1 •
Bouteldja Belkacem, 68, Algerian singer and composer. •
Frank Brennan, 67, Irish economist. •
Boomer Castleman, 70, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, inventor of the
palm pedal, cancer. •
Dot Coleman, 79, New Zealand fencer. •
Gurgen Dalibaltayan, 89, Armenian colonel-general. •
Eric H. Davidson, 78, American biologist, heart attack. •
Antonio Deinde Fernandez, 79, Nigerian diplomat. •
Izet Haračić, 50, Serbian Olympic bobsledder. •
Richard G. Hewlett, 92, American public historian. •
Don Holder, 86, American Olympic gymnast. •
Dean Jones, 84, American actor (
The Love Bug,
Company,
Beethoven), Parkinson's disease. •
Ben Kuroki, 98, American bomber crewman. •
Jiří Louda, 94, Czech heraldist, designer of the current
Coat of arms of the Czech Republic. •
Hanna Mierzejewska, 65, Polish politician. •
Takuma Nakahira, 77, Japanese photographer. •
Antonio Nirta, 96, Italian organized crime boss (
'Ndrangheta San Luca). •
Abdul Hafeez Pirzada, 80, Pakistani politician and lawyer. •
William B. Provine, 73, American science historian, brain tumor. •
Robert Ravenstahl, 90, American politician, member of the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1975–1978). •
Aleksandar Stipčević, 84, Croatian historian of the
Illyrians. •
Jacek Wierzchowiecki, 71, Polish Olympic equestrian.
2 •
John E. Boland, 78, American politician, member of the
Minnesota House of Representatives (1971–1973). •
Suheil Bushrui, 85, Lebanese academic. •
Lindsay Collins, 71, Australian marine geologist. •
Avinash Deobhakta, 78, Indian-born New Zealand jurist. •
Boudjemaâ El Ankis, 88, Algerian musician. •
Ephraim Engleman, 104, American
rheumatologist. •
Henry Gleitman, 90, German-born American psychologist. •
Charles Gyamfi, 85, Ghanaian football player (
Fortuna Düsseldorf) and coach (
national team). •
Stan Kane, 86, Scottish actor (
Storm). •
Piero Livi, 90, Italian film director. •
Aleksander Mandziara, 75, Polish football player and coach. •
Stewart McCrae, 85, Canadian politician, member of the
Legislative Assembly of Alberta (1973–1982). •
Manos Nathan, 67, New Zealand artist, leukaemia. •
Giuseppe Petitto, 46, Italian film director. •
Brianna Lea Pruett, 32, American singer and songwriter, suicide. •
Tessa Ransford, 77, Scottish poet, cancer. •
William Arbuckle Reid, 82, British curriculum theorist. •
Simo Salminen, 82, Finnish comic actor.
3 •
Wayne D. Bennett, 87, American politician, member of the
Iowa House of Representatives (1973–1993) and
Senate (1993–1997). •
Gabrielle Burton, 76, American novelist, pancreatic cancer. •
Sir Adrian Cadbury, 86, British businessman and rower, chairman of
Cadbury. •
Judy Carne, 76, British actress and comedian (''
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In''), pneumonia. •
Robert Commanday, 93, American music critic. •
Stanton R. Cook, 90, American chief executive (
Chicago Tribune). •
Chandra Bahadur Dangi, 75, Nepalese
primordial dwarf, shortest man in recorded history, pneumonia. •
Harold Drasdo, 85, English rock climber and writer. •
Dan Eley, 100, British chemist (
Eley-Rideal mechanism). •
Claude Flahault, 92, French Olympic sailor. •
Giltedge, 29, Irish-born American
eventing horse. •
Leon Gorman, 80, American businessman, President (1967–2001) and chairman (2001–2013) of
L.L.Bean, cancer. •
William H. Grier, 89, American psychiatrist and author (
Black Rage), complications from prostate cancer and a brain lesion. •
Ken Horne, 89, English footballer (
Brentford). •
Carter Lay, 44, American businessman and philanthropist, heir to
Frito-Lay. •
Leland McPhie, 101, American masters athlete. •
John Noah, 87, American ice hockey player, Olympic silver medalist (
1952), Alzheimer's disease. •
Jean-Luc Préel, 74, French politician, member of the
French National Assembly for
Vendée (1988–2012). •
Andrew Sibley, 81, Australian painter. •
Daniel Thompson, 94, Canadian-born American inventor, creator of the automatic
bagel maker and the folding
ping pong table. •
Yevgeny Ukhnalyov, 83, Russian artist, co-creator of the current
coat of arms of Russia. •
John Waller, 91, British Anglican prelate,
Bishop of Stafford (1979–1987). •
Binny Yanga, 57, Indian social worker and activist. •
Zhang Zhen, 100, Chinese general.
4 •
Geoffrey Bolton, 83, Australian historian. •
Graham Brazier, 63, New Zealand musician and songwriter (
Hello Sailor), heart attack. •
Antonio Ciciliano, 82, Italian sailor, Olympic bronze medalist (
1960). •
Frédéric Comte, 39, French rally driver, car crash. •
Jean Darling, 93, American silent film actress (
Our Gang), radio personality and author. •
Piers Maxwell Dudley-Bateman, 67, Australian landscape painter, boating accident. •
Eldon Johnson, 85, American politician, member of the
Oregon House of Representatives (1977–1999), stroke. •
Sylvie Joly, 80, French actress and comedian (
Going Places, Get Out Your Handkerchiefs), heart attack. •
Rainer Kirsch, 81, German author and poet. •
Max Kruse, 93, German novelist. •
Sara Little Turnbull, 97, American product designer. •
Claus Moser, Baron Moser, 92, German-born British statistician, stroke. •
Warren Murphy, 81, American author (
The Destroyer) and screenwriter (
Lethal Weapon 2,
The Eiger Sanction). •
Rico Rodriguez, 80, Cuban-born British trombonist (
The Specials). •
Joel Rufino dos Santos, 74, Brazilian historian and writer. •
Wilfred de Souza, 88, Indian politician,
Chief Minister of Goa (1993–1994, 1998). •
Egon Sundberg, 104, Swedish footballer. •
Andrzej Szal, 73, Polish Olympic ice hockey player. •
Duane Weiman, 69, Canadian politician, member of the
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (1982–1986). •
Hal Willis, 82, Canadian country singer (
The Lumberjack). •
Jonathan Woolf, 54, British architect. •
Cyril Zuma, 30, South African footballer, traffic collision.
