1 •
Gonçalo Amorim, 39, Portuguese Olympic cyclist. •
Gogó Andreu, 92, Argentine comedian and actor. •
Cali Carranza, 59, American Tejano musician, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. •
Harold L. Colburn Jr., 86, American physician and politician. •
Gale Dixon, 65–66, American actress and singer, pancreatic cancer. •
Joseph Erhardy, 83, American sculptor. •
Gord Fashoway, 85, Canadian ice hockey player. •
Rufina Gasheva, 90, Soviet Russian flight navigator. •
John Spencer Hardy, 98, American lieutenant general, NATO commander for Southern Europe. •
Harold K. Hoskins, 85, American pilot, Tuskegee Airman, Congressional Gold Medal winner, complications from a fall. •
Greg Jackson, 60, American basketball player (
New York Knicks,
Phoenix Suns), heart attack. •
Eric James, 87, British Anglican clergyman and broadcaster. •
Senteza Kajubi, 86, Ugandan university administrator and academic. •
James Kinley, 86, Canadian engineer and industrialist,
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (1994–2000). •
Daniel Mulumba, 49, Ugandan Olympic swimmer. •
Viktoras Petkus, 83, Lithuanian political activist and dissident. •
Charles Pitts, 65, American soul musician, guitarist for
Isaac Hayes, lung cancer. •
Harriet Presser, 76, American sociologist and demographer. •
Earl Rose, 85, American
medical examiner, attempted to autopsy
President Kennedy after
assassination, Parkinson's disease. •
Shanmugasundari, 75, Indian film actress, heart attack. •
Mordechai Virshubski, 82, Israeli politician,
MK (1977–1992) and Deputy Speaker of the
Knesset (1988–1992). •
Arnold Manaaki Wilson, 83, New Zealand artist and educator.
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Bram Bogart, 90, Dutch-born Belgian painter. •
Michel Boudart, 87, American chemical engineer. •
William Francis Brace, 85, American geophysicist. •
Ranjit Cheema, Canadian gangster and drug trader, shot. •
Razia Matin Chowdhury, 87, Bangladeshi politician, old age complications. •
Peter Connolly, 77, British historian. •
Shirin Darasha, 73, Indian theatre director, pulmonary fibrosis. •
Mark Deutch, 67, Russian journalist, drowned. •
Andrew Ganigan, 59, American former
NABF lightweight champion boxer, cancer. •
Nélida Gómez de Navajas, 84, Argentine human rights activist (
Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo). •
Fernando Lopes, 76, Portuguese film director, throat cancer. •
Zenaida Manfugás, 80, Cuban-born American pianist. •
James Marker, 90, American-born Canadian businessman, inventor of
Cheezies. •
Charlotte Mitchell, 85, British actress. •
Tufan Miñnullin, 76, Russian Tatar writer and playwright, heart attack. •
Les Mogg, 82, Australian football player. •
Donald L. Owens, 82, American military officer. •
Ernst Rau, 85, German Olympic fencer. •
J. T. Ready, 39, American border militia leader, former
neo-Nazi, suicide by gunshot. •
Tracy Reed, 69, English actress (
Dr. Strangelove,
Casino Royale), cancer. •
Junior Seau, 43, American football player (
San Diego Chargers,
Miami Dolphins,
New England Patriots), suicide by gunshot. •
Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih, 57, Indonesian physician, Minister of Health (2009–2012), cancer. •
Akira Tonomura, 70, Japanese physicist, pancreatic cancer. •
Lourdes Valera, 58, Venezuelan actress, lung cancer. •
Digby Wolfe, 82, British actor and screenwriter (''
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In''), cancer. •
Zvi Zeitlin, 90, Belarusian-born American classical violinist, pneumonia.
3 •
Edith Bliss, 52, Australian pop singer and television presenter, lung cancer. •
Lloyd Brevett, 80, Jamaican double bassist (
The Skatalites), complications from stroke. •
Elizabeth Busche, 19, American curler, cancer. •
Peter K. Cullins, 83, American admiral, first commander of the Naval Data Automation Command, complications from hepatitis B. •
John Miles Foley, 65, American
folklorist and literary scholar. •
Jorge Illueca, 93, Panamanian politician,
President (1984), respiratory failure. •
Andrew Suknaski, 69, Canadian poet and visual artist. •
Richie Thomson, 71, New Zealand Olympic cyclist. •
František Tondra, 75, Slovak Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Spiš (1989–2011), heart failure. •
Tú Duyên, 96, Vietnamese painter. •
Felix Werder, 90, German-born Australian composer.
