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Morag Beaton, 83, Scottish-born Australian operatic soprano. •
Vito De Grisantis, 68, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca (2000–2010). •
Anders Eklund, 52, Swedish boxer. •
John Forsythe, 92, American actor (
Bachelor Father, ''
Charlie's Angels, Dynasty''), complications from pneumonia. •
Paul Fry, 45, British motorcycle speedway rider. •
Buddy Gorman, 88, American actor (
Bowery Boys,
Dead End Kids), natural causes. •
Julia Lang, 88, British actress, radio presenter. •
Yuri Maslyukov, 72, Russian politician, Vice Premier of Soviet Union (1988–1990) and Russia (1998–1999). •
Lek Nana, 85, Thai businessman and politician, heart failure. •
Ed Roberts, 68, American computer pioneer, pneumonia. •
Tzannis Tzannetakis, 82, Greek politician, Prime Minister (1989).
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Israr Ahmad, 69, Indian nuclear physicist. •
Butch Allison, 65, American football player. •
Roman Bannwart, 90, Swiss theologian and musician. •
Din Beramboi, 43, Malaysian comedian, actor and radio DJ, hemorrhagic dengue fever. •
Mike Cuellar, 72, Cuban Major League Baseball player, stomach cancer. •
Ashari Danudirdjo, 87, Indonesian Olympic sailor. •
Edward Bayda, 78, Canadian jurist, Chief Justice of
Saskatchewan (1981–2006). •
Dávid Daróczi, 37, Hungarian journalist, suicide. •
David Halliday, 94, American physicist. •
Arne Høyer, 81, Danish Olympic bronze medal-winning (
1960) sprint canoer. •
Chris Kanyon, 40, American professional wrestler (
WCW,
WWF), suicide by drug overdose. •
Per Lyngemark, 68, Danish Olympic gold medal-winning (
1968) cyclist. •
Sonia McMahon, Lady McMahon, 77, Australian socialite, widow of former Prime Minister
Sir William McMahon, cancer. •
Thomas J. Moyer, 70, American jurist, Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (1987–2010). •
Carolyn Rodgers, 69, American poet, cancer. •
William Soeryadjaya, 87, Indonesian businessman, founder of
Astra International. •
Frances Claudia Wright, 91, Sierra Leonean barrister. •
Mike Zwerin, 79, American jazz musician and jazz critic, after long illness.
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Romano Alquati, 75, Italian sociologist, political theorist and activist. •
Crosaire, 92, Irish-born Zimbabwean compiler of the
Irish Times crossword since 1943. •
Buza Ferraz, 59, Brazilian actor, cardiac arrest. •
Oleg Kopayev, 72, Russian footballer, Soviet Top League top scorer (1963, 1965). •
Roland MacLeod, 74, British actor (
Coronation Street,
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin). •
Ian McKay, 87, Australian footballer. •
Craig Noel, 94, American theatre producer, director and administrator of the
Old Globe Theatre, natural causes. •
Jim Pagliaroni, 72, American baseball player (
Boston Red Sox,
Oakland Athletics), cancer. •
Ferdinand Simoneit, 84, German journalist, author and World War II veteran. •
Eugène Terre'Blanche, 69, South African white separatist leader, beating. •
Jesús Vásquez, 89, Peruvian singer. •
Yasunori Watanabe, 35, Japanese rugby player, hit by train.
4 •
Mahmoud Abdel-Aal, 81, Egyptian gymnast. •
Lajos Bálint, 80, Hungarian-born Romanian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of
Alba Iulia (1990–1993). •
Sir Alec Bedser, 91, English cricketer. •
Matt Cook, 22, Canadian ice sledge hockey player, bone cancer. •
Clifford M. Hardin, 94, American politician, Secretary of Agriculture (1969–1971), natural causes. •
Salomón Jaar, 48, bishop of Tamarindo Ward in Choluteca Honduras Stake. •
Rudy Kousbroek, 80, Dutch essayist. •
Lori Martin, 62, American actor (
Cape Fear,
National Velvet), suicide by gunshot. •
Kelly Moran, 49, American motorcycle speedway racer, complications from emphysema. •
Abubakar Rimi, 70, Nigerian politician. •
Shio Satō, 59, Japanese manga artist, brain tumor. •
Henry Scarpelli, 79, American comic book artist (
Archie), after long illness. •
Friedrich Wilhelm Schäfke, 87, German mathematician and academic. •
Erich Zenger, 70, German Roman Catholic theologian and Bible scholar.
