanese boxer,
OPBF featherweight champion (1953 - 1958), pneumonia. •
Stanley Siegel, 79, American talk show host, pneumonia. •
Fateh Singh, 51, Indian sports shooter and army officer,
shot. •
Mirko Vujačić, 91, Montenegrin Olympic athlete. •
Frances Cress Welsing, 80, American psychiatrist and author, complications from a stroke. •
Leonard White, 99, British television producer (
The Avengers,
Armchair Theatre) and actor. •
Sabri Yirmibeşoğlu, 87, Turkish military officer, Secretary-General of the
National Security Council (1988–1990), kidney failure.
3 •
Klaas Bakker, 89, Dutch footballer (
Ajax). •
Robert H. B. Baldwin, 95, American businessman (
Morgan Stanley), pneumonia. •
Leonard Berkowitz, 89, American social psychologist. •
Paul Bley, 83, Canadian jazz pianist. •
Gary Flakne, 81, American politician, member of the
Minnesota House of Representatives (1963–1973). •
Amby Fogarty, 82, Irish footballer (
Sunderland,
Hartlepool,
Cork Celtic) and manager (
Cork Hibernians,
Galway Rovers). •
C. B. Forgotston, 70, American lawyer and political blogger, suicide by gunshot. •
Cristina Grado, 76, Italian actress and voice actress. •
Demmus Hentze, 92, Faroese politician,
Finance Minister (1975–1981). •
John McDade Howell, 93, American academic and university chancellor (
East Carolina University). •
Shankar Prasad Jaiswal, 83, Indian politician. •
Alberto Iniesta Jiménez, 92, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of
Madrid (1972–1998). •
Raymond W. Lessard, 85, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Savannah (1973–1995). •
Marvin S. Lieberman, 82, American politician. •
Gomer Lloyd, 68, British Olympic bobsledder. •
Raghu Nandan Mandal, 63, Indian politician. •
Andy Maurer, 67, American football player (
Atlanta Falcons,
Minnesota Vikings,
Denver Broncos), cancer. •
Peter Naur, 87, Danish computer science pioneer,
Turing Award winner. •
Georg Nees, 89, German academic and artist. •
Bill Plager, 70, Canadian ice hockey player (
St. Louis Blues). •
Peter Powell, 83, English kite maker, stroke. •
Tommy Sale, 97, English rugby league player (
Leigh,
Widnes). •
Igor Sergun, 58, Russian military officer, Director of the
GRU (since 2011). •
Ted Stanley, 84, American philanthropist and businessman (
Danbury Mint). •
Fridolin Sulser, 89, Swiss-born American pharmacologist.
4 •
Tom Allin, 28, English cricketer (
Warwickshire), suicide by jumping. •
Frank Armitage, 91, Australian-born American painter and animator (
Mary Poppins,
Lady and the Tramp,
The Jungle Book). •
Jan Aronsson, 84, Swedish footballer (
Degerfors IF). •
Robert Balser, 88, American animator (
Yellow Submarine,
Heavy Metal,
The Jackson 5ive), respiratory failure. •
Fernando Barrachina, 68, Spanish footballer (
Valencia CF). •
Eugene J. Bedell, 87, American politician. •
Stephen W. Bosworth, 76, American diplomat,
Ambassador to South Korea (1997–2001), prostate cancer. •
John A. Busterud, 94, American politician. •
Colin Butler, 102, British entomologist. •
Rūsiņš Mārtiņš Freivalds, 73, Latvian computer scientist and mathematician, heart attack. •
Michel Galabru, 93, French actor (
The Judge and the Assassin,
La Cage aux Folles,
Belle Époque). •
Long John Hunter, 84, American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter. •
S. H. Kapadia, 68, Indian judge,
Chief Justice (2010–2012). •
Jorge Lepra, 73, Uruguayan diplomat and politician, heart failure. •
Maja Maranow, 54, German actress (
Beloved Sisters), breast cancer. •
Achim Mentzel, 69, German musician and television presenter. •
Red Parker, 84, American football coach (
The Citadel,
Clemson,
Ole Miss). •
Donald J. Parsons, 93, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of
Quincy (1973–1988). •
Marjorie Pizer, 95, Australian poet. •
Joseph Ritz, 86, American author and playwright. •
John Roberts, 69, Welsh footballer (
Arsenal,
Birmingham,
Wrexham). •
Andres Rodriguez, 31, Venezuelan equestrian competitor, silver medalist at the
2015 Pan American Games, traffic collision. •
Leo Rucka, 84, American football player (
San Francisco 49ers). •
Gavriel Salomon, 77, Israeli educational psychologist. •
Alexander O. Shirley, 88, British Virgin Islands civil servant and cricketer,
Accountant General (1967–1987), namesake of the
A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground. •
Antonio Soto Díaz, 66, Puerto Rican politician, member of the
Puerto Rico Senate (2009–2011), heart attack. •
Robert Stigwood, 81, Australian band manager (
Bee Gees) and film producer (
Grease,
Saturday Night Fever). •
Edhi Sunarso, 83, Indonesian sculptor (
Selamat Datang Monument), heart failure. •
André Turcat, 94, French aviator.
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Mamdouh Abdel-Alim, 59, Egyptian actor, heart attack. •
Stanford Anderson, 81, American architectural historian. •
Bob Armstrong, 82, American basketball player (
Philadelphia Warriors). •
María Lorenza Barreneche, 89, Argentine socialite,
First Lady (1983–1989). •
Pierre Boulez, 90, French composer and conductor. •
Nash Candelaria, 87, American author. •
Agapito Robleda Castro, 83, Honduran politician. •
Patrick Crofton, 80, Canadian politician. •
Christine Lawrence Finney, 47, American painter and animator (
Aladdin,
The Lion King,
Lilo & Stitch). •
John Freebairn, 85, Australian politician, member of the
South Australian House of Assembly for
Light (1962–1970). •
Percy Freeman, 70, English footballer (
Lincoln City,
West Bromwich Albion,
Reading). •
Albert Gubay, 87, British businessman (
Kwik Save). •
Rudolf Haag, 93, German theoretical physicist. •
Lev Nikolayevich Korolyov, 89, Russian computer scientist. •
Jean-Paul L'Allier, 77, Canadian politician, member of the
National Assembly of Quebec (1970–1976), Mayor of
Quebec City (1989–2005). •
George MacIntyre, 76, American football player and coach (
Vanderbilt). •
Tancrède Melet, 32, French tightrope walker and base jumper, fall. •
Gerry O'Malley, 87, Irish
Gaelic footballer (
Roscommon). •
Uche Okeke, 82, Nigerian artist. •
Antônio Pompêo, 62, Brazilian actor. •
Michael Purcell, 70, Australian rugby union player. •
Jay Ritchie, 79, American baseball player (
Boston Red Sox,
Atlanta Braves,
Cincinnati Reds). •
Anatoly Roshchin, 83, Russian heavyweight wrestler, Olympic champion (
1972). •
Elizabeth Swados, 64, American composer and writer (
Runaways), complications from surgery. •
Keith Thiele, 94, New Zealand WW2 pilot. •
Alex Timpson, 69, British children's rights activist. •
Nuri Turan, 91, Turkish Olympic athlete. •
Hanna-Marie Weydahl, 93, Norwegian pianist.