5 •
Ilja Bergh, 88, Danish pianist and composer. •
Chen Sho Fa, 86-87, Singaporean Olympic basketball player. •
Antonio Dalmonte, 96, Italian footballer (
Juventus FC,
Atalanta B.C.). •
Avery Dennis Sr., 86, American tribal politician and substance abuse counselor, Trustee of the
Shinnecock Indian Nation. •
Gene Elston, 93, American Major League Baseball broadcaster (
Houston Astros). •
Goh Eng Wah, 92, Malaysian-born Singaporean film distributor. •
Denny Greene, 66, American singer (
Sha Na Na), actor, movie studio executive and law professor, esophageal cancer. •
Peter D. Hannaford, 82, American public relations consultant. •
Setsuko Hara, 95, Japanese actress, pneumonia. •
Jacques Israelievitch, 67, French-born Canadian violinist. •
Yotaro Kobayashi, 82, English-born Japanese businessman (
Fuji Xerox), chronic
empyema. •
Cody Ledbetter, 42, American football player (
Hamilton Tiger-Cats,
Edmonton Eskimos), suicide by hanging. •
Alacid Nunes, 90, Brazilian politician, Governor of
Pará (1966–1971, 1979–1983). •
Norman Oakes, 89, Australian public servant. •
Richard Pacheco, 90, American politician. •
Aadesh Shrivastava, 51, Indian composer and singer, cancer. •
Alan Steel, 79, Italian bodybuilder and actor (
Samson,
The Rebel Gladiators,
Hercules Against the Moon Men). •
Chester Stranczek, 85, American politician, Mayor of
Crestwood, Illinois (1969–2007). •
Fagaoalii Satele Sunia, 69, American Samoan literacy advocate,
First Lady (1997–2003), stroke. •
Peter Alfred Sutton, 80, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of
Keewatin–Le Pas (1986–2006). •
RO Tambunan, 80, Indonesian lawyer. •
Patricia Canning Todd, 93, American tennis player. •
Ivan Voshchyna, 57, Ukrainian drummer.
6 •
John O. Almquist, 94, American scientist. •
Beverly Daggett, 69, American politician, member (1996–2004) and
President (2003–2004) of the
Maine Senate, polycystic kidney disease. •
Vincenzo Dall'Osso, 86, Italian boxer. •
Bastien Damiens, 20, French canoeist, European
kayaking champion (
2012), fall. •
Richard E. Flathman, 81, American political theorist. •
R. Hollis Gause, 90, American theologian. •
Åke Hansson, 88, Swedish footballer (
Malmö FF). •
Jack Linn, 48, American football player (
Detroit Lions), motorcycle accident. •
Thor-Erik Lundby, 78, Norwegian Olympic ice hockey player (
1964). •
Herbert Mayr, 72, Italian politician. •
Ralph Milne, 54, Scottish footballer (
Dundee United,
Manchester United), liver disease. •
Martin Milner, 83, American actor (
Adam-12,
Route 66,
Sweet Smell of Success), heart failure. •
Harald Norbelie, 70, Swedish writer and journalist, prostate cancer. •
Fred Ohr, 96, American World War II flying ace. •
Nelson Peery, 92, American political activist and author. •
John Perreault, 78, American art critic and poet, complications from gastrointestinal surgery. •
Allen Roberts, 92, New Zealand cricketer. •
Barney Schultz, 89, American baseball player (
Chicago Cubs,
St. Louis Cardinals). •
Muhammad Shah Rukh, 88, Pakistani Olympic field hockey player (
1948) and cyclist (
1956). •
Gaylord Shaw, 73, American journalist. •
Calvin J. Spann, 90, American fighter pilot (
Tuskegee Airmen). •
Vladislav Timakov, 22, Russian water polo player, heart attack. •
Peter Walker, 65, British Royal Air Force officer,
Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey (since 2011). •
Petraq Zoto, 77, Albanian writer.
7 •
Susan Allen, 64, American harpist, brain cancer. •
Elena Arnedo, 74, Spanish gynecologist, writer and women's rights activist. •
Cor Edskes, 90, Dutch organ builder and restorer. •
Jorge Alberto Garramuño, 61, Argentine politician,
Senator (since 2013). •
Leon Gordis, 81, American epidemiologist. •
George Guida, 93, American Olympic sprinter (
1948). •
Alan Heflin, 75, American politician. •
Jane Hill, 79, Australian politician, member of the
Victorian Legislative Assembly for
Frankston (1982–1985) and
Frankston North (1985–1992). •
Dickie Moore, 89, American child actor (
Our Gang,
Sergeant York,
Oliver Twist). •
Sigifredo Nájera Talamantes, Mexican drug cartel leader (
Los Zetas), heart attack. •
Candida Royalle, 64, American
Hall of Fame pornographic actress, producer and director, ovarian cancer. •
Guillermo Rubalcaba, 88, Cuban pianist, bandleader and composer. •
José María Ruiz-Mateos, 84, Spanish businessman and politician. •
Rebecca Shaw, 83, English author, stroke. •
Sowkoor Jayaprakash Shetty, 80, Indian politician. •
Leonard Silverman, 84, American politician and judge. •
Henry Stallings II, 64, American politician. •
Josef Sterff, 80, German Olympic bobsledder. •
Turdakun Usubaliev, 95, Kyrgyz Soviet politician. •
Mitrasen Yadav, 81, Indian politician, convicted embezzler and pardoned double murderer. •
Voula Zouboulaki, 90, Egyptian-born Greek actress.
