1 •
Barbara Barletta, 62, American classical archaeologist and historian. •
Aldo Ciccolini, 89, Italian-born French pianist. •
Colum Corless, 92, Irish hurler (
Galway). •
Anita Darian, 87, American singer, complications after intestinal surgery. •
Alby Duckmanton, 81, New Zealand cricket player (
Canterbury) and administrator. •
William Garrison, 90, American geographer. •
Jean-Paul Gladu, 93, Canadian ice hockey player (
Boston Bruins). •
Sir Douglas Hague, 88, British economist. •
Patrick Aidan Heelan, 88, Irish physicist and philosopher of science. •
Ron Johnson, 76, American basketball player (
Los Angeles Lakers), aneurysm. •
Julius Ludorf, 95, German football player and coach. •
Ann Mara, 85, American football team owner (
New York Giants), complications from fall. •
Isa Munayev, 49, Chechen militant, killed in the
Battle of Debaltseve. •
Gordon Murray, 87, Scottish nationalist politician. •
Patrick Ngcobo, 43, South African
Carnatic singer, renal failure. •
Monty Oum, 33, American animator (
Red vs. Blue,
RWBY) and video game designer (
Afro Samurai),
anaphylaxis. •
Beryl Platt, Baroness Platt of Writtle, 91, British engineer and politician. •
Kenneth Kamal Scott, 74, American performer, liver cancer. •
Viktor Shekhovtsev, 74, Russian Soviet footballer. •
Irving Singer, 89, American philosopher, professor and author. •
Jos Suijkerbuijk, 85, Dutch professional road bicycle racer. •
Marie-José Villiers, 98, British-born Belgian World War II spy and countess.
2 •
Joseph Alfidi, 65, American pianist, composer and conductor. •
Helena Araújo, 81, Colombian writer. •
David Armytage, 85, British naval officer. •
Christian Backer-Owe, 90, Norwegian artist. •
Dave Bergman, 61, American baseball player (
San Francisco Giants,
Detroit Tigers), bile duct cancer. •
Tibor Bitskey, 85, Hungarian actor. •
Frank Borghi, 89, American
Hall of Fame soccer player (
national team). •
Sandra Chalmers, 74, British broadcaster (''
Woman's Hour''). •
Dalmo Gaspar, 82, Brazilian footballer (
Santos). •
Joop Harmans, 93, Dutch Olympic cyclist (
1948), national champion (1946). •
Ken Hawkes, 81, English footballer (
Luton Town). •
The Jacka, 37, American rapper, shot. •
Andriy Kuzmenko, 46, Ukrainian singer (
Skryabin), traffic collision. •
Dust La Rock, 38, American artist and designer. •
Roy Little, 83, English footballer (
Manchester City). •
Gloria Ricci Lothrop, 80, American historian, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pneumonia. •
Zane Musa, 36, American jazz saxophonist, suicide by jumping. •
Greg Nelson, 61, American computer scientist, brain cancer. •
Molade Okoya-Thomas, 79, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist. •
Karl-Erik Palmér, 85, Swedish footballer (
Malmö,
national team). •
Anand Shukla, 74, Indian cricketer. •
Stewart Stern, 92, American screenwriter (
Rebel Without a Cause,
Rachel, Rachel,
Sybil), brain tumor. •
Henryk Szczepański, 81, Polish football player and coach. •
Osamu Tsurumine, 73, Japanese Olympic swimmer.
3 •
Christophe Gbenye, 87, Congolese rebel leader. •
Sir Martin Gilbert, 78, British historian and biographer, member of the
Iraq Inquiry panel. •
Akif Jafar Hajiyev, 77, Azerbaijani mathematician. •
Hay List, 9, Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanised following
laminitis. •
Mary Healy, 96, American singer and actress (
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.). •
Jim Letcavits, 79, American
CFL player (
Edmonton Eskimos,
Montreal Alouettes), Alzheimer's disease. •
Walter Liedtke, 69, American art curator of European paintings (
The Metropolitan Museum of Art),
train crash. •
Sally Luther, 96, American politician, member of the
Minnesota House of Representatives (1951–1962), leukemia. •
Vasu Malali, 48, Indian author and film director, cancer. •
Max Mangold, 92, German linguist. •
William Thomas McKinley, 76, American composer and jazz pianist. •
Carlos Noguera, 71, Venezuelan writer and psychologist. •
Ion Nunweiller, 79, Romanian football player and manager (
Dinamo), triple
Cupa României winner (1959, 1964, 1968). •
Andrew Patner, 55, American art critic and radio host. •
Michael Refalo, 78, Maltese politician and diplomat, Tourism Minister (1987–1995), High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (2005–2008). •
Ataúlfo Sánchez, 80, Argentine football player and coach. •
Nasim Hasan Shah, 85, Pakistani judge,
Chief Justice (1993–1994). •
Charlie Sifford, 92, American Hall of Fame golfer, complications from a stroke. •
Koos Van Den Akker, 75, Dutch-born American fashion designer. •
Norman Yemm, 81, Australian actor (
Homicide,
Number 96,
The Sullivans).