6 •
Nancy Abelmann, 56, American anthropologist. •
Robert D. Acland, 74, American surgeon (''
Acland's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy''). •
Maliheh Afnan, 81, Palestinian-born artist. •
Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros, 87, Cuban trumpeter, prostate cancer. •
Ladislav Bačík, 82, Czech Olympic swimmer. •
Douglas Greer, 94, American actor (
Our Gang). •
Pat Harrington Jr., 86, American actor (
One Day at a Time,
Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels,
The Inspector), complications from a brain haemorrhage. •
Florence King, 80, American writer. •
Serena Sinclair Lesley, 89, American journalist. •
Hayes McClerkin, 84, American politician. •
Christy O'Connor Jnr, 67, Irish golfer. •
Silvana Pampanini, 90, Italian actress (
The Road a Year Long,
The City Stands Trial,
A Husband for Anna). •
Ioannis Petridis, 84, Greek politician,
MP for
Pieria (1985–1989). •
Sol Polansky, 89, American diplomat,
Ambassador to Bulgaria (1987–1990). •
Qian Min, 100, Chinese politician. •
Marion Studholme, 88, English soprano and music teacher. •
Nivaria Tejera, 86, Cuban poet and novelist, pancreatic cancer. •
Labhshankar Thakar, 80, Indian author. •
Robert D. Timm, 94, American politician. •
Yves Vincent, 94, French actor. •
Zbigniew Zychowicz, 62, Polish politician,
Marshal of
West Pomeranian Voivodeship (1999–2000).
7 •
Oscar Ray Bolin, 53, American serial killer, execution by lethal injection. •
Brahim Chergui, 94, Algerian militant. •
Patrick Connolly, 88, Irish lawyer,
Attorney General (1982). •
André Courrèges, 92, French fashion designer. •
Robert M. Cundick, 89, American organist and composer. •
Paddy Doherty, 89, Northern Irish civil rights activist. •
Michael J. Egan, 89, American politician. •
Bill Foster, 86, American college basketball coach (
Rutgers,
Utah,
Duke,
South Carolina). •
Joaquín Gamboa Pascoe, 93, Mexican trade union leader and politician. •
Robert Goossens, 88, French jeweller. •
Alwin Albert Hafner, 85, Malagasy Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Morombe (1989–2000). •
Alan Haven, 80, English jazz organist. •
John Johnson, 68, American basketball player (
Cleveland Cavaliers,
Houston Rockets,
Seattle SuperSonics), NBA Champion (
1979). •
Kitty Kallen, 94, American singer ("
Little Things Mean a Lot"). •
Jewel Kats, 37, American author, complications following surgery. •
Judith Kaye, 77, American lawyer, Chief Judge of the
New York Court of Appeals (1993–2008), cancer. •
István Komáromi, 72, Hungarian politician,
MP (1994–1998). •
Richard Libertini, 82, American actor (
Fletch,
All of Me,
Popeye), cancer. •
Cristian Moisescu, 68, Romanian politician, Mayor of
Arad (1992–1996). •
William H. O'Dell, 77, American politician, member of the
South Carolina Senate (since 1989). •
Houshang Ostovar, 88, Iranian composer. •
Jit Samaroo, 65, Trinidadian
Steelpan musician and arranger. •
Ashraf Pahlavi, 96, Persian princess, President of the
Women's Organization of Iran (1967–1979). •
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, 79, Indian politician,
Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (2002–2005, since 2015),
Minister of Home Affairs (1989–1990), multiple organ failure. •
Troy Shondell, 76, American singer, complications from Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. •
Sergey Shustikov, 45, Russian football player (
Torpedo Moscow) and manager (
Solyaris Moscow). •
Sergei Simonov, 23, Russian ice hockey player (
HC Lipetsk), complications after spleen surgery. •
Anton Srholec, 86, Slovak writer and priest, lung cancer. •
Anna Synodinou, 88, Greek politician and actress (
The 300 Spartans). •
János György Szilágyi, 97, Hungarian historian. •
Yeow Chai Thiam, 62, Malaysian politician, cancer. •
Jesús María Ramón Valdés, 77, Mexican politician. •
Sir Christopher Wallace, 73, British army lieutenant general,
Commandant Royal College of Defence Studies (2001–2005),
amyloidosis. •
Hansrudi Wäscher, 87, German comics artist. •
Valerio Zanone, 79, Italian politician, Secretary of
Italian Liberal Party (1976–1985) and
Mayor of Turin (1990–1991).
8 •
Hamdy Ahmed, 82, Egyptian actor (
Al-Kahira 30,
Al-Ard,
Al Asfour). •
Horst Boog, 88, German historian. •
Otis Clay, 73, American R&B and soul singer ("
Tryin' to Live My Life Without You", "
The Only Way Is Up"), heart attack. •
Maria Teresa de Filippis, 89, Italian racing driver, first woman to race in
Formula One (
Maserati,
Behra-Porsche). •
Oscar Fritschi, 76, Swiss politician. •
Ida Gaskin, 96, Welsh-born New Zealand teacher and quiz show contestant. •
Alessandro Ghinami, 92, Italian politician,
President of Sardinia (1979–1980). •
M. O. Joseph, 86, Indian film producer. •
Medea Jugeli, 90, Georgian gymnast, Olympic champion (
1952). •
Gunaram Khanikar, 66, Indian herbalist. •
Stan Levenson, 77, Canadian Olympic sprinter. •
Diana Mitchell, 83, Zimbabwean political activist and writer. •
German Moreno, 82, Philippine television host (''
That's Entertainment, Walang Tulugan with the Master Showman, GMA Supershow'') and actor, cardiac arrest. •
Tsuneo Nakahara, 85, Japanese communications engineer. •
Royal Parker, 86, American television personality, heart failure. •
Paddy Reid, 91, Irish rugby union and league player. •
Red Simpson, 81, American country singer-songwriter ("
I'm a Truck"), complications from a heart attack. •
Brett Smiley, 60, American singer-songwriter. •
Piet Steenkamp, 90, Dutch politician,
President of the Senate (1983–1991). •
Risto Syrjänen, 90, Finnish Olympic hurdler. •
Carlos Milcíades Villalba Aquino, 91, Paraguayan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
San Juan Bautista de las Misiones (1978–1999).