5 •
Jim Edwards, 83, New Zealand politician. •
Jerry Elliott, 73, American jurist, Kansas Court of Appeals (since 1987), cancer. •
Lothar Engelhardt, 70, German military scientist. •
Günther C. Kirchberger, 81, German academic and painter. •
William Neill, 88, British poet. •
Helen Ranney, 89, American hematologist. •
Molefi Sefularo, 52, South African politician, traffic collision. •
Vitaly Sevastyanov, 74, Russian Soviet cosmonaut. •
Gisela Trowe, 86, German actress.
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Janet Adelman, 69, American literary critic. •
James Aubrey, 62, British actor (
Lord of the Flies,
Bouquet of Barbed Wire,
Spy Game), pancreatitis. •
Eddie Carroll, 76, Canadian voice actor (
Jiminy Cricket). •
Vinnie Chas, 47, American bassist (
Pretty Boy Floyd). •
Anatoly Dobrynin, 90, Russian diplomat and politician, Soviet Ambassador to the United States (1962–1986). •
Jack Flannery, 57, American off-road racer, cancer. •
Ricardo Lavié, 87, Argentine actor, after long illness. •
Guillermo Luca de Tena, 82, Spanish journalist. •
Tony MacGibbon, 85, New Zealand cricketer. •
Wilma Mankiller, 64, American activist, first female
Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (1985–1995), pancreatic cancer. •
Katsumi Nishikawa, 91, Japanese film director, pneumonia. •
Grete Olsen, 98, Danish Olympic fencer. •
David Quayle, 73, British businessman (
B&Q). •
Tom Ray, 90, American animator (
Looney Tunes,
Tom and Jerry,
Animaniacs). •
Corin Redgrave, 70, British actor and political activist, after short illness. •
Hans Schröder, 79, German sculptor and painter. •
Herbert Spiro, 85, German-born American political scientist,
United States Ambassador to Cameroon (1975–1977) •
Sid Storey, 90, English footballer. •
Dimitris Tsiogas, 54, Greek politician, member of Parliament (2001–2008), cancer. •
Luigi Waites, 82, American jazz drummer and vibraphonist.
7 •
Christopher Cazenove, 64, English actor (
Dynasty, ''
A Knight's Tale, Zulu Dawn''), sepsis. •
Dixieland Band, 30, American Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized. •
Hermina Franks, 95, American baseball player (
AAGPBL). •
Graciela, 94, Cuban singer, renal and pulmonary failure. •
Eddie Johnson, 89, American jazz musician, pneumonia. •
Takuya Kimura, 37, Japanese baseball player and coach, subarachnoid hemorrhage. •
Oscar Kramer, 74, Argentine film producer, after long illness. •
Chris Limahelu, 59, American football place kicker (
USC), prostate cancer. •
George Nissen, 96, American gymnast, co-inventor of the
trampoline, pneumonia. •
Betty Paraskevas, 81, American writer and lyricist, pancreatic cancer. •
Ramchandra Siras, 62, Indian linguist and author. •
Valentin Turchin, 79, Russian-born American computer scientist and human rights activist.
8 •
Babá, 75, Brazilian footballer. •
Mark Colville, 4th Viscount Colville of Culross, 76, British judge and hereditary peer. •
Willie Farrell, 81, Irish politician. •
Antony Flew, 87, British philosopher, after long illness. •
Guy Kewney, 63, British technology journalist (
Personal Computer World), colorectal cancer. •
Aladár Kovácsi, 77, Hungarian modern pentathlete, Olympic gold medalist (
Helsinki 1952). •
Andreas Kunze, 57, German actor, heart failure. •
Malcolm McLaren, 64, British musician and band manager (
Sex Pistols,
New York Dolls,
Bow Wow Wow), mesothelioma. •
Abel Muzorewa, 84, Zimbabwean Methodist bishop and politician, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia (1979). •
Richard Olasz, 79, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1981–1998). •
Personal Ensign, 26, American Thoroughbred racehorse, Hall of Famer, natural causes. •
Al Prince, 67, American-born French Polynesian journalist and tourism expert, after long illness. •
Jean-Paul Proust, 70, Monégasque politician, Minister of State (2005–2010). •
John Schoenherr, 74, American illustrator,
Caldecott Medal winner, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. •
Teddy Scholten, 83, Dutch singer.
