1 •
Bai Dongcai, 98, Chinese politician. •
Andreas Bjørkum, 82, Norwegian philologist. •
Anker Buch, 74, Danish violinist. •
Pierre Capretz, 89, French linguist and academic, creator of
French in Action series. •
Melissa Minnich Coleman, 96, American architect. •
Guillermo Delgado, 83, Peruvian footballer. •
King Fleming, 91, American jazz pianist, natural causes. •
Essie Garrett, 74, American ultramarathon runner. •
Rudolph Hargrave, 89, American judge, member of the
Oklahoma Supreme Court (1978–2010), Chief Justice (1989–1990, 2001–2002). •
Jacques Le Goff, 90, French historian. •
Robert P. Madden, 86, American spectroscopist. •
Andrew Joseph McDonald, 90, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Little Rock (1972–2000). •
Bill Mitchell, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (
Detroit Red Wings), kidney failure. •
Carlos Oneto, 84, Peruvian actor and comic. •
Merimeri Penfold, 93, New Zealand
Māori language academic (
University of Auckland), cancer. •
Rolf Rendtorff, 88, German academic, Emeritus Professor of Old Testament (
University of Heidelberg). •
Harry Rowe, 89, Australian footballer and cricketer. •
Colin Scott, 80, British Anglican prelate,
Bishop of Hulme (1984–1998). •
John W. Shelton, 85, American politician, member of the
West Virginia House of Delegates (1995–2004). •
Alida van der Anker-Doedens, 91, Dutch Olympic silver-medalist sprint canoer (
1948). •
Keane Wallis-Bennett, 12, British student, crushed in wall collapse. •
Norman Warner, 70, Canadian politician and insurance broker, cancer.
2 •
Taha Basry, 67, Egyptian football player and manager. •
Ibrahim Bin Shakaran, 34, Moroccan militant, shot. •
Richard Brick, 68, American film producer (
Deconstructing Harry) and executive,
New York City Film Commissioner (1992–1994), esophageal cancer. •
Stephanie Camp, 46, American historian, cancer. •
Robert Clodius, 93, American academic. •
Everett De Roche, 67, Australian screenwriter, cancer. •
Harris Goldsmith, 77, American pianist and critic. •
Sandy Grossman, 78, American sports director (
CBS Sports,
Fox Sports), directed 10
Super Bowls, cancer. •
Lyndsie Holland, 75, English opera singer and actress. •
Lucy Hood, 56, American television executive (
News Corporation), President of the
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (since 2013), cancer. •
Glyn Jones, 82, South African writer and actor. •
Mamoon Kazi, 78, Pakistani judge, member of the
Supreme Court (1997–2000) and
Sindh High Court (1985–1997). •
Willi Kafel, 83, Austrian Olympic gymnast. •
Michael Pearse Lacey, 97, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of
Toronto (1979–1993). •
Allan Lindsay, 88, British Olympic athlete. •
Miloš Mikeln, 83, Slovene writer. •
Consuelo Moure, 67, Colombian actress, lung cancer. •
Carl Epting Mundy Jr., 78, American military officer,
Commandant of the Marine Corps and member of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff (1991–1995),
Merkel cell carcinoma. •
Alfred Niepieklo, 86, German footballer. •
Mary Lou Petty, 98, American Olympic swimmer (
1936). •
Unnikrishnan Puthur, 80, Indian novelist. •
Gustavo Rodríguez, 67, Venezuelan film, stage and television actor. •
Vern Rutsala, 80, American author and poet. •
Alieu Badara Saja Taal, 70, Gambian academic and newspaper executive, managing director of
The Daily Observer, liver infection. •
Mahjoub Sharif, 66, Sudanese poet and activist. •
David Werdyger, 94, Polish-born American
Hasidic singer. •
Urs Widmer, 75, Swiss author.
3 •
Joseph Archibald, 80, Kittitian-born British Virgin Islander jurist, member of the
Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. •
Andrei Bodiu, 48, Romanian poet. •
Máximo Cajal López, 79, Spanish diplomat. •
Régine Deforges, 78, French author, editor, director and playwright. •
Akira Endo, 75, Japanese-born American conductor. •
Pedro Fré, 89, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Corumbá (1985–1989) and
Barretos (1989–2000). •
Edvard Grimstad, 81, Norwegian politician,
MP for
Østfold (1989–1997),
Governor of Østfold (1998–2003). •
Norval Horner, 83, Canadian politician,
MP for
Battleford—Kindersley (1972–1974). •
Fred Kida, 93, American cartoonist. •
Virginie Korte-van Hemel, 84, Dutch politician,
Deputy Minister of Justice (1982–1989). •
Paul Lüönd, 63, Swiss musician and politician. •
Jovan Pavlović, 77, Serbian
Orthodox prelate, Metropolitan Bishop of
Zagreb, Ljubljana and Italy. •
Prince Michael of Prussia, 74, German author. •
Heribert Reitböck, 80, Austrian neuroscientist. •
John Ryan, 86, Irish politician,
Leas-Cheann Comhairle (1982–1987). •
Paul Salamunovich, 86, American choral director (
Los Angeles Master Chorale) and film conductor (
Dracula), complications from West Nile virus. •
Tommy Lynn Sells, 49, American serial killer, execution by lethal injection. •
Arthur Smith, 93, American musician and songwriter ("
Guitar Boogie", "
Dueling Banjos"). •
Ed Spencer, 85, American race car driver. •
Dame Dorothy Winstone, 95, New Zealand educationalist and academic.
4 •
José Aguilar, 55, Cuban Olympic bronze-medalist light-welterweight boxer (
1980), cerebral infarction. •
Len Ardill, 83, Australian politician, member of the
Queensland Legislative Assembly for
Salisbury (1986–1992) and
Archerfield (1992–1998). •
İsmet Atlı, 83, Turkish Olympic champion light heavyweight freestyle wrestler (
1960). •
James Bates, 61, American conductor. •
Dave Blakey, 84, English footballer (
Chesterfield). •
William W. Blanton, 90, American politician, member of the
Texas House of Representatives (1976–1988), pneumonia. •
Archie Boyd, 95, English
Royal Air Force officer. •
Eleanor de Freitas, 23, English false rape victim, suicide by hanging. •
Willie Duggan, 88, Irish Olympic boxer. •
Kumba Ialá, 61, Bissau-Guinean politician,
President (2000–2003), cardiopulmonary arrest. •
Charles Jordan, 76, American politician. •
Peter Liechti, 63, Swiss filmmaker. •
Margo MacDonald, 70, Scottish politician,
MP for
Glasgow Govan (1973–1974),
MSP for
Lothian (since 1999), Parkinson's disease. •
Klaus Meyer, 76, German footballer. •
Anja Niedringhaus, 48, German photojournalist (
Associated Press),
Pulitzer Prize winner for
Breaking News Photography (
2005), shot. •
Curtis Bill Pepper, 96, American journalist (
Newsweek) and author. •
Muhammad Qutb, 95, Egyptian Islamist author and academic. •
Emma Reed, 88, American Olympic athlete. •
Alberta Jones Seaton, 89, American zoologist. •
Richard Small, 68, American racehorse trainer (
Concern), cancer. •
Gyula Szabó, 83, Hungarian actor. •
Lois Wallace, 73, American literary agent, lung cancer.