8 •
Merv Adelson, 85, American television producer, cancer. •
Habil Aliyev, 88, Azerbaijani musician, heart and lung failure. •
Joaquín Andújar, 62, Dominican baseball player (
Houston Astros,
St. Louis Cardinals), complications from diabetes. •
Ron Beagle, 81, American football player. •
Erlinda Cortes, 91, Filipino actress. •
Willi Fuggerer, 73, German track cyclist, Olympic bronze medalist (
1964). •
Ebby Halliday, 104, American realtor and businesswoman. •
Teri Harangozó, 72, Hungarian singer. •
Basil H. Johnston, 86, Canadian writer. •
Ferenc Kiss, 73, Hungarian wrestler, Olympic bronze medalist (
1972). •
Andrew Kohut, 73, American political scientist, leukemia. •
Bettina Le Beau, 83, Belgian-born British actress (
Dr. No). •
Peeter Luksep, 60, Swedish politician,
MP (1991–1994). •
Tyler Sash, 27, American football player (
New York Giants), accidental drug overdose. •
Carlo Schäfer, 51, German author. •
Miroslav Josić Višnjić, 69, Serbian writer. •
Smokey Wilson, 79, American blues guitarist. •
Robert Wylie, 67, New Zealand cricketer. •
Joost Zwagerman, 51, Dutch author, suicide.
9 •
John Allen, 83, British Anglican priest,
Provost of Wakefield (1982–1997). •
Annemarie Bostroem, 93, German writer. •
Lane Bray, 86, American politician, member of the
Washington House of Representatives (1991–1995). •
Dan S. Budd, 88, American politician. •
Gabriel Fragnière, 81, Swiss academic. •
Sally Ann Freedman, 75, American beauty queen and model. •
Green Desert, 32, American Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized. •
Charles Hallac, 50, American businessman (
BlackRock), colorectal cancer. •
Harold Hardison, 92, American politician. •
Leinaala Kalama Heine, 75, American
hula dancer. •
Margaret Henry, 81, Australian community activist and politician. •
Dorothy Hey, 83-84, British Olympic gymnast. •
Einar H. Ingman Jr., 85, American Army
Medal of Honor recipient (
Korean War). •
Bob Jewett, 80, American football player (
Toronto Argonauts,
Chicago Bears). •
K. Kunaratnam, 81, Sri Lankan academic. •
Fernando Di Laura Frattura, 83, Italian politician,
President of Molise (1988–1990), member of the
Chamber of Deputies (1992–1994). •
John Pratt-Johnson, 86, Canadian ophthalmologist. •
Jørgen Sonne, 89, Danish writer.
10 •
Philip Amm, 51, South African cricketer. •
John Connell, 91, American actor (
Young Doctor Malone,
Fail Safe,
Family Business). •
Norman Farberow, 97, American psychologist, pioneer of
suicidology. •
Adrian Frutiger, 87, Swiss type designer. •
José María Gamazo, 86, Spanish politician. •
Ihab Hassan, 89, Egyptian-born American literary theorist. •
Franco Interlenghi, 83, Italian actor (
I Vitelloni,
I Vinti). •
Kärt Jänes-Kapp, 55, Estonian journalist and editor. •
Antoine Lahad, 88, Lebanese military officer, leader of
South Lebanon Army (1984–2000), heart attack. •
Bengt Nyholm, 85, Swedish footballer. •
Jack Pancott, 82, British Olympic gymnast. •
Radim Palouš, 90, Czech dissident. •
James E. Proctor Jr., 79, American politician, member of the
Maryland House of Delegates (since 1990). •
Alberto Schommer, 87, Spanish photographer. •
Colleen Waata Urlich, 75, New Zealand ceramicist. •
Gert Wilden, 98, German film composer.
11 •
Hugh Brown Campbell Jr., 78, American judge and politician. •
Rezo Cheishvili, 82, Georgian writer. •
Bárbara Gil, 85, Mexican actress (
Seven Women). •
Vernon Hauser, 87, Australian politician, member of the
Victorian Legislative Council (1970–1982). •
Fred Lucas, 81, English cricketer. •
Roy Marble, 48, American basketball player (
Iowa Hawkeyes,
Atlanta Hawks,
Denver Nuggets), lung cancer. •
Marcelo Moren Brito, 80, Chilean agent of
Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional, head of
Villa Grimaldi, convicted of crimes against humanity (
Caravan of Death), multisystem failure. •
Knut Næss, 88, Norwegian football player and coach (
Rosenborg BK). •
Jaswant Singh Neki, 90, Indian academic and poet. •
Lawrence S. Phillips, 88, American philanthropist. •
Alan Purwin, 53, American helicopter pilot and aerial film operator (
Transformers,
Star Trek,
Jurassic World), plane crash. •
Kerry Simon, 60, American chef,
multiple system atrophy. •
Ray Smolover, 94, American opera director and
hazzan. •
Bruno Stutz, 77, Swiss clown.