9 •
Barbara Allyne Bennet, 76, American actress (
Mac and Me,
The Office). •
Myra Carter, 86, American actress (
Three Tall Women,
8mm), pneumonia. •
Merab Chigoev, 65, South Ossetian politician,
Prime Minister (1998–2001), traffic collision. •
Lawrence H. Cohn, 78, American surgeon, stroke. •
Cielito del Mundo, 80, Filipino singer, actress and politician, heart attack. •
Henri Delerue, 76, French Olympic racewalker. •
Hamada Emam, 68, Egyptian footballer (
Zamalek SC). •
Peter Gavin Hall, 64, Australian statistician, leukemia. •
John Harvard, 77, Canadian politician,
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (2004–2009). •
Gareth Hoskins, 48, Scottish architect, complications from a heart attack. •
Johnny Jordan, 94, English footballer (
Tonbridge). •
Bob Leonard, 74, Canadian professional wrestling promoter and photographer (
Stampede Wrestling). •
Mike McGinnity, 74, English football chairman (
Coventry City). •
Robert Naegele, 90, German actor (
The NeverEnding Story II,
The Old Fox, ''
Waller's Last Trip''). •
Ronnie Quillian, 81, American-born Canadian football player (
Ottawa Rough Riders). •
Umberto Raho, 93, Italian actor (
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage,
The Last Man on Earth,
Aladdin). •
Lance Rautzhan, 63, American baseball player (
Los Angeles Dodgers,
Milwaukee Brewers), cancer. •
José María Rivas, 57, Salvadoran footballer (
national team), leukemia. •
Gianni Rondolino, 83, Italian film critic and historian, founder of the
Turin Film Festival. •
Paul-Marie François Rousset, 94, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Saint-Étienne (1971–1987). •
Angus Scrimm, 89, American actor (
Phantasm,
Alias,
John Dies at the End), prostate cancer. •
Beau St. Clair, 63, American film producer (
The Thomas Crown Affair,
The November Man,
Laws of Attraction), ovarian cancer. •
St Jovite, 26, American-bred Irish-trained racehorse, winner of the 1992
Irish Derby and
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. •
Ed Stewart, 74, British TV and radio broadcaster (
Top of the Pops,
Crackerjack), stroke. •
Vicente Troudart, 64, Panamanian baseball umpire. •
Peggy Willis-Aarnio, 67, American ballet choreographer. •
Zelimkhan Yaqub, 65, Azerbaijani poet.
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Abbas Bahri, 61, Tunisian mathematician and professor (
Rutgers University). •
Jerry Beach, 74, American blues musician. •
Wim Bleijenberg, 85, Dutch footballer (
Ajax,
national team). •
David Bowie, 69, English singer-songwriter, musician ("
Heroes", "
Space Oddity") and actor (
Labyrinth), six-time
Grammy winner, liver cancer. •
Bård Breivik, 67, Norwegian sculptor, cancer. •
Alton Brown, 90, American baseball player (
Washington Senators). •
Ann Z. Caracristi, 94, American cryptographer,
Deputy Director of the NSA (1980–1982), complications from dementia. •
Charles Congden Carpenter, 94, American naturalist. •
Teofil Codreanu, 74, Romanian footballer (
Rapid București). •
Jeanne Córdova, 67, German-born American
LGBT activist, brain cancer. •
Arlyn E. Danker, 88, American politician. •
Carolyn Denning, 88, American pediatrician, stroke. •
Michael Galeota, 31, American actor (
The Jersey, ''
Bailey Kipper's P.O.V., Bushwhacked''), heart disease and hypertension. •
Hernán Gamboa, 69, Venezuelan musician (
Serenata Guayanesa), cancer. •
Ulrich Hahnen, 63, German politician, Deputy of the
Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia (since 2010), cancer. •
Ralph Hauenstein, 103, American philanthropist and businessman. •
Alex Hickman, 90, Canadian judge and politician. •
Francis Thomas Hurley, 88, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of
Anchorage (1976–2001), Bishop of
Juneau (1971–1976). •
George Jonas, 80, Hungarian-born Canadian writer (
Vengeance), Parkinson's disease. •
Kalevi Lehtovirta, 87, Finnish Olympic footballer (
1952). •
Anthony Mellows, 79, British barrister and academic,
Lord Prior of the Order of St John (2008–2014). •
Connie Mhone, 47, Malawian netball player and coach. •
Ivone Mufuca, 43, Angolan Olympic handball player, complications during childbirth. •
Bob Oatley, 87, Australian yachtsman (
Wild Oats XI) and winemaker (
Rosemount). •
Arthur S. Obermayer, 84, American entrepreneur and philanthropist, cancer. •
Dick Spady, 92, American businessman (
Dick's Drive-In). •
John Stokes, 70, British Army soldier and mountaineer. •
The Wolfman, 80, Hungarian-born Canadian professional wrestler (
WWWF). •
Cornelis Zitman, 89, Dutch-born Venezuelan sculptor. •
Yusuf Zuayyin, 84, Syrian politician,
Prime Minister (1965, 1966–1968).
11 •
Budi Anduk, 47, Indonesian actor (
Opera Van Java) and comedian, pneumonia. •
Reginaldo Araújo, 38, Brazilian footballer, heart attack. •
Elizabeth Aston, 67, English author, pancreatic cancer. •
Sylvan Barnet, 89, American literary critic, cancer. •
Robert Coates, 87, Canadian politician,
MP (1957–1988). •
Sir Kenneth Corfield, 91, British camera engineer, inventor of the
Corfield Periflex. •
John Easter, 70, English squash player and cricketer, World Championship silver medallist (
1973). •
Berge Furre, 78, Norwegian politician and historian. •
Monte Irvin, 96, American
Hall of Fame baseball player (
Newark Eagles,
New York Giants,
Chicago Cubs), winner of the
1954 World Series. •
Yevgeny Kotlov, 66, Russian Soviet ice hockey player (
Dynamo Moscow). •
Albert Onyembo Lomandjo, 84, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Kindu (1966–1978). •
E. John Lownes III, 88, American politician. •
Stanley Mann, 87, Canadian screenwriter (
The Collector,
Conan the Destroyer,
Firestarter). •
John B. Mansbridge, 98, American art director (
Bedknobs and Broomsticks,
Tron,
The Apple Dumpling Gang). •
David Margulies, 78, American actor (
Ghostbusters,
The Sopranos,
Conversations with My Father). •
Chuck Pitcock, 57, American football player (
Tampa Bay Bandits). •
János Radványi, 93, Hungarian-born American political scientist and diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (1962–1967). •
Don Strauch, 89, American politician,
Mayor of Mesa, Arizona (1980–1984), member of the
Arizona House of Representatives (1987–1988), complications from a fall. •
Dorotea Turnbull, 86, Argentine Olympic swimmer. •
Gunnel Vallquist, 97, Swedish writer and translator (
In Search of Lost Time).