5 •
Azamour, 13, Irish racehorse and sire, euthanised. •
Óscar Avilés, 90, Peruvian guitarist and singer. •
Poul Erik Bech, 76, Danish football manager. •
Willis Blair, 90, Canadian politician,
Mayor of
East York (1973–1975). •
Andy Davidson, 81, Scottish footballer (
Hull City). •
Alan Davie, 93, Scottish painter and musician. •
Mariano Díaz, 74, Spanish Olympic racing cyclist. •
Antonio Díaz Gil, 79, Spanish footballer. •
Rolv Enge, 92, Norwegian resistance member and architect. •
Stuart Fullerton, 74, American entomologist (
University of Central Florida). •
Leif Haanes, 81, Norwegian ship-owner and Christian leader. •
Wayne Henderson, 74, American jazz trombonist (
The Jazz Crusaders) and record producer, heart failure. •
Rhondda Alder Kelly, 87, Australian model,
Miss Australia (1946). •
Peter Matthiessen, 86, American author (
At Play in the Fields of the Lord,
The Snow Leopard), leukemia. •
L. B. McGinnis, 72, American novelist. •
Stanislaus Okurut, 84, Ugandan politician, Minister of
Labour, Sports and Transport, heart failure. •
John Pinette, 50, American comedian and actor (''
Parker Lewis Can't Lose, The Punisher, Junior''), pulmonary embolism. •
Gordon Smith, 59, Scottish footballer (
St Johnstone,
Aston Villa). •
Yvonne Stoffel-Wagener, 82, Luxembourgish Olympic gymnast. •
Peter Thorne, 90, English fighter pilot and diplomat. •
Ralph H. Turner, 94, American sociologist. •
José Wilker, 66, Brazilian actor (
Medicine Man) and director, heart attack.
6 •
Mary Anderson, 96, American actress (
Gone With the Wind). •
Jacques Castérède, 87, French composer. •
Leee Black Childers, 68, American punk rock and art photographer (
The Factory,
Andy Warhol). •
Liv Dommersnes, 91, Norwegian actress. •
Sir Maurice Drake, 91, British
judge of the High Court of England and Wales. •
Charles Farthing, 60, New Zealand doctor, heart attack. •
Peter Kaberere, 30, Kenyan gospel singer, electrocuted. •
Erzsi Kovács, 85, Hungarian pop singer and performer. •
Domenico Mennitti, 75, Italian politician, Mayor of
Brindisi (2004–2011). •
Mickey Rooney, 93, American actor (
The Black Stallion, ''
Breakfast at Tiffany's, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World''),
Emmy winner (
1982), natural causes. •
Leandro Rovirosa Wade, 96, Mexican politician and engineer,
Governor of Tabasco (1977–1982). •
Farhad Sepahbody, 85, Iranian exiled diplomat, Ambassador to Morocco (1976–1979). •
Chuck Stone, 89, American navigator, journalist and academic,
Tuskegee Airman during World War II, co-founder of the
NABJ. •
Massimo Tamburini, 70, Italian motorcycle designer (
Ducati 916,
MV Agusta F4), lung cancer. •
Van Vlahakis, 79, Greek-born American chemist.
7 •
Andrei Aleksenko, 80, Russian scientist. •
Ron Barkhouse, 87, Canadian politician. •
Kevin Bokeili, 51, French science fiction writer. •
Ashish Bose, 83, Indian demographer, coined "
BIMARU" term, fall. •
Claudine Bouché, 88, French film editor (
Shoot the Piano Player,
Jules and Jim). •
George Dureau, 83, American painter and photographer, Alzheimer's disease. •
Peaches Geldof, 25, English television presenter, writer and model, heroin overdose. •
Sandy Green, 88, British mathematician. •
Alexandre Guyodo, 91, French Olympic steeplechaser (
1948). •
Géza Henni, 87, Hungarian Olympic footballer. •
Xaver Höger, 84, German Olympic athlete. •
Robert Hull, 68, American architect, stroke. •
Noel Knockwood, 81, Canadian Mi'kmaq spiritual leader and civil servant, Sergeant-at-Arms for
Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia (2000–2005),
National Aboriginal Achievement Award (2002), stroke. •
Ernest Kurnow, 101, American academic. •
V. K. Murthy, 90, Indian cinematographer (
Kaagaz Ke Phool,
Pyaasa,
Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam), recipient of the
Dadasaheb Phalke Award (
2008). •
Perlita Neilson, 80, British actress. •
Zeituni Onyango, 61, Kenyan computer programmer, involved in immigration case during
2008 US presidential election campaign, breast cancer and respiratory ailments. •
Jack Satter, 92, American philanthropist, partly owned the
New York Yankees. •
Jerry Sharkey, 71, American
Wright brothers historian, conceived idea for
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, heart failure. •
John Shirley-Quirk, 82, English
bass-baritone opera singer, cancer. •
George Shuffler, 88, American
Hall of Fame bluegrass musician (
The Stanley Brothers). •
Steve Smith, 64, American politician, member of the
Minnesota House of Representatives (1999–2012). •
Josep Maria Subirachs, 87, Spanish Catalan sculptor and painter, Parkinson's disease. •
Scato Swu, 90, Indian politician. •
Frans van der Lugt, 75, Dutch
Jesuit priest, shot. •
Čedo Vuković, 93, Montenegrin writer. •
Royce Waltman, 72, American college basketball coach (
Indiana State). •
Emilio Yap, 88, Filipino businessman and philanthropist.
8 •
Starla Brodie, 58, American poker player. •
Jim W. Brown, 87, Australian footballer. •
Sandy Brown, 75, Scottish footballer (
Everton). •
Emmanuel III Delly, 86, Iraqi Chaldean Catholic hierarch,
Patriarch of Babylon (2003–2012). •
Karlheinz Deschner, 89, German writer and activist. •
Robert Dickson, 88, Australian architect. •
Shrish Chandra Dikshit, 91, Indian politician,
MP for
Varanasi (1991–1996),
DGP for
Uttar Pradesh. •
Charles Anthony Fager, 90, Bahamian neurosurgeon. •
Jay R. Galbraith, 75, American organizational theorist. •
Phil Hardy, 69, British film and music journalist. •
Eric Harroun, 31, American jihadist, drug overdose. •
Andrew Intamba, 67, Namibian diplomat and security director, first Ambassador to
Egypt (since 2008),
Director of the Central Intelligence Service (1991–2007). •
Art Kimball, 72, American politician, member of the
Utah Senate (1977–1981). •
Ghiță Licu, 68, Romanian Olympic bronze and silver medallist handball player (
1972,
1976). •
Ivan Mercep, 84, New Zealand architect (
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa). •
Monte Olsen, 57, American politician, member of the
Wyoming House of Representatives (2002–2008),
myocardial ischemia. •
Herbert Schoen, 84, German footballer. •
Cornelius Taiwo, 103, Nigerian academic. •
Ultimate Warrior, 54, American
Hall of Fame professional wrestler (
WWF,
WCW), heart attack. •
Adrianne Wadewitz, 37, American scholar, rockclimbing fall.