4 •
Haukur Angantýsson, 63, Icelandic chess player. •
Harriet Berger, 94, American political scientist. •
T. P. Chandrasekharan, 51, Indian politician, assassinated (hacked). •
Aleksandre Chikvaidze, 74, Georgian diplomat. •
Neville Coleman, 74, Australian underwater nature photographer. •
Gert Frischmuth, 79, German choral conductor and music educator. •
Angelica Garnett, 93, British writer and painter. •
Crawford Hallock Greenewalt Jr., 74, American archaeologist. •
Mort Lindsey, 89, American orchestra leader and composer. •
Anthony O'Connell, 73, Irish-born American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Knoxville (1988–1998) and
Palm Beach (1998–2002). •
Edward Short, Baron Glenamara, 99, British politician,
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (1972–1976), MP for
Newcastle upon Tyne Central (1951–1976). •
Jimmy Smet, 34, Belgian football player (
KSK Beveren,
Lierse SK,
Iraklis Thessaloniki), suicide. •
Bob Stewart, 91, American television game show producer (
Password,
To Tell the Truth,
The Price Is Right), natural causes. •
Adam Yauch, 47, American musician (
Beastie Boys) and film director (''
Gunnin' for That No. 1 Spot''), salivary gland cancer. •
Rashidi Yekini, 48, Nigerian footballer.
5 •
Ramón Arano, 72, Mexican baseball player. •
Frederick J. Brown, 67, American artist. •
Carl Johan Bernadotte, 95, Swedish royal, youngest son of King
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden. •
James R. Browning, 93, American senior (former chief) judge of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. •
Marguerite S. Chang, 88, Chinese-born American research chemist and inventor. •
Reg Cutler, 77, English footballer. •
Aatos Erkko, 79, Finnish journalist and publisher, after long illness. •
Florida Pearl, 20, Irish racehorse, winner of the
Champion Bumper (1997), euthanized. •
George Knobel, 89, Dutch football manager, complications of Alzheimer's disease. •
Don Leshnock, 65, American baseball player (
Detroit Tigers). •
Michail Markov, 73, Russian cyclist and coach. •
Meow, app. 2, American cat, heaviest cat at his time of death, lung failure. •
Miguel Mora Gornals, 75, Spanish Olympic cyclist. •
Roy Padayachie, 62, South African politician. •
Mendel Sachs, 85, American theoretical physicist. •
Ivica Šangulin, 75, Croatian football player and manager. •
Surendranath, 75, Indian cricketer. •
Ali Uras, 88, Turkish Olympic basketball player and
president of
Galatasaray S.K. (1979–1986).
6 •
Lubna Agha, 63, Pakistani-American artist, cancer. •
Fahd al-Quso, 37, Yemeni militant,
al-Qaeda member, airstrike. •
Vagn Andersen, 74, Danish sports shooter. •
Stevan Bena, 76, Serbian footballer. •
Tyrone Breuninger, 73, American trombonist. •
Michael Burks, 54, American blues musician, heart attack. •
François Chevalier, 98, French historian. •
Ekalavyan, 77, Indian writer. •
Pat Frink, 67, American basketball player (
Cincinnati Royals), automobile accident. •
Jerry H. Geisler, 77, American lawyer and politician. •
Iraj Ghaderi, 77, Iranian film director and actor. •
Kåre Øistein Hansen, 84, Norwegian politician. •
James Isaac, 51, American film director, producer (
Jason X,
Skinwalkers) and special effects supervisor,
multiple myeloma and
blood cancer. •
Kostas Karras, 76, Greek actor, MP (2000–2007), prostate cancer. •
Félix Kouadjo, 73, Ivorian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Bondoukou (since 1996). •
Jean Laplanche, 87, French psychoanalyst, pulmonary fibrosis, •
George Lindsey, 83, American actor (
The Andy Griffith Show,
Mayberry R.F.D.,
Hee Haw), after brief illness. •
Georgi Lozanov, 85, Bulgarian educator, developed
Suggestopedia. •
Marika Mitsotakis, 82, Greek politician, wife of the Greek Prime Minister
Konstantinos Mitsotakis (1990–1993), complications of poliomyelitis. •
John Slack, 81, English cricketer and judge. •
Yale Summers, 78, American actor (
Daktari). •
Tran Dinh Truong, 80, Vietnamese businessman. •
Jan Trøjborg, 56, Danish politician, member of the
Folketing (1987–2005), and
Defence Minister (2000–2001), heart failure. •
John Worrall, 84, New Zealand cricketer.
