1 •
Abdikarim Yusuf Adam, Somali military officer,
Chief of Army (2015), shot. •
Bill Ballantine, 78, British-born New Zealand marine biologist. •
Ronald Desruelles, 60, Belgian Olympic athlete (
1976,
1984), suicide by hanging. •
Thomas R. Fitzgerald, 74, American judge, Chief Justice (2008–2010) and member (2000–2010) of the
Illinois Supreme Court, Parkinson's disease. •
José Fonseca e Costa, 82, Portuguese film director (
No Trace of Sin), pneumonia. •
Anselmo Gouthier, 82, Italian politician,
MEP (1979–1984). •
Gloria Salguero Gross, 74, Salvadoran politician, President of the
Legislative Assembly (1994–1997), cardiac arrest. •
Stephen Hancock, 89, English actor (
Coronation Street). •
Afzal Khan Lala, 89, Pakistani politician,
MP for
Swat (1993–1997), complications from cirrhosis. •
Houston McTear, 58, American sprinter, lung cancer. •
Charles Duncan Michener, 97, American entomologist. •
Paolo Poiret, 70, Italian actor and voice actor. •
Günter Schabowski, 86, German politician, editor-in-chief of
Neues Deutschland, First Secretary of the
East Berlin SED, prematurely announced the
fall of the Berlin Wall. •
Hayden Shell, 78, Australian politician, member of the
Victorian Legislative Assembly for
Geelong West (1982–85) and
Geelong (1985–92). •
Rudolf Scheurer, 90, Swiss football referee. •
Fred Thompson, 73, American politician and actor (
Law & Order,
Sinister,
Cape Fear),
U.S. Senator from
Tennessee (1994–2003), minority counsel to the
Senate Watergate Committee, lymphoma. •
Robert VanderLaan, 85, American politician. •
A. Veluppillai, 78, Sri Lankan Tamil academic and author.
2 •
Frank Budgen, 61, British commercial director (
Tag, Mountain), cancer. •
Andrzej Ciechanowiecki, 91, Polish art historian. •
Mike Davies, 79, Welsh tennis player, mesothelioma. •
Roy Dommett, 82, British engineer and rocket scientist. •
Peter Donaldson, 70, Egyptian-born British newsreader and radio broadcaster (
BBC Radio 4), cancer. •
Christopher Duggan, 57, British historian, suicide by hanging. •
Betty Fountain, 85, American baseball player (
AAGPBL). •
Anne Fulton, 64, Canadian LGBT activist. •
Hashim Abdul Halim, 80, Indian politician,
West Bengal MLA for
Amdanga (1977–2006) and
Entally (2006–2011), heart attack. •
Omar El-Hariri, c. 71, Libyan general, traffic collision. •
Karl Jaeger, 85, American educator, writer and artist. •
Haruko Kato, 92, Japanese actress (''
Howl's Moving Castle, Kiki's Delivery Service''). •
Alexey Kozlov, 80, Russian Soviet intelligence officer,
Hero of the Russian Federation. •
Neville Lakay, 77, South African cricketer. •
Eddie Milner, 60, American baseball player (
Cincinnati Reds,
San Francisco Giants). •
Tommy Overstreet, 78, American country singer. •
J. D. Y. Peel, 73, British Africanist and sociologist. •
Roméo Phillion, 76, Canadian prisoner, wrongly convicted of murder, COPD. •
Miroslav Poljak, 71, Croatian water polo player, Olympic champion (
1968). •
Kondavalasa Lakshmana Rao, 69, Indian actor, brain infection. •
Arthur Shaw, 91, English footballer (
Arsenal). •
Donald Shell, 91, American computer scientist (
Shellsort). •
Barbara Snelling, 87, American politician,
Vermont Lieutenant Governor (1993–1997),
State Senator (1999–2002), and First Lady (1977–1985 and 1991). •
Edward Soja, 75, American geographer. •
David Stock, 76, American composer and conductor, blood disease. •
Tan Kim Bee, 86, Malaysian Olympic weightlifter. •
Carlos Vargas Ferrer, 44, Puerto Rican politician, member of the
P.R. House of Representatives, traffic collision following a heart attack. •
Colin Welland, 81, British actor and screenwriter (
Kes,
Straw Dogs,
Chariots of Fire),
Oscar winner (
1982). •
Alexandre Yankoff, 84, French Olympic hurdler.
3 •
Peter Bayley, 94, English academic. •
Adriana Campos, 36, Colombian actress (
Vecinos), traffic collision. •
Judy Cassab, 95, Austrian-born Australian painter and Holocaust survivor, only woman to win two
Archibald Prizes (
1960, 1967). •
Ahmed Chalabi, 70, Iraqi politician, Deputy Prime Minister (2005–2006), President of the
Governing Council (2003),
Iraq War lobbyist, heart attack. •
Howard Coble, 84, American politician, member of the
U.S. House of Representatives from (1985–2015), complications from surgery. •
Emmett Smith Davis, 96, American colonel. •
Csaba Fenyvesi, 72, Hungarian fencer, Olympic champion (
1968,
1972), cancer. •
David Graham, 91, American casting director (''
Three's Company, Purple Rain''). •
Tom Graveney, 88, English cricketer (
Gloucestershire,
Worcestershire,
England), Parkinson's disease. •
Paul Gundani, 49, Zimbabwean footballer (
national team), suspected malaria. •
Chuck Hurston, 72, American football player (
Kansas City Chiefs,
Buffalo Bills), cancer. •
Richard L. Landau, 99, American endocrinologist. •
Sidney H. Lazard, 84, American bridge player. •
S. Mahalingam, 89, Sri Lankan mechanical engineer and academic. •
Thomas S. Marvel, 80, American architect. •
Fred McNeill, 63, American football player (
Minnesota Vikings), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. •
Beggzadi Mahmuda Nasir, 86, Bangladeshi academic. •
Lauretta Ngcobo, 84, South African author and activist. •
Nils Nygaard, 83, Norwegian professor of law. •
Dan Poynter, 78, American author, publisher, pioneer in self-publishing, acute myeloid leukemia and renal failure. •
Paul Rose, 79, British politician, MP for
Manchester Blackley (
1964–
1979). •
Fred J. Scollay, 92, American actor (
Law & Order,
Death Wish). •
Rick Sortun, 73, American football player (
St. Louis Cardinals). •
Katherine Stenholm, 98, American film director. •
Ian Templeman, 77, Australian poet. •
Lesley Vance, 76, American politician, member of the
Alabama House of Representatives (since 1994), colon cancer.