4 •
Dmitry Bagryanov, 47, Russian Olympic long jumper (
1992). •
Richard Bonehill, 67, British actor and stuntman (
Doctor Who,
Return of the Jedi,
Flash Gordon). •
Ade Capone, 56, Italian cartoonist (
Lazarus Ledd). •
Henryk Cegielski, 69, Polish Olympic basketball player. •
Chuang Shu-chi, 94, Taiwanese practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine. •
Wes Cooley, 82, American politician, member of the
U.S. House of Representatives from
Oregon (1995–1997). •
Edmund Cranch, 91, American academic. •
Henry E. Emerson, 89, American army
lieutenant general. •
Rune Ericson, 90, Swedish cinematographer. •
Celina González, 85, Cuban singer and songwriter. •
Ernest Ferlita, 87, American playwright and professor of drama and speech. •
Fitzhugh L. Fulton, 89, American NASA research pilot. •
Astrid Gräfin von Hardenberg, 89, German baroness. •
Martin Green, 82, British writer and publisher. •
Graeme Hall, 72, Australian weightlifter. •
Robert E. Hanson, 67, American politician,
North Dakota State Treasurer (1979–1980, 1985–1992), complications from diabetes. •
Ziad Khalaf Raja al-Karbouly, Iraqi
Al-Qaeda officer, execution by hanging. •
Donald M. Kerr, 69, American wildlife biologist and conservationist (
High Desert Museum). •
Eduardo Laborde, 47, Argentine rugby union player (
national team), traffic collision. •
Odete Lara, 85, Brazilian actress, heart attack. •
Stanisław Makowiecki, 72, Polish Olympic wrestler (
1972). •
Albert L. Nash, 93, American politician, member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives. •
Akio Nohira, 77–78, Japanese table tennis player. •
Kristian Rambjør, 76, Norwegian executive, President of
Norwegian State Railways (1990–1995). •
Sajida Mubarak Atrous al-Rishawi, c. 45, Iraqi Al-Qaeda failed suicide bomber, execution by hanging. •
Jack Ruina, 91, American professor of electrical engineering. •
Monica Scattini, 59, Italian actress (
Sentimental Maniacs,
Nine, ''
I'll Be Going Now''), cancer.
5 •
K. N. Choksy, 81, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician,
MP (1989–2010),
Minister of Finance (2001–2004). •
Henri Coppens, 84, Belgian footballer, winner of the
Golden Shoe (1954). •
Marisa Del Frate, 83, Italian actress, singer and television personality, cancer. •
Val Logsdon Fitch, 91, American Nobel Prize-winning physicist (1980). •
Garey Hayden, 70, American bridge player. •
Sir Gordon Linacre, 94, English newspaper executive and bomber pilot. •
George A. Lovejoy, 83, American politician, member of the
New Hampshire Senate (1992–1996). •
Louise Maheux-Forcier, 85, Canadian author. •
Elmer Matthews, 87, American politician, member of the
New Jersey General Assembly. •
Windy McCall, 89, American baseball player (
New York Giants). •
Richard Meryman, 88, American journalist and biographer. •
Anne Moody, 74, American author and civil rights activist. •
Herman Rosenblat, 85, Polish-born American writer. •
Mike Runnels, 69, American politician,
Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico (1983–1987). •
Jeffrey Segal, 94, British actor (
Fawlty Towers,
Z-Cars). •
Alan Sproates, 70, English footballer (
Darlington). •
Stay Gold, 20, Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. •
Don Suman, 95, American college basketball coach (
Rice Owls). •
Dagfinn Tveito, 88, Norwegian horticulturalist. •
Mario Verdial, 52, Honduran businessman, Chairman of
Real España (since 2001), shot.
6 •
André Brink, 79, South African novelist and playwright. •
Johnny Campbell, 86, English footballer (
Gateshead). •
D. Michael Collins, 70, American politician,
Mayor of Toledo, Ohio (since 2014). •
Carl Cunningham-Cole, 72, British ceramic artist. •
Satwant Singh Dhaliwal, 82, Malaysian geneticist. •
Assia Djebar, 78, Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker, member of the
Académie française. •
Norm Drucker, 94, American basketball referee. •
Sheila Ernst, 73, British psychotherapist. •
Kayla Mueller, 26, American activist, humanitarian aid worker,
ISIS hostage. •
Alan Nunnelee, 56, American politician, member of the
U.S. House of Representatives from
Mississippi (since 2011), brain cancer. •
Eliezer Shlomo Schick, 74, Israeli Hasidic rabbi. •
Tetaua Taitai, 67, I-Kiribati politician and physician, Leader of the Opposition, cancer. •
Kathrine Windfeld, 48, Danish film director (
Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation), brain tumour. •
Ray Wolfinger, 83, American political scientist. •
Pedro León Zapata, 85, Venezuelan cartoonist, painter and writer.
7 •
Richard Austin, 60, Jamaican cricketer. •
Billy Casper, 83, American
Hall of Fame golfer, 51 career
PGA Tour wins, complications from pneumonia. •
Donald H. Clausen, 91, American politician,
U.S. Representative from California (1963–1983). •
Nita Cunningham, 75, Australian politician, member of the
Legislative Assembly of Queensland (1998–2006). •
Gustavo Couttolenc, 93, Mexican translator and academic. •
Joseph M. Gaydos, 88, American politician, member of the
House of Representatives (1968–1993),
Pennsylvania Senate (1967–1968). •
Darwin Gonnerman, 68, Canadian football player. •
Earl Johnson, 83, Canadian ice hockey player (
Detroit Red Wings). •
Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron, 84, British businessman and philanthropist,
Labour life peer, heart attack. •
Adam Grad, 45, Polish footballer. •
René Lavand, 86, Argentine magician and illusionist. •
Joe B. Mauldin, 74, American bassist (
The Crickets), cancer. •
George Muchai, 59, Kenyan politician,
MP for
Kabete (since 2013), shot. •
Brian Reynolds, 82, English cricketer (
Northamptonshire). •
Gilles Rhéaume, 63, Canadian
Quebec independence activist. •
José de Rocha, 78, Portuguese Olympic sprinter. •
Marshall Rosenberg, 80, American psychologist, creator of
Nonviolent Communication. •
Joe Simenic, 91, American baseball researcher and historian. •
Dean Smith, 83, American
Hall of Fame basketball coach (
North Carolina). •
Gordon Stone, 100, Australian rugby union player. •
Paul E. Toms, 90, American author and pastor. •
John C. Whitehead, 92, American financier (
Goldman Sachs) and civil servant,
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State (1985–1989). •
L. Pearce Williams, 87, American academic (
Cornell University).