12 •
Deborah Asnis, 59, American infectious disease specialist, discovered the first cases of
West Nile virus in the United States, breast cancer. •
Max Beauvoir, 79, Haitian
houngan and biochemist. •
William J. Becker, 88, American theater critic and film distributor (
Janus Films), complications of kidney failure. •
Melvin Bernhardt, 84, American theater director, fall. •
Bartl Brötzner, 87, Austrian Olympic wrestler. •
Claudio Candotti, 72, Italian Olympic field hockey player. •
Claudia Card, 74, American philosopher, lung cancer. •
Arrigo Delladio, 86, Italian Olympic cross-country skier (
1952). •
Valentin Dzhonev, 63, Bulgarian Olympic athlete. •
John Emerton, 87, British Hebraist,
Regius Professor of Hebrew at
Cambridge University (1968–1995). •
Frank D. Gilroy, 89, American playwright and screenwriter. •
Malcolm Graham, 81, English footballer (
Barnsley,
Leyton Orient,
Queens Park Rangers). •
Kenneth Leech, 76, British Anglican priest and theologian, founded
Centrepoint. •
Maciek Malish, 53, Polish-born American sound editor (
The X-Files,
Lost,
Starship Troopers), traffic collision. •
Bill H. McAfee, 84, American radio (
WCGA) and TV (
WTVC) broadcaster and politician, member of the
Tennessee House of Representatives (1976–2000). •
Bryn Merrick, 56, Welsh bassist (
The Damned), cancer. •
Al Monchak, 98, American baseball player (
Philadelphia Phillies) and coach (
Pittsburgh Pirates). •
Aronda Nyakairima, 56, Ugandan army officer and politician, Chief of Defence Forces (2003–2013), Minister of Internal Affairs (since 2013), heart attack. •
Neil Rosendorff, 70, South African cricketer. •
Salvo, 68, Italian artist. •
Bernard Secly, 84, French horse trainer. •
Ron Springett, 80, English footballer (
Sheffield Wednesday). •
Howard J. Wiarda, 75, American academic. •
Zhang Xu, 101, Chinese telecommunications engineer.
13 •
Sir Jim Belich, 88, New Zealand politician,
Mayor of Wellington (1986–1992). •
Erma Bergmann, 91, American baseball player (
AAGPBL) (1946–1951). •
Brown Panther, 7, British Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized after race injury. •
Brian Close, 84, English cricketer (
Yorkshire,
Somerset,
England). •
Georges de Paris, 81, French-born American tailor. •
Stanley Hoffmann, 86, Austrian-born French scholar. •
Jane Jacobs, 91, American baseball player (
AAGPBL). •
Howie Johnson, 90, American golf player. •
Betty Judge, 94, Australian runner and coach. •
Betty Lago, 60, Brazilian actress, gallbladder cancer. •
Moses Malone, 60, American
Hall of Fame basketball player (
Philadelphia 76ers,
Houston Rockets),
atherosclerosis. •
Barrie Meyer, 83, English footballer (
Bristol Rovers,
Bristol City,
Plymouth Argyle), cricket player (
Gloucestershire) and umpire. •
Raymond Mould, 74, British property developer and racehorse owner. •
Ian Payne, 65, South African cricketer. •
Gord Pennell, 86, Canadian ice hockey player (
Buffalo Bisons). •
Jay Scott Pike, 91, American cartoonist and illustrator. •
Gary Richrath, 65, American guitarist and songwriter (
REO Speedwagon). •
Kalamandalam Satyabhama, 77, Indian dancer. •
Carl Emil Schorske, 100, American cultural historian, winner of the
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1981). •
Ted Smith, 95, British nature conservationist. •
Paul Takagi, 92, American sociologist and criminologist. •
Vivinho, 54, Brazilian footballer (
Vasco).
14 •
Davey Browne, 28, Australian boxer, head injuries sustained in a bout. •
Fred DeLuca, 67, American businessman, co-founder of
Subway, leukemia. •
Emile Fritz, 95, American football player. •
Bill Golden, 81, American drag racer. •
Indika Gunawardena, 72, Sri Lankan politician,
Minister of Higher Education. •
Martin Kearns, 38, British drummer (
Bolt Thrower). •
Bob Ledger, 77, English footballer (
Huddersfield Town,
Oldham Athletic,
Mansfield Town). •
Steve Meilinger, 84, American football player (
Washington Redskins,
Green Bay Packers,
Pittsburgh Steelers). •
Joyce Messenger, 84, American baseball player (
Grand Rapids Chicks). •
György Mészáros, 82, Hungarian sprint canoeist, Olympic silver medalist (
1960). •
Mile Novaković, 65, Serbian major general, Commander of the
Republic of Serbian Krajina Army (1992–1994). •
Hugh O'Neil, 79, Canadian politician,
MPP of Ontario (1975–1995). •
Ceferino Peroné, 90, Argentine Olympic cyclist. •
Adam Purple, 84, American environmental activist, heart attack. •
Dennis Rampling, 91, English footballer (
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic). •
Willy O. Rossel, 94, Swiss-born American chef. •
Paweł Sobek, 85, Polish international footballer. •
Keith Remfry, 67, British judoka, Olympic silver medallist (
1976). •
Corneliu Vadim Tudor, 65, Romanian politician,
Member of the European Parliament (2009–2014), journalist and editor (
România Liberă,
AGERPRES), heart attack. •
Ben Vidricksen, 88, American politician. •
Ali Wardhana, 87, Indonesian economist,
Minister of Finance (1966–1983), Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs (1983–1988).