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Ivan Allen, 81, American ballet dancer (
Metropolitan Opera). •
Ferenc Bartha, 68, Hungarian economist, Governor of the
National Bank of Hungary (1988–1990), suicide. •
Sammy Barr, 80, Scottish trade union leader. •
Norbert Becker, 74, German agricultural scientist. •
Jules Bocandé, 53, Senegalese footballer, complications of surgery and stroke. •
Rich Buhler, 65, American radio personality, pancreatic cancer. •
R. Michael Canjar, 58, American mathematician. •
Robert Everett Coyle, 82, American senior (former chief) judge of the District Court for the Eastern District of California. •
Andrea Crisanti, 75, Italian production designer and art director. •
Virgil Frye, 81, American actor and boxer, Pick's Disease. •
Kimitada Hayase, 71, Japanese track and field athlete (
1960 Summer Olympics,
1964 Summer Olympics), blood poisoning. •
Alexander Keynan, 90, Israeli microbiologist, co-founder and the first director of
Israel Institute for Biological Research. •
Sergio Mihanovich, 74, Argentine jazz pianist, singer and composer, cancer. •
Eva Rausing, 48, American philanthropist. •
Gene Visich, 85, American
AAGPBL baseball player.
8 •
Ampon Tangnoppakul, 64, Thai detainee, cancer. •
Bobby Bulch, 79, English footballer. •
William Aquin Carew, 89, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate,
Apostolic Nuncio to Japan (1983–1997). •
Oscar M. Corbin Jr., 94, American politician. •
Yves Courrière, 76, French writer, biographer and journalist. •
Aimée Danis, 82, Canadian film director and producer. •
Isabel Gago, 98, Portuguese engineer. •
Nan Giese, 90, Australian educator and artist. •
Nicholas Katzenbach, 90, American lawyer,
United States Attorney General (1965–1966). •
Lau Teng Chuan, 83, Singaporean sports administrator, stomach cancer. •
Everett Lilly, 87, American bluegrass musician (
The Lilly Brothers). •
Carlos Loiseau, 63, Argentine cartoonist, colorectal cancer. •
Sergio Marqués Fernández, 65, Spanish politician,
President of the Principality of Asturias (1995–1999). •
Bob Marshall, 77, American politician. Mayor of
San Bruno, California (1980–1991). •
Jerry McMorris, 71, American baseball executive (
Colorado Rockies), pancreatic cancer. •
Frank Parr, 83, English cricketer and jazz musician. •
Louis H. Pollak, 89, American senior judge of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. •
Ingvill Raaum, 76, Norwegian politician. •
George Stephen Ritchie, 97, British war hero and hydrographer. •
Stacy Robinson, 50, American football player (
New York Giants), cancer. •
Robert de La Rochefoucauld, 88, French Resistance member. •
Maurice Sendak, 83, American author and illustrator (
Where the Wild Things Are,
Little Bear), complications of a stroke. •
Roman Totenberg, 101, Polish-born American violinist, renal failure. •
Vo Rogue, 28, Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the
Australian Cup (1989, 1990). •
Garth Webb, 93, Canadian soldier and museum founder (
Juno Beach Centre).
9 •
Carl Beane, 59, American sports broadcaster and public address announcer (
Fenway Park), heart attack. •
Christoph Bulwin, 40, German man, complications related to
mercury poisoning. •
James Carter, 100, American basketball coach (
University of Dayton). •
Chinghla Mong Chowdhury Mari, 73, Bangladeshi footballer, Alzheimer's disease. •
Bertram Cohler, 73, American psychologist. •
Danilo De Girolamo, 56, Italian voice actor, heart attack. •
Alfred Doll-Steinberg, 78, Austrian-born British chemical engineer. •
Gunnar Dybwad, 83, Norwegian footballer. •
Alain Fossoul, 83, Belgian footballer, •
Hernán Haddad, 83, Chilean Olympic athlete. •
Sir Geoffrey Henry, 71, Cook Islands politician,
Prime Minister (1983, 1989–1999), and
Speaker of
Parliament (since 2011), cancer. •
Northerly, 15, Australian racehorse, winner of the
Australian Cup (2001, 2003) and
Cox Plate (2001, 2002), euthanized. •
Constantin Piron, 80, Belgian physicist. •
Joyce Redman, 96, Irish-born British actress (
Othello,
Tom Jones), pneumonia. •
Vidal Sassoon, 84, British hairstylist, leukemia. •
Ingvald M. Smith-Kielland, 92, Norwegian royal servant. •
Lajos Somodi Sr., 83, Hungarian Olympic bronze medallist fencer (1956).