4 •
Gülten Akın, 82, Turkish poet. •
Ingo von Bredow, 75, German sailor, Olympic bronze medalist (
1960). •
Desmond Bull, 80, Australian cricketer. •
Seymour Chatman, 87, American film and literary critic. •
Piotr Domaradzki, 69, Polish-born American journalist (
Dziennik Związkowy), essayist and historian, smoke inhalation. •
Ron Drzewiecki, 82, American football player (
Chicago Bears). •
René Girard, 91, French-American historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science. •
Ian Greer, 82, British political lobbyist (
Cash-for-questions affair). •
Steve Hanson, 54, Australian rugby league player (
North Sydney,
Eastern Suburbs,
New South Wales), heart attack. •
Veikko Heinonen, 81, Finnish ski jumper. •
Truman McGill Hobbs, 94, American judge,
District Court for the Middle District of Alabama (1980–1991). •
Károly Horváth, 65, Romanian–Hungarian composer and musician. •
Ole Knapp, 83, Norwegian politician. •
Themba Makhanya, 45, Swazi Olympic athlete. •
Melissa Mathison, 65, American screenwriter (
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,
The Black Stallion,
Kundun),
neuroendocrine cancer. •
Hilde Nissen, 94, Danish Olympic sprinter. •
Marina Pankova, 52, Russian volleyball player, Olympic champion (
1988). •
Laila Pullinen, 82, Finnish sculptor. •
Lee Robinson, 72, American politician, member of the
Georgia Senate (1974–1982), Mayor of
Macon (1987–1991), colon cancer. •
Jerzy Sadek, 73, Polish footballer (
Sparta Rotterdam,
national team). •
David Teeuwen, 45, American newspaper editor (
USA Today), intestinal cancer. •
Kostas Tsakonas, 72, Greek actor, cancer.
5 •
James Achurch, 87, Australian Olympic javelin thrower (
1956). •
Lori L. Altshuler, 58, American psychiatrist and academic. •
George Barris, 89, American custom car designer (
Batmobile,
Munster Koach), cancer. •
Ritch Brinkley, 71, American actor (
Murphy Brown,
Cabin Boy,
Beauty and the Beast). •
Nora Brockstedt, 92, Norwegian singer. •
Soma Edirisinghe, 76, Sri Lankan executive, film producer, philanthropist and social worker. •
Pierre Gy, 91, French chemist and statistician. •
Ehud Havazelet, 60, American author. •
Theodore Cyrus Karp, 89, American musicologist. •
Czesław Kiszczak, 90, Polish soldier and politician, last
Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland (1989) and
Minister of Internal Affairs (1981–1990). •
Ed Lechner, 95, American football player (
New York Giants). •
Mikhail Lesin, 57, Russian political advisor and media executive (
Gazprom-Media), creator of
Russia Today, blunt force head trauma. •
Hans Mommsen, 85, German historian of
Nazism and the
Holocaust. •
Lar O'Byrne, 91, Irish footballer (
Shamrock Rovers). •
Kjell Öhman, 72, Swedish musician. •
Dan Press, 66, American racing driver.
6 •
Brian Cadle, 67, Canadian ice hockey player (
Winnipeg Jets), brain cancer. •
Bobby Campbell, 78, British football player and manager. •
Jay Cross, 71, American futurist. •
Gimme Da Lute, 3, American racehorse, euthanized. •
José Ángel Espinoza, 96, Mexican singer, composer and actor. •
Karel Mejta, 87, Czech rower, Olympic champion (
1952). •
John Pashley, 82, Australian rugby union player (
national team). •
Chuck Pyle, 70, American country-folk singer-songwriter, drowned. •
Ri Ul-sol, 94, North Korean politician and military official, lung cancer. •
Yveta Synek Graff, 81, Czech opera singer and vocal coach. •
Beni Veras, 80, Brazilian politician, Governor of
Ceará (2002–2003).
7 •
Bappaditya Bandopadhyay, 45, Indian director and poet, heart attack. •
Fernande Bayetto, 87, French Olympic alpine skier. •
Fred Besana, 84, American baseball player (
Baltimore Orioles). •
Thane Bettany, 86, English actor (
North Sea Hijack). •
Ken Booth, 84, English footballer. •
John Davis, 72, Australian science documentary filmmaker (
ABC) and climber, first person to scale
Ball's Pyramid, helicopter crash. •
Carl-Åke Eriksson, 80, Swedish actor (
Frostbite, ''
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, The Simple-Minded Murderer''), cancer. •
Gladys-Marie Fry, 84, American folklorist and historian, heart attack. •
Pancho Guedes, 90, Portuguese architect and artist. •
Gunnar Hansen, 68, Icelandic-born American actor (
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), pancreatic cancer. •
Eddie Hoh, 71, American rock drummer (
The Mamas & the Papas,
The Monkees,
Donovan). •
John Jackson, 83, American legal scholar. •
Yitzhak Navon, 94, Israeli politician,
President (1978–1983). •
David Shawcross, 74, English footballer (
Manchester City,
Stockport,
Halifax). •
Vincent Thomas, 93, American politician, Mayor of
Norfolk, Virginia (1976–1984). •
João Verle, 75, Brazilian politician,
Mayor of Porto Alegre (2002–2004). •
Carl L. Weschcke, 85, American publisher (
Llewellyn Worldwide).