12 •
Hilda Antes, 86, German Olympic sprinter. •
Gian Bazzi, 84, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player (
1952). •
Robert Black, 68, Scottish serial killer and kidnapper, heart attack. •
James L. Browning Jr., 83, American prosecutor, fall. •
Ivan Bukavshin, 20, Russian chess Grandmaster, stroke. •
Rose Chibambo, 86, Malawian politician, Deputy Minister for Hospitals, Prisons and Social Welfare (1963–1964), heart attack. •
Marian Czapla, 69, Polish painter. •
Gastón Guzmán, 83, Mexican mycologist and anthropologist, heart attack. •
Brian Johnson, 59, Australian rugby league player and coach (
St. George,
Warrington), Alzheimer's disease. •
Yoshiko Kakudo, 81, Japanese-born American art curator and philanthropist, stroke. •
Lee Jeong-myung, 48, South Korean Olympic tennis player. •
Ruth Leuwerik, 91, German film actress (
The Trapp Family). •
Witold Mańczak, 91, Polish linguist. •
Tommy Mulgrew, 86, British footballer (
Southampton). •
Meg Mundy, 101, American actress (
Fatal Attraction,
All My Children,
Ordinary People). •
William Needles, 97, American-Canadian actor. •
Erik Olsson, 85, Swedish Olympic wrestler. •
Milorad Rajović, 61, Serbian footballer. •
Dave Sime, 79, American sprinter and
ophthalmologist, Olympic silver medalist (
1960), cancer. •
Andrew Smith, 25, American basketball player (
Butler Bulldogs,
Neptūnas), non-Hodgkin lymphoma. •
John Stevens, 86, British journalist. •
Melania Ursu, 75, Romanian stage and film actress (
Flames over Treasures). •
Carolyn D. Wright, 67, American poet, thrombosis.
13 •
Luis Arroyo, 88, Puerto Rican baseball player (
St. Louis Cardinals,
Pittsburgh Pirates,
New York Yankees), winner of the
1961 World Series, cancer. •
Brian Bedford, 80, British actor (
Robin Hood,
Nixon,
Much Ado About Nothing), cancer. •
William Craig, 97, American philosopher. •
Giorgio Gomelsky, 81, Georgian-born Swiss filmmaker (
La Collectionneuse), impresario, band manager (
The Rolling Stones,
The Yardbirds), songwriter and record producer. •
Christina Gustafsson, 64, Swedish Olympic sport shooter (
1984). •
Bern Herbolsheimer, 67, American composer, cancer. •
J. F. R. Jacob, 92, Indian military officer, pneumonia. •
Sir Albert McQuarrie, 98, Scottish politician,
MP for
East Aberdeenshire (1979–1983) and
Banff and Buchan (1983–1987). •
Dick Megugorac, 87, American land speed racer and customizer. •
Conrad Phillips, 90, British television and film actor (
The Adventures of William Tell). •
Lawrence Phillips, 40, American football player (
University of Nebraska,
St. Louis Rams) and convicted felon, suicide by hanging. •
Vladimir Pribylovsky, 59, Russian human rights activist and journalist. •
Addepalli Ramamohana Rao, 80, Indian Telugu poet. •
Mike Salmon, 82, British racing driver. •
Jim Simpson, 88, American sportscaster (
NBC Sports). •
Zaharije Trnavčević, 90, Serbian politician, Acting President of the
National Assembly (2012). •
G. A. Vadivelu, 90, Indian independence activist and politician. •
Lois Weisberg, 90, American civil servant and socialite. •
Tera Wray, 33, American pornographic actress, suicide.
14 •
René Angélil, 73, Canadian entertainment manager (
Celine Dion), throat cancer. •
George Carroll, 94, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of
Richmond, California (1964–1965). •
Franco Citti, 80, Italian actor (
The Godfather,
Accattone,
The Decameron). •
Calvin Greenaway, 67, Antigua and Barbuda Olympic athlete. •
Laurence Guest, 80, British Olympic rower. •
Jim Hannah, 71, American attorney, Chief Justice of the
Arkansas Supreme Court (2005–2015). •
Al Hart, 88, American radio host (
KCBS,
KNBR,
WOBT). •
Glyn W. Humphreys, 61, British neuropsychologist. •
Anna Lærkesen, 73, Danish ballerina. •
Franco Oppo, 80, Italian composer. •
P. M. K. Raghunath, 65, Indian cricketer. •
Alan Rickman, 69, English actor (
Harry Potter,
Die Hard,
Love Actually),
BAFTA winner (
1992), pancreatic cancer. •
Shaolin, 44, Brazilian humorist, heart attack. •
Jane Stuart Smith, 90, American operatic soprano, hymnologist, and author •
Robert Banks Stewart, 84, Scottish television writer (
Doctor Who,
Bergerac,
Shoestring), cancer. •
Larry Stuffle, 67, American politician and lobbyist. •
Shigeaki Uchino, 84, Japanese Olympic pentathlete. •
Sergio Vacchi, 90, Italian painter. •
Rajesh Vivek, 66, Indian actor (
Lagaan), heart attack. •
Ellen Meiksins Wood, 73, American historian, cancer. •
Leonid Zhabotinsky, 77, Ukrainian Soviet weightlifter, Olympic champion (
1964,
1968).
15 •
Frank Aasand, 66, American curler. •
Francisco X. Alarcón, 61, American poet, cancer. •
Peter Atteslander, 89, Swiss sociologist. •
James Birren, 97, American gerontologist. •
Daniel Bohan, 74, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of
Regina (since 2005), cancer. •
Robert Darène, 102, French actor (
The Cage). •
Robin Fletcher, 93, British academic administrator and field hockey player, Olympic bronze medallist (
1952). •
Anil Ganguly, 82, Indian film director (
Kora Kagaz,
Tapasya). •
Marie L. Garibaldi, 81, American judge, first woman to serve on the
New Jersey Supreme Court. •
Dan Haggerty, 74, American actor (
The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams), spinal cancer. •
Tunku Alif Hussein, 31, Malaysian royal. •
Pete Huttlinger, 54, American guitarist (
John Denver,
LeAnn Rimes), stroke. •
Avrom Isaacs, 89, Canadian art dealer. •
Ken Judge, 58, Australian football player (
East Fremantle,
Hawthorn,
Brisbane Bears) and coach (
Hawthorn,
West Coast Eagles), cancer. •
Andrzej Kotkowski, 75, Polish film director (
Olympics 40). •
Hiroshige Koyama, 78, Japanese botanist. •
Peter Kraus, 83, German Olympic athlete. •
Marvin Lipofsky, 77, American glass artist, complications of diabetes. •
P. J. Mara, 73, Irish public affairs consultant,
Senator (1977–1981, 1982–1983). •
Rex Morgan, 67, American basketball player (
Boston Celtics), throat cancer. •
John J. Pruis, 92, American educator, President of
Ball State University (1968–1978). •
Alexandre Reza, 93, Russian-born French jeweler. •
Oleksandr Shevchenko, 78, Ukrainian scientist, jurist and politician, member of the
Verkhovna Rada (2012–2014). •
Grzegorz Strouhal, 73, Polish Olympic sport shooter. •
Manuel Velázquez, 72, Spanish footballer (
Real Madrid,
Rayo Vallecano,
Málaga), winner of the
1965–66 European Cup. •
Aristide von Bienefeldt, 56, Dutch writer, cancer. •
Robert D. Wetmore, 85, American politician. •
Buzzy Wilkinson, 83, American basketball player (
Virginia Cavaliers).