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Bob Franks, 58, American politician, member of the House of Representatives from New Jersey (1993–2001), cancer. •
Alastair Dowell, 89, Scottish cricketer. •
John Griffiths, 57, Welsh museum curator. •
Hisashi Inoue, 75, Japanese pacifist playwright, lung cancer. •
Meir Just, 101, Dutch rabbi, Chief Rabbi of the Netherlands. •
Robert Lau, 68, Malaysian politician, Deputy Minister for Transport, liver cancer. •
Gisela Karau, 78, German author, editor and columnist, after long illness. •
Dario Mangiarotti, 94, Italian fencer, Olympic gold (
1952) and silver (
1948, 1952) medalist. •
Kenneth McKellar, 82, Scottish singer, pancreatic cancer. •
Jacob O. Meyer, 75, American religious sect leader (
Assemblies of Yahweh). •
Meinhardt Raabe, 94, American actor (
The Wizard of Oz), heart attack. •
Peter Ramsbotham, 3rd Viscount Soulbury, 90, British diplomat and politician, Governor of Bermuda (1977–1980). •
Lou Ritter, 84, American politician, Mayor of
Jacksonville, Florida (1965–1967), cancer. •
Guyford Stever, 93, American educator and science adviser, President of
Carnegie Mellon University (1965–1972). •
Kerstin Thorvall, 84, Swedish author, illustrator and journalist, after long illness. •
Pierre Trottier, 85, Canadian novelist. •
Zoltán Varga, 65, Hungarian footballer.
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Dixie Carter, 70, American actress (
Designing Women, ''
Diff'rent Strokes, Family Law''), endometrial cancer. •
Sudhir Dhagamwar, 59, Indian cricketer. •
Jim Eames, 92, British
Lord Mayor of Birmingham (1974–1975). •
David Harvey, 73, British paediatrician. •
Arnold Kanter, 65, American diplomat, acute myelogenous leukemia. •
Charles Meade, 93, American pastor, founder of
Meade Ministries. •
Arthur Mercante Sr., 90, American boxing referee. •
Hiro Muramoto, 43, Japanese news cameraman (
Reuters), shot. •
Martin Ostwald, 88, German-born American classics scholar. •
Manfred Reichert, 69, German footballer, after long illness. •
Sir Gordon Shattock, 81, British politician, survivor of the
Brighton hotel bombing. •
William Walker, 78, American opera singer. • Notable Polish people killed in the
Polish Air Force Tu-154 plane crash: •
Joanna Agacka-Indecka, 45, attorney, President of the
Bar Council (since 2007). •
Ewa Bąkowska, 47, librarian and activist. •
Andrzej Błasik, 47, general, Chief of the Air Force (since 2007). •
Krystyna Bochenek, 56, senator, vice president of Senate. •
Tadeusz Buk, 49, general, head of
Land Forces. •
Miron Chodakowski, 52, Orthodox prelate, archbishop of military ordinariate of Poland (since 1998). •
Czesław Cywiński, 84, President of the Association of
Armia Krajowa Soldiers. •
Leszek Deptuła, 57, member of the
Sejm. •
Grzegorz Dolniak, 50, member of the Sejm. •
Janina Fetlińska, 57, senator. •
Franciszek Gągor, 58, general, Chief of the General Staff (since 2006). •
Grażyna Gęsicka, 58, politician, Minister of Regional Development (2006–2007). •
Kazimierz Gilarski, 54, Commander of the Warsaw Garrison. •
Przemysław Gosiewski, 45, member of the Sejm, Deputy Prime Minister (2007). •
Mariusz Handzlik, 44, diplomat, Undersecretary of State in the Office of the President. •
Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka, 59, member of the Sejm, Deputy Prime Minister (2004–2005). •
Ryszard Kaczorowski, 90, politician, President in exile (1989–1990). •
Maria Kaczyńska, 67, First Lady of Poland (since 2005), wife of Lech Kaczyński. •
Lech Kaczyński, 60, President of Poland (since 2005). •
Sebastian Karpiniuk, 37, member of the Sejm. •
Andrzej Karweta, 51, Vice Admiral, commander-in-chief of the Navy. •
Mariusz Kazana, 49, diplomat, Director of Diplomatic Protocol in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. •
Janusz Kochanowski, 69, lawyer and diplomat, Commissioner for Civil Rights Protection (Ombudsman) (since 2006). •
Stanisław Komornicki, 85, general, Chancellor of the Order
Virtuti Militari. •
Stanisław Komorowski, 56, Deputy Defense Minister (since 2007), Ambassador to Holland (1994–1998) and UK (1999–2004). •
Andrzej Kremer, 48, lawyer and diplomat, Deputy Foreign Minister (since 2008). •
Janusz Kurtyka, 49, historian, president of the
Institute of National Remembrance. •
Bronisław Kwiatkowski, 59, general, Commander of the Armed Forces Operational Command. •
Tomasz Merta, 44, Deputy Minister of Culture and National Heritage. •
Aleksandra Natalli-Świat, 51, member of the Sejm. •
Piotr Nurowski, 64, sports administrator, head of the
Polish Olympic Committee (since 2005). •
Bronisława Orawiec-Löffler, 81, dentist and activist. •
Maciej Płażyński, 52, member of the Sejm. •