9 •
Manuel Alejandro Aponte Gómez, 43, Mexican bodyguard (
Joaquín Guzmán Loera), shot. •
Python Anghelo, 59, Romanian-born American artist, video game and pinball machine designer (
Joust,
Taxi,
PIN•BOT), cancer. •
Gil Askey, 89, American-born Australian musician and composer (
Lady Sings the Blues), lymphoma. •
Chris Banks, 41, American football player (
Denver Broncos,
Atlanta Falcons). •
Jacob Birnbaum, 87, German-born American Jewish activist, founder of the
Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry. •
Peter Michael Blayney, 93, Australian artist. •
Jos Chabert, 81, Belgian politician,
Minister of State (2009). •
Joan Crespo Hita, 87, Spanish road bicycle racer. •
Rory Ellinger, 72, American politician, member of the
Missouri House of Representatives (since 2010), liver cancer. •
Norman Girvan, 72, Jamaican professor and politician, Secretary General of the
Association of Caribbean States (2000–2004), fall. •
Robin Holliday, 81, British molecular biologist. •
Sir James Holt, 91, British medieval historian. •
Daniel S. Koltun, 80, American theoretical physicist. •
Boniface Lele, 66, Kenyan Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of
Mombasa (2005–2013), Bishop of
Kitui (1995–2005), cardiac arrest. •
René Mertens, 92, Belgian cyclist. •
Eddie Miller, 82, American basketball player. •
Ale Narendra, 67, Indian politician,
MP for
Nizamabad (1999–2004) and
Medak (2004–2008),
Andhra Pradesh MLA for
Himayatnagar (1983–1999). •
Val Ogden, 90, American politician, member of the
Washington House of Representatives (1991–2003), cancer. •
Ib Planck, 84, Danish Olympic long-distance runner. •
A. N. R. Robinson, 87, Trinbagonian politician,
President (1997–2003),
Prime Minister (1986–1991), recognized for role in establishing the
International Criminal Court. •
Ferdinando Terruzzi, 90, Italian Olympic champion cyclist (
1948). •
Svetlana Velmar-Janković, 80, Serbian writer.
10 •
Dominique Baudis, 66, French journalist, writer and politician, Mayor of
Toulouse (1983–2001), cancer. •
Justin Marie Bomboko, 86, Congolese politician,
Head of Government (1960–1961),
Foreign Minister (1960–1963, 1965–1969, 1981). •
George Bornemissza, 90, Australian entomologist and ecologist. •
Ray Colledge, 91, British climber and mountaineer. •
Commendable, 16, American Thoroughbred racehorse, won the 2000
Belmont Stakes. •
Joe Dini, 85, American politician, member of the
Nevada House of Representatives (1967–2002). •
Bill Doolittle, 90, American football player and coach (
Western Michigan Broncos). •
László Felkai, 73, Hungarian Olympic champion and dual bronze medallist water polo player (
1960,
1964,
1968). •
Jim Flaherty, 64, Canadian politician,
Minister of Finance (2006–2014),
MP for
Whitby—Oshawa (since 2006),
MPP for
Whitby—Ajax (1995–2005), heart attack. •
Phyllis Frelich, 70, American actress (
Children of a Lesser God,
Santa Barbara,
Children on Their Birthdays),
Tony winner (
1980), progressive supranuclear palsy. •
Ken Greengrass, 87, American television producer. •
Carol Grimaldi, 75, American restaurateur, co-founder of
Grimaldi's Pizzeria, cancer. •
James Hilleary, 90, American architect and painter. •
Ján Hirka, 90, Slovak
Catholic hierarch, Bishop of
Prešov (1990–2002). •
Richard Hoggart, 95, British academic and author (
The Uses of Literacy), dementia. •
Thomas M. Jacobs, 87, American Olympic skier (
1952). •
M. Daniel Lane, 83, American biochemist, myeloma. •
Doris Pilkington Garimara, 76, Australian author (
Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence), ovarian cancer. •
Gregory White Smith, 62, American biographer (
Jackson Pollock: An American Saga),
Pulitzer Prize winner (
1991), brain tumor. •
Anatoly Sukhorukov, 78, Russian physicist. •
Eddy Thomas, 82, Jamaican dancer, choreographer and teacher, co-founder of
National Dance Theatre Company. •
Sue Townsend, 68, British novelist and playwright (
Adrian Mole series), stroke. •
Sidney Weintraub, 91, American economist. •
Kenji Yamada, 90, American-Japanese judoka.
11 •
Alfredo Alcón, 84, Argentine actor (
The Innocents,
El Santo de la Espada,
Sugar Harvest), respiratory disease. •
Antonio Aldonza, 88, Spanish footballer. •
Eppie Archuleta, 92, American weaving artist, recipient of the
National Heritage Fellowship (1985). •
Nandu Bhende, 58, Indian musician and actor, heart attack. •
Rolf Brem, 88, Swiss graphic artist, sculptor and illustrator. •
Hal Cooper, 91, American television director and producer (
I Dream of Jeannie,
Maude,
Gimme a Break!), heart failure. •
Edna Doré, 92, British actress (
EastEnders,
Les Misérables,
Another Year), emphysema. •
Dunstan Endawie Enchana, 78, Malaysian politician,
Sarawak MLA for Krian, Deputy Chief Minister (1977–1979), High Commissioner to Australia and New Zealand. •
Cele Hahn, 72, American politician and media owner (
WNNZ (AM),
WNNZ-FM), member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives (1995–2003). •
Nevyl Hand, 90, Australian rugby league player. •
Bill Henry, 86, American baseball player (
Boston Red Sox,
Cincinnati Reds), heart attack. •
Zander Hollander, 91, American sportswriter, journalist, editor and archivist. •
Lou Hudson, 69, American basketball player (
St. Louis Hawks,
Los Angeles Lakers), complications from a stroke. •
Myer S. Kripke, 100, American rabbi and philanthropist. •
Bernard J. Lechner, 82, American electronics engineer (
RCA). •
Leonard Levy, 74, Jamaican cricketer. •
William J. Lyons Jr., 92, American politician, member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives and
Senate. •
Eugene McGehee, 85, American lawyer, jurist and politician, member of the
Louisiana House of Representatives (1960–1972). •
Helga Mees, 76, German Olympic silver- and bronze-medalist fencer (
1964). •
Sergey Nepobedimy, 92, Soviet rocket designer (
3M6 Shmel,
Arena,
OTR-23 Oka,
OTR-21 Tochka,
9K11 Malyutka). •
Ron Pundak, 58, Israeli diplomat, involved in
Oslo I Accord, cancer. •
Don Robertson, 83, American baseball player (
Chicago Cubs). •
Sanggeun, 9, South Korean dog actor, complications from cancer. •
Minoru Sano, 63, Japanese chef, multiple organ failure. •
Patrick Seale, 83, Northern Irish journalist, foreign correspondent and historian (
The Observer), brain cancer. •
Rolando Ugolini, 89, Italian-born British footballer (
Middlesbrough). •
Jesse Winchester, 69, American musician and songwriter, bladder cancer. •
Carl Zimmermann, 96, American news anchor (
WITI) and World War II war correspondent. •
Darrell Zwerling, 85, American actor (
Chinatown,
Grease,
Starsky and Hutch).