8 •
Abd Al-Karim Al-Iryani, 81, Yemeni politician,
Prime Minister (1998–2001). •
Rhea Chiles, 84, American philanthropist, First Lady of Florida (1991–1998), founder of
Florida House on Capitol Hill and the
Polk Museum of Art. •
Harry Clarke, 94, English footballer (
Darlington) and cricketer. •
Joseph Cure, 31, American ice hockey player and actor (
Miracle), traffic collision. •
Rod Davies, 85, British astronomer, cancer. •
Charlie Dick, 81, American record promoter. •
Andrei Eshpai, 90, Russian classical pianist, composer and scholar, stroke. •
Don Fargo, 85, German-born American professional wrestler (
NWA). •
Luciano Gallino, 88, Italian sociologist. •
Betty Groff, 80, American chef and cookbook author, expert on the
Pennsylvania Dutch cuisine. •
Aldo Guidolin, 83, Canadian ice hockey player (
New York Rangers). •
Om Prakash Mehra, 96, Indian military officer,
Chief of Air Staff (1973–1976), Governor of
Maharashtra (1980–1982) and
Rajasthan (1985–1987). •
Angad Paul, 45, British manufacturing executive and film producer (
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels,
Snatch,
The Tournament), suicide by jumping. •
Alfred Roussel, 94, Canadian politician. •
Joel Sheveloff, 81, American musicologist. •
Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero, 73, Sri Lankan Buddhist monk and political activist. •
Dora van der Groen, 88, Belgian actress (
Dokter Pulder zaait papavers). •
Leon Vlok, 86, South African cricketer (
North Eastern Transvaal).
9 •
Jacqueline A. Berrien, 53, American lawyer, chairwoman of the
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (2010–2014), cancer. •
Carol Doda, 78, American topless dancer, kidney failure. •
Ernst Fuchs, 85, Austrian painter, co-founder of the
Vienna School of Fantastic Realism. •
Tommy Hanson, 29, American baseball player (
Atlanta Braves,
Los Angeles Angels), multiple organ failure caused by cocaine and alcohol toxicity. •
Brian Keighley, 67, Scottish physician and medical unionist (
BMA). •
Ruth Kramer, 89, American baseball player (
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League). •
Byron Krieger, 95, American Olympic fencer (
1952,
1956), burns. •
Vito J. Lopez, 74, American politician, member of the
New York State Assembly (1985–2013), cancer. •
Raymond M. MacDonald, 92, American politician. •
Sebastião do Rego Barros Netto, 75, Brazilian lawyer and diplomat, Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1990–1991), Russia (1991–1994) and Argentina (1999–2001), fall from building. •
Remko Scha, 70, Dutch computer scientist and musician. •
Yolanda Sonnabend, 80, British theatrical designer. •
Andy White, 85, British drummer (
The Beatles), stroke. •
Mikhail Zubchuk, 47, Russian footballer (
Saturn,
Fakel).
10 •
Gene Amdahl, 92, American computer architect and high-tech entrepreneur, pneumonia. •
Vernon Ashley, 99, American
Crow Creek chief. •
David Atlas, 91, American meteorologist, stroke. •
John Carlill, 90, British rear admiral, President of
Royal Naval College, Greenwich (1980–1982). •
Larry Chimbole, 96, American politician, member of the
California State Assembly (1974–1978). •
Harold Collins, 90, Canadian politician, member of the
Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for
Gander (1967–1979). •
Robert Craft, 92, American conductor and writer. •
Pat Eddery, 63, Irish jockey, eleven-time
Champion Jockey, four-time
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner, three-time
Lester Award and
Epsom Derby winner, heart attack. •
André Glucksmann, 78, French philosopher and writer. •
Eric Gunderson, 92, American psychologist. •
Ameen-ud-Din bin Mohamed Ibrahim, 67, Malaysian Olympic field hockey player. •
Johannes Pujasumarta, 65, Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of
Semarang (since 2010). •
Bill Quinlan, 83, American football player (
Green Bay Packers). •
Klaus Roth, 90, German-born British mathematician, recipient of the
Fields Medal (1958). •
Helmut Schmidt, 96, German politician,
Chancellor of West Germany (1974–1982), complications from surgery. •
Allen Toussaint, 77, American musician, producer, songwriter ("
Fortune Teller", "
Working in the Coal Mine", "
Southern Nights") and arranger, heart attack. •
Alix d'Unienville, 97, French wartime spy. •
Tim Valentine, 89, American politician, member of the
U.S. House of Representatives from
North Carolina's 2nd district (1983–1995) and
N.C. House (1955–1960), heart failure. •
Laurent Vidal, 31, French Olympic triathlete (
2008,
2012), heart attack. •
Tony Worrell, 49, American basketball player (
North Texas Mean Green). •
Michael Wright, 35, American-Turkish basketball player, head injury.
11 •
Nancy Charton, 95, South African Anglican priest. •
Madeline DeFrees, 95, American poet. •
Rita Gross, 72, American Buddhist feminist theologian and author, stroke. •
Bob LaLonde, 93, American politician, member of the
Wyoming Senate (1989–1994). •
Nathaniel Marston, 40, American actor (
One Life to Live,
As the World Turns,
The Craft), spinal injuries from traffic collision. •
Ole Sjølie, 92, Norwegian painter. •
Tage Skou-Hansen, 90, Danish writer. •
Scotty Stirling, 86, American journalist and sport executive (
NBA,
Oakland Raiders,
Oakland Oaks). •
Phil Taylor, 61, English drummer (
Motörhead), liver failure. •
John M. Wahr, 64, American geophysicist, pancreatic cancer. •
Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich, 81, Russian Soviet film director (''
d'Artagnan and Three Musketeers''), heart failure.