16 •
Joannis Avramidis, 93, Georgian-born Austrian sculptor. •
Joan Balzar, 87, Canadian artist. •
Charles L. Bestor, 91, American composer and academic. •
Theodor Danetti, 89, Romanian stage and film actor. •
Ananda Chandra Dutta, 92, Indian botanist. •
Thor Furulund, 72, Norwegian painter. •
Hubert Giraud, 94, French songwriter. •
Bob Harkey, 85, American racecar driver (
USAC). •
Joe Hergert, 79, American football player (
Buffalo Bills). •
Kevin Junior, 46, American musician. •
Georgie Lamon, 81, Swiss politician,
shot. •
Gary Loizzo, 70, American singer (
The American Breed), pancreatic cancer. •
Ted Marchibroda, 84, American football player (
Pittsburgh Steelers,
Chicago Cardinals) and coach (
Baltimore Colts,
Baltimore Ravens). •
Rudy Migay, 87, Canadian ice hockey player (
Toronto Maple Leafs). •
John Mills, 85, Canadian writer. •
Carmelau Monestime, 86, Haitian-born American activist and radio broadcaster, pioneer of
Haitian Creole radio in
South Florida. •
Hans-Joachim Reich, 85, German Olympic swimmer. •
Jean-Noël Rey, 66, Swiss businessman, CEO of
Swiss Post,
shot. •
Lloyd Rudolph, 88, American political scientist. •
Mervyn Sandri, 83, New Zealand cricketer. •
Eva Saulitis, 52, American marine biologist and poet, breast cancer. •
Ed Voytek, 80, American football player (
Washington Redskins). •
Leonidas B. Young II, 62, American politician,
Mayor of Richmond, Virginia (1994–1996).
17 •
Reza Ahadi, 53, Iranian football player and coach. •
Peggy Anderson, 77, American author and journalist (
The Philadelphia Inquirer). •
Blowfly, 76, American musician and producer, liver cancer. •
Mondli Cele, 26, South African footballer, traffic collision. •
Olamide David, 14, Nigerian actor, abdominal injury. •
Melvin Day, 92, New Zealand artist. •
Jo de Winter, 94, American actress (
Gloria,
Dirty Harry,
Bird). •
Geethapriya, 83, Indian director (
Mannina Maga). •
Mic Gillette, 64, American brass player (
Tower of Power), heart attack. •
Dale Griffin, 67, British drummer (
Mott the Hoople), Alzheimer's disease. •
Gulch, 31, American thoroughbred racehorse, euthanised due to complications from cancer. •
Gottfried Honegger, 98, Swiss artist and graphic designer. •
Carina Jaarnek, 53, Swedish singer and
Dansband artist, cerebral haemorrhage. •
Stephen Levine, 78, American poet. •
Jules Le Lievre, 82, New Zealand rugby union player (
Canterbury,
national team). •
Sherron Mills, 44, American basketball player (
BCM Gravelines), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. •
Ion Panțuru, 81, Romanian
bobsledder, Olympic bronze medalist (
1968). •
Delphine Parrott, 87, British
immunologist. •
Billy Quinn, 80, Irish hurler. •
V. Rama Rao, 80, Indian politician,
Governor of Sikkim (2002–2007). •
Josef Rösch, 90, Czech-born American radiologist. •
Angus Ross, 59, Scottish darts player, pancreatic cancer. •
Ramblin' Lou Schriver, 86, American country musician and radio broadcaster (
WXRL), heart disease. •
Francis B. Schulte, 89, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of
New Orleans (1988–2001). •
Mike Sharpe, 64, Canadian professional wrestler (
WWF). •
John Taihuttu, 61, Dutch footballer (
VVV,
Fortuna Sittard). •
Sudhindra Thirtha, 89, Indian Hindu religious leader. •
Jenő Váncsa, 87, Hungarian politician,
Minister of Agriculture and Food (1980–1989).
18 •
Leila Alaoui, 33, French-born Moroccan artist and photographer,
heart attack. •
António de Almeida Santos, 89, Portuguese lawyer and politician, President of
Assembly of the Republic (1995–2002). •
Johnny Bach, 91, American basketball player (
Boston Celtics) and coach (
Fordham University,
Penn State,
Chicago Bulls). •
Terry Cook, 88, Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer. •
Manpreet Akhtar, 51, Indian Punjabi and folk singer. •
Pierre DesRuisseaux, 70, Canadian poet. •
Glenn Frey, 67, American songwriter, musician (
Eagles) and actor (
Jerry Maguire), complications following intestinal surgery. •
Karsten Isachsen, 71, Norwegian priest, author and public speaker. •
Andy Dog Johnson, 57, British artist, designer of many
The The record sleeves, brain tumour. •
Lars Roar Langslet, 79, Norwegian politician,
Minister of Culture and Science (1982–1986). •
Oleksiy Logvynenko, 69, Ukrainian translator (
The Catcher in the Rye). •
Loredana, 91, Italian actress (
Immigrants, ''
The King's Jester, La Fornarina''). •
Mike MacDowel, 83, British racing driver (
Cooper), cancer. •
Pablo Manavello, 65, Italian-born Venezuelan musician. •
Gary Menteer, 76, American television producer and director (
Family Matters,
Punky Brewster,
Laverne & Shirley). •
William Morgan, 85, American architect. •
Else Marie Pade, 91, Danish composer. •
Asha Patil, 79, Indian actress. •
Thrisadee Sahawong, 35, Thai actor. •
T. S. Sinnathuray, 85, Singaporean Supreme Court judge, pneumonia. •
Antonella Steni, 89, Italian actress (
The Tiger and the Pussycat,
Kaputt Mundi,
Nel sole). •
Joe Sweeney, 82, Australian Olympic wrestler. •
Michel Tournier, 91, French writer (
Friday, or, The Other Island,
The Erl-King). •
Nicolaus Zwetnow, 86, Norwegian sport shooter.
19 •
William G. Bowdler, 91, American diplomat,
Ambassador to South Africa (1975–1978). •
Robert M. Carter, 73, British-born Australian marine geologist and
climate change denier, complications from a heart attack. •
Antonia Churchill, 96, American Olympic sailor (
1936). •
John Corcoran, 56, Irish sports administrator. •
David Craighead, 84, Romanian-born American politician. •
Jean-Philippe Douin, 75, French military officer,
Chief of the Defence Staff (1995–1998). •
Joachim Fernandez, 43, Senegalese footballer. •
M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana, 68, Sri Lankan politician,
Minister of Lands (since 2015). •
Óskar Jónsson, 90, Icelandic Olympic runner. •
Claude Lefebvre, 86, Canadian politician, Mayor of
Laval, Quebec (1981–1989). •
Laurence Lerner, 90, South African-born British literary critic. •
Richard Levins, 85, American mathematical ecologist and population geneticist. •
Forrest McDonald, 89, American historian and constitutional scholar. •
Sylvia McLaughlin, 99, American environmentalist, co-founder of
Save the Bay. •
Micole Mercurio, 77, American actress (
Flashdance,
What Lies Beneath,
The Client). •
Lou Michaels, 80, American football player (
Los Angeles Rams,
Pittsburgh Steelers,
Baltimore Colts), pancreatic cancer. •
Max Nijman, 74, Surinamese singer. •
Samuel Odulana Odugade I, 101, Nigerian royal,
Olubadan of
Ibadan (since 2007). •
Ettore Scola, 84, Italian film director and screenwriter (
We All Loved Each Other So Much,
A Special Day,
Le Bal), heart attack. •
Rich Severson, 71, American baseball player (
Kansas City Royals). •
Sheila Sim, Lady Attenborough, 93, English actress (
A Canterbury Tale,
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman,
West of Zanzibar), dementia. •
William Y. Smith, 90, American air force general, heart failure. •
Frank Sullivan, 85, American baseball player (
Boston Red Sox,
Philadelphia Phillies,
Minnesota Twins), pneumonia. •
Eugen Vollmar, 87, Swiss Olympic rower.