10 •
Edward Abramson, 91, American politician. •
George Birimisa, 88, American playwright, actor, and director. •
Ningali Cullen, 69–70, Australian activist. •
Barbara D'Arcy, 84, American visual merchandiser. •
Peter David, 60, British journalist, (
The Economist) traffic collision. •
Horst Faas, 79, German photojournalist (
Associated Press). •
Ranjitsinh Pratapsinh Gaekwad, 74, Indian politician, member of the
Lok Sabha (1980–1989),
Maharaja of Baroda (since 1988). •
Evelyn Bryan Johnson, 102, American aviator. •
Günther Kaufmann, 64, German film actor, heart attack. •
Pekka Marjamäki, 64, Finnish Olympic ice hockey player, heart attack. •
Eddie Perkins, 75, American former world light welterweight champion boxer. •
Bernardo Sassetti, 41, Portuguese jazz pianist and film composer, fall. •
Carroll Shelby, 89, American automobile racer and designer. •
Andreas Shipanga, 80, Namibian politician,
Chairman of the Transitional Government of National Unity (1987, 1988), heart attack. •
Gunnar Sønsteby, 94,
Norwegian resistance movement member. •
Walter Wink, 76, American theologian, complications of dementia. •
Paul Winslow, 74, American football player and
NFL defensive back (
Green Bay Packers) •
Gulumbu Yunupingu, 69, Australian Aboriginal artist.
11 •
Soungalo Bagayogo, 70, Malian Olympic boxer. •
Alma Bella, 102, Filipino actress. •
Jack Benaroya, 90, American real estate developer. •
Sherman A. Bernard, 86, American businessman. •
Patrick Bosch, 47, Dutch footballer (
FC Twente), car accident. •
Stanislav Brebera, 86, Czech chemist. •
Les Carr, 82, Australian football player. •
Sheila Conroy, 94, Irish trade union leader and activist. •
Dankwart Danckwerts, 79, German sociologist. •
Tony DeZuniga, 79, Filipino comic book artist and co-creator of
Jonah Hex and
Black Orchid, complications from stroke. •
Alfred Diamant, 94, Austrian-born American political scientist. •
Leela Roy Ghosh, 64, Indian actress and voice-dubbing artist, complications of liver transplant surgery. •
Rose Mary Glaser, 90, American
AAGPBL baseball player. •
Thea Hochleitner, 86, Austrian Olympic bronze medal-winning (
1956) alpine skier. •
Grant Jeffrey, 63, Canadian Bible teacher and writer. •
Rodolfo Kappenberger, 95, Swiss footballer. •
Sir Michael Kerry, 88, British public servant,
Treasury Solicitor (1980–1984). •
Annemarie Roeper, 93, Austrian-born American educator, co-founder of the
Roeper School, pneumonia. •
László Seregi, 82, Hungarian dancer and choreographer. •
Roland Shaw, 91, British bandleader and music arranger. •
Martin Stovold, 56, English cricketer. •
Travis H. Tomlinson, 98, American politician, Mayor of
Raleigh, North Carolina (1965–1969). •
Frank Wills, 53, American baseball player (
Toronto Blue Jays,
Kansas City Royals,
Cleveland Indians).
12 •
Jan Bens, 91, Dutch footballer (
Feyenoord). •
Frank Bethwaite, 91, New Zealand boat designer, author and meteorologist. •
Ferrin C. Campbell, 88, American politician. •
J. William Costerton, 77, Canadian microbiologist. •
Paul Cyr, 48, Canadian hockey player (
Buffalo Sabres,
New York Rangers,
Hartford Whalers), heart failure. •
Paul Dee, 65, American lawyer and athletic director (
University of Miami). •
Ernst Josef Fittkau, 84, German entomologist. •
Ruth Foster, 92, American actress (
Little House on the Prairie). •
Richard Gerrard-Wright, 82, British Army officer. •
Terry Martin, 74, American surfboard shaper. •
Neil McKenty, 87, Canadian radio talk-show host and author. •
Donald Nicholson, 96, British biochemist. •
Eddy Paape, 91, Belgian comics artist (
Luc Orient). •
Harold Arthur Poling, 86, American businessman, CEO and Chairman of
Ford Motor Company (1990–1993). •
Sam Porcello, 76, American food scientist, created the
Oreo cookie filling. •
Ken Selby, 76, American businessman, founder of
Mazzio's, complications from lung cancer. •
Fritz Ursell, 89, German-born British mathematician (
Ursell number).
13 •
Trond Bråthen, 34, Norwegian singer and guitarist (
Urgehal), natural causes. •
William G. Braud, 69, American psychologist and parapsychologist. •
Marek Cichosz, 32, Polish cyclist. •
Arsala Rahmani Daulat, Afghan politician,
Afghan High Peace Council member, shot. •
Donald "Duck" Dunn, 70, American bass guitarist (
The Blues Brothers,
Booker T. & the M.G.'s). •
Paul Engstad, 85, Norwegian writer and politician. •
Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz, 69, American theologian, cancer. •
Les Leston, 91, British racing driver. •
Andy Mate, 72, American soccer player. •
Jean McFarlane, Baroness McFarlane of Llandaff, 86, British nurse and peer. •
Nguyễn Văn Thiện, 106, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Vĩnh Long (1960–1968). •
Lee Richardson, 33, British speedway rider, race crash. •
Nolan Richardson III, 47, American college basketball coach (
Tennessee State University). •
Don Ritchie, 85, Australian volunteer, rescued 160 people from suicide. •
Jack Simcock, 82, British artist. •
Bill Walsh, 84, American football player (
Pittsburgh Steelers). •
Trevor Young, 86, New Zealand politician,
MP for
Hutt (1968–1978);
Eastern Hutt (1978–1990).