Tadeusz Płoski, 54, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of military ordinariate of Poland (since 2004). •
Włodzimierz Potasiński, 53, Commander of the Special Forces. •
Andrzej Przewoźnik, 46, Secretary-General of the
Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites. •
Krzysztof Putra, 52, politician, Vice-Marshal of the Sejm (since 2007). •
Ryszard Rumianek, 62, rector of the
Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw. •
Arkadiusz Rybicki, 57, member of the Sejm. •
Wojciech Seweryn, 70, Polish-born American sculptor. •
Sławomir Skrzypek, 46, banker, President of
National Bank of Poland. •
Władysław Stasiak, 44, Chief of the Office of the President. •
Aleksander Szczygło, 46, politician, Minister of Defence (2007), chief of the National Security Bureau (since 2009). •
Jerzy Szmajdziński, 58, politician, Minister of Defence (2001–2005), Vice-Marshal of the Sejm (since 2007). •
Jolanta Szymanek-Deresz, 55, member of the Sejm. •
Anna Walentynowicz, 80, trade unionist whose 1980 firing led to the creation of the
Solidarity movement. •
Zbigniew Wassermann, 60, member of the Sejm. •
Wiesław Woda, 63, member of the Sejm. •
Edward Wojtas, 55, member of the Sejm. •
Paweł Wypych, 42, politician, Secretary of State (since 2009). •
Stanisław Zając, 60, senator. •
Janusz Zakrzeński, 74, actor.
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George Roberts Andrews, 78, American diplomat. •
John Batchelor, 51, British racing driver and politician, liver disease. •
Jean Boiteux, 76, French swimmer, Olympic gold and bronze medalist (
1952), fall from a tree. •
James Brody, 68, American composer, traffic collision. •
Rosa Roberto Carter, 80, Guamanian educator, president of the
University of Guam (1977–1983). •
Vicki Draves, 85, American Olympic diver, pancreatic cancer. •
Gerhard Geise, 80, German mathematician, after long illness. •
Hans-Joachim Göring, 86, German footballer and coach. •
Gert Haller, 65, German business manager, lobbyist and politician, after long illness. •
Theodor Homann, 61, German footballer, heart failure. •
Egon Hugenschmidt, 84, German jurist and politician. •
Franz Kamin, 68, American composer, traffic collision. •
John B. McCue, 88, American politician, Member of the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives. •
Ruben Mendoza, 78, American soccer player, cerebral hemorrhage. •
Duane D. Pearsall, 88, American inventor of the battery-powered
smoke detector. •
Julia Tsenova, 61, Bulgarian composer and musician, cancer. •
Paz Yrarrázabal, 78, Chilean actress, rheumatoid arthritis.
12 •
Alper Balaban, 22, German-born Turkish footballer, traffic collision. •
María Aurelia Bisutti, 79, Argentine actress, dementia. •
Andrea Cassone, 81, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of
Rossano-Cariati (1992–2006). •
Michel Chartrand, 93, Canadian activist, kidney cancer. •
Miguel Cinches, 78, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of
Surigao (1973–2001). •
Ambrosius Eßer, 76, German Dominican clergy and church historian, pulmonary disease. •
Wolfgang Graßl, 40, German skier and coach, heart failure. •
Peter Haskell, 75, American actor (''
Child's Play 2''). •
Edward Huni'ehu, 54, Solomon Islander politician and minister, after long illness. •
Běla Kolářová, 87, Czech photographer. •
James F. Masterson, 84, American psychiatrist, complications of pneumonia. •
Palito, 75, Filipino comedian, respiratory disease. •
Robert Pound, 90, Canadian-born American physicist. •
Stuart Robbins, 33, British basketball player. •
Werner Schroeter, 65, German film director, after long illness. •
Arnold Spohr, 86, Canadian artistic director (
Royal Winnipeg Ballet), chronic kidney disease. •
David B. Stone, 82, American businessman, principal founder of the
New England Aquarium, complications from a stroke. •
Dale N. Van Vyven, 74, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1978–2000). •
Udaya Wickramasinghe, 70, Sri Lankan cricket umpire.
13 •
André Bedoglouyan, 90, Lebanese Eastern Catholic prelate, bishop of Comana Armeniae (1971–1994). •
Alexander Bernstein, Baron Bernstein of Craigweil, 74, British television executive and life peer. •
Jorge Bontemps, 32, Argentine footballer, lung cancer. •
Luis Antonio Chávez, 22, Honduran journalist and children's radio host, shot. •
Billy Gore, 90, Welsh rugby player. •
Santhosh Jogi, 35, Indian actor, suicide by hanging. •
Bernie Kilgariff, 86, Australian politician, Senator (1975–1987). •
David C. Knapp, 82, American educator. •
Nahid al-Rayyis, 73, Palestinian politician and poet. •
Steve Reid, 66, American jazz drummer, throat cancer. •
Gerald Stapleton, 89, British airman, RAF fighter ace during World War II. •
Charlie Timmins, 87, English footballer (
Coventry City), cancer.