8 •
John W. Baldwin, 85, American historian. •
Ola Bratteli, 68, Norwegian mathematician. •
Stan Cowan, 83, Scottish rugby league player (
Hull). •
David William Crews, 81, American politician, member of the
Texas House of Representatives (1960–1968). •
Kenji Ekuan, 85, Japanese industrial designer (
Kikkoman soy sauce dispenser), heart disorder. •
Vincent Valentine Ezeonyia, 73, Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Aba (since 1990). •
Jesse Freitas Jr., 63, American football player (
San Diego Chargers). •
John Hart, 93, English ballet dancer and artistic director (
Ballet West). •
Dave Hoyda, 57, Canadian ice hockey player (
Philadelphia Flyers,
Winnipeg Jets). •
Debra A. Kemp, 57, American author (
The Firebrand). •
Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde, 75, Finnish parapsychologist. •
Nicholas Mackintosh, 79, British experimental psychologist. •
Engracia Pastora Pérez Yépez, 104, Venezuelan culinary artisan (b.
1910) •
Ivan Roots, 93, British historian. •
Andrew Rosenfeld, 52, British businessman. •
Clyde W. Sare, 78, American politician, member of the
Oklahoma House of Representatives (1959–1963). •
Müzeyyen Senar, 96, Turkish singer, pneumonia. •
Nick Sharkey, 71, English footballer (
Sunderland). •
John J. Shea Jr., 90, American physician. •
Oscar Stenström, 36, Finnish racing cyclist. •
Mario Vázquez Raña, 82, Mexican businessman and sports administrator, cancer. •
Sir David Watson, 65, British academic and educationalist (
University of Oxford). •
Thom Wilson, American punk rock producer. •
Ralph Yelton, 88, American politician, member of the
Tennessee House of Representatives (1977–1989).
9 •
Abdul Rauf Aliza, 33, Afghan
IS recruiter,
Taliban commander, airstrike. •
Øyvind Bjorvatn, 83, Norwegian politician, leader of the
Liberal People's Party (1982–1986). •
Horst Borcherding, 84, German footballer (
Saarland national team). •
Ken Cunningham, 71, American college basketball player and coach. •
Roman Frister, 87, Polish-Israeli journalist and Holocaust survivor. •
Liu Han, 49, Chinese billionaire mining tycoon, execution. •
Donald J. Harlin, 79, American major general. •
Roy Harris, 83, British linguist. •
Frederic M. Hudson, 80, American philosopher. •
Jon Jerde, 75, American architect. •
Marvin David Levy, 82, American composer. •
Apirana Mahuika, 80, New Zealand
Māori leader (
Ngāti Porou). •
Drew McDonald, 59, Scottish professional wrestler, cancer. •
Samuel H. Moffett, 98, American Korean theologian and missionary. •
Charlie O'Connell, 79, American roller derby skater. •
Valeri Poluyanov, 71, Russian Soviet-era footballer. •
Rex Ray, 58, American graphic designer and artist, lymphoma. •
Nadia Röthlisberger-Raspe, 42, Swiss curler, Olympic silver medalist (
2002) and Paralympic coach, bone cancer. •
Claude Ruel, 76, Canadian ice hockey coach (
Montreal Canadiens). •
Ed Sabol, 98, American filmmaker, founder of
NFL Films. •
Jorge Sassi, 67, Argentine actor, renal failure. •
Richard Sher, 66, American broadcaster (
Says You!). •
Grant Strate, 87, Canadian dancer, cancer. •
Melanie Tem, 65, American
horror and
dark fantasy author, breast cancer. •
Max Yalden, 84, Canadian civil servant and diplomat.
10 •
Naseer Aruri, 81, Palestinian scholar and human rights activist, Parkinson's disease. •
Karl Josef Becker, 86, German Roman Catholic theologian, Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuliano Martire (since 2012). •
Abdul Ghafoor Bhurgri, 94, Pakistani lawyer, author and politician. •
Daniel Brand, 79, American wrestler. •
Deng Liqun, 99, Chinese politician. •
Sir Noel Davies, 81, British chief executive (
Vickers). •
Wayne Dobbs, 75, American college basketball coach (
Vanderbilt University). •
Bill Enyart, 67, American football player (
Buffalo Bills), cancer. •
John Fox, 90, British composer and conductor. •
Matías Funes, 62, Honduran philosopher, professor, and presidential candidate, pancreatic cancer. •
Don Johnson, 88, American baseball player (
New York Yankees,
Washington Senators), kidney failure. •
Sir William Lawrence, 5th Baronet, 60, British aristocrat and politician. •
Corinne Le Poulain, 66, French actress, cancer. •
Bernard Marie, 96, French rugby league referee and politician, member of the
National Assembly (1967–1981). •
Tom McQueen, 85, Scottish footballer (
Accrington Stanley,
Hibernian). •
Dane A. Miller, 68, American business executive. •
Anne Naysmith, 77, British concert pianist, traffic collision. •
Michael Raupach, 64, Australian climatologist. •
Pat Rogan, 78, Australian politician. •
Roman Sidorov, 59, Russian footballer. •
Bobby Towns, 76, American football player. •
Manfred Wagner, 76, German footballer (
1860 Munich).
11 •
John Beresford, 8th Marquess of Waterford, 81, Irish aristocrat. •
Abel Costas Montaño, 94, Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Tarija (1974–1995). •
Anne Cuneo, 78, Swiss author and film director. •
Rudolf Fila, 82, Slovak painter. •
Betty Foulk, 77, American sailor. •
Gary Glick, 84, American football player (
Pittsburgh Steelers). •
Christopher Greener, 71, British basketball player and actor (
The Elephant Man). •
Roger Hanin, 89, French actor and film director. •
Ray Hathaway, 98, American baseball player (
Brooklyn Dodgers). •
Tama Huata, 64, New Zealand
Māori performing arts leader. •
Carroll Huntress, 91, American football coach. •
Tancred Ibsen Jr., 93, Norwegian diplomat. •
Gus Moffat, 66, English football player and coach. •
John E. Murray Jr., 82, American educator, President of
Duquesne University (1988–2001), heart attack. •
Ricardo Palacios, 74, Spanish film actor and director (
The Man Called Noon,
Socrates), heart failure. •
Bob Simon, 73, American television journalist (
60 Minutes), traffic collision. •
Jerry Tarkanian, 84, American
Hall of Fame basketball coach (
Long Beach State,
UNLV,
San Antonio Spurs,
Fresno State).