14 •
Vladimer Aptsiauri, 50, Georgian Olympic gold medal-winning (
1988) fencer. •
Burgess Carr, 76, Liberian-born American priest, religious leader, and professor, Lewy bodies disease. •
Joséphine Catapano, 93, American perfumer. •
Horia Damian, 90, Romanian painter and sculptor. •
Tor Marius Gromstad, 22, Norwegian footballer (
Stabæk), fall. (body discovered on this date) •
Mitchell Guist, 48, American reality series cast member (
Swamp People), natural causes. •
Derek Hammond-Stroud, 86, English opera singer. •
Ernst Hinterberger, 80, Austrian author and screenwriter (
Kaisermühlen Blues,
Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter). •
Taruni Sachdev, 14, Indian film actress (
Vellinakshatram,
Sathyam,
Paa,
Vetri Selvan),
plane crash. •
Mario Trejo, 86, Argentine poet. •
Belita Woods, 63, American funk singer (
Brainstorm,
Parliament-Funkadelic), heart failure.
15 •
Donald S. Bryan, 90, American Air Force pilot and
flying ace. •
Henry Denker, 99, American novelist and playwright, lung cancer. •
Carlos Fuentes, 83, Panamanian-born Mexican novelist, internal hemorrhage. •
Jean Craighead George, 92, American children's author (
Julie of the Wolves,
My Side of the Mountain), heart failure. •
Peter Koslowski, 59, German philosopher and academic. •
Arno Lustiger, 88, Upper Silesian-born German writer and Judaic historian. •
Zakaria Mohieddin, 93, Egyptian politician and military officer,
Vice President (1961–1964, 1965–1968),
Prime Minister (1965–1966). •
John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl, 83, South African-born
hereditary peer of the
Peerage of Scotland. •
Dominique Rolin, 99, Belgian author. •
Sir Roy Shaw, 93, British arts administrator. •
Frederick E. Smith, 93, British author (
633 Squadron), heart attack. •
Ángel Alfredo Villatoro, 47, Honduran journalist and radio personality, killed. •
Horst Walter, 75, German artist. •
George Wyllie, 90, Scottish sculptor.
16 •
Patricia Aakhus, 59, American novelist, cancer. •
James Abdnor, 89, American politician,
U.S. Representative (1973–1981) and
U.S. Senator (1981–1987) from
South Dakota. •
Dwight Bentel, 103, American journalist and professor. •
Jože Bertoncelj, 90, Slovenian alpine skier. •
Maria Bieșu, 76, Moldovan opera singer, leukemia. •
Barry Blaikie, 77, Australian politician. •
Chuck Brown, 75, American singer and musician ("
Bustin' Loose"), multiple organ failure. •
Warren Bruno, 63, American restaurateur. •
Ernie Chan, 71, Filipino-born American comic book artist (
Batman,
Doctor Strange,
Conan the Barbarian). •
Pat Dickie, 93, Australian politician, member of the
Victorian Legislative Council for
Ballarat (1956–1978). •
Doug Dillard, 75, American bluegrass musician (
The Dillards) and actor (
The Andy Griffith Show), lung infection. •
Kurt Felix, 71, Swiss
television presenter,
thymoma. •
Hans Geister, 83, German Olympic bronze medallist relay runner (1952). •
Hugo Gottfrit, 61, Argentine football player. •
Kevin Hickey, 56, American baseball player (
Chicago White Sox,
Baltimore Orioles), complications of a seizure. •
Andrei Mylnikov, 93, Russian painter. •
Thad Tillotson, 71, American baseball player (
New York Yankees,
Nakai Hawks). •
Anne Warner, 71, British biologist, cerebral haemorrhage.