12 •
Pierre Autin-Grenier, 67, French author. •
Robin Capell, 79, South African cricketer. •
Jerry Carle, 90, American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. •
James M. Coleman, 90, American politician, member of the
New Jersey General Assembly (1966–1972). •
Eduard Gaugler, 85, German economist. •
Beverly Hanson, 89, American golfer,
U.S. Amateur Champion (1950),
LPGA Championship (1955),
Western Open (1956),
Titleholders Championship (1958), complications of Alzheimer's and COPD. •
Robert Harder, 84, American politician, member of the
Kansas House of Representatives (1961–1967), brain tumor. •
Fred Ho, 56, American saxophonist, composer and social activist, complications from colorectal cancer. •
Brita Koivunen, 82, Finnish
schlager singer. •
Pierre-Henri Menthéour, 53, French racing cyclist, cancer. •
My Flag, 21, American Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized. •
Øystein Øystå, 79, Norwegian writer. •
Maurício Alves Peruchi, 24, Brazilian footballer, traffic collision. •
Robert Potter, 64, British geographer. •
Hal R. Smith, 82, American baseball player (
St. Louis Cardinals). •
Billy Standridge, 60, American race car driver and team owner (
NASCAR,
Nationwide Series), cancer. •
Hamish Watt, 88, Scottish politician, MP for
Banffshire (1974–1979).
13 •
Michael Boddy, 80, English-Australian actor and writer. •
Howard Brandt, 75, American physicist. •
John Brunsdon, 80, British artist. •
Emma Castelnuovo, 100, Italian mathematician. •
Mahay Choramo, Ethiopian evangelist. •
Peter Clarke, 84, South African artist. •
Peter Drummond-Murray of Mastrick, 84, Scottish herald and banker. •
Fred Enke, 89, American football player (
Detroit Lions,
Philadelphia Eagles), dementia. •
Pat Gish, 87, American journalist (
The Mountain Eagle), complications from kidney failure. •
Sally Haydon, 55, American equestrian and academic. •
Edward Kamuda, 74, American historian, co-founder of the
Titanic Historical Society, consultant on
Titanic. •
Ernesto Laclau, 78, Argentine
post-Marxist political theorist, heart attack. •
Otto Petersen, 53, American ventriloquist and comedian (
Otto & George). •
Michael Ruppert, 63, American author, journalist, radio show host and conspiracy hawk, suicide by gunshot. •
Theoklitos Setakis, 83, Greek Orthodox hierarch,
Metropolitan Bishop of
Ioannina (since 1975). •
Irene Shepard, 91, American politician, member of the
New Hampshire House of Representatives. •
Rafał Sznajder, 41, Polish Olympic fencer (
1996,
2000,
2004), heart attack.
14 •
Kshetra Pratap Adhikary, 70–71, Nepali poet and writer, heart attack. •
Roland Issifu Alhassan, 81, Ghanaian diplomat and politician, Ambassador to Germany (2001–2006),
MP for
Tolon-Kumbungu (1969–1971, 1979–1981), co-founder of the
New Patriotic Party. •
Ian Askew, 92, British officer. •
Howard Behrens, 80, American artist. •
Reid Buckley, 83, American novelist, public speaker and columnist, cancer. •
Nina Cassian, 89, Romanian poet, heart attack. •
Joe Curl, 59, American basketball coach (
University of Houston), heart failure. •
Phillip Hayes Dean, 83, American stage actor, director and playwright, aortic aneurysm. •
Reg Egan, 86, Australian footballer. •
Peter Ellson, 88, English footballer (
Crewe Alexandra). •
Brian Harradine, 79, Australian politician,
Senator for
Tasmania (1975–2005), longest-serving independent parliamentarian, stroke. •
Thorleif Holth, 83, Norwegian politician. •
Ollie Hopkins, 78, English footballer (
Barnsley,
Peterborough United,
Brentwood Town). •
Norman Kelvin, 89, American scholar. •
Crad Kilodney, 66, Canadian writer, cancer. •
Ingeborg von Kusserow, 95, German actress. •
Albert Manent, 83, Spanish writer and activist. •
Rudolf Matutinović, 87, Croatian sculptor. •
Shijuro Ogata, 86, Japanese banker. •
Wally Olins, 83, British business consultancy and public relations executive, Chairman of
Saffron Brand Consultants. •
Manuel Ortega, 92, Spanish painter. •
Armando Peraza, 89, Cuban-born American Latin jazz percussionist (
Santana,
George Shearing,
Dave Brubeck), pneumonia. •
Paul Sadala, Congolese militant, shot. •
Davorin Savnik, 85, Slovene industrial designer and architect. •
Raymond K. Shepardson, 70, American preservationist and theatre restoration specialist. •
Bill Sinegal, 85, American rhythm and blues musician. •
Mick Staton, 74, American politician, member of the
U.S. House of Representatives for
West Virginia's 3rd district (1981–1983). •
Pierre Thiolon, 87, French basketball player, Olympic silver medallist (
1948).
15 •
Kirsten Bishopric, 50, Canadian voice actress (
Sailor Moon,
Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang,
Frequency), lung cancer. •
Little Joe Cook, 91, American doo-wop singer and songwriter. •
Robert-Casimir Dosseh-Anyron, 88, Togolese Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of
Lomé (1962–1992). •
John L. Ducker, 91, American politician, member of the
Florida House of Representatives (1960–1968). •
Shane Gibson, 35, American guitarist (
Korn,
stOrk), complications from a blood clotting disorder. •
Lowell P. Hager, 87, American enzymologist and protein chemist. •
Robert Heard, 84, American journalist (
Associated Press), complications from hip surgery. •
William Hird, 92, Australian cricketer. •
John Houbolt, 95, American aerospace engineer, complications from Parkinson's disease. •
Júnior, 70, Spanish singer and actor. •
Don King, 85, American football player (
Cleveland Browns,
Denver Broncos,
Green Bay Packers). •
Luo Qingchang, 96, Chinese politician, member of the
Central Committee (1973–1987) and
Standing Committee (1978–1983). •
Thomas C. Salamone, 87, American politician, member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives (1963–1971). •
Ratchanee Sripraiwan, 82, Thai language scholar, author and academic. •
Claudio Tello, 50, Chilean footballer (
Cobreloa), cancer. •
Rosemary Tonks, 85, British poet. •
Eliseo Verón, 78, Argentine sociologist, anthropologist and semiotician, cancer. •
Hugo Villar, 88, Uruguayan physician and politician. •
Sir Owen Woodhouse, 97, New Zealand judge, member of the
Supreme Court, President of the
Court of Appeal (1981–1986). •
Anselmo Zarza Bernal, 97, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Linares (1962–1966) and
León (1966–1992).