14 •
Israr Ahmed, 77, Indian-born Pakistani Islamic scholar, cardiac arrest. •
Binyamin Balanero, 68, Israeli footballer. •
René Brunelle, 90, Canadian politician. •
Erika Burkart, 88, Swiss author. •
Aubrey Cummings, 62, Guyanese musician, heart problems. •
Tom Ellis, 86, British politician, MP for
Wrexham (1970–1983), founding member of the
SDP. •
Vicente Haro, 79, Spanish actor. •
Gene Kiniski, 81, Canadian professional wrestler, cancer. •
Lars-Jacob Krogh, 71, Norwegian anchorman and television presenter, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. •
Alice Miller, 87, Polish-born Swiss author and psychologist. •
Russell Olson, 86, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin (1979–1983). •
Baruch Poupko, 92, Russian-born American rabbi. •
Stefan Schmitt, 46, German jurist and politician, leukemia. •
Mississippi Slim, 66, American blues singer, heart attack. •
Greville Starkey, 70, British jockey, cancer. •
Peter Steele, 48, American rock singer and bassist (
Type O Negative). https://www.petersteelerocks.com/bio 💚💚 •
Albert S. Toe, 56, Liberian politician. •
Gerhard Zemann, 70, Austrian actor, heart attack.
15 •
Telman Adigozalov, 56, Azerbaijani actor, heart attack. •
Joseph Azzolina, 84, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1992–2006), pancreatic cancer. •
Ian Brewer, 73, Australian footballer. •
Robert Brubaker, 93, American actor (
Gunsmoke). •
Bill DuBay, 62, American comic book editor, writer, and artist. •
Jack Herer, 70, American cannabis activist, complications from heart attack. •
Benjamin Hooks, 85, American civil rights leader, executive director of the
NAACP (1977–1992), after long illness. •
Wilhelm Huxhorn, 54, German footballer, leukemia. •
Paul Reeves, 91, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Georgia (1969–1985) •
Michael Pataki, 72, American character actor and voice actor (
George Liquor), cancer. •
Peter-Josef Schallberger, 78, Swiss farmer and politician. •
Raimondo Vianello, 87, Italian comedian and television personality. •
Spann Watson, 93, American airman (
Tuskegee Airmen) and civil rights advocate. •
Sir Edward Woodward, 81, Australian jurist.
16 •
Sid Conrad, 86, American actor (
The Young and the Restless). •
Balthasar Burkhard, 65, Swiss photographer. •
Rasim Delić, 61, Bosnian army officer and Chief of Staff, probable heart attack. •
Shirlee Emmons, 86, American soprano, voice teacher, and writer. •
Ibrahima Fofana, 57, Guinean trade unionist, traffic collision. •
Carlos Franqui, 89, Cuban writer and activist. •
Daryl Gates, 83, American police official, chief of police of the Los Angeles Police Department (1978–1992), bladder cancer. •
Bryn Knowelden, 90, British rugby league player. •
Marion Ladewig, 95, American professional bowler. •
Norman Francis McFarland, 88, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Reno (1976–1986) and
Orange (1986–1998). •
R. D. Middlebrook, 80, British electrical engineer. •
Grigorijs Ņemcovs, 61, Latvian politician, Vice Mayor of
Daugavpils, shot. •
Muhammad Noer, 92, Indonesian politician, governor of
East Java (1967–1976), complications during a medical procedure. •
C. K. Prahalad, 68, Indian business consultant and management theorist, natural causes. •
C. P. Rele, 82, Indian classical singer. •
Arturo Rodríguez Fernández, 62, Dominican author, film critic and playwright, heart failure. •
Tomáš Špidlík, 90, Czech Roman Catholic prelate and Cardinal. •
John W. Vogt Jr., 90, American Air Force general.