20 •
Herbert L. Abrams, 95, American physician. •
Lee Abramson, 45, American composer and musician. •
Arch, 21, American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the
Super Derby (1998) and
Fayette Stakes (1998), heart attack. •
Bud Beardmore, 76, American lacrosse coach (
Maryland), Parkinson's disease. •
Constance Beresford-Howe, 93, Canadian novelist. •
Subrata Bose, 83, Indian politician, cardiac arrest. •
Mykolas Burokevičius, 88, Lithuanian politician, member of the
Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee. •
Chang Yung-fa, 88, Taiwanese businessman (
Evergreen Group). •
Edmonde Charles-Roux, 95, French writer. •
Stuart Cowden, 90, English footballer (
Stoke City). •
Joan Douglass, 91, American politician. •
Bairbre Dowling, 62, Irish actress (
Zardoz,
The Dead,
War of the Buttons). •
Ronnie Greenwald, 82, American rabbi. •
Jack Hailman, 79, American zoologist. •
David G. Hartwell, 74, American editor, publisher and critic, injuries from a fall. •
Hung-ta Chang, 102, Chinese botanist. •
Brian Key, 68, British politician, MEP for
Yorkshire South (1979–1984). •
Kingmambo, 25, American-bred French thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized. (death announced on this date) •
Valerie Pearl, 89, British historian. •
Eva Schorr, 88, German painter and composer. •
George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld, 96, Austrian-born British publisher, philanthropist, and newspaper columnist. •
Edward Yourdon, 72, American computer scientist.
21 •
Ron Collins, 59, Canadian curler. •
Mauro Gianneschi, 84, Italian cyclist. •
Andrew J. Hinshaw, 92, American politician, member of the
United States House of Representatives from California's
39th and
40th congressional districts (1973–1977). •
Glenn Jenks, 68, American ragtime pianist and composer. •
Bill Johnson, 55, American alpine skier, Olympic champion (
1984). •
Bogusław Kaczyński, 73, Polish classical music journalist, stroke. •
Gérard Kamanda wa Kamanda, 75, Congolese politician. •
Richard Klinkhamer, 78, Dutch writer. •
Derrick Todd Lee, 47, American convicted serial killer, heart disease. •
Cabot Lyford, 90, American sculptor, pulmonary distress. •
Harrison McIntosh, 101, American ceramicist. •
Jerker Porath, 94, Swedish biochemist. •
Stephanie Rader, 100, American spy. •
Garnet Richardson, 82, Canadian curler, world champion (
1959,
1960,
1962,
1963). •
Mrinalini Sarabhai, 97, Indian classical dancer, choreographer and instructor. •
Robert Sassone, 37, French road racing cyclist, suicide. •
Val Sears, 88, Canadian journalist (
Toronto Star). •
Francis Seow, 87, Singapore-born American writer and political refugee, pneumonia. •
Michael Sheringham, 67, English literary academic. •
Ron Southern, 85, Canadian businessman (
ATCO). •
Robert Tuggle, 82, American writer and archivist. •
Gerald Williams, 86, Welsh tennis commentator.
22 •
Tom Aidala, 82, American architect. •
Khandaker Nurul Alam, Bangladeshi singer and composer. •
Victor Arbez, 81, French Olympic skier. •
Homayoun Behzadi, 73, Iranian football player (
Shahin,
Paykan,
national team) and coach (
Persepolis), Asian Champion (
1968,
1972). •
Eugene Borowitz, 91, American rabbi and philosopher. •
Fred Bruney, 84, American football player (
Boston Patriots). •
Tommy Bryceland, 76, Scottish footballer (
St Mirren,
Norwich,
Oldham). •
Pete Carmichael, 74, American football coach (
Jacksonville Jaguars). •
Ryuichi Doi, 76, Japanese politician. •
John Dowie, 60, Scottish footballer (
Fulham,
Celtic). •
John Farris, 75, American author. •
Kamer Genç, 75, Turkish politician, member of the
Grand National Assembly (1987–2015), cancer. •
Shankar Ghosh, 80, Indian
tabla player, pneumonia. •
Bill Groom, 81, Canadian curler. •
Holly Hogrobrooks, 75, American civil rights activist and journalist. •
Waymond C. Huggins, 88, American politician. •
Juan Manuel Ley, 82, Mexican businessman (
Casa Ley). •
Jorge Lucardi, 87, Argentine Olympic equestrian. •
Constantin Mihail, 70, Romanian track and field coach. •
Ian Murray, 83, Scottish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Argyll and the Isles (1999–2008). •
Abolhassan Najafi, 86, Iranian writer and translator. •
Denise Newman, 91, British Olympic diver (
1948). •
Mikhail Odnoralov, 71, Russian-born American painter. •
Cecil Parkinson, Baron Parkinson, 84, British politician, cabinet minister, cancer. •
Robert Pickus, 92, American activist. •
Lois Ramsey, 93, Australian actress (
The Box,
Prisoner). •
Miloslav Ransdorf, 62, Czech politician,
MEP (since 2004). •
Raymond Rock, 93, Canadian politician. •
Sarah, 15, American zoo cheetah. •
Anthony Simmons, 93, British screenwriter and film director (
The Optimists of Nine Elms,
Black Joy). •
Storm Flag Flying, 16, American thoroughbred racehorse, foaling complications. •
Rik Wilson, 53, American ice hockey player (
St. Louis Blues). •
Tahsin Yücel, 83, Turkish writer.