12 •
Earl E. Anderson, 96, American
Marine Corps general. •
Graham Atkinson, 77, English cricketer (
Lancashire,
Somerset). •
Lucian Bălan, 56, Romanian footballer (
Baia Mare), suicide by drug overdose. •
Anne-Marie Campora, 76, Monegasque politician,
Mayor (1991–2003). •
Philip Ciaccio, 88, American judge and politician. •
José Refugio Esparza Reyes, 94, Mexican politician,
Governor of Aguascalientes (1974–1980). •
Naila Faran, 37, Saudi doctor. •
Márton Fülöp, 32, Hungarian footballer (
Sunderland,
national team), cancer. •
Jihadi John, 27, Kuwaiti-born British Islamic State propagandist, drone strike. •
Ellsworth Kalas, 92, American Methodist theologian. •
Tom King, 91, American basketball player. •
Marie Seznec Martinez, 57, French model, cancer. •
Peter McLeavey, 79, New Zealand art dealer, Parkinson's disease. •
Harry Rowen, 90, American national security expert, heart attack. •
Aaron Shikler, 93, American artist, renal failure. •
Jaspal Singh, 47, Indian cricketer. •
Paul Stewart, 89, American historian, founder of the
Black American West Museum and Heritage Center. •
Pál Várhidi, 84, Hungarian football player (
Újpesti Dózsa) and manager (Újpesti Dózsa,
Vác,
BEAC). •
Travis Ward, 93, American oil magnate.
13 •
Sam Adams, 87, Canadian football player (
BC Lions). •
Abu Nabil al-Anbari, Iraqi militant, leader of
ISIL in Libya, airstrike. •
Giorgio Bambini, 70, Italian boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (
1968). •
Paul Blasingame, 96, American colonel. •
Bruce Dayton, 97, American retail executive and philanthropist, President and Chairman of
Target, founder of
B. Dalton. •
Glenn Goerke, 84, American academic. •
John Gray, 68, New Zealand Anglican clergyman, Bishop of Te Waipounamu (1996–2015). •
Betty Ann Grove, 86, American singer and actress. •
Petros Nazarbegian, 88, Iranian Olympic boxer. •
Johnny Podesto, 94, American football player. •
Henk Visser, 83, Dutch Olympic long jumper (
1952), (
1960). •
Éliane Vogel-Polsky, 89, Belgian lawyer and feminist. •
Jennifer Willems, 68, Dutch actress.
14 •
Hemanga Baruah, 49, Indian cricketer. •
Gys van Beek, 96, Dutch-born American inventor. •
Nick Bockwinkel, 80, American professional wrestler (
AWA). •
Berugo Carámbula, 70, Uruguayan actor (
Son Amores) and comedian, complications from Parkinson's disease. •
Alan Davison, 79, British inorganic chemist. •
K. S. Gopalakrishnan, 86, Indian film director, screenwriter and producer. •
Cyril Pius MacDonald, 87, Canadian politician. •
Warren Mitchell, 89, British actor (
Till Death Us Do Part,
Death of a Salesman,
The Price). •
Hisham Nazer, 83, Saudi Arabian executive and diplomat. •
Russell L. Post Jr., 78, American politician.
15 •
Kai Atō, 69, Japanese actor and TV personality. •
Stephen Birmingham, 86, American author, lung cancer. •
LeRoy Braungardt, 76, American politician, member of the
Missouri House of Representatives (1978–1985). •
Kenneth Monroe Carr, 90, American vice admiral. •
Carmen Castillo, 57, Dominican baseball player (
Cleveland Indians,
Minnesota Twins), heart attack. •
Dora Doll, 93, French actress (
Manon,
French Cancan,
Julia). •
Norm Ellenberger, 83, American college basketball coach (
New Mexico Lobos). •
George Genovese, 93, American baseball player (
Washington Senators) and scout (
San Francisco Giants). •
Guo Jie, 103, Chinese Olympic athlete (
1936). •
Saeed Jaffrey, 86, Indian-born British actor (
The Man Who Would Be King,
Shatranj Ke Khilari,
My Beautiful Laundrette), brain hemorrhage. •
Grete Jenny, 85, Austrian Olympic sprinter (
1948). •
Nicoletta Machiavelli, 71, Italian actress (
Navajo Joe,
The Hills Run Red,
Bawdy Tales). •
Vincent Margera, 59, American reality television personality (
Viva La Bam,
Jackass,
CKY), kidney and liver failure. •
Jackie McGugan, 76, Scottish footballer (
St Mirren,
Leeds United). •
Moira Orfei, 83, Italian circus artist and actress (
Scent of a Woman,
Ursus,
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians), stroke. •
Cynthia Payne, 82, British brothel keeper. •
Gisèle Prassinos, 95, French author. •
Herbert Scarf, 85, American mathematician and economist, heart failure. •
John P. Schlegel, 72, American
Jesuit and academic administrator, President of
Creighton University (2000–2011) and the
University of San Francisco (1991–2000), pancreatic cancer. •
P. F. Sloan, 70, American singer and songwriter ("
Secret Agent Man", "
Eve of Destruction", "
A Must to Avoid"), pancreatic cancer. •
Heinz Stickel, 66, German footballer. •
Said Tarabeek, 74, Egyptian actor, heart attack. •
Lauri Vaska, 90, American chemist.