17 •
Warda Al-Jazairia, 72, Algerian singer, cardiac arrest. •
Marion C. Bascom, 87, American civil rights leader, heart attack. •
Herbert Breslin, 87, American music industry executive, heart attack. •
Bobby Cain, 81, American racing driver. •
France Clidat, 79, French classical pianist. •
Betty Cordon, 88, American socialite. •
James Doss, 73, American writer. •
Gideon Ezra, 74, Israeli politician,
MK (since 1996), lung cancer. •
Patrick Mafisango, 32, Congolese-born Rwandan footballer, car accident. •
Stepan Pogosyan, 80, Armenian historian and politician. •
Derek Round, 77, New Zealand journalist, injuries following assault. (body discovered on this date) •
Ron Shock, 69, American stand-up comedian, urethral cancer. •
Donna Summer, 63, American singer (
"Bad Girls",
"Hot Stuff",
"Last Dance", "
I Feel Love"), lung cancer. •
Harald Synnes, 81, Norwegian politician. •
Marcy Tigner, 90, American Christian children's entertainer. •
Sir Moti Tikaram, 87, Fijian judge and ombudsman.
18 •
Arthur Bertram Court, 84, Australian botanist. •
Dick Everitt, 90, English footballer. •
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, 86, German baritone and conductor. •
Tom Fuentes, 63, American political leader, Orange County Republican Party chairman (1985–2004), liver cancer. •
Marco Antonio Ávila García, 39, Mexican crime reporter, strangulation. •
Peter Jones, 49, British drummer (
Crowded House), brain cancer. •
Justo Justo, 70, Filipino columnist and politician. •
Eugene Lacritz, 82, American conductor. •
Hans-Dieter Lange, 85, German TV journalist. •
Alan Oakley, 85, British designer of
Raleigh Chopper bicycle, cancer. •
Paul O'Sullivan, 48, Canadian comedian and actor (
It Takes Two,
George Shrinks,
Grossology), traffic collision. •
Gavin Packard, 48, British-born Indian Bollywood film actor, respiratory disease. •
A. Teeuw, 90, Dutch critic of Indonesian literature.
19 •
Willard Bond, 85, American painter. •
Bob Boozer, 75, American Olympic gold medal-winning (
1960) basketball player (
New York Knicks,
Chicago Bulls), brain aneurysm. •
Rudolf Braun, 82, Swiss historian. •
Tamara Brooks, 70, American choral conductor, heart attack. •
Ian Burgess, 81, British racing driver. •
Muriel Cerf, 61, French writer, cancer. •
Jacques Clancy, 92, French actor. •
Isak Doera, 80, Philippines-born Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Sintang (1976–1996). •
John Guest, 73, British geologist. •
Ranjit Kumar Gupta, 93, Indian police chief. •
Gerhard Hetz, 69, German Olympic silver and bronze medal-winning (
1964) swimmer. •
Phil Lamason, 93, New Zealand Air Force officer. •
Ann Rosener, 97, American photojournalist.
20 •
Safiuddin Ahmed, 89, Bangladeshi painter and printmaker. •
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, 60, Libyan terrorist, convicted of bombing
Pan Am Flight 103, prostate cancer. •
Jacqueline Ayer, 82, American author, illustrator, fashion and textile designer. •
Bob Bethell, 69, American politician,
Kansas State Representative (since 1999), car accident. •
Alan Britton, 89, New Zealand cricketer. •
Louis F. Burns, 92, American tribal and
Osage Nation historian. •
Leela Dube, 89, Indian anthropologist. •
Geoffrey Evans, 69, Irish serial killer. •
John George, 81, Scottish officer of arms. •
Robin Gibb, 62, British singer and songwriter (
Bee Gees), liver and kidney failure. •
Ernestine Glossbrenner, 79, American educator and politician. •
Nils Jernsletten, 77, Norwegian linguist. •
David Littman, 78, British historian and human rights activist. •
Bholabhai Patel, 77, Indian Gujarati author. •
Eugene Polley, 96, American engineer, inventor of the wireless
TV remote control. •
Howie Richmond, 94, American music publisher and executive. •
David Ridgway, 74, British archaeologist. •
Raul Rojas, 70, American former WBA featherweight champion boxer. •
Carrie Smith, 86, American blues and jazz singer. •
Andrew B. Steinberg, 53, American lawyer. •
Marc Strange, 70, Canadian television writer (
The Beachcombers) and actor (
X-Men: The Animated Series,
ReGenesis), cancer. •
Svenn Stray, 90, Norwegian politician,
Minister of Foreign Affairs (1970–1971, 1981–1986). •
Sultana Zaman, 76, Bangladeshi actress.