12 •
Idriss Arnaoud Ali, 69, Djiboutian politician. •
Sam Andrew, 73, American musician (
Big Brother and the Holding Company), complication after open heart surgery. •
David Carr, 58, American columnist (
The New York Times) and author, lung cancer. •
Movita Castaneda, 98, American actress (
Mutiny on the Bounty), neck injury. •
John P. Craven, 90, American scientist. •
Désiré Dondeyne, 93, French composer. •
Rhonda Glenn, 68, American sportscaster (
ESPN,
ABC) and golf historian, cancer. •
Harvey Goldschmid, 74, American legal scholar and
SEC commissioner. •
Alison Gordon, 72, Canadian sports journalist, lung ailment. •
Cornelis Pieter van den Hoek, 93, Dutch resistance fighter, recipient of the
Military William Order. •
Christopher Horton, 76, New Zealand sharebroker. •
John-Edward Kelly, 56, American conductor and saxophonist. •
Jean Lechantre, 92, Belgian-born French international footballer. •
Mosie Lister, 93, American gospel music singer-songwriter (
The Statesmen Quartet). •
Anthony Low, 87, British historian. •
Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, 84, Malaysian politician,
Menteri Besar of Kelantan (1990–2013). •
Tomie Ohtake, 101, Japanese-born Brazilian artist, heart failure. •
Gary Owens, 80, American television announcer (''
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In) and voice actor (Space Ghost, Garfield and Friends''), diabetes. •
Richie Pratt, 71, American jazz drummer. •
Oliver Rackham, 75, British landscape ecologist. •
Ernest J. Sternglass, 91, American physicist and professor, heart failure. •
George H. Storck, 84, American football coach. •
Steve Strange, 55, British musician (
Visage), heart attack. •
Mike Thresh, 84, British plant pathologist. •
LeRoy Woodson, 70, American photojournalist.
13 •
Faith Bandler, 96, Australian civil rights activist. •
Bob Bettisworth, 88, American politician, member of the
Alaska House of Representatives (1979–1985). •
Thomas Bhalerao, 82, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Nashik (1987–2007). •
Stan Chambers, 91, American television reporter (
KTLA). •
Tony Charles, 79, Welsh professional wrestler (
NWA). •
Geneviève Dormann, 81, French journalist and writer. •
John Robert Evans, 85, Canadian paediatrician and academic. •
Kete Ioane, 64, Cook Islands politician,
MP for
Vaipae-Tautu (1999–2010),
Cabinet Minister (2008–2009). •
John McCabe, 75, British composer and pianist. •
Jim McCusker, 78, American football player (
Philadelphia Eagles). •
James Montgomery, 80, Canadian Olympic boxer. •
Magnus Mwalunyungu, 84, Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Tunduru-Masasi (1992–2005). •
Albert Nijenhuis, 88, Dutch-born American mathematician. •
Nguyễn Bá Thanh, 61, Vietnamese politician, member of
Central Committee of the Communist Party. •
Dan Tunstall Pedoe, 75, British cardiologist. •
Kesava Reddy, 68, Indian novelist. •
Hugh Walters, 75, British actor (
Doctor Who). •
Gerald Willis, 75, American politician, member of the
Alabama House of Representatives.
14 •
Kalim Aajiz, 95, Indian author and academic. •
Keith Copeland, 68, American jazz drummer. •
Pamela Cundell, 95, English actress (''
Dad's Army, EastEnders, A Fantastic Fear of Everything''). •
Bernd Dost, 75, German journalist. •
Michele Ferrero, 89, Italian businessman (
Ferrero SpA). •
Sheila Girling, 90, British artist. •
Helen Glass, 97, Canadian nurse and administrator. •
Philip Godana, Kenyan politician,
MP for
Moyale, shot. •
Maureen Guy, 82, Welsh mezzo-soprano singer. •
John D. Hargreaves, 91, British historian. •
Britta Hasso, 79, Swedish actress and journalist. •
Egon Horst, 76, German footballer (
Schalke 04,
Hamburger SV). •
Alan Howard, 77, English actor (
The Lord of the Rings), pneumonia. •
Hulon, 58, American jazz saxophonist and physician. •
Louis Jourdan, 93, French actor (
Letter from an Unknown Woman,
Gigi,
Octopussy). •
Asbjørn Kjønstad, 72, Norwegian legal scholar. •
Philip Levine, 87, American
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, pancreatic cancer. •
Philippe Massoni, 79, French prefect,
Representative Co-Prince of Andorra (2002–2007). •
Ammouri Mbarek, 63, Moroccan musician, cancer. •
Franjo Mihalić, 94, Croatian Yugoslav long-distance runner, Olympic silver medalist (
1956). •
Finn Nørgaard, 55, Danish film director,
shot. •
Richard Perham, 77, English molecular biologist. •
Wim Ruska, 74, Dutch judoka, Olympic champion (
1972). •
James H. Schwartz, 87, American politician. •
Barbara Smith, 68, American LGBT rights activist. •
Hans Jürgen Teuteberg, 85, German historian. •
Thio Him Tjiang, 85, Indonesian footballer. •
Gerson Veii, 76, Namibian politician.