16 •
Yuliya Balykina, 31, Belarusian Olympic sprinter (
2012), homicide. (body discovered on this date) •
Ronald Bandell, 69, Dutch mayor. •
David Canary, 77, American actor (
All My Children,
Bonanza). •
Louise Cowan, 98, American educator. •
Richard Cowan, 57, American opera singer and festival director. •
Ricardo Ferrero, 60, Argentine football player and coach. •
Art Fitzpatrick, 95, American art director. •
Nando Gazzolo, 87, Italian actor and voice actor (
West and Soda,
The Hills Run Red,
Django Shoots First). •
Michael C. Gross, 70, American graphic designer and producer (
Ghostbusters,
Heavy Metal,
Beethoven), cancer. •
Jerzy Katlewicz, 88, Polish conductor and artistic director. •
Wally Kincaid, 89, American
Hall of Fame college baseball coach (
Cerritos College). •
Kwek Leng Joo, 62, Singaporean businessman, heart attack. •
Paul Laffoley, 80, American artist and architect, heart failure. •
Seymour Lipkin, 88, American concert pianist, conductor, and educator. •
Bert Olmstead, 89, Canadian
Hall of Fame ice hockey player (
Montreal Canadiens,
Chicago Black Hawks,
Toronto Maple Leafs), complications from a stroke. •
Mel Ryan, 82, British cricketer (
Yorkshire). •
Alton D. Slay, 91, American air force general, blood cancer. •
Glee S. Smith Jr., 94, American politician, member of the
Kansas Senate (1957–1973). •
Soviet Song, 15, Irish-bred British-trained thoroughbred racehorse,
Cartier Champion Older Horse 2004, euthanized. •
David Steen, 79, British newspaper and magazine photographer. •
Barbara Thiering, 85, Australian theologian, writer and Biblical revisionist (
Jesus the Man).
17 •
Al Aarons, 83, American jazz trumpeter (
Count Basie Orchestra). •
Ishtiaq Ahmad, 74, Pakistani spy fiction author, heart attack. •
Igwe Aja-Nwachukwu, 63, Nigerian politician, Federal Minister of Education (2007–2008). •
Monique Baelden, 77, French Olympic gymnast. •
Ed Boykin, 83, American politician. •
Donald Brian, 90, New Zealand cricketer. •
Guy Buckingham, 94, British engineer and automobile designer (
Nota). •
Mario Cervi, 94, Italian essayist and journalist, co-founder of
Il Giornale. •
Milton Crenchaw, 96, American aviator (
Tuskegee Airmen), cardiovascular disease and pneumonia. •
John Gainsford, 77, South African rugby union player (
Springboks), cancer. •
Drago Grubelnik, 39, Slovene Olympic alpine skier (
1998,
2002,
2006), traffic collision. •
Sir John Leahy, 87, British diplomat,
High Commissioner to Australia (1984–1988). •
Rahim Moeini Kermanshahi, 89, Iranian poet. •
Pithukuli Murugadas, 95, Indian devotional singer. •
Olaf H. Olsen, 87, Danish historian and archaeologist. •
Terence Robbins, 81, Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer. •
Laura Rockefeller Chasin, 79, American philanthropist. •
Ashok Singhal, 89, Indian Hindu activist. •
David VanLanding, 51, American rock singer (
Michael Schenker Group,
Crimson Glory), traffic collision.
18 •
Abdelhamid Abaaoud, 28, Belgian suspected ringleader of the
November 2015 Paris attacks,
shot. •
Bjørn Borgen, 78, Norwegian footballer (
Fredrikstad,
national team). •
Charles Cawley, 75, American businessman (
MBNA). •
Fang Jing, 44, Chinese news anchor (
CCTV), cancer. •
Rosetta A. Ferguson, 95, American politician. •
Daniel Ferro, 94, American opera singer and vocal coach. •
Wilbur Foss, 94, American politician and musician. •
Dan Halldorson, 63, Canadian golfer, stroke. •
Redvers Kyle, 86, South African-British television continuity announcer, voice-over artist and actor. •
Jonah Lomu, 40, New Zealand rugby union player (
All Blacks), heart attack. •
William A. Longacre, 77, American archaeologist. •
Mack McCormick, 85, American musicologist and folklorist, esophageal cancer. •
Lindela Ndlovu, Zimbabwean educator, Vice-Chancellor of
National University of Science and Technology. •
Norman C. Pickering, 99, American engineer and inventor. •
James Prideaux, 88, American playwright and screenwriter, stroke. •
Harold Searles, 97, American psychiatrist. •
Jim Slater, 86, British financier. •
André Valmy, 96, French actor. •
Jim Whitty, 84, American politician.
19 •
Armand, 69, Dutch protest singer, pneumonia. •
Ricardo de la Cierva, 89, Spanish historian and politician,
Culture Minister (1980) and Senator by
Murcia (1977–1979). •
Rex Cunningham, 91, New Zealand rugby league player. •
Ann Downer, 54, American writer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. •
Allen E. Ertel, 78, American politician, member of the
U.S. House of Representatives from
Pennsylvania's 17th district (1977–1983). •
James Evans, 52, American football player (
Kansas City Chiefs,
Tampa Bay Buccaneers). •
John Hall-Jones, 88, New Zealand historian. •
János Herbst, 59, Hungarian footballer and politician,
MP (1998–2002). •
Ron Hynes, 64, Canadian folksinger ("
Sonny's Dream"), throat cancer. •
John A. Knauss, 90, American oceanographer. •
Stuart Parsell, 87, American football coach. •
Korrie Layun Rampan, 62, Indonesian author and politician. •
Rex Reason, 86, German-born American actor (
This Island Earth,
The Creature Walks Among Us, ''
The Roaring 20's''). •
Jim Stump, 83, American baseball player (
Detroit Tigers). •
R. K. Trivedi, 94, Indian politician,
Governor of Gujarat (1986–1990). •
Herman Wecke, 88, American soccer player. •
Mal Whitfield, 91, American middle-distance runner, Olympic champion (
1948,
1952) and aviator (
Tuskegee Airmen). •
John Eugene Zuccotti, 78, American businessman, namesake of
Zuccotti Park.