17 •
Dede Allen, 86, American film editor (
Bonnie and Clyde,
Dog Day Afternoon,
The Breakfast Club),
BAFTA winner (
1976), stroke. •
Abdul Rahman Ahmed Jibril Baroud, 73, Palestinian poet, heart attack. •
Edmund Fitzgibbon, 85, Irish-born Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Warri (1991–1997). •
Josef W. Janker, 87, German author, journalist and World War II veteran. •
Ferenc Kellner, 77, Hungarian Olympic boxer. •
Sotigui Kouyaté, 74, Malian-born Burkinabé actor. •
Carl Macek, 58, American anime writer and producer (
Robotech), heart attack. •
Thomas Mikolajcik, 63, American air force general (1992–1996), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. •
Alexandru Neagu, 61, Romanian footballer (
FC Rapid București). •
Alejandro Robaina, 91, Cuban tobacco grower, cancer. •
John Carl Warnecke, 91, American architect (
John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame), complications of pancreatic cancer.
18 •
Michael Adams, 60, American actor and stunt coordinator (
Commando,
WarGames,
In the Line of Fire), stroke. •
Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, 50-51, Iraqi terrorist (al-Qaeda), airstrike. •
Abu Ayyub al-Masri, 42-43, Egyptian terrorist (al-Qaeda), airstrike. •
Paul Bisciglia, 81, French actor. •
Julius Chigbolu, 81, Nigerian Olympic athlete. •
Mieczysław Cieślar, 60, Polish Lutheran bishop, traffic collision. •
Ambrose D'Mello, 87, Indian Jesuit priest, first Jesuit Provincial of India, cancer. •
Tom Fleming, 82, Scottish actor. •
John Forde, Irish Gaelic footballer (
Mayo). •
Noel Hall, 96, Australian Olympic sport shooter. •
Ian McTaggart-Cowan, 99, Scottish-born Canadian zoologist and ecologist. •
Ron Miller, 80, Canadian Olympic athlete. •
Allen Swift, 86, American voice actor (
Underdog,
Howdy Doody,
Tom and Jerry), natural causes. •
Viewed, 6, Australian
Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanised following a twisted bowel. •
William Yates, 88, British-born Australian politician.
19 •
Manfred Angerer, 56, Austrian musicologist. •
José Bernal, 85, Cuban artist, complications from Parkinson's disease. •
Devorah Bertonov, 95, Israeli dancer and choreographer. •
William Donald Borders, 96, American Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of
Baltimore (1974–1989). •
Guru, 48, American rapper (
Gang Starr), multiple myeloma. •
Hamideh Kheirabadi, 85, Iranian actress, stroke. •
Dylan Meier, 26, American college football player, climbing accident. •
György Schwajda, 67, Hungarian dramatist and theatre director, after long illness. •
George H. Scithers, 80, American science fiction editor, Hugo Award winner, heart attack. •
Albert Szatola, 83, Hungarian Olympic equestrian. •
Edwin Valero, 28, Venezuelan undefeated former WBA super featherweight and WBC lightweight champion boxer, suicide by hanging. •
Carl Williams, 39, Australian criminal, prison assault. •
Burkhard Ziese, 66, German football manager.
20 •
Jimmy Baker, 95, Australian Aboriginal artist. •
Floyd Dominy, 100, American public servant, commissioner of the
Bureau of Reclamation (1959–1969). •
Sanford Friedman, 81, American novelist. •
Heinz Gappmayr, 84, Austrian artist. •
Dorothy Height, 98, American civil rights activist. •
M. K. Kamalam, 86, Indian actress. •
Keli McGregor, 47, American baseball executive (
Colorado Rockies), viral myocarditis. •
Walter F. Murphy, 80, American political scientist and author, cancer. •
Robert Natkin, 79, American abstract painter, bacterial blood infection. •
Georgino Orellana, 48, Honduran journalist, shot. •
Ahmad Sa'd, 64, Israeli politician, Member of Knesset (1996–1999). •
George Torode, 63, Guernseyan author. •
Andrea West, 57, Australian politician, member of the House of Representatives (1996–1998), breast cancer. •
Myles Wilder, 77, American television comedy writer, diverticulitis. •
Lorette Wood, 94, American politician, first female mayor of
Santa Cruz, California (1971–1972). •
Purvis Young, 67, American painter, cardiac arrest and pulmonary edema.
21 •
Akua Asabea Ayisi, 83, Ghanaian journalist. •
Sammy Baird, 79, Scottish football player and manager. •
Krishan Lal Balmiki, 67, Indian politician. •
Whitney Robson Harris, 97, American lawyer, last surviving American prosecutor at the
Nuremberg Trials, complications from cancer. •
Tony Ingham, 85, English footballer, after short illness. •
Manfred Kallenbach, 68, German footballer, heart failure. •
Gustav Lorentzen, 62, Norwegian singer and entertainer (
Knutsen & Ludvigsen). •
Mr. Hito, 67, Japanese wrestler. •
Sir Idwal Pugh, 92, British civil servant, Permanent Secretary to the Welsh Office and Health Service Commissioner. •
Deborah Remington, 79, American artist, cancer. •
Juan Antonio Samaranch, 89, Spanish Olympic official, president of the
International Olympic Committee (1980–2001), heart failure.