15 •
Haron Amin, 46, Afghan diplomat,
Ambassador to Japan (2004–2009), cancer. •
George Attla, 81, American
sprint dog musher. •
Sergio Blanco, 66, Spanish singer (
Sergio y Estíbaliz). •
Barbara Darling, 67, Australian Anglican prelate, stroke. •
Arnaud de Borchgrave, 88, American journalist (
The Washington Times), bladder cancer. •
Eileen Essell, 92, English actress (
Duplex,
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,
The Producers). •
Robert France, 54, Jamaican-born American computer scientist. •
José María Hernández, 55, Spanish politician, President of the Provincial Deputation of
Palencia (since 2011). •
Leo Jordan, 85, Canadian politician,
Ontario MPP (1990–1999). •
Wendell Kim, 64, American baseball player and coach (
San Francisco Giants,
Chicago Cubs,
Boston Red Sox), Alzheimer's disease. •
Mikhail Koulakov, 82, Russian abstract painter. •
Ike Lassiter, 74, American football player (
Oakland Raiders,
Denver Broncos,
New England Patriots). •
Bruce A. McIntosh, 85, Canadian astrophysicist. •
Steve Montador, 35, Canadian ice hockey player (
Calgary Flames,
Florida Panthers,
Buffalo Sabres). •
Jacob Stolt-Nielsen, 83, Norwegian businessman (
Stolt-Nielsen). •
John Treadgold, 83, British Anglican priest,
Dean of Chichester (1989–2001).
16 •
Wilhelm Baumann, 89, German politician. •
Meli Bolobolo, 51, Fijian tribal chief and academic. •
Lasse Braun, 78, Italian pornographic film director and producer, complications from diabetes. •
Carlos de Castro, 35, Uruguayan footballer, complications from surgery. •
Gavin Clark, 46, British singer (
UNKLE,
Clayhill). •
John Davies, 76, Welsh historian. •
Robin Duff, 67, New Zealand education leader and gay rights activist, complications from surgery. •
Clyde Duncan, 54, American football player (
St. Louis Cardinals). •
Brett Ewins, 59, British comic book artist (
Judge Dredd,
2000 AD,
Bad Company), emphysema. •
Lesley Gore, 68, American singer ("
It's My Party", "
Judy's Turn to Cry", "
You Don't Own Me"), lung cancer. •
Celia Lashlie, 61, New Zealand prison officer, social justice advocate and author, pancreatic cancer. •
Alexander Melentyev, 60, Soviet Russian sport shooter, Olympic champion (
1980). •
Geoff Morris, 66, English footballer (
Walsall). •
Tynnetta Muhammad, 73, American journalist, member of the
Nation of Islam. •
Uri Orbach, 54, Israeli writer, journalist and politician. •
R. R. Patil, 57, Indian politician, oral cancer. •
Rajinder Puri, 80, Indian cartoonist and political activist. •
Lorena Rojas, 44, Mexican actress (
Como en el cine,
El Cuerpo del Deseo), singer and songwriter, breast cancer. •
Jerzy Samp, 63, Polish historian. •
Olga Törös, 100, Hungarian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist (
1936). •
Feliks Tych, 85, Polish historian, director of the
Jewish Historical Institute (1995–2006). •
Sir Robert Wade-Gery, 85, British diplomat,
High Commissioner to India (1982–1987). •
Evan Walker, 79, Australian politician, member of the
Victorian Legislative Council for
Melbourne (1979–1992), Parkinson's disease. •
Heinrich Windelen, 93, German politician, member of the
Bundestag (1957–1990).
17 •
John Barrow, 79, American
CFL football player (
Hamilton Tiger-Cats). •
Alberto Coramini, 70, Italian footballer. •
Joseph Devellerez Thaung Shwe, 79, Burmese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Pyay (1975–2010). •
Richard Alan Enslen, 83, American federal judge,
U.S. District Court Justice for the Western District of Michigan (since 1979). •
June Fairchild, 68, American actress (
Up in Smoke), liver cancer. •
John Hurt Fisher, 95, American literary scholar. •
Andreas Garyfallos, 83/84, Greek Olympian. •
Aleksander Habela, 81, Polish Olympic bobsledder. •
Junetta Jones, 78, American operatic soprano. •
Andrzej Koszewski, 92, Polish composer. •
Antonio Lanfranchi, 68, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop-Abbot of
Modena-Nonantola (since 2010). •
Liu Yudi, 91, Chinese Air Force lieutenant general. •
George Mackie, Baron Mackie of Benshie, 95, British politician,
Liberal Democrat life peer. •
Henri Martin, 87, French political activist (
Henri Martin affair). •
Juanita Moody, 90, American cryptographer and intelligence analyst. •
Juhani Salakka, 64, Finnish Olympic weightlifter. •
Cathy Ubels-Veen, 86, Dutch politician, member of the
House of Representatives (1982–1986). •
K. Swami Veerabahu, 66, Sri Lankan politician, cancer.
18 •
Dan Archdeacon, 60, American graph theorist. •
Doug Armstrong, 83, New Zealand television sports presenter and politician, Mayor of
Rodney District (1992–2000). •
Cass Ballenger, 88, American politician, member of
United States House of Representatives from
North Carolina (1986–2005). •
Mele Carroll, 50, American politician, member of
Hawaii House of Representatives (2005–2015), cancer. •
Dave Cloud, 58, American musician, complications from melanoma. •
Georges Corbel, 72, French Olympic hockey player. •
Claude Criquielion, 58, Belgian cyclist, UCI World Road Race champion (
1984), complications from a stroke. •
Mark Fischer, 64, American intellectual property lawyer. •
Robert B. Fulton, 104, American Navy rear admiral. •
Elchanan Heilprin, 93, Slovak-born English rabbi. •
John Paul Jackson, 64, American writer and producer, complications from leg sarcoma. •
Jerome Kersey, 52, American basketball player (
Portland Trail Blazers), pulmonary embolism. •
Väinö Kuisma, 80, Finnish Olympic athlete. •
Józef Kurek, 82, Polish ice hockey player. •
Liu Jianli, 58, Chinese Olympic basketball player. •
Walter G. May, 96, Canadian-born American engineer. •
Mats Olausson, 54, Swedish keyboard player (
Yngwie Malmsteen). •
Billy Ott, 74, American baseball player (
Chicago Cubs). •
D. Ramanaidu, 78, Indian film producer, prostate cancer. •
Buck Rinehart, 68, American politician,
Mayor of Columbus, Ohio (1984–1992), pancreatic cancer. •
Hans F. Zacher, 86, German academic, President of the
Max Planck Society (1990–1996).