15 •
Johnny "Yard Dog" Jones, 74, American blues singer. •
Harry J. Lipkin, 94, Israeli nuclear physicist. •
Cor Melchers, 61, Dutch painter,
legionnaires' disease. •
José María Ortiz de Mendíbil, 89, Spanish football referee. •
Meir Pa'il, 89, Israeli politician and military historian, member of the
Knesset (1974–1980), complications from Alzheimer's disease. •
Tomas Pontén, 69, Swedish actor and director. •
Tommy Thompson, 86, English footballer (
Aston Villa,
Preston North End). •
Ian Uttley, 73, New Zealand rugby union player (
Auckland,
Wellington,
Hawke's Bay,
national team), traffic collision. •
Bernard Van de Kerckhove, 74, Belgian racing cyclist. •
Mihai Volontir, 81, Moldovan actor (
In the Zone of Special Attention). •
Randy Wiles, 64, American baseball player (
Chicago White Sox), cancer. •
Malcolm J. Williamson, 64, British mathematician and cryptographer, cancer.
16 •
Christophe Agou, 46, French photographer, cancer. •
David Ashby, 65, British motorcycle speedway rider, cancer. •
Guy Béart, 85, French singer-songwriter, heart attack. •
Julio Brady, 73, U.S. Virgin Islander judge and politician,
Lieutenant Governor (1983–1987). •
Bob Cleary, 79, American ice hockey player, Olympic gold medalist (
1960). •
David Cook, 74, British broadcaster and writer. •
Clóvis Fernandes, 60, Brazilian football fan, cancer. •
Overton James, 90, American educator and politician, Governor of the
Chickasaw Nation (1963–1987). •
Peggy Jones, 75, American guitarist (
Bo Diddley). •
Abolghasem Khazali, 90, Iranian politician and
Shi'i ayatollah, co-author of the
Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran. •
Robert Kilpatrick, Baron Kilpatrick of Kincraig, 89, Scottish physician and life peer. •
Emma Wong Mar, 89, American political activist. •
Terry McCavana, 93, Northern Irish footballer. •
Ossi Mildh, 85, Finnish Olympic hurdler (
1952), (
1956). •
Peter Molan, 71, Welsh-born New Zealand biochemist, cancer. •
Anthony Kevin Morais, 55, Malaysian public prosecutor, homicide. •
W. H. Oliver, 90, New Zealand historian and poet. •
Kurt Oppelt, 83, Austrian figure skater, Olympic champion (
1956). •
Niall O'Shaughnessy, 59, Irish Olympic middle distance runner (
1976), brain cancer. •
Joe Morrone, 79, American soccer coach (
Connecticut Huskies). •
Helder Torres, 40, Guatemalan Olympic swimmer. •
Ton van de Ven, 71, Dutch industrial designer. •
Allan Wright, 95, British World War II flying ace.
17 •
Ingrīda Andriņa, 71, Latvian stage and film actress. •
Peter Barrable, 72, South African cricketer. •
Stojan Batič, 90, Slovene sculptor. •
Valeria Cappellotto, 45, Italian Olympic racing cyclist (
1992,
2000). •
Tom Cichowski, 71, American football player (
Denver Broncos). •
Eddie Connolly, 29, Irish hurler (
Tipperary), brain cancer. •
Dettmar Cramer, 90, German football manager (
Bayern Munich). •
Bobby Etheridge, 73, American baseball player (
San Francisco Giants). •
Milo Hamilton, 88, American
Hall of Fame sportscaster (
Houston Astros). •
Sir Peter Heatly, 91, Scottish Olympic diver (
1948,
1952), chairman of the
Commonwealth Games Federation. •
Danilo Jovanovitch, 96, Australian poet and actor. •
Vadim Kuzmin, 78, Russian theoretical physicist. •
Joe Maiden, 74, British horticulturist, prostate cancer. •
Carlos Manga, 87, Brazilian film director. •
D. M. Marshman Jr., 92, American screenwriter (
Sunset Boulevard). •
Bal Pandit, 86, Indian cricket player, writer and commentator. •
Everett Parker, 102, American civil rights activist. •
Mikhail Remizov, 66, Russian actor. •
Nelo Risi, 95, Italian poet and film director (
A Season in Hell). •
Bruno Tommasi, 85, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of
Lucca (1991–2005). •
Sir David Willcocks, 95, British choirmaster, director of music at
Choir of King's College, Cambridge. •
Eraclio Zepeda, 78, Mexican author and politician.
18 •
Nancy Bernstein, 55, American visual effects and film producer (
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,
X-Men,
Rise of the Guardians), colorectal cancer. •
Eduardo Bonvallet, 60, Chilean footballer (
Universidad de Chile,
national team) and commentator, suicide by hanging. •
James R. Houck, 74, American astrophysicist. •
John A. Jane, 84, American neurosurgeon. •
Holger Karlsson, 80, Swedish Olympic ski jumper. •
Moe Mantha Sr., 81, Canadian ice hockey player and politician,
MP (1984–1988). •
Mario Menéndez, 85, Argentine military officer,
Military Governor of the Falkland Islands (1982). •
William E. Paul, 79, American immunologist and AIDS researcher, acute myeloid leukemia. •
Jim Ross, 87, Australian football player (
St Kilda). •
Czesław Ryll-Nardzewski, 88, Polish mathematician. •
Freddy Ternero, 53, Peruvian football player and manager, kidney cancer. •
Anthony C. Winkler, 73, Jamaican novelist and screenwriter (
The Annihilation of Fish). •
Marcin Wrona, 42, Polish film and television director (
Demon,
Medics), suicide by hanging.