20 •
Malcolm H. Chisholm, 70, British inorganic chemist. •
Peter Dimmock, 94, British broadcaster (
Sportsview). •
Vlatko Dulić, 72, Croatian actor and theatre director. •
Miroslav Fiedler, 89, Czech mathematician. •
Ronald Frankenberg, 86, British anthropologist. •
Ruth Giddings, 104, Irish bridge player. •
Néstor Isella, 78, Argentine football player and coach. •
Lex Jacoby, 85, Luxembourgish writer. •
Austin H. Kiplinger, 97, American journalist. •
Svetlana Kitova, 55, Russian middle-distance runner. •
Agustín Mantilla, 70, Peruvian economist and politician. •
Keith Michell, 88, Australian actor (
The Six Wives of Henry VIII,
Henry VIII and His Six Wives,
Murder, She Wrote) and director. •
Jan Monrad, 64, Danish comedian and entertainer, blood clot. •
Nguyen Thien Dao, 75, Vietnamese-French composer. •
Carlos Oroza, 92, Spanish poet. •
Richard Owen, 92, American federal judge and composer. •
Jim Perry, 82, American television emcee (
Definition,
Card Sharks,
$ale of the Century), cancer. •
Héctor Salva, 75, Uruguayan international footballer. •
Nancy Sandars, 101, British archaeologist. •
Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, 62, Japanese sumo wrestler, chairman of the
Japan Sumo Association (2002–2008, since 2012), multiple organ failure. •
Raymond van Schoor, 25, Namibian cricketer, stroke.
21 •
Gregory H. Adamian, 89, American academic. •
Gil Cardinal, 65, Canadian filmmaker, cirrhosis. •
Kerry Dineen, 63, American baseball player (
New York Yankees), cancer. •
Ameen Faheem, 76, Indian-born Pakistani politician,
Commerce Minister (2008–2013) and poet, leukaemia. •
Fan Xuji, 101, Chinese academic. •
Bob Foster, 77, American boxer, world light heavyweight champion (1968–1974). •
Linda Haglund, 59, Swedish Olympic sprinter (
1972,
1976,
1980), cancer and pulmonary hemorrhage. •
Adele Horin, 64, Australian writer and journalist, lung cancer. •
Ken Johnson, 82, American baseball player (
Atlanta Braves,
Houston Astros). •
Paku Alam IX, 77, Indonesian prince and politician. •
Tayva Patch, 62, American actress in
Mormon cinema, complications from surgery. •
Cavit Şadi Pehlivanoğlu, 88, Turkish politician, member of the
Grand National Assembly of Turkey (1961–1996), complications from pneumonia. •
Anthony Read, 80, British screenwriter (
Doctor Who). •
Red Cadeaux, 9, British-bred Australian racehorse, three-time runner-up in the
Melbourne Cup, euthanized after
race injury. •
Sheldon L. Rittmer, 87, American politician. •
Germán Robles, 86, Spanish-Mexican actor. •
Joseph Silverstein, 83, American violinist and conductor, heart attack. •
Zoran Ubavič, 50, Slovenian footballer.
22 •
Hazel Adair, 95, British television writer (
Crossroads,
Compact,
Emergency – Ward 10). •
Abubakar Audu, 68, Nigerian politician,
Governor of Kogi State (1992–1993, 1999–2003), heart attack. •
Henson P. Barnes, 81, American politician, member of the
North Carolina Senate (1977–1992). •
Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, 66, Bangladeshi politician and convicted
war criminal, execution by hanging. •
Howard E. Greer, 94, American vice admiral. •
Jerzy Karasiński, 73, Polish footballer (
Lech Poznań). •
Kim Young-sam, 87, South Korean politician,
President (1993–1998), heart failure. •
Sipke van der Land, 78, Dutch presenter (
NCRV). •
Weslyn Mather, 70, Canadian politician, Alberta MLA for
Edmonton-Mill Woods (2004–2008), skin infection. •
Valentin Mogilny, 49, Ukrainian Soviet gymnast, heart attack. •
Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, 67, Bangladeshi politician and convicted war criminal, execution by hanging. •
Nola, 41, Sudanese-born American and last surviving female northern white rhinoceros, euthanized. •
Albert Pick, 93, German numismatist. •
Alfredo Prucker, 89, Italian Olympic Nordic skier, (
1948), (
1952), (
1956). •
Ingeborg Sjöqvist, 103, Swedish Olympic diver (
1932,
1936). •
Robin Stewart, 69, British actor (
Bless This House,
Cromwell,
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires). •
Edward H. Sussenguth, 83, American engineer. •
André Waignein, 73, Belgian composer.
23 •
Jamiluddin Aali, 90, Pakistani Urdu poet. •
Topazia Alliata, 102, Italian painter and writer. •
Pierre Bernard, 73, French graphic artist and designer. •
Manmeet Bhullar, 35, Canadian politician, Alberta MLA (
Calgary-Greenway) and cabinet minister, traffic collision. •
Jerzy Browkin, 81, Polish mathematician. •
Dan Fante, 71, American author and playwright. •
Jacob Highland, 82, American Olympic volleyball player. •
Hazel Holt, 87, British novelist. •
Steve Hrymnak, 89, Canadian ice hockey player (
Chicago Black Hawks). •
Kâmran İnan, 86, Turkish politician. •
Jouni Kaipainen, 58, Finnish composer. •
Alex Kersey-Brown, 73, Welsh rugby player, cancer. •
Chuck Lamson, 76, American football player (
Los Angeles Rams,
Minnesota Vikings). •
Beatriz Lockhart, 71, Uruguayan pianist and composer. •
Antônio Lomanto Júnior, 90, Brazilian politician,
Governor of Bahia (1963–1967). •
Sam Mardian, 96, American politician,
Mayor of Phoenix (1960–1964). •
Douglass North, 95, American economist and laureate of the
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1993), esophageal cancer. •
Lev Okun, 86, Russian theoretical physicist. •
Juan Quarterone, 80, Argentine football player and coach. •
Kaladevanhalli Ramprasad, 81, Indian cricketer. •
Cynthia Robinson, 71, American trumpeter and vocalist (
Sly and the Family Stone), cancer. •
Willie Royster, 61, American baseball player (
Baltimore Orioles). •
Otto Schaden, 78, American Egyptologist. •
Virginia Seay, 93, American composer and musicologist. •
Jim Sochor, 77, American football player and coach (
UC Davis), cancer. •
Ankie Stork, 94, Dutch
World War II resistance fighter. •
Seyfi Tatar, 67, Turkish Olympic boxer. •
Yoram Tsafrir, 77, Israeli archaeologist.