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Ivan Davidov, 71, Bulgarian footballer (
PFC Slavia Sofia). •
Dennis Davis, 88, British mountaineer. •
Gérard Ducarouge, 73, French
Formula One car designer. •
Peter Albert Dueck, 91, Canadian politician, member of the
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1986–1993). •
Sir Wren Hoskyns, 59, British pediatrician, injuries sustained in fall. •
Harold Johnson, 86, American boxer,
NBA/World Light Heavyweight Champion (1961–1963). •
Yutaka Katayama, 105, Japanese automotive executive (
Nissan). •
Erwin Marquit, 88, American physicist and Marxist philosopher. •
Nirad Mohapatra, 67, Indian film director (
Maya Miriga), cardiac arrest. •
Rafael Orozco, 92, Mexican footballer (
Guadalajara). •
Frank Prendergast, 81, Irish politician,
TD (1982–1987), Mayor of
Limerick (1977–1978, 1984–1985), cancer. •
Frank Ramírez, 65, Colombian actor (
La estrategia del caracol,
Metástasis), Parkinson's disease. •
Lisette Schulman, 63, Swedish television host and politician. •
Carol Severance, 71, American fantasy author. •
Mudaffar Sjah, 79, Indonesian politician,
Sultan of Ternate (since 1975). •
Warren Thomson, 79, Australian pianist. •
Talus Taylor, 82, American writer, co-creator of the
Barbapapa series. •
Harris Wittels, 30, American television producer and writer (
Parks and Recreation,
The Sarah Silverman Program,
Eastbound & Down), heroin overdose. •
R. Norman Wood, 84, American ice hockey player (
Harvard Crimson). •
Gary Woods, 60, American baseball player (
Toronto Blue Jays,
Chicago Cubs) and scout (
Chicago White Sox), heart attack.
20 •
Nael al-Ajlouni, Jordanian politician, Health Minister (1998). •
Ibrahim Biogradlić, 83, Bosnian Yugoslav footballer, Olympic silver medalist (
1956). •
Gérard Calvi, 92, French film composer (
Asterix the Gaul). •
Errold La Frantz, 95, Australian cricket player, administrator, and commentator. •
Khalaf Masa'deh, Jordanian politician, Justice Minister (1999). •
Wayne Moore, 83, American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist (
1952). •
Patricia Norris, 83, American costume designer (
12 Years a Slave,
The Elephant Man,
Scarface). •
Bjørg Løhner Øien, 86, Norwegian Olympic figure skater. •
Govind Pansare, 81, Indian political activist and author, shot. •
Thérèse Quentin, 85, French actress. •
Henry Segerstrom, 91, American entrepreneur. •
Jack Symons, 90, Australian rules footballer (
Essendon). •
Dick Triptow, 92, American basketball player. •
Markku Tuokko, 63, Finnish Olympic discus thrower and shot putter (
1976,
1980). •
Hawley Waterman, 84, American college football and lacrosse coach. •
Sandy Whitelaw, 84, British film producer and executive. •
John C. Willke, 89, American physician and anti-abortion activist.
21 •
Frank Bathgate, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (
New York Rangers). •
Mohamed El Gourch, 79, Moroccan Olympic cyclist (
1960),
Tour du Maroc winner (1960, 1964, 1965), heart attack. •
Meredydd Evans, 95, Welsh professor, musician and television producer. •
Sami Farag, 79, Egyptian judge. •
Sir Anthony Grabham, 84, British surgeon and army officer. •
Aleksei Gubarev, 83, Russian Soviet-era cosmonaut. •
John Knapp-Fisher, 83, English painter. •
Mykhaylo Koman, 86, Ukrainian football player and coach (
Dynamo Kyiv). •
Robert O. Marshall, 75, American convicted murderer, arranged
contract killing of his wife. •
Paul Napier, 84, American actor (
Dynasty). •
George Onorato, 86, American politician, member of the
New York Senate (1983–2010). •
Christopher Price, 83, British politician, MP for
Birmingham Perry Barr (1966–1970) and
Lewisham West (1974–1983). •
Luca Ronconi, 81, Italian actor, theater director and opera director. •
Bruce Sinofsky, 58, American documentary filmmaker (
Paradise Lost,
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster), diabetes. •
Sadeq Tabatabaei, 71, Iranian politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1979–1980), lung cancer. •
Clark Terry, 94, American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist, diabetes. •
Daniel Topolski, 69, British rowing coach and commentator. •
Heinz Weifenbach, 75, German ice hockey executive. •
Bernardo Enrique Witte, 88, German-born Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
La Rioja (1977–1992) and
Concepción (1992–2001).