16 •
Basil Anthony, 76, Sri Lankan cricket umpire. •
Joan Blanch, 77, Spanish lawyer and politician, Mayor of
Badalona (1983–1999), cancer. •
Raymond S. Brandes, 90, American archaeologist and historian. •
Anne Briscoe, 96, American biochemist. •
Brock Brower, 82, American writer. •
Gyude Bryant, 65, Liberian politician, Chairman of the
Transitional Government (2003–2006). •
Douglas L. Coleman, 82, Canadian scientist and philanthropist, recipient of the
Shaw Prize (2009) and the
Albert Lasker Award (2010). •
Jim Cotter, 71, English priest. •
Richard Greenfield, 71, American newspaper publisher (
Jewish Ledger). •
Khosrow Jahanbani, 72, Iranian royal (
Qajar dynasty). •
Stan Kelly-Bootle, 84, British songwriter, author and computer engineer. •
Frank Kopel, 65, Scottish footballer (
Dundee United), complications from dementia. •
Alec Moores, 94, Canadian politician. •
Jiří Načeradský, 74, Czech artist. •
Basil A. Paterson, 87, American politician and labor lawyer,
New York Secretary of State (1979–1983), member of the
New York Senate (1965–1970). •
Leonard Rosen, 83, American bankruptcy lawyer, co-founder of
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. •
Aulis Rytkönen, 85, Finnish football player and manager. •
Jacques Servier, 92, French physician and pharmaceutical executive, founder of
Servier Laboratories. •
Ernst Florian Winter, 90, Austrian-American historian and political scientist.
17 •
Ashwath Aiyappa, 30, Indian cricketer, drowned. •
Mayra Alejandra, 58, Venezuelan actress, cancer. •
Nancy Brataas, 86, American politician, member of the
Minnesota Senate (1975–1992), emphysema and COPD. •
Steve Cappiello, 89, American politician,
Mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey (1981–1984). •
Allison DeLong, 73, Canadian politician. •
Cheo Feliciano, 78, American Puerto Rican
salsa and
bolero composer and singer, traffic collision. •
Andrés Uriel Gallego, 64, Colombian civil engineer and politician,
Minister of Transport (2002–2010), cancer. •
Gabriel García Márquez, 87, Colombian author (
One Hundred Years of Solitude,
Love in the Time of Cholera),
laureate of the
Nobel Prize in Literature (1982), pneumonia. •
Jon Imber, 63, American artist, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. •
Michael C. Janeway, 73, American newspaper editor (
Boston Globe), academic and author, cancer. •
Bernat Klein, 91, Yugoslavian-born Scottish fashion designer and spy. •
McDowell Lee, 89, American politician, member of the
Alabama House of Representatives (1955–1962), Secretary of the
Alabama Senate (1963–2011), cancer. •
Wojciech Leśnikowski, 75, Polish architect and academic, cancer. •
Henry Maksoud, 85, Brazilian businessman, cardiac arrest. •
Anthony Marriott, 83, British actor and playwright. •
Karl Meiler, 64, German tennis player, complications from a fall. •
Raul Bragança Neto, 68, São Toméan politician,
Prime Minister (1996–1999). •
L. Jay Oliva, 80, American academic and educator, President of
New York University (1991–2002), pancreatic cancer. •
Volodymyr Rybak, 42, Ukrainian politician. •
Karpal Singh, 73, Malaysian lawyer and politician,
MP for
Jelutong (1978–1999) and
Bukit Gelugor (since 2004), Chairman of
DAP (2004–2014), traffic collision. •
Lloyd Sommerlad, 95, Australian politician, member of the
New South Wales Legislative Council (1955–1967). •
Nikolaos Vorvolakos, 83, Greek
Army officer, head of the
Cypriot National Guard (1993–1998).
18 •
Habib Boularès, 80, Tunisian politician and diplomat,
President of the
Chamber of Deputies (1991–1997). •
David W. Burke, 78, American television news executive, first chairman of the
Broadcasting Board of Governors, President of
CBS News (1988–1990). •
Donald Dahl, 69, American politician, member of the
Kansas House of Representatives (1996–2008), plane crash. •
Guru Dhanapal, 55, Indian film director (
Unna Nenachen Pattu Padichen,
Suyamvaram,
Periya Manushan). •
Mirko Đorđević, 75, Serbian publicist. •
Sanford Jay Frank, 59, American television writer (
Late Night with David Letterman,
In Living Color,
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), brain cancer. •
Robert Keith Gray, 92, American lobbyist and public relations official. •
Johnley Hatimoana, 57, Solomon Islands politician,
MP for Ngella (since 2013), pneumonia. •
Deon Jackson, 68, American soul singer and songwriter, brain hemorrhage. •
Lindy Kasperski, 63, Canadian politician. •
Eduard Kosolapov, 38, Russian footballer, suicide by gunshot. •
Trygve Lange-Nielsen, 92, Norwegian barrister and judge. •
Ramon Malla Call, 91, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Lleida (1968–1999), acting
Co-Prince of Andorra (1969–1971). •
David McClarty, 63, Northern Irish politician,
MLA for
East Londonderry (since 1998), cancer. •
Antonín Molčík, 74, Czech actor. •
Tim Moran, 95, American politician, member of the
Utah House of Representatives (1984–1996). •
Brian Priestman, 87, British maestro and conductor (
Denver Symphony Orchestra). •
Andrew Sessler, 85, American physicist and academic (
University of California, Berkeley), recipient of the
Enrico Fermi Award (2013), cancer. •
Zev Sufott, 86, British-born Israeli diplomat, Ambassador to the Netherlands and China. •
Dylan Tombides, 20, Australian footballer (
West Ham United), testicular cancer.
19 •
Bashir Ahmad, 74, Bangladeshi
playback singer. •
Steve Antone, 92, American politician, member of the
Idaho House of Representatives (1968–1996). •
Theophil Antonicek, 76, Austrian musicologist. •
Lindy Berry, 86, Canadian
CFL football player (
Edmonton Eskimos), complications from pneumonia. •
Helena Bliss, 96, American actress and soprano. •
Yuriy Chyrkov, 66, Russian football player and coach. •
Derek Cooper, 88, British broadcaster (
The Food Programme) and food journalist, Parkinson's disease. •
Luciano do Valle, 66, Brazilian sports commentator. •
George Downton, 85, English cricketer (
Kent). •
Kan Cheong Dunn, 89, Taiwanese ambassador. •
Richard Elrod, 80, American
sheriff (
Cook County, Illinois) and politician, member of the
Illinois House of Representatives (1968–1970), liver cancer and cirrhosis. •
Diomid Gherman, 86, Moldovan academic and politician. •
John R. Gibson, 88, American senior circuit judge. •
Robert Gunnell, 87, British broadcaster. •
Mimi Kok, 80, Dutch actress, pulmonary disease. •
Aaron Landes, 84, American rabbi and U.S. Navy chaplain, leukemia. •
Hamish Maxwell, 87, British-born American businessman. •
Ian McIntyre, 82, Scottish radio broadcaster and executive (
BBC Radio 3,
BBC Radio 4). •
Mark Prothero, 57, American swimmer (
USA Swimming) and defense lawyer (
Gary Ridgway), lung cancer. •
Erik Schmidt, 88, Estonian painter and writer. •
Kevin Sharp, 43, American country music singer, complications from a digestive disorder. •
Adhik Shirodkar, Indian lawyer and politician. •
Sonia Silvestre, 61, Dominican singer and announcer, stroke. •
Barry Sterling, 70, American politician, member of the
Tennessee House of Representatives. •
John Stopp, 80, Australian politician, member of the
Tasmanian Legislative Council (1983–1995). •
Vladimir Struzhanov, 81, Russian Olympic swimmer. •
Frits Thors, 104, Dutch journalist and news anchor. •
Hrant Vardanyan, 65, Armenian businessman, heart disease. •
Arthur Woodhouse, 80, English cricketer.