24 •
Sir Robert Ford, 91, British army general
Adjutant-General to the Forces (1978–1981). •
John Forrester, 66, British historian and philosopher of science, cancer. •
Pierre Gabriel, 82, French mathematician (
Gabriel's theorem). •
Zdeněk Humhal, 81, Czech volleyball player, Olympic silver medalist (
1964). •
Jack C. Inman, 90, American politician. •
Al Markim, 88, American actor (
Tom Corbett, Space Cadet). •
Quincy Monk, 36, American football player (
New York Giants,
Houston Texans), cancer. •
Marium Mukhtiar, 23, Pakistani fighter pilot, plane crash. •
Heinz Oberhummer, 74, Austrian physicist. •
A. S. Ponnammal, 89, Indian politician, cancer. •
Aubrey Sheiham, 79, South African-born British dental epidemiologist. •
Douglas W. Shorenstein, 60, American real estate developer, chairman of the board of the
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, cancer. •
Bobby Smith, 81, American baseball player (
St. Louis Cardinals,
Philadelphia Phillies,
New York Mets). •
Niel Tupas Sr., 82, Filipino politician, prostate cancer and heart failure. •
Varduhi Varderesyan, 87, Romanian-born Armenian actress. •
Aurora Venturini, 92, Argentine author. •
Steven Vogel, 75, American biologist, cancer. •
Steve Wildstrom, 68, American technology journalist (
BusinessWeek), brain cancer. •
Mieko Yagi, 65, Japanese Olympic equestrian. •
Dorothea Zucker-Franklin, 86, German-born American physician and medical researcher.
25 •
O'Neil Bell, 40, Jamaican cruiserweight boxer, undisputed world champion (
2006), shot. •
Sir Jeremy Black, 83, British admiral. •
Kerry Casey, 61, Australian actor, writer and director (
George of the Jungle 2,
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie), cancer. •
Svein Christiansen, 74, Norwegian jazz drummer. •
Gloria Contreras Roeniger, 81, Mexican dancer and choreographer. •
Jean Corti, 86, French accordionist. •
Judith Fitzgerald, 63, Canadian poet. •
Eva Fuka, 88, Czech-born American photographer. •
Lennart Hellsing, 96, Swedish author and translator. •
Pierre-Yvon Lenoir, 79, French Olympic middle-distance runner (
1960). •
Chris Martin, 42, British civil servant,
Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister (since 2012), cancer. •
Beth Rogan, 84, British actress (
Mysterious Island). •
Inuwa Wada, 98, Nigerian politician. •
Elmo Williams, 102, American editor and producer (
High Noon,
The Longest Day,
Tora! Tora! Tora!),
Oscar winner (
1953). •
Ken Woolley, 82, Australian architect.
26 •
Amir Aczel, 65, Israeli-born American mathematician and scientist, cancer. •
Ronnie Bright, 77, American bass singer (
The Cadillacs,
The Coasters,
The Valentines). •
Jorgo Bulo, 76, Albanian philologist and historian. •
Eldzier Cortor, 99, American artist. •
Eddy De Leeuw, 59, Belgian Olympic sprinter. •
Tom Dublinski, 85, American football player (
Toronto Argonauts,
Detroit Lions,
Hamilton Tiger-Cats). •
Norbert Gastell, 86, German actor and voice actor (
Homer Simpson). •
Tommy Gilbert, 75, American professional wrestler (
CWA/
USWA) and referee (
UWF). •
Jytte Hansen, 83, Danish Olympic swimmer. •
Noboru Karashima, 82, Japanese historian. •
Jerrold Kemp, 94, American academic. •
Del Kennedy, 92, Australian football player (
Footscray). •
Guy Lewis, 93, American
Hall of Fame college basketball coach (
Houston Cougars). •
Tom Moss, 87, American politician,
Speaker (1991–2000) and member of the
Virginia House of Delegates (1966–2002), heart attack. •
Larry Powers, 76, American
bodybuilder and actor (
Me, Natalie). •
George Pyne III, 74, American football player (
Boston Patriots), cancer. •
Jovan Šarčević, 49, Serbian footballer (
FK Proleter Zrenjanin). •
Sumiko Shirakawa, 80, Japanese voice actress (
Doraemon,
Sazae-san,
Space Dandy), subarachnoid hemorrhage. •
Bill Stauffer, 85, American basketball player (
Missouri Tigers), brain hemorrhage. •
David Steinmetz, 79, American historian. •
Bill Tucker, 73, American football player (
San Francisco 49ers,
Chicago Bears), heart attack. •
Gordon Wallace, 86, Canadian boxer. •
James A. Winnefeld Sr., 86, American rear admiral. •
H. Khekiho Zhimomi, 69, Indian politician, heart ailment.
27 •
Humza Al-Hafeez, 84, American police officer and activist. •
Ragnhild Barland, 81, Norwegian politician, member of
Parliament (1985–1997). •
Mark Behr, 52, Tanzanian-born South African author (
The Smell of Apples). •
José Benedito Simão, 64, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Assis (since 2009). •
Ursula Cowgill, 88, American biologist and anthropologist. •
Ian Dargie, 84, English footballer (
Brentford). •
Luca De Filippo, 67, Italian actor and theatre director. •
Esperanza Guisán, 75, Spanish philosopher. •
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs, 94, Swedish actress (
Brink of Life,
The Touch,
Shame). •
V. Krishnaprasad, 69, Indian cricketer. •
Alexander Kukarin, 22, Russian modern pentathlete, heart attack. •
Lou Marone, 69, American baseball player (
Pittsburgh Pirates). •
Mukund Sathe, 78, Indian cricketer. •
Maurice Strong, 86, Canadian businessman and diplomat. •
Garrett Swasey, 44, American police officer and junior ice dancing champion (
1992),
shot. •
J. Randolph Tucker Jr., 101, American politician and judge. •
Xosé Neira Vilas, 87, Spanish author. •
Philippe Washer, 91, Belgian tennis player.