22 •
Sparky Adams, 79, American football and baseball coach. •
Theodore C. Almquist, 68, American general, colon cancer. •
Emilio Álvarez, 71, Uruguayan footballer. •
Richard Barrett, 67, American lawyer and white nationalist, stabbed. •
Pete Castiglione, 89, American baseball player (
Pittsburgh Pirates). •
Peter B. Denyer, 56, British engineer, cancer. •
Dick Kenworthy, 69, American baseball player. •
Gene Lees, 82, Canadian jazz historian and critic, heart disease. •
Lina Marulanda, 29, Colombian model, suicide by jumping. •
Victor Nurenberg, 79, Luxembourgish footballer. •
Ambrose Olsen, 25, American fashion model, suicide by hanging. •
Fred Panopio, 71, Filipino folk singer, cardiac arrest. •
Alicia Parlette, 28, American journalist and copy editor,
alveolar soft part sarcoma. •
Piet Steenbergen, 81, Dutch footballer (
Feyenoord and
The Netherlands). •
Jean Vergnes, 88, French-born American chef. •
Arthur Winograd, 90, American cellist and music director, complications of pneumonia.
23 •
Lorne Atkinson, 88, Canadian Olympic cyclist. •
Jan Balabán, 49, Czech writer, recipient of the
Magnesia Litera award. •
Shay Duffin, 79, Irish-born American actor (
The Departed,
Leprechaun,
Seabiscuit), complications from heart surgery. •
Natalia Lavrova, 25, Russian rhythmic gymnast, Olympic gold medalist (
2000,
2004), traffic collision. •
Georgia Lee, 89, Australian jazz and blues singer. •
Edward Lyons, 83, British politician, MP for
Bradford East (1966–1974) and
Bradford West (1974–1983). •
Peter Porter, 81, Australian-born British poet, liver cancer. •
Alan Rich, 85, American classical music critic, natural causes. •
Alexander Sliussarev, 65, Russian photographer and translator. •
Sreenath, 52, Indian actor, apparent suicide by
exsanguination. •
George Townshend, 7th Marquess Townshend, 93, British peer and businessman.
24 •
Jens Andersen, 80, Danish boxer. •
Harry Ashby, 63, English golfer. •
Harry Conroy, 67, British journalist and trade unionist. •
Denis Guedj, 70, French novelist and academic. •
Pierre Hadot, 88, French philosopher. •
Bo Hansson, 67, Swedish keyboardist. •
Leo Löwenstein, 43, German
VLN racing driver, race crash. •
Angus Maddison, 84, British economist. •
Giuseppe Panza, 87, Italian art collector. •
Elizabeth Post, 89, American etiquette expert. •
Paul Schäfer, 88, German religious sect founder and former Nazi, heart failure. •
Wojciech Siemion, 81, Polish actor and film director (
The Promised Land,
Heroism), traffic collision. •
Rudy Thompson, 80, United States Virgin Islands Olympic sailor. •
W. Willard Wirtz, 98, American politician, Secretary of Labor (1962–1969), last surviving member of the Kennedy Cabinet.
25 •
Ali Aliu, 85, Kosovo Albanian writer, economist, teacher, and political prisoner. •
Ugo Anzile, 79, French cyclist. •
Joseph Bessala, 69, Cameroonian welterweight boxer, Olympic silver medalist (
1968), after short illness. •
Ian Lawther, 70, Northern Irish footballer (
Sunderland,
Blackburn Rovers). •
Franklin Mieuli, 89, American businessman, owner of the
Golden State Warriors (1962–1985), natural causes. •
Dorothy Provine, 75, American actress, (''
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, That Darn Cat!, The Great Race''), emphysema. •
Susan Reed, 84, American folk singer and actress, natural causes. •
Kevin Restani, 58, American basketball player (
Milwaukee Bucks), heart attack. •
Volf Roitman, 79, Uruguayan-born American sculptor, painter, novelist, cineaste and poet. •
Evry Schatzman, 89, French astrophysicist. •
Alan Sillitoe, 82, British writer (
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning). •
Jeremaia Waqanisau, 62, Fijian soldier and diplomat, heart attack.