22 •
Erik Amundsen, 78, Norwegian jazz musician. •
Pasquale Carminucci, 77, Italian gymnast, Olympic bronze medallist (
1960). •
Roger Cecil, 72, Welsh painter, hypothermia. •
Scott Dietterick, 74, American politician. •
Ursel Finger, 85, German Olympic sprinter. •
Bruce Haynam, 83, American baseball player (
Michigan Wolverines). •
Ivan Jones, 72, Australian rugby league player (
South Sydney Rabbitohs). •
Dzhangir Kerimov, 91, Azerbaijani-born Russian legal scholar. •
Kim Kyung-roul, 34, South Korean professional billiards player, fall. •
Jos Lambrechts, 78, Belgian Olympic sprinter. •
Rudy Mosbergen, 85, Singaporean Olympic hockey player. •
Nicholas Mrosovsky, 80, Romanian-born Canadian zoologist, complications from Parkinson's disease. •
Donald C. Parker, 76, American physician and amateur astronomer, lung cancer. •
Chris Rainbow, 68, Scottish rock musician (
The Alan Parsons Project), complications from Parkinson's disease. •
Renato Rocha, 53, Brazilian bassist and songwriter (
Legião Urbana), cardiac arrest. •
John Rucho, 92, American politician, member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives (1973–1979). •
Carmine Schiavone, 71, Italian criminal, member of the
Casalesi clan.
23 •
James Aldridge, 96, Australian-born British writer (
The Sea Eagle). •
Rana Bhagwandas, 72, Pakistani judge, acting
Chief Justice (2007), cardiac arrest after heart ailment. •
William Bonsall, 91, American Olympic gymnast. •
Emidio Cavigioli, 89, Italian Olympic footballer. •
Haim Corfu, 94, Israeli politician,
Transportation Minister (1981–1988). •
Abdelaziz Ben Dhia, 78, Tunisian politician. •
W. E. "Bill" Dykes, 89, American politician, member of the
Louisiana State Senate (1976–1984). •
Bobby Emmons, 72, American keyboardist. •
David Freeman, 86, English solicitor. •
Maria Golovnina, 34, Russian journalist,
Reuters bureau chief for Afghanistan and Pakistan, asphyxiation. •
Algimantas Kezys, 86, Lithuanian-born American photographer. •
King of Kings, 20, Irish Thoroughbred racehorse, heart failure. •
Andy King, 72, Scottish footballer (
Kilmarnock). •
Jim King, 82, American baseball player (
Washington Senators,
Chicago Cubs). •
Jerry Lambert, 74, American jockey. •
Gerald Lockwood, 87, English rugby league player. •
Ted Roberts, 83, Australian screenwriter and producer. •
John Rowlands, 76, Welsh author and novelist. •
R. C. Sakthi, 76, Indian film director and actor. •
Audrey Sutherland, 94, American travel writer. •
Charles Trieschmann, 94, American author, photographer, and film director (
Two), brain cancer. •
Jaime Vásquez, 85, Chilean footballer. •
Dave Williams, 72, Welsh football player and coach (
Newport County). •
Ben Woolf, 34, American actor (
American Horror Story,
Insidious), traffic collision.
24 •
Rakhat Aliyev, 52, Kazakh politician and diplomat, hanging. •
Francis Némé Baïssari, 81, Lebanese
Maronite Catholic hierarch, Auxiliary Bishop of
Patriarch (1991–2011). •
Robert Belfour, 74, American blues musician. •
Joe Beltrami, 83, British lawyer. •
Mayandi Bharathi, 98, Indian political activist. •
Léon Close, 83, Belgian footballer. •
Roland Gerber, 61, German football coach and player. •
Tyzen Hsiao, 77, Taiwanese composer. •
Maurice Hurley, 75, American television writer and producer (
Star Trek: The Next Generation,
Baywatch,
Miami Vice). •
Margaret Johnson, 77, Australian Olympic athlete. •
Irving Kahn, 109, American investor. •
Donald Keough, 88, American businessman, President of
The Coca-Cola Company (1981–1993). •
Methodius Kudriakov, 65, Ukrainian
Orthodox hierarch, Metropolitan of Kyiv and Primate of the
UAOC (since 2000). •
Suzuka Mambo, 13, Japanese thoroughbred racehorse, heart failure. •
Dori J. Maynard, 56, American journalist, lung cancer. •
Tatsuo Miyao, 87, Japanese Olympic cross-country skier. •
Dame Thea Muldoon, 87, New Zealand community servant. •
Said Sheikh Samatar, 71, Somali scholar and writer. •
Gary Sittler, 62, Canadian ice hockey player. •
Bertrice Small, 77, American author, renal failure. •
Tony Small, 84, New Zealand diplomat. •
Ryder Syvertsen, 73, American author. •
Gerald Turkewitz, 81, American psychologist, complications from a fall. •
Geoffrey Owen Whittaker, 83, British civil servant,
Governor of Anguilla (1987–1989).
25 •
Thérèse Aillaud, 83, French politician. •
Hannes Baldauf, 76, German football player and coach. •
Harve Bennett, 84, American producer and writer (
Star Trek,
The Six Million Dollar Man,
The Mod Squad), embolism. •
Robert Brisart, 61, Belgian philosopher. •
Ariel Camacho, 22, Mexican singer, traffic collision. •
Marie Cathcart, Countess Cathcart, 91, British peeress. •
Eugenie Clark, 92, American
ichthyologist. •
Terry Gill, 75, British-born Australian actor (
Crocodile Dundee,
Prisoner,
The Flying Doctors), lung cancer. •
Agnes Griffith, 45, Grenadian Olympic sprinter. •
Liu Dongdong, 69, Chinese general. •
Herbert P. McLaughlin, 80, American architect. •
Charles E. Rice, 83, American legal scholar and author. •
Giacomo Rondinella, 91, Italian singer and actor. •
Clarence E. Singletary, 96, American judge and politician. •
Ray Smallman, 85, British metallurgist. •
Marian Szeja, 73, Polish footballer, Olympic champion (
1972). •
Mauno Valkeinen, 85, Finnish Olympic swimmer. •
A. Vincent, 86, Indian cinematographer (
Prem Nagar) and director (
Bhargavi Nilayam). •
Victor Watson, 86, British executive (
Waddingtons), Parkinson's disease.