28 •
Mircea Anca, 55, Romanian actor and director, leukemia. •
Aurèle Audet, 95, Canadian politician. •
Yoka Berretty, 87, Dutch actress (
Makkers Staakt uw Wild Geraas,
The Silent Raid,
Punk Lawyer). •
Luc Bondy, 67, Swiss theater and opera director. •
Walter Bruce, 77, Northern Irish footballer (
Glentoran). •
Gerry Byrne, 77, English footballer (
Liverpool,
national team), World Cup Champion (
1966), Alzheimer's disease. •
Marion Crecco, 85, American politician, member of the
New Jersey General Assembly (1986–2002). •
Tahir Elçi, 49, Turkish pro-Kurdish lawyer, shot. •
Federico O. Escaler, 93, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Prelate of
Kidapawan (1976–1980) and
Ipil (1980–1997). •
Ivan Hlevnjak, 71, Croatian Yugoslav footballer. •
Stan Holek, 82, Canadian professional wrestler. •
Jean Joubert, 87, French author. •
Doug Lennox, 77, Canadian actor (
X-Men,
Police Academy,
Lars and the Real Girl) and writer. •
Lin Rong-San, 76, Taiwanese billionaire politician, publisher and businessman, cardiopulmonary failure. •
Marjorie Lord, 97, American film and television actress (
The Danny Thomas Show). •
Nauro Machado, 80, Brazilian poet. •
José María Mendiluce, 64, Spanish politician and author. •
Janez Strnad, 81, Slovene physicist. •
Tomasz Tomczykiewicz, 54, Polish politician, member of
Sejm (2001–2015), chronic kidney disease. •
Olene Walker, 85, American politician,
Governor (2003–2005) and
Lieutenant Governor of Utah (1993–2003). •
Adrian Wright, 68, English-born Australian actor (
Freewheelers, ''
Carson's Law, Prisoner'').
29 •
Claire Aho, 90, Finnish photographer, fire. •
Wayne Bickerton, 74, British songwriter ("
Nothing but a Heartache", "
Sugar Baby Love"), record producer, and music executive. •
Harold Cagle, 79, American football coach. •
Ramón de los Santos, 66, Dominican baseball player (
Houston Astros). •
John Demarie, 70, American football player (
Cleveland Browns). •
Ottó Dóra, 53, Hungarian politician, Mayor of
Salgótarján (since 2014). •
Joseph F. Girzone, 85, American Catholic priest and author. •
George Hadjinikos, 92, Greek musician. •
Jonathan Janson, 85, British Olympic sailor. •
Vasyl Lishchynskyi, 51, Ukrainian Paralympic athlete. •
Tunku Abdul Malik, 86, Malaysian royal. •
Joe Marston, 89, Australian soccer player (
Preston North End) and manager (
national team). •
Joachim Carlos Martini, 84, Chilean-born German conductor (
Junge Kantorei). •
Christopher Middleton, 89, British poet and translator. •
Buddy Moreno, 103, American musician and radio and television personality. •
Otto Newman, 93, Austrian-born British sociologist. •
Rex Quartey, 71, Ghanaian writer and poet. •
Oʻtkir Sultonov, 76, Uzbek politician,
Prime Minister (1995–2003).
30 •
Meli Bainimarama, 70, Fijian businessman and
permanent secretary. •
Pío Caro Baroja, 87, Spanish director and writer. •
Jack Brizendine, 71, American horse trainer, lung cancer. •
Nigel Buxton, 91, British travel writer. •
André Carbonnelle, 92, Belgian Olympic hockey player. •
Charles Shipley Cox, 93, American oceanographic physicist. •
Jean Deplace, 71, French cellist. •
Bob Dustal, 80, American baseball player (
Detroit Tigers). •
Jack Fagan, 82, New Zealand rugby league player. •
Greg Fisk, 70, American politician,
Mayor of
Juneau, Alaska (2015). •
Jewel Freeman Graham, 90, American educator. •
Minas Hatzisavvas, 67, Greek actor. •
Gerrit Holdijk, 71, Dutch politician,
Senator (1986–1987, 1991–2015), lung cancer. •
Sabri Khan, 88, Indian
sarangi player. •
Marcus Klingberg, 97, Polish-born Israeli scientist and spy for the Soviet Union. •
Brajraj Mahapatra, 94, Indian monarch, Raja of
Tigiria State (1943–1947). •
Fatema Mernissi, 75, Moroccan feminist writer and sociologist. •
Shigeru Mizuki, 93, Japanese manga artist (
GeGeGe no Kitarō,
Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths,
Showa: A History of Japan), heart attack. •
Adolph Plummer, 77, American sprinter. •
Eldar Ryazanov, 88, Russian film director (
Carnival Night,
The Irony of Fate,
Promised Heaven), respiratory and heart failure. •
Steve Shagan, 88, American novelist, screenwriter, and producer (
Save the Tiger,
Voyage of the Damned,
Primal Fear). •
David Simmons, 85, New Zealand ethnologist and historian. •
Renzo Trivelli, 90, Italian politician. •
Leslie Waddington, 81, British art dealer. ==References==