21 •
Kateryna Adamenko, 93, Ukrainian athlete and coach, atherosclerosis. •
Bahram Alivandi, 83–84, Iranian-born Austrian artist. •
Andreas Arntzen, 83, Norwegian barrister. •
C.C. Banana, 43, American comedian, suicide. •
Kevin Barry, 62, New Zealand rugby league player. •
Eddie Blazonczyk, 70, American
polka musician, natural causes. •
Otis Clark, 109, American evangelist, oldest known survivor of the 1921
Tulsa race riot, and butler (
Clark Gable,
Joan Crawford), natural causes. •
Constantine of Irinoupolis, 75, American
Orthodox hierarch, Primate of the
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA (since 1993). •
Heiko Daxl, 54, German media artist. •
Roman Dumbadze, 48, Georgian rebel commander, shot. •
Giovinella Gonthier, 63, Seychellian teacher, concierge, diplomat, author, and consultant. •
Heinrich Holland, 84, German-born American scientist. •
Ezell Lee, 74, American politician,
Mississippi State Representative (1988–1992) and
State Senator (1992–2012), cancer. •
Master Oats, 26, British Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the
Cheltenham Gold Cup (1995), myocardial infarction. •
Juan Manuel Montero Vázquez, 64, Spanish military surgeon. •
Douglas Rodríguez, 61, Cuban boxer, heart attack. •
Bill Stewart, 59, American football coach (
West Virginia University), apparent heart attack. •
Alan Thorne, 73, Australian anthropologist, developer of the theory of
multiregional origin of modern humans,
Alzheimer's disease. •
Rodolfo Félix Valdés, 86, Mexican politician,
Governor of Sonora (1985–1991).
22 •
Muzaffar Ahmed, 79, Bangladeshi economist, natural causes. •
Muzafar Bhutto, 41, Pakistani Sindhi nationalist politician. •
Juanita Boisseau, 100, American dancer. •
Wesley A. Brown, 85, American naval officer, first African-American graduate of the
U.S. Naval Academy, cancer. •
Michael Bryson, 69, American reporter. •
Janet Carroll, 71, American singer and actress (
Risky Business,
Married... with Children,
Murphy Brown), brain cancer. •
Daehaeng, 85, Korean Buddhist nun. •
Chico Formiga, 81, Brazilian footballer and manager, heart attack. •
Shiu-Ying Hu, 102, Chinese botanist. •
Henrik Kalocsai, 71, Hungarian Olympic track and field athlete. •
Flinder Anderson Khonglam, 67, Indian politician and physician,
Chief Minister of Meghalaya (2001–2003). •
Albion W. Knight Jr., 87, American army officer, bishop and politician. •
Dave Mann, 79, American football player (
Chicago Cardinals,
Toronto Argonauts), complications from dementia. •
Hazel Monteith, 94, Jamaican consumer rights advocate. •
John Moores Jr., 83, English businessman, Chancellor of
Liverpool John Moores University (1994–1999). •
Elaine Mulqueen, 80, American children's television host and personality. •
Edmund Potrzebowski, 85, Polish Olympic athlete. •
Janet Lees Price, 69, British actress (''
Blake's 7, Z-Cars''). •
Mike Voight, 58, American football player. •
Sir Derek Wanless, 64, British banker and public policy adviser, pancreatic cancer. •
Jesse Whittenton, 78, American football player (
Green Bay Packers,
Los Angeles Rams). •
Hidekazu Yoshida, 98, Japanese music critic and literary critic.
23 •
T. Garry Buckley, 89, American politician,
Vermont State Senator (1955–1965),
Lieutenant Governor (1977–1979). •
Aub Carrigan, 94, Australian cricketer. •
Gyula Elek, 80, Hungarian handball player and coach. •
Sattareh Farmanfarmaian, 91, Iranian writer and princess. •
Paul Fussell, 88, American literary scholar and social critic, natural causes. •
Millie Goldsholl, 92, American film director and producer. •
Hal Jackson, 96, American disc jockey and radio personality. •
Leonel Mitchell, 81, American liturgical scholar. •
William C. Wampler, 86, American politician,
U.S. Representative for Virginia (1953–1955, 1967–1983).
24 •
Ursula Arnold, 83, German photographer. •
George Ceithaml, 91, American football player. •
Klaas Carel Faber, 90, Dutch-born
Nazi war criminal, kidney failure. •
Kathi Kamen Goldmark, 63, American writer, cancer. •
James Arnot Hamilton, 89, British aircraft designer. •
Jacqueline Harpman, 82, Belgian writer. •
Hermengild Li Yi, 88, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Lu'an (since 1998). •
Juan Francisco Lombardo, 86, Argentine football player. •
Toby Maduot, 78, Sudanese politician. •
Mark McConnell, 50, American drummer (
Sebastian Bach,
Blackfoot), multiple organ failure. •
Ndombe Opetum, 68, Congolese musician. •
William Rathje, 66, American archaeologist. •
Lee Rich, 93, American television executive and producer (
The Waltons,
Dallas), co-founder of
Lorimar Television, lung cancer.