19 •
Rashid bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, 33, Emirati prince, businessman and endurance runner, heart attack. •
Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo, 99, Nigerian businesswoman and politician. •
Enrique Ballesté, 68, Mexican theatre director. •
James Rodger Brandon, 88, American academic. •
Jake Brewer, 34, American political aide, traffic collision. •
Mishael Cheshin, 79, Israeli judge, member of the
Supreme Court (1992–2006), cancer. •
Jackie Collins, 77, British-American novelist, breast cancer. •
Georg Eder, 87, Austrian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of
Salzburg (1989–2002). •
Todd Ewen, 49, Canadian ice hockey player (
St. Louis Blues,
Montreal Canadiens,
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim), suicide by gunshot. •
Miki Gorman, 80, Japanese-born American marathon runner, cancer. •
Sadhan Gupta, 97, Indian lawyer and politician. •
Joseph C. Johnston, 76, American politician. •
Ismael Kiram II, 76, Philippine sultan,
Regent of Sulu (since 2001), kidney failure. •
Bill Larson, 77, American football player (
Boston Patriots). •
Alan Magill, 61, American medical researcher. •
Winton W. Marshall, 96, American air force lieutenant general. •
Eugenio Mayer, 75, Italian Olympic skier. •
Hiroshi Motoyama, 89, Japanese parapsychologist. •
Brian Sewell, 84, British art critic. •
Masajuro Shiokawa, 93, Japanese politician,
Minister of Finance (2001–2003), pneumonia. •
Herschel Silverman, 89, American
Beat poet. •
Marie Tulip, 80, Australian feminist writer and academic. •
Walter Young, 35, American baseball player (
Baltimore Orioles), heart attack.
20 •
Carmen Balcells, 85, Spanish literary agent. •
Murdoch Burnett, 61, Canadian poet. •
Dorothy Butler, 90, New Zealand children's author, bookseller and reading advocate. •
Mario Caiano, 82, Italian film director (
My Name Is Shanghai Joe,
The Terror of Rome Against the Son of Hercules). •
Jagmohan Dalmiya, 75, Indian cricket official, President of
International Cricket Council (1997–2000) and
Board of Control for Cricket in India (2001–2004), cardiac arrest. •
Giovanni De Vivo, 75, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Pescia (since 1993). •
Siegfried Gottwald, 72, German mathematician. •
Joseph Iannuzzi, 84, American mobster and FBI informant, bone cancer. •
Jack Larson, 87, American playwright and actor (
Adventures of Superman). •
Geoffrey Lilley, 95, British aeronautical scientist. •
John Parker, 6th Earl of Morley, 92, British aristocrat,
Lord Lieutenant of Devon (1982–1998). •
Richard Riendeau, 82, American football player and coach. •
Franz Surges, 57, German composer and musician. •
Radhika Thilak, 45, Indian singer, cancer. •
C. K. Williams, 78, American poet, winner of the
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (2000), multiple myeloma.
21 •
Ben Cauley, 67, American trumpet player and singer (
The Bar-Kays). •
Juliet Clutton-Brock, 82, English zooarchaeologist. •
Honey Lee Cottrell, 68, American photographer and filmmaker. •
N. Patrick Crooks, 77, American judge,
Wisconsin Supreme Court justice (since 1996). •
Victor Démé, 53, Burkinabe singer-songwriter, malaria. •
Ivan Dvorny, 63, Russian basketball player, Olympic champion (
1972), lung cancer. •
Abdulcadir Gabeire Farah, 59–60, Somali-born Polish social activist and historian, candidate for
President of Somalia in 2016, bombing. •
Raphael Michael Fliss, 84, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Superior (1985–2007). •
Esther Golar, 71, American politician, member of the
Illinois House of Representatives (since 2006), cancer. •
Yoram Gross, 88, Polish-born Australian animation producer and director (
The Adventures of Blinky Bill). •
Vasily Ilyin, 66, Russian Soviet handball player, Olympic champion (
1976). •
Kenneth L. Johnson, 90, British engineer. •
Charles Kellogg, 75, American Olympic skier. •
Armen Movsisyan, 53, Armenian politician, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources (2001–2014), cancer. •
Costas Papacostas, 75, Cypriot politician,
Minister of Defence (2008–2011). •
Leon Root, 86, American orthopedic surgeon and author, complications of a low blood count. •
Robert E. Simon, 101, American real estate entrepreneur. •
Ray Warleigh, 76, Australian-born British saxophonist and flautist, cancer. •
Richard Williamson, 74, American football player (
Alabama Crimson Tide) and coach (
Kansas City Chiefs,
Tampa Bay Buccaneers,
Carolina Panthers).
22 •
Yogi Berra, 90, American
Hall of Fame baseball player and manager (
New York Yankees,
New York Mets), member of 13
World Series championship teams. •
Granger Cobb, 55, American retirement community executive, cancer. •
Richard Dickson Cudahy, 89, American federal judge. •
Edmund Fantino, 76, American neuroscientist, prostate cancer. •
Elizabeth Fink, 70, American defense attorney. •
Nana Gichuru, 28, Kenyan actress, traffic collision. •
George H. Goodrich, 90, American judge and attorney. •
Asako Kishi, 91, Japanese cookery journalist. •
Joe LeSage, 86, American politician. •
Gerard Mach, 89, Polish Olympic sprinter. •
John J. McNeill, 90, American Jesuit priest and gay rights activist. •
Ali Salem, 79, Egyptian writer. •
James David Santini, 78, American politician, member of the
U.S. House of Representatives for
Nevada at-large (1975–1983), esophageal cancer. •
Al Seckel, 57, American optical illusion collector and sceptic. (death announced on this date) •
Richard G. Scott, 86, American cleric,
Mormon apostle. •
Phyllis Tickle, 81, American religious studies author and lector, lung cancer. •
Derek Ware, 77, British stuntman and actor (
Doctor Who,
The Italian Job), cancer. •
Mokhtar Yahyaoui, 63, Tunisian judge, cardiac arrest.