20 •
Joyce Anderson, 90, American furniture designer and woodworker. •
Ruth Baltra Moreno, 75, Chilean actress, playwright, teacher, and theater director. •
Mithat Bayrak, 85, Turkish Olympic champion wrestler (
1956,
1960) and trainer. •
Bill Blair, 92, American baseball player (
Indianapolis Clowns), journalist and civil rights activist. •
Torrey C. Brown, 77, American politician, member of the
Maryland House of Delegates (1970–1994),
Secretary for Natural Resources (1983–1994), heart disease. •
Rubin Carter, 76, American middleweight boxer, subject of "
Hurricane" and
The Hurricane, prostate cancer. •
Beanie Cooper, 86, American football coach. •
Theodore Dollarhide, 65, American composer. •
David Kerr, 86, British nephrologist. •
Robert E. Longacre, 92, American linguist. •
Alistair MacLeod, 77, Canadian author, complications from a stroke. •
George E. McDonald, 90, American labor union leader. •
Benedikt Sarnov, 87, Russian author and literary critic. •
Peter Scoones, 76, British underwater photographer (
Life on Earth,
Planet Earth,
The Blue Planet). •
Yoshio Shinozuka, 90, Japanese Imperial Army soldier (
Unit 731). •
Julian Wilson, 73, British horse racing correspondent and broadcaster (
BBC), cancer. •
Neville Wran, 87, Australian politician,
Premier of New South Wales (1976–1986), dementia.
21 •
Edmund Abel, 92, American inventor, patented design for
Mr. Coffee machine. •
Donald Bogue, 96, American sociologist. •
Eliza T. Dresang, 72, American academic and author. •
Mundo Earwood, 61, American country music singer-songwriter, pancreatic cancer. •
Herb Gray, 82, Canadian politician,
Deputy Prime Minister (1997–2002), MP for
Essex West (1962–1968) and
Windsor West (1968–2002). •
Tage Grøndahl, 82, Danish Olympic rower. •
Janet Gray Hayes, 87, American politician,
Mayor of
San Jose (1975–1983), stroke. •
George H. Heilmeier, 77, American inventor and technology executive, championed
LCD displays, stroke. •
Lionel Heinrich, 80, Canadian ice hockey player (
Boston Bruins). •
Craig Hill, 88, American actor (
Whirlybirds,
The Black Shield of Falworth,
All About Eve). •
Ladislav Hlaváček, 88, Czechoslovak football player (
Dukla Prague). •
Weldon Kern, 90, American basketball player (
Oklahoma A&M Aggies). •
John Kompara, 78, American football player (
Los Angeles Chargers). •
Harry Koundakjian, 83, American news photographer and editor (
Associated Press), complications from open heart surgery. •
Alexander Lenkov, 70, Russian actor,
People's Artist (1997). •
Roy Matsumoto, 100, American World War II veteran,
recipient of the
Congressional Gold Medal (2011). •
Arlene McQuade, 77, American actress (
The Goldbergs,
The Milton Berle Show), Parkinson's disease. •
Albert Onyeawuna, 78, Nigerian footballer (
national team). •
Ronald D. Palmer, 81, American diplomat. •
Ramón Pons, 73, Spanish actor (
Murder in a Blue World), anemia. •
Gene Timms, 81, American politician, member of the
Oregon Senate (1982–2000). •
Francisco Ovidio Vera Intriago, 71, Ecuadorian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of
Portoviejo (since 1992), kidney disease. •
Win Tin, 85, Burmese journalist and political prisoner, recipient of the
UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize (2001), renal failure.
22 •
Harry Bell, 89, English footballer (
Middlesbrough). •
Abdul Qadir, 70, Afghan politician,
Minister of Defense (1978, 1982–1986). •
Neil Chanmugam, 73, Sri Lankan cricketer. •
Mária Gál, 68, Hungarian Olympic volleyball player. •
Fiona Hale, 88, American actress (
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,
Minority Report,
Seven Pounds). •
John Hannigan, 75, Irish Gaelic footballer (
Donegal). •
Allen Jacobs, 72, American football player (
Green Bay Packers,
New York Giants), heart attack. •
Bill Klucas, 72, American basketball coach, journalist and political consultant, liver cancer. •
Jovan Krkobabić, 84, Serbian politician,
Deputy Prime Minister (since 2008),
Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Policy (since 2012). •
Dennis Liwewe, 77, Zambian football player and commentator, liver failure. •
Alfonso Márquez de la Plata, 80, Chilean politician, Minister of Agriculture (1977–1980),
General Secretary of Government (1984) and Labour (1984–1988), pneumonia. •
Ricardo Mórtola, 63, Ecuadorian architect. •
Mohammad Naseem, 90, British Islamic leader and political activist, chairman of
Birmingham Central Mosque. •
Chris Nkulor, Nigerian actor, kidney ailment. •
Bob Orders, 82, American football player (
Army Black Knights,
West Virginia Mountaineers). •
Werner Potzernheim, 87, German Olympic bronze-medalist cyclist (
1952). •
Safely Kept, 28, American Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized. •
Peppi Schwaiger, 83, German Olympic alpine skier. •
Gordon Smith, 93, British army officer. •
Oswaldo Vigas, 90, Venezuelan painter. •
Val Werier, 96, Canadian journalist (
Winnipeg Free Press). •
Martynas Yčas, 96, Russian-born American microbiologist.
23 •
Yozo Aoki, 85, Japanese footballer (
national team). •
Benjamín Brea, 67, Spanish-born Venezuelan musician, stomach cancer. •
Monte Geralds, 79, American politician, member of the
Michigan House of Representatives. •
Michael Glawogger, 54, Austrian film director (''
Workingman's Death, Whores' Glory, Slumming''), malaria. •
Władyslawa Górska, 94, Polish chess player. •
Jaap Havekotte, 102, Dutch skater, skate inventor and
centenarian. •
Kenneth A. R. Kennedy, 83, American archaeologist and paleontologist. •
Federico Ling Altamirano, 75, Mexican diplomat and politician, Ambassador to the Vatican,
Senator for
Mexico City (2000–2006). •
Connie Marrero, 102, Cuban baseball player (
Washington Senators), oldest former Major League Baseball player. •
Leonhard Pohl, 84, German Olympic runner (
1956). •
Lorenzo Relova, 98, Filipino judge,
Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court (1982–1986). •
F. Michael Rogers, 92, American
Air Force general, complications from Parkinson's disease. •
Roby Schaeffer, 83, Luxembourgish Olympic sprinter. •
Mark Shand, 62, British travel writer and conservationist, injuries sustained from a fall. •
Patric Standford, 75, English composer. •
Dixie Tan, 78, Singaporean cardiologist and politician,
MP for Ulu Pandan (1984–1991), brain cancer. •
Zhu Qizhen, 86, Chinese diplomat and politician, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs (1984–1989), Ambassador to the United States (1989–1993).