23 •
Nikolay Abramov, 54, Russian
Vepsian writer and translator. •
Bob Arnott, 93, Australian Olympic alpine skier (
1952). •
Dorothy Atkinson, 86, American historian. •
Lela Autio, 88, American painter. •
Jimmy Bain, 68, Scottish bassist (
Rainbow,
Dio), lung cancer. •
Jack Bannister, 85, English cricket player (
Warwickshire) and commentator. •
Barry Brickell, 80, New Zealand ceramic artist. •
Cadalack Ron, 34, American rapper, mixed drug intoxication. •
Pablo Contessi, Paraguayan doctor and politician, Governor of
Presidente Hayes Department (since 2013), traffic collision. •
Antony Emerson, 52, Australian tennis player, cancer. •
Espectrito, 49, Mexican professional wrestler (
WWF,
AAA). •
Josip Friščić, 66, Croatian politician, Vice President of
Parliament (2008–2011). •
Sofía Gandarias, 58, Spanish painter. •
Archie Gouldie, 79, Canadian professional wrestler, complications from hip surgery. •
Jennifer Guinness, 78, Irish socialite and kidnapping victim, cancer. •
Grahame Hodgson, 79, Welsh rugby union player (
national team). •
Žuži Jelinek, 96, Croatian fashion stylist, designer and writer. •
A. C. Jose, 78, Indian politician, Speaker of
Kerala Legislature (1982), member of
Parliament (1996–1997, 1998–2004). •
Marie Mahoney, 91, American baseball player (
AAGBPL). •
R. Clayton McWhorter, 82, American businessman and philanthropist. •
Matt Pearce, 48, Canadian football player (
Winnipeg Blue Bombers). •
Elisabeta Polihroniade, 80, Romanian chess
Woman Grandmaster (1982) and
International Arbiter. •
Bernard Quennehen, 85, French racing cyclist. •
Bill Roberts, 90, American basketball player (
Chicago Stags,
Boston Celtics,
St. Louis Bombers). •
Francisco Rubio Llorente, 85, Spanish jurist, President of the
Spanish Council of State (2004–2012). •
George Sefcik, 76, American football coach (
Cincinnati Bengals,
New York Giants,
Atlanta Falcons). •
Koichi Sekimoto, 37, Japanese footballer (
Sagan Tosu). •
Dmitry Shirkov, 88, Russian theoretical physicist. •
Bobby Wanzer, 94, American Hall of Fame basketball player and coach (
Rochester/Cincinnati Royals), NBA Champion (
1951). •
Walt Williams, 72, American baseball player (
Chicago White Sox,
Cleveland Indians,
New York Yankees), heart attack.
24 •
Gian Carlo Abelli, 74, Italian politician, member of the
Chamber of Deputies. •
Fredrik Barth, 87, Norwegian social anthropologist. •
Neville Black, 90, New Zealand rugby union (
Auckland,
national team) and rugby league (
Wigan,
Keighley) player. •
Yvonne Chouteau, 86, American ballerina. •
David Finkelstein, 86, American physicist. •
Forouzan, 78, Iranian actress. •
Malcolm Grear, 84, American graphic designer. •
John Jay Hooker, 85, American politician. •
Christine Jackson, 53, British-born Australian cellist, complications from a brain aneurysm. •
Constantijn Kortmann, 71, Dutch legal scholar. •
Clyde Mashore, 70, American baseball player (
Montreal Expos). •
Donald Milne, 81, American politician, member of the
Vermont House of Representatives (1967), cancer. •
Marvin Minsky, 88, American cognitive scientist and pioneer in artificial intelligence, cerebral hemorrhage. •
Wim Mook, 83, Dutch physicist. •
Alejandro Muñoz-Alonso, 82, Spanish politician, member of the
Congress of Deputies (1989–2000) and
Senate (2000–2015). •
Zarkus Poussa, 40, Finnish drummer (
RinneRadio) and songwriter. •
Teófilo Rodríguez, 44, Venezuelan criminal, shot. •
Barry J. Shillito, 95, American businessman and government official. •
Lois Snowe-Mello, 67, American politician, member of
Maine House of Representatives (1996–2004) and
Senate (2004–2012). •
Gillian Tanner, 96, British firefighter. •
Schalk van der Merwe, 54, South African tennis player. •
Eric Webster, 84, English football player (
Manchester City) and manager (
Stockport County). •
Henry Worsley, 55, British adventurer, multiple organ failure.
25 •
Jashubhai Dhanabhai Barad, 60, Indian politician, member of
Parliament (2004–2009), brain tumour. •
David Chatters, 69, Canadian politician, pancreatic cancer. •
Blaine Denning, 85, American basketball player (
Elmira Colonels,
Harlem Globetrotters,
Baltimore Bullets). •
Thornton Dial, 87, American artist. •
Denise Duval, 94, French soprano. •
Kalpana, 50, Indian actress (
Thanichalla Njan), heart attack. •
Howard Koslow, 91, American illustrator. •
Robert Lorick, American lyricist and voice actor. (death announced on this date) •
John Murrell, 83, British theoretical chemist. •
Padmarani, 79, Indian actress. •
Concepcion Picciotto, 80, Spanish-born American peace activist. •
Leif Solberg, 101, Norwegian composer and organist. •
Ron Stillwell, 76, American baseball player (
Washington Senators), cancer. •
Paul Terasaki, 86, American scientist and philanthropist.
26 •
Alvin Achenbaum, 90, American advertising executive. •
Sunday Adewusi, 79, Nigerian policeman,
Inspector-general of police (1981–1983). •
Zaw Zaw Aung, 79, Burmese author and public intellectual. •
Black, 53, British singer-songwriter ("
Wonderful Life"), head injuries sustained in a traffic collision. •
Bernard Cookson, 79, British cartoonist. •
Vasilya Fattakhova, 36, Russian Tatar singer, complications of childbirth. •
LaVoy Finicum, 54, American cattle rancher and militant (
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Occupation), shot. •
Barney Hall, 83, American sports commentator (
Motor Racing Network), complications from surgery. •
Christer Jönsson, 72, Swedish Olympic gymnast. •
Gil Kahele, 73, American politician, member of the
Hawaii Senate (since 2011). •
Ted Karras Sr., 81, American football player (
Chicago Bears), NFL champion (
1963). •
Tommy Kelly, 90, American actor (
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, ''
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus''), heart failure. •
Sahabzada Yaqub Khan, 95, Pakistani politician and diplomat,
Minister of Foreign Affairs (1982–1991, 1996–1997),
Ambassador to the United States (1973–1979). •
Olga Kozičová, 64, Slovak Olympic swimmer. •
Martin Lavut, 81, Canadian film maker (
Remembering Arthur). •
Margaret Pardee, 95, American violinist and teacher. •
Ray Pointer, 79, English footballer (
Burnley,
Coventry,
Portsmouth). •
Bryce Rohde, 92, Australian jazz pianist, composer. •
T. J. Tindall, 65, American guitarist (
MFSB). •
Jerzy Tomaszewski, 92, Polish photographer. •
Takeo Uesugi, 75, Japanese landscape architect. •
László Versényi, 84, Hungarian theatre and voice actor. •
Abe Vigoda, 94, American actor (
The Godfather,
Barney Miller,
Joe Versus the Volcano). •
Barrington Watson, 85, Jamaican painter. •
Oscar Wiggli, 88, Swiss composer and sculptor. •
Larry Woods, 76, Canadian Olympic sailor.
27 •
Peter Baker, 84, English footballer (
Tottenham Hotspur). •
Barbara Berger, 85, American baseball player (
AAGPBL). •
John Brudenall, 77, Australian librarian. •
Antonio Castellanos Mata, 68, Spanish physicist. •
Mary Lou Crocker, 71, American professional golfer. •
Alice Denham, 89, American writer and model, complications from ovarian cancer. •
Georgy Firtich, 77, Russian composer and pianist. •
Artur Fischer, 96, German inventor. •
James Garrett Freeman, 35, American criminal, execution by lethal injection. •
Augusto Giomo, 75, Italian Olympic basketball player (
1960,
1964). •
John Howe, 85, South African-born British air vice marshal. •
Carlos Loyzaga, 85, Filipino Olympic basketball player (
1952,
1956), bronze medalist at the
1954 FIBA World Championship. •
William E. Martin, 70, American musician, songwriter, screenwriter and voice actor. •
Tommy O'Hara, 63, international professional footballer. •
Jack Reed, 91, American businessman and politician. •
Shirley Tonkin, 94, New Zealand paediatrician and sudden infant death syndrome researcher. •
DeWitt Williams, 96, American politician. •
Ihor Zaytsev, 81, Russian-born Ukrainian Soviet footballer (
national team).