26 •
Mariam A. Aleem, 79, Egyptian artist. •
Aminulrasyid Amzah, 14, Malaysian student and victim, shot. •
Roy Baird, 76, English production manager, assistant director and producer. •
Bus Boyk, 92, American fiddler. •
Leslie Buck, 87, American Anthora coffee cup designer, Parkinson's disease. •
Ljiljana Buttler, 65, Yugoslavian singer, cancer. •
Daniel of Erie, 79, American Orthodox prelate (
ROCOR), Titular Bishop of
Erie, natural causes. •
Paul Engo, 89, Cameroonian diplomat, judge and Olympic athlete. •
Denzil Freeth, 85, British politician, MP for
Basingstoke (1955–1964). •
Luigi Gui, 95, Italian politician, Minister of the Interior (1974–1976). •
Fred Halliday, 64, Irish academic, scholar of international relations, cancer. •
Derek Hayward, 86, British Anglican priest,
Archdeacon of Middlesex (1974–1975). •
Frank Olsson, 87, Swedish Olympic rower. •
Varkala Radhakrishnan, 82, Indian politician, complications from a traffic collision. •
Prabha Rau, 75, Indian politician, Governor of Rajasthan (since 2009), heart attack. •
Joseph W. Sarno, 89, American film director and screenwriter, after short illness. •
Alberto Vitoria, 54, Spanish footballer, heart attack. •
Yuri Vshivtsev, 70, Russian footballer. •
William Arthur Watts, 79, Irish botanist and academic administrator,
Provost of Trinity College Dublin (1981–1991). •
Aksel C. Wiin-Nielsen, 86, Danish academic, professor of meteorology.
27 •
Elisabeth Ahlgren, 84, Swedish swimmer. •
Robert J. Alexander, 91, American academic. •
David Martin Baker, 86, American politician and judge, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1953–1954, 1957–1958). •
Alberta Cariño, Mexican humanitarian, shot. •
Peter Cheeseman, 78, British theatre director, Parkinson's disease. •
Stanley Greenspan, 68, American academic, clinical professor of psychiatry. •
George Gross, 69, American football player (
San Diego Chargers). •
Jyri Jaakkola, 33, Finnish humanitarian, shot. •
Bevil Mabey, 94, British businessman. •
Morris Pert, 62, British musician. •
Nossrat Peseschkian, 76, Iranian-born German psychotherapist. •
Armando Sanchez, 57, Filipino politician, governor of
Batangas (2004–2007), stroke. •
Heini Weber, 86, German Olympic wrestler.
28 •
Muhammad al-Banki, 47, Bahraini philosopher and writer. •
Evelyn Cunningham, 94, American journalist, natural causes. •
Julio San Emeterio, 80, Spanish cyclist. •
Stefania Grodzieńska, 95, Polish writer and actress. •
Elma Maua, 61, Cook Islands-born New Zealand journalist and editor, after long illness. •
Pierre-Jean Rémy, 73, French writer and diplomat. •
Furio Scarpelli, 90, Italian screenwriter (
Big Deal on Madonna Street,
Casanova 70,
Il Postino). •
Ian Valz, 52, Guyanese actor and playwright, cancer.
29 •
Jojo Acuin, 63, Filipino psychic. •
Avigdor Arikha, 81, Romanian-born Israeli painter, complications of cancer. •
Damodar Chaudhary, 63, Nepalese politician, member of the Constituent Assembly since 2007. •
Sandy Douglas, 88, British computer scientist, pneumonia. •
Kevin Humphreys, 80, Australian rugby league administrator, after long illness. •
Walter Sear, 79, American recording engineer. •
Audrey Williamson, 83, British athlete, Olympic silver medalist (
1948).
30 •
Manuel Alvarado, 62, Guatemalan-born British academic. •
Tadahiro Ando, 69, Japanese politician, governor of
Miyazaki Prefecture (2003–2006), lymphoma. •
Robert Askins, 91, American murderer. •
Cristina Corrales, 47, Bolivian journalist, broadcaster and politician. •
Harry Eccleston, 87, British artist and banknote designer. •
Jordi Estadella, 61, Spanish voice actor, radio and television personality (
Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez), liver cancer. •
Ron Fimrite, 79, American sports journalist (
Sports Illustrated), pancreatic cancer. •
José Fragelli, 95, Brazilian politician, governor of
Mato Grosso (1970–1974) and Senate president (1985–1987). •
Carmelita González, 81, Mexican actress, pneumonia. •
Antony Grey, 82, British gay rights activist, leukaemia. •
Khalid Khawaja, Pakistani military and intelligence officer, shot. (body found on this date) •
Paul Mayer, 98, German Roman Catholic prelate and cardinal. •
Owsley, 44, American musician, apparent suicide. •
Jorma Peltonen, 66, Finnish ice hockey player. •
Gwyn Rowlands, 81, English-born rugby football player for
Wales. •
Gerry Ryan, 53, Irish disc jockey and radio/television presenter. •
Wendell J. Westcott, 99, American carillonneur. ==References==