24 •
Angeles Arrien, 73–74, Basque-American cultural anthropologist, educator, author, lecturer and consultant, pneumonia. •
Ricardo Bauleo, 73, Argentine actor, heart failure. •
Bogdan Borčić, 87, Slovene painter, printmaker, and educator. •
Louis Gage, 85, American Olympic boxer. •
Hans Hollein, 80, Austrian architect (
Museum für Moderne Kunst,
Haas House), laureate of the
Pritzker Architecture Prize (1985), pneumonia. •
Sandy Jardine, 65, Scottish footballer (
Rangers,
Hearts,
national team), liver cancer. •
Ken Kagaya, 70, Japanese politician. •
Janet Kalven, 100, American Catholic educator and writer. •
James H. Kasler, 87, American
Air Force officer, three-time recipient of the
Air Force Cross. •
Michel Lang, 74, French film and television director, Alzheimer's disease. •
Rolf Johan Lenschow, 85, Norwegian civil engineer. •
Eugène Letendre, 82, French cyclist. •
Moslem Malakouti, 89, Iranian Shiite cleric. •
Ray Musto, 85, American politician, member of the
U.S. House for
Pennsylvania's 11th district (1980–1981),
Pennsylvania House (1971–1980) and
Senate (1983–2010), cancer. •
Barry O'Keefe, 80, Australian judge, member of the
NSW Supreme Court (1993–2004), Commissioner of the
Independent Commission Against Corruption (1994–1999). •
Konstantin Orbelyan, 85, Armenian composer and conductor. •
Sister Ping, 65, Chinese convicted people smuggler, cancer. •
Bogdan Poniatowski, 82, Polish Olympic rower (
1960) and coach. •
Shobha Nagi Reddy, 45, Indian politician,
Andhra Pradesh MLA for
Allagadda (since 1996), traffic collision. •
Tadeusz Różewicz, 92, Polish poet and playwright, recipient of the
Austrian State Prize for European Literature (1982). •
Eddie Rubin, 79, American rock and jazz drummer and composer, cardiac failure. •
Vishweshwar Thool, 67, Indian cricketer. •
Frederick C. Turner, 90, American
Navy officer, vice admiral. •
Jerzy Wieteski, 79, Polish footballer.
25 •
Florentino Bautista, 83, Filipino Olympic basketball player. •
Flor Coffey, 93, Irish hurler. •
Boniface Nyema Dalieh, 80, Liberian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Cape Palmas (1973–2008). •
Dandeniya Hemachandra de Silva, 81, Sri Lankan cricketer. •
Dan Heap, 88, Canadian politician,
MP for
Spadina (1981–1988) and
Trinity—Spadina (1988–1993), Alzheimer's disease. •
James Higginbotham, 72, American philosopher of language. •
William Judson Holloway Jr., 90, American judge, member of the
US 10th Circuit Court of Appeals (since 1968), respiratory illness. •
Stanko Lorger, 83, Slovene Yugoslav Olympic hurdler (
1952,
1956,
1960). •
Paulo Malhães, 76, Brazilian soldier, heart attack. •
Ernest G. McClain, 95, American professor emeritus of music, natural causes. •
Connor Michalek, 8, American professional wrestling fan,
medulloblastoma. •
Earl Morrall, 79, American football player (
Baltimore Colts,
Detroit Lions,
Miami Dolphins), complications from Parkinson's disease. •
Mukund Varadarajan, 32, Indian army officer, awarded
Ashok Chakra, shot. •
Tito Vilanova, 45, Spanish football player and coach (
Barcelona), throat cancer. •
Stefanie Zweig, 81, German writer (
Nowhere in Africa).
26 •
Georgy Adelson-Velsky, 92, Russian mathematician and computer scientist. •
Bill Ash, 96, American-born British Marxist writer, Royal Canadian Air Force pilot during World War II. •
José Moreira Bastos Neto, 61, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Três Lagoas (since 2009), heart attack. •
David Brokenshire, 89, New Zealand potter and architect. •
Joan Bruce, 86, British-born Australian actress (
Dot and the Kangaroo). •
Paul Copenhaver, 72, American politician. •
Werner J. Dannhauser, 84, German-born American political philosopher. •
Tony DiMidio, 71, American football player (
Kansas City Chiefs). •
Ole Enger, 65, Norwegian actor, cancer. •
Jacqueline Ferrand, 96, French mathematician. •
Manfred Fuchs, 75, German aerospace engineer, founded
OHB System. •
Protacio Gungon, 88, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Antipolo (1983–2001). •
Gerald Guralnik, 77, American physicist, co-original
Higgs mechanism and
Higgs boson theorist, recipient of the
Sakurai Prize (2010). •
Patrick Hanan, 87, New Zealand sinologist and author. •
Adrian Haynes, 88, American
Wampanoag chief. •
Michael Heisley, 77, American billionaire aerospace defense executive (
HEICO) and basketball franchise owner (
Memphis Grizzlies), complications from a stroke. •
Tim Hunt, 39, American professional baseball player and USA national softball team member, ATV accident. •
David Langner, 62, American football player (
Auburn Tigers), key player in "
Punt Bama Punt" (1972
Iron Bowl), cancer. •
Sandro Lopopolo, 74, Italian Olympic silver-medalist lightweight boxer (
1960),
WBC champion light welterweight (1966–1967), respiratory infection. •
Lee Marshall, 64, American radio personality, professional wrestling announcer and voice actor (
Tony The Tiger), esophageal cancer. •
Tony Ninos, 94, American politician and hotelier, Mayor of
Cocoa, Florida (1959–1963), member of the
Florida House of Representatives (1966–1967). •
Aloísio Roque Oppermann, 77, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of
Uberaba (1996–2012). (body discovered on this date) •
Antonio Pica, 83, Spanish actor. •
Judith Pinsker, 74, American television writer (''
Ryan's Hope, General Hospital''). •
Bob Powell, 80, American baseball player (
Chicago White Sox). •
DJ Rashad, 34, American
footwork disc jockey, blood clot in leg. •
Seth Roberts, 61, American psychologist and self-help author. •
Paul Robeson Jr., 86, American archivist and author, lymphoma. •
Adolf Seilacher, 89, German palaeontologist. •
Pete Snelson, 91, American politician. •
Glen Stassen, 78, American Baptist ethicist and theologian, cancer. •
Philip Sugden, 67, English historian and true crime writer (
Jack the Ripper), cerebral haemorrhage. (body discovered on this date) •
Stan Turley, 93, American politician, member of the
Arizona Senate (1973–1985) and
House of Representatives (1965–1973), Speaker (1967–1968), natural causes. •
Richard Zirk, 77, American weightlifter.