28 •
Signe Toly Anderson, 74, American singer (
Jefferson Airplane). •
Maheswar Baug, 85, Indian politician and independence activist. •
Yisroel Belsky, 77, American rabbi. •
Gene Bissell, 89, American football player and coach (
Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes). •
Buddy Cianci, 74, American politician and radio host,
Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island (1975–1984, 1991–2002). •
Robert Courtney, 56, New Zealand
Paralympic champion sprinter (
1984). •
Aleš Debeljak, 54, Slovenian writer, struck by vehicle. •
James deSouza, 90, Pakistani Roman Catholic priest. •
Emile Destombes, 80, French-born Cambodian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of
Phnom Penh (2001–2010). •
Trude Dothan, 93, Israeli archaeologist. •
Paul Kantner, 74, American musician (
Jefferson Airplane,
Jefferson Starship) and songwriter ("
Wooden Ships"), multiple organ failure. •
Mike Minor, 75, American actor (
Petticoat Junction,
All My Children,
The Beverly Hillbillies). •
Jim Morris, 80, American bodybuilder. •
Tommy O'Hara, 62, Scottish footballer (
Queen of the South,
Washington Diplomats,
Motherwell). •
Nigel Peel, 48, English cricketer (
Cheshire), brain tumour. •
Peter Robinson, 57, New Zealand musician (
The Tin Syndrome). •
Axel Schandorff, 90, Danish track cyclist, Olympic bronze medalist (
1948). •
Nadine Senior, 76, English dance teacher. •
Marion Sewer, 43, American pharmacologist. •
Dave Thomson, 77, Scottish footballer (
Dunfermline Athletic,
Queen of the South). •
Bob Tizard, 91, New Zealand politician,
Deputy Prime Minister (1974–1975). •
Ladislav Totkovič, 53, Slovak football player (
Inter Bratislava) and manager. •
Richard P. Von Herzen, 85, American earth scientist. •
Basil Wellicome, 89, British Olympic bobsledder.
29 •
Karen Johnson Boyd, 91, American heiress and philanthropist. •
Jean-Marie Doré, 77, Guinean politician,
Prime Minister (2010). •
Billy Faier, 85, American banjo player. •
Virginia Herrick, 99, American actress (
Roar of the Iron Horse,
I Killed Geronimo,
Vigilante Hideout). •
Sam Hulbert, 79, American academic. •
Nayani Krishnakumari, 85, Indian writer and folklorist. •
Albert Low, 87, British author. •
Linus Maurer, 90, American cartoonist, inspiration for the name
Linus Van Pelt. •
Aurèle Nicolet, 90, Swiss flautist. •
Cayetano Paderanga Jr., 67, Filipino economist, Director-General of
NEDA (2010–2012), complications after heart surgery. •
Ruth Rehmann, 93, German writer. •
Jacques Rivette, 87, French film director (
La Belle Noiseuse,
Celine and Julie Go Boating,
Out 1) and critic (
Cahiers du cinéma), complications from Alzheimer's disease. •
Philip J. Rock, 78, American politician,
President of the Illinois Senate (1979–1993). •
John Roper, Baron Roper, 80, British politician. •
Benjamin F. Shobe, 95, American civil rights attorney and judge. •
Donald I. Williamson, 94, British biologist.
30 •
Roberto Albanese, 65, Italian politician. •
Girolamo Arnaldi, 86, Italian historian. •
Tony Blaz, 57, Guamanian politician and civil servant, member of the
Legislature of Guam, pneumonia. •
J. Robert Carrier, 90, American politician. •
Tias Eckhoff, 89, Norwegian industrial designer. •
Asuquo Ekpe, Nigerian international footballer. •
Feyrouz, 72, Egyptian actress. •
Frank Finlay, 89, English actor (
Othello,
The Pianist,
Bouquet of Barbed Wire), heart failure. •
Francisco Flores Pérez, 56, Salvadoran politician,
President (1999–2004), cerebral hemorrhage. •
Betty Francis, 84, American baseball player (
AAGBPL). •
T. N. Gopakumar, 58, Indian journalist, cancer. •
K. V. Krishna Rao, 92, Indian general. •
Don Marks, 62, Canadian writer and indigenous rights advocate, liver disease. •
Noelle Middleton, 89, Irish actress. •
Maikhail Miller, 23, American football player (
Murray State,
Ole Miss), traffic collision. •
Kollam G. K. Pillai, 91, Indian actor. •
Georgia Davis Powers, 92, American civil rights activist and politician, first female and African-American member of the
Kentucky State Senate (1968–1989). •
Peter Quinn, 90, Irish Gaelic footballer (
Mayo). •
Bill Reinhard, 93, American football player (
Los Angeles Dons). •
Ken Sailors, 95, American basketball player (
University of Wyoming,
Providence Steamrollers), complications from heart attack. •
Mohammad Salimi, 78, Iranian general, Commander-in-Chief of the Army (2000–2005). •
Clarence Lorenzo Simpson Jr., 83, Liberian jurist and politician. •
Max Stackhouse, 80, American theologian. •
Dov Yermiya, 101, Israeli army officer and author.
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Jalal Aliyev, 87, Azerbaijani politician. •
Gillian Avery, 89, British children's novelist and historian. •
Mere Broughton, 79, New Zealand
Māori language activist and unionist. •
Jon Bunch, 45, American singer (
Sense Field,
Further Seems Forever), suicidal overdose. •
Bob Bushnell, 100, American bass player and guitarist. •
Miron Chichișan, 70, Romanian politician,
Mayor of Zalău (1992–1996). •
Lance Cox, 82, Australian football player (
Richmond). •
Elizabeth Eisenstein, 92, American historian. •
Tom Hancock, 67, American politician. •
David Lake, 86, Indian-born Australian science fiction writer. •
Artie L. Metcalf, 86, American biologist. •
Bob Pelkington, 74, American basketball player (
Xavier University). •
Pat Piper, 81, American politician. •
Betty Rosenquest Pratt, 90, American tennis player. •
Wolfgang Rademann, 81, German television producer and journalist. •
Donald Van Norman Roberts, 87, American civil engineer. •
Randhir Singh, 94, Indian political scientist. •
Benoît Violier, 44, French-Swiss chef, suicide by gunshot. •
Sir Terry Wogan, 77, Irish-British broadcaster (
BBC), cancer. •
Hubert Yockey, 99, American physicist and
information theorist. •
Yuan Geng, 98, Chinese politician and business executive. ==References==