23 •
Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa, 75, Spanish actor (
Solas). •
Tor Arneberg, 87, Norwegian sailor, Olympic silver medalist (
1952). •
Adnan Buyung Nasution, 81, Indonesian lawyer and human rights activist, kidney failure. •
Jean-Marie Drot, 86, French writer and documentary filmmaker. •
Joan Duncan, 73, Canadian politician. •
Mike Gibson, 75, Australian sports journalist and broadcaster, suicide. •
Dragan Holcer, 70, Croatian footballer (
Hajduk Split). •
Aleksandr Kolpovski, 62, Russian Soviet footballer (
CSKA). •
Katsuhiro Nakamura, 66, Japanese baseball player, intracranial hemorrhage. •
Claudia Pasini, 76, Italian Olympian •
Dayananda Saraswati, 85, Indian Hindu monk and teacher (
Arsha Vidya Gurukulam). •
Denis Sonet, 89, French Roman Catholic priest and marriage counselor.
24 •
Mohan Bhandari, Indian actor, brain tumour. •
Paul Carney, 72, Irish judge,
High Court judge (1991–2015). •
Uğur Dağdelen, 41, Turkish footballer, suicide by gunshot. •
Bas van Duivenbode, 75, Dutch Olympic boxer. •
Chuck Forsberg, 71, American computer programmer. •
Kikujirō Fukushima, 94, Japanese photographer, stroke. •
Assad Murtaza Gilani, 47, Pakistani politician, Member of
National Assembly (2002–2008),
Hajj stampede. •
William W. Gullett, 92, American politician. •
Michael Howard, 67, British pagan author and editor (
The Cauldron). •
Ellis Kaut, 94, German author (
Pumuckl). •
Naomi Kawashima, 54, Japanese actress, bile duct cancer. •
Celina Kombani, 56, Tanzanian politician. •
Alan Moore, 101, Australian war artist. •
Patrick O'Donnell, 75, Canadian general,
Vice Chief of the Defence Staff (1993–1995). •
Hugo St-Cyr, 36, Canadian actor (
Watatatow,
October 1970), bone cancer. •
samfree, 31, Japanese musician and producer. •
Peter P. Sorokin, 84, American physicist. •
Harold Stapleton, 100, Australian cricketer (
New South Wales). •
Ed Sukla, 72, American baseball player (
California Angels), osteosarcoma. •
Bilkisu Yusuf, 62, Nigerian journalist and editor,
Mina stampede. •
Wang Zhongshu, 89, Chinese archaeologist.
25 •
Carlos Anibal Altamirano Argüello, 73, Ecuadorian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Azogues (since 2004). •
Claudio Baggini, 79, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Vigevano (2000–2011). •
Bill Bridges, 76, American basketball player (
Atlanta Hawks,
Golden State Warriors). •
Dino Brugioni, 93, American imagery intelligence analyst. •
Martin Colfer, Irish footballer, (
Shelbourne,
national team). •
Bill Crawford, 79, American politician, member of
Indiana House of Representatives (1972–2012). •
Pat Dunne, 72, Irish football player and manager. •
John Galvin, 86, American army general,
Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1987–1992). •
Tommie Green, 59, American basketball player (
New Orleans Jazz) and college coach (
Southern University). •
Terje Gulbrandsen, 70, Norwegian footballer (
Skeid,
Vålerenga). •
Hugo Gutiérrez Vega, 81, Mexican poet, diplomat and academic, Ambassador to Greece (1987–1994). •
Christopher Jackson, 67, Canadian musician, lung cancer. •
Henry Jacobs, 91, American sound artist and radio presenter. •
Alexandr Jurečka, 24, Czech judoka, scuba diving accident. •
Tom Kelley, 71, American Major League Baseball player (
Cleveland Indians,
Atlanta Braves). •
Moti Kirschenbaum, 76, Israeli journalist and media personality. •
Morten Krogh, 67, Norwegian Olympic fencer (
1972). •
Jim Meadowcroft, 68, English snooker player and commentator. •
Richard M. Moose, 83, American politician. •
Manuel Oltra, 93, Spanish composer, pneumonia. •
Carol Rama, 97, Italian painter. •
David Watt, 98, Australian cricketer. •
Joe Wilson, 78, English footballer (
Workington Reds,
Wolverhampton Wanderers). •
Zabeel, 28, New Zealand racehorse,
leading sire in Australia (1998–1999) and New Zealand (1998–2001), namesake of the
Zabeel Classic.
26 •
Jamal al Barzinji, 75, Iraqi-born American Muslim activist. •
Chng Seng Mok, 65, Singaporean Olympic sports shooter. •
Eugene D. Commins, 83, American physicist. •
Tino García, 80, Nicaraguan-Puerto Rican actor, bone cancer. •
Roy Kelly, 90, Canadian ice hockey player. •
Kazuaki Kimura, 69, Japanese academic. •
Hopingstone Lyngdoh, 86, Indian politician. •
Sidney Phillips, 91, American Marine (1941–1945), physician and author. •
Ulla Puolanne, 84, Finnish politician, Deputy
Minister of Finance (1987-1991). •
Paul Reed, 96, American artist. •
Fred Ridgway, 92, English cricketer (
Kent,
England). •
Homa Rousta, 71, Iranian actress, cancer. •
Ana Seneviratne, 88, Sri Lankan diplomat and
Inspector General of Police. •
Toshiya Sukegawa, 85, Japanese composer.