26 •
Jessica Ainscough, 30, Australian alternative therapy campaigner, cancer. •
Bob Braithwaite, 89, British
trap shooter, Olympic champion (
1968). •
Eduard Budil, 90, Austrian Olympic equestrian. •
Anthony R. Cucci, 92, American politician,
Mayor of Jersey City (1985–1989). •
Brian Cumby, 64, British shipwright. •
Ruth Denison, 92, German-born American Buddhist teacher, stroke. •
Oscar Díaz, 32, American welterweight boxer, head injury. •
Angelo Raffaele Dinardo, 83, Italian politician,
President of Basilicata (1995–2000). •
Sadiq Fakir, 47, Pakistani singer, traffic collision. •
Ron Foster, 85, American actor (
Highway Patrol,
House of the Damned, ''
Ma Barker's Killer Brood''). •
Monroe H. Freedman, 86, American professor of law, chronic lymphocytic lymphoma. •
Sheppard Frere, 98, British historian and archaeologist. •
Theodore Hesburgh, 97, American Roman Catholic priest, President of the
University of Notre Dame (1952–1987). •
Nadia Hilou, 61, Israeli social worker and politician, first Arab-Christian member of
Knesset (2006–2009). •
Per Olof Hulth, 71, Swedish astroparticle physicist. •
Meera Kosambi, 75, Indian sociologist. •
Earl Lloyd, 86, American basketball player (
Syracuse Nationals,
Detroit Pistons). •
Branislav Martinović, 77, Serbian Olympic wrestler (
1960,
1964). •
Curt Michel, 80, American astrophysicist. •
Franklin Quitugua, 81, Guamanian politician. •
Rowley Richards, 98, Australian World War II Army medical officer. •
Martin T. Smith, 80, American politician, member of the
Mississippi Senate (1968–1988). •
Fritz J. Raddatz, 83, German
feuilletonist, essayist, biographer and novelist. •
Avijit Roy, 42, Bangladeshi-American writer, stabbed. •
Tom Schweich, 54, American politician,
State Auditor of Missouri (since 2011), suicide by gunshot. •
Hukam Singh, 89, Indian politician,
Chief Minister of Haryana (1990–1991). •
Carlos Talbott, 95, American air force
lieutenant general.
27 •
Richard Bakalyan, 84, American actor (
Batman, Chinatown, The Fox and the Hound). •
Manfred Bayer, 86, German-born American microbiologist. •
Bob Benmosche, 70, American executive, President and CEO of
American International Group (2009–2014), lung cancer. •
Malcolm Boyd, 91, American
Episcopal priest, author, pneumonia. •
Mykhailo Chechetov, 61, Russian-born Ukrainian politician, member of
Verkhovna Rada (1994–1998, 2006–2014), suicide by
autodefenestration. •
Charles Cranfield, 99, British theologian and academic. •
Tod Dockstader, 82, American sound artist and
electronic music composer. •
John Fairchild, 87, American publisher and editor (''
Women's Wear Daily''). •
Tim Ford, 63, American politician, Speaker of the
Mississippi House of Representatives (1988–2004), heart attack. •
Paul Hutchison, 47, Australian cricketer. •
Jerome Kurtz, 83, American public servant,
Commissioner of Internal Revenue (1977–1983), complications of surgery. •
Sue Landske, 77, American politician, member of the
Indiana Senate (1984–2014), cancer. •
Jonell Nash, 72, American food editor (
Essence). •
Boris Nemtsov, 55, Russian politician, Governor of
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (1991–1997), First Deputy Prime Minister (1997–1998), Deputy Prime Minister (1998),
shot. •
Leonard Nimoy, 83, American actor and director (
Star Trek,
Mission: Impossible,
Fringe),
emphysema. •
Natalia Revuelta Clews, 89, Cuban socialite. •
Julio César Strassera, 81, Argentine lawyer and jurist, chief prosecutor of the
Trial of the Juntas. •
Anna Szatkowska, 86, Polish resistance fighter. •
Yevgeni Titov, 51, Russian footballer. •
Bohdan Tomaszewski, 93, Polish sports commentator. •
Oscar Touster, 93, American molecular biologist. •
Patrick Whitefield, 66, English
permaculturist. •
Joanne Woollard, British film art director (
Gravity,
Hope and Glory,
101 Dalmatians).
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Tom Bettis, 81, American football player (
Green Bay Packers) and coach. •
William J. Bichsel, 86, American Jesuit priest and peace protester. •
Clifford Edmund Bosworth, 86, British oriental historian. •
Braulio Castillo, 81, Puerto Rican actor. •
P. T. de Silva, 86, Sri Lankan consultant physician. •
Sarah Foot, 75, British journalist and author. •
Gordie Gillespie, 88, American baseball, football and basketball coach. •
Alex Johnson, 72, American baseball player (
California Angels,
Cincinnati Reds), prostate cancer. •
Yaşar Kemal, 91, Turkish author,
Légion d'honneur recipient. •
John Komba, 60, Tanzanian politician. •
Ezra Laderman, 90, American composer. •
J. Michael Lenihan, 71, American politician, member of the
Rhode Island Senate (1990–2010), cancer. •
Anthony Mason, 48, American basketball player (
New York Knicks), heart failure. •
Maxee, 46, American singer, slit throat following fall. •
Ed Modzelewski, 86, American football player (
Cleveland Browns), heart failure. •
Thakin Tin Mya, 91, Burmese politician. •
Thomas Owens, 76, Australian Olympic sailor. •
William Röttger, 66, German label manager, music manager and gallery owner, cancer. •
Thomas J. Stanley, 71, American author (
The Millionaire Next Door,
The Millionaire Mind), traffic collision. •
Tracker Tilmouth, 62, Australian aboriginal activist, cancer. •
André Vallée, 84, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Military (1987–1996) and
Hearst (1996–2005). •
Gigi Vesigna, 83, Italian journalist and writer. •
Orris George Walker, 72, American episcopal prelate,
Bishop of Long Island (1991–2009). ==References==