27 •
Yigal Arnon, 84, Israeli lawyer. •
Vujadin Boškov, 82, Yugoslav Olympic silver-medalist football player (
1956) and coach (
national team,
Real Madrid). •
Al Clayton, 79, American photographer. •
Dan Colchico, 76, American football player (
San Francisco 49ers), complications from heart surgery. •
Theo Constanté, 80, Ecuadorian artist. •
Micheline Dax, 90, French comedian and actress. •
Rakesh Deewana, 44–45, Indian actor, complications from bariatric surgery. •
DJ E-Z Rock, 46, American hip-hop musician (
Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock), complications from diabetes. •
T. Scarlett Epstein, 91, British-Austrian social anthropologist and economist. •
Harry Firth, 96, Australian racing driver and team manager. •
Peter Hallock, 89, American organist and choirmaster (
Compline Choir). •
Vasco Graça Moura, 72, Portuguese lawyer, writer, translator and politician, cancer. •
Ilija Ničić, 91, Serbian Olympic sport shooter (
1960). •
Andréa Parisy, 78, French actress (
The Little Bather,
Babes a GoGo). •
Marlbert Pradd, 69, American basketball player (
New Orleans Buccaneers). •
Turhan Tezol, 81, Turkish Olympic basketball player (
1952). •
Marsden Wagner, 84, American obstetrician. •
Fred Zebouni, 100, Lebanese Olympic sailor.
28 •
Toimi Alatalo, 85, Finnish cross-country skier, Olympic champion (
1960). •
Gerard Benson, 83, British poet, cancer. •
Pedro Cunha, 33, Portuguese actor, suicide by asphyxiation. •
Barbara Fiske Calhoun, 94, American cartoonist. •
Garnet de la Hunt, 80, South African scout, Chairman of the
World Scout Committee (1999–2002), cancer. •
Damião António Franklin, 63, Angolan Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of
Luanda (since 2001). •
Valeri Goryushev, 40, Russian Olympic silver medallist volleyball player (
1996,
2000). •
William Honan, 83, American journalist and author, cardiac arrest. •
Amaka Igwe, 51, Nigerian film director and producer, asthma attack. •
Dennis Kamakahi, 61, American
Grammy Award-winning musician, lung cancer. •
Richard Kershaw, 80, British broadcaster and journalist. •
Ismail Sulemanji Khatri, 76, Indian craftsman. •
Derek King, 65, Australian
VFL footballer (
St Kilda). •
Edgar Laprade, 94, Canadian
Hall of Fame ice hockey player (
New York Rangers). •
Walt Matthews, 79, American baseball figure (
Houston Astros ). •
Kamaruzaman Mohamad, 53, Malaysian journalist and editor (
Utusan Malaysia), kidney ailment. •
Dennit Morris, 78, American football player (
Houston Oilers,
San Francisco 49ers). •
Madan Pande, 70, Indian cricketer. •
J. Dwight Pentecost, 99, American Christian theologian. •
Sidney Postol, 96, American politician, member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives. •
Jack Ramsay, 89, American
Hall of Fame basketball coach (
Portland Trail Blazers), cancer. •
Djahanguir Riahi, 99, French antique collector. •
Idris Sardi, 75, Indonesian violinist and composer. •
Frederic Schwartz, 63, American architect, prostate cancer. •
Ryan Tandy, 32, Australian rugby league player involved in match-fixing scandal, drug overdose. •
Mitraniketan Viswanathan, 86, Indian social reformer and environmentalist, founder of
Mitraniketan. •
Bruce Woodgate, 74, British-born American aerospace engineer (
NASA), designer and principal investigator for
STIS on the
Hubble Space Telescope, complications from strokes.
29 •
Ali Gul Sangi, 61, Pakistani poet. •
Beverly Baker Fleitz, 84, American tennis player. •
Iveta Bartošová, 48, Czech singer, three-time winner of
Zlatý slavík (1986, 1990, 1991),
suicide by train. •
Graham Bizzell, 72, Australian cricketer. •
Frank Budd, 74, American Olympic sprinter (
1960) and football player (
Philadelphia Eagles,
Washington Redskins). •
Tahar Chaïbi, 68, Tunisian footballer (
Club Africain), complications from a stroke. •
M. V. Devan, 86, Indian artist and academic. •
Don Earl, 81, Australian footballer. •
Russell Edson, 85, American poet. •
Al Feldstein, 88, American writer and editor (
Mad,
Tales from the Crypt). •
Reuven Feuerstein, 92, Romanian-born Israeli psychologist. •
Paul Goddard, 68, American bass guitarist (
Atlanta Rhythm Section), cancer. •
Bob Hoskins, 71, English actor (
Who Framed Roger Rabbit,
Mona Lisa,
The Long Good Friday),
BAFTA winner (
1987), pneumonia. •
Michael Kadosh, 74, Israeli football player and manager, cancer. •
Glenn Osser, 99, American musician, musical arranger, orchestra leader, and songwriter. •
Barry Ough, 56, Australian
footballer (
Melbourne). •
Daphne Pochin Mould, 93, British author and photographer. •
Norma Pons, 71, Argentine actress and
showgirl, natural causes. •
Ramil Rodriguez, 72, Filipino actor, lung cancer. •
Bassem Sabry, 31, Egyptian journalist, fall. •
Gailene Stock, 68, Australian ballet dancer and executive, Director of the
Royal Ballet School (since 1999), cancer. •
Karen Strom, 72, American astronomer. •
Edgars Vinters, 94, Latvian painter. •
Walter Walsh, 106, American FBI agent and Olympic shooter (
1948), longest-living Olympic competitor.
30 •
Michael Brock, 94, British historian. •
Khaled Choudhury, 94, Indian theatre personality and artist. •
Kartina Dahari, 73, Malaysian singer, ovarian cancer. •
Chris Harris, 71, British actor, cancer. •
Reg Kermode, 87, Australian businessman. •
Leo Kraft, 91, American composer. •
Volodymyr Kudryavtsev, 79, Ukrainian lyricist. •
Julian Lewis, 67, British developmental biologist, cancer. •
Marsha Mehran, 36, Iranian-born American author. (body discovered on this date) •
Judi Meredith, 77, American actress (
Ben Casey, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, Hotel de Paree). •
Carl E. Moses, 84, American politician, member of the
Alaska House of Representatives (1965–1973, 1993–2007). •
Ralph Nattrass, 88, Canadian ice hockey player (
Chicago Black Hawks). •
Larry Ramos, 72, American guitarist, banjo player, and vocalist (
The Association),
metastatic melanoma. •
Deborah Rogers, 76, British literary agent. •
Ian Ross, 73, Australian television news presenter (
Nine Network,
Seven Network), pancreatic cancer. •
Yukio Takefuta, 78, Japanese English education scholar. •
Sarmad Tariq, 38, Pakistani motivational speaker and paralysis activist, cardiac arrest. •
Junichi Watanabe, 80, Japanese writer (
A Lost Paradise), prostate cancer. •
Mieczysław Wilczek, 82, Polish politician, Minister of Industry (1988–1989). ==References==