27 •
Syed Ahmed, 73, Indian politician,
Governor of Jharkhand (2011–2015) and
Manipur (2015), cancer. •
Howard A. Anderson Jr., 95, American visual effects artist (
Star Trek: The Original Series,
Tobruk) and title designer (
The Brady Bunch). •
Albert Blan, 85, English rugby league player (
Swinton,
national team). •
Odd Blomdal, 88, Norwegian judge and civil servant. •
Roland Collins, 97, English painter. •
Norm Defelice, 82, Canadian ice hockey player (
Boston Bruins). •
Wilton Felder, 75, American saxophonist (
The Crusaders) and session bassist (
Motown). •
John Guillermin, 89, British film director and producer (
The Towering Inferno,
King Kong,
Shaft in Africa), heart attack. •
In Style, 20, Canadian show jumping horse, euthanized. •
Pietro Ingrao, 100, Italian politician, President of the
Chamber of Deputies (1976–1979), journalist and partisan. •
Hugh Jackson, 75, Irish golfer. •
Denise Lor, 86, American singer ("
If I Give My Heart to You") and actress. •
Kallen Pokkudan, 78, Indian environmental activist and writer. •
Richard Rainwater, 71, American investor. •
Fred Stickel, 93, American newspaper publisher (
The Oregonian). •
Frank Tyson, 85, English cricketer (
Northamptonshire,
England), journalist and commentator.
28 •
Sir Peter Abbott, 73, British admiral,
Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff (1997–2001), cancer. •
Frank Martinus Arion, 78, Dutch Antillean author. •
Siert Bruins, 94, Dutch war criminal. •
Michael Burgess, 70, Canadian tenor, skin cancer. •
Claudia Bär, 35, German slalom canoer,
European champion (
2008,
2011), leukemia. •
Catherine E. Coulson, 71, American actress and production assistant (
Twin Peaks,
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan,
Eraserhead), cancer. •
Viren Dangwal, 68, Indian poet, academic, and journalist. •
Louis Armand Desrochers, 87, Canadian lawyer and academic. •
Carlos Diaz, 57, American baseball player (
Los Angeles Dodgers,
New York Mets). •
Alexander Faris, 94, Northern Irish composer. •
Frankie Ford, 76, American singer ("
Sea Cruise"). •
Robert E. Fritts, 81, American diplomat. •
Valerie Ganz, 79, Welsh painter. •
Sjur Hopperstad, 84, Norwegian politician, county mayor of
Sogn og Fjordane. •
Walter Dale Miller, 89, American politician,
Governor of South Dakota (1993–1995). •
Simo Rinne, 74, Finnish Olympic speed skater. •
Karsten Schwan, 63, American computer scientist, cancer. •
Atanas Tsanov, 87, Bulgarian Olympic footballer. •
Anthony Vollack, 86, American judge. •
Ignacio Zoco, 76, Spanish footballer (
Real Madrid).
29 •
Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 83, Saudi Arabian prince, director of
General Intelligence Directorate (2001–2005). •
Sorin Avram, 72, Romanian Olympic football player (
1964) and coach (
Bacău). •
Al Benecick, 78, American football player (
Saskatchewan Roughriders). •
Claude Dubar, 69, French sociologist. •
Mauro Ferri, 95, Italian politician. •
Rick Foley, 70, Canadian ice hockey player (
Chicago Blackhawks,
Philadelphia Flyers,
Detroit Red Wings). •
Gillian Gear, 72, English historian and archivist (
Barnet Museum). •
Benjamin Hutto, 67, American organist, choirmaster and academic, gallbladder cancer. •
Susumu Ito, 96, American cell biologist and WW2 veteran (
442nd Regiment). •
Ram Kapse, 81, Indian politician,
Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands (2004–2006). •
Hellmuth Karasek, 81, German literary critic and journalist (
Der Spiegel). •
William Kerslake, 85, American NASA engineer and wrestler. •
Thomas K. Lalakea, 88, American politician. •
Gilles Mayer, 86, Canadian ice hockey player (
Toronto Maple Leafs). •
Sybil Collins Mobley, 89, American academic. •
Gamaliel Onosode, 82, Nigerian businessman and politician. •
Burton Raffel, 87, American literary translator and writer. •
Soaring Softly, 20, American racehorse, paddock accident. •
Jean Ter-Merguerian, 79, French violinist. •
Pat Woodell, 71, American actress (
Petticoat Junction), cancer. •
Phil Woods, 83, American saxophonist ("
Just the Way You Are"), emphysema.
30 •
Allen Aldridge, 71, American football player (
Toronto Argonauts,
Houston Oilers,
Cleveland Browns). •
Guido Altarelli, 74, Italian theoretical physicist. •
Frank Battig, 79, Austrian Olympic modern pentathlete (
1960) and fencer (
1968). •
Pierre de Bellefeuille, 92, Canadian politician. •
Caio César, 27, Brazilian voice actor (
Harry Potter) and policeman, shot. •
Simon Cowe, 67, English guitarist (
Lindisfarne). •
Claude Dauphin, 64, French business executive, co-founder and CEO of
Trafigura, cancer. •
Morris E. Fine, 97, American scientist. •
Kelly Gissendaner, 47, American convicted
malice murderer, executed by lethal injection. •
Göran Hägg, 68, Swedish writer and literary critic, heart attack. •
David W. Harwell, 83, American judge. •
Gerald Hawkins, 72, American politician. •
Antje Huber, 91, German politician,
Federal Minister for Youth, Family and Health (1976–1982). •
Svein B. Manum, 89, Norwegian botanist. •
Eric Martin, 90, English cricketer. •
Al Romine, 84, American football player (
Green Bay Packers,
Chicago Bears,
Denver Broncos). •
Donald Seawell, 103, American theater producer and newspaper publisher. •
Alfred Schickel, 82, German historian. •
Rick Talan, 54, Dutch footballer (
AZ,
Vitesse Arnhem), brain cancer. •
Ian Thwaites, 72, English cricketer. ==References==