25 •
R. Dilip, 56, Indian actor, heart attack. •
Robert Fossier, 84, French historian. •
Keith Gardner, 82, Jamaican Olympic bronze medal-winning (
1960) athlete, complications of surgery and stroke. •
Alistair Hamilton, 77, Scottish lawyer, scout leader and banker. •
William Hanley, 80, American screenwriter and playwright. •
Edoardo Mangiarotti, 93, Italian Olympic gold medal-winning (
1936,
1952,
1956,
1960) fencer. •
Peter D. Sieruta, 63, American writer and critic, complications due to a fall. •
Beatrice Sparks, 95, American therapist and writer. •
Doug Walton, 65–66, English rugby league player. •
Lou Watson, 88, American basketball player and coach (
Indiana University).
26 •
Zvi Aharoni, 91, German-born Israeli
Mossad agent. •
Orhan Boran, 84, Turkish television host, bone marrow cancer. •
Arthur Decabooter, 75, Belgian professional
racing cyclist, heart attack. •
Leo Dillon, 79, American comic book illustrator (''
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears''), complications from lung surgery. •
Anna-Lisa Eriksson, 83, Swedish Olympic bronze medal-winning (
1956) cross-country skier. •
Omar Muhammad Farah, 36–37, Somali teacher and politician, road accident. •
Stephen Healey, 29, British Army officer and footballer (
Swansea City),
improvised explosive device. •
Hiroshi Miyazawa, 90, Japanese politician,
Minister of Justice (1995), Governor of
Hiroshima Prefecture (1973–1981), natural causes. •
Jean Morton, 91, British television presenter. •
Hans Schmidt, 87, Canadian professional wrestler. •
Jim Unger, 75, English-born Canadian cartoonist (
Herman). •
Roy Wilson, 72, Jamaican singer (
Higgs and Wilson).
27 •
José María Busto, 88, Spanish footballer. •
Dee Caruso, 83, American television writer (
Get Smart,
The Monkees), pneumonia. •
Simeon Daniel, 77, Kittitian politician, first
Premier of Nevis (1983–1992). •
Octiabr' Emelianenko, 85, Soviet Russian physicist. •
Friedrich Hirzebruch, 84, German mathematician. •
Zita Kabátová, 99, Czech actress. •
Richard Wall Lyman, 88, American educator and historian, President of
Stanford University (1970–1980), heart failure. •
William Lee Miller, 86, American historian. •
David Rimoin, 75, American geneticist, pancreatic cancer. •
Earl Shorris, 75, American writer and social critic. •
Johnny Tapia, 45, American former triple world champion boxer. •
Jan de Vries, 88, Canadian army veteran.
28 •
Pierre Allès, 95, Algerian racing cyclist. •
Don Anthony, 83, British Olympic hammer thrower. •
Gregorio Baro, 83, Argentine chemist. •
Ed Burton, 72, American basketball player. •
Andy Cameron, 52-53, British interactive artist and writer, heart attack. •
Hugh Dawnay, 79, English soldier and polo player. •
Rheta DeVries, 75, American psychologist. •
Bob Edwards, 86, British journalist. •
Richard Killen, 82, Australian politician, member of the
New South Wales Legislative Council (1981–1991). •
Judith Nelson, 72, American opera singer. •
Harry Parker, 64, American baseball player (
St. Louis Cardinals,
New York Mets,
Cleveland Indians). •
Ludovic Quistin, 28, Guadeloupean footballer (
Tamworth), traffic accident. •
Yuri Susloparov, 53, Ukrainian-born Russian football player and coach. •
Emmanuel David Tannenbaum, 33, Israeli scientist. •
Matthew Yuricich, 89, American special effects artist (
Field of Dreams,
Close Encounters of the Third Kind,
Blade Runner).
29 •
Toni Arden, 88, American singer. •
André Bernier, 81, Canadian politician and accountant. •
Dick Beals, 85, American voice actor (
Davey and Goliath,
Speedy Alka-Seltzer). •
Vince Cardell, 73, American pianist. •
Maureen Dunlop de Popp, 91, Argentinian-born British aviator. •
Elizabeth Ewen, American historian. •
John Fredriksson, 88, Swedish alpine skier. •
Nasir Gadžihanov, 45, Macedonian Olympic wrestler. •
Frederick Gehring, 64, American mathematician. •
Cassandra Jardine, 57, British journalist, cancer. •
Mark Minkov, 67, Russian composer. •
Mohamed Taieb Naciri, 73, Moroccan lawyer and politician. •
Jim Paratore, 58, American television producer (
TMZ,
The Ellen DeGeneres Show, ''
The Rosie O'Donnell Show''), heart attack. •
Ivor Porter, 98, British diplomat. •
Ola O. Røssum, 86, Norwegian politician. •
Kaneto Shindo, 100, Japanese film director, natural causes. •
Doc Watson, 89, American folk and bluegrass musician, complications following surgery.
30 •
Zahir Alam, 42, Indian cricketer, liver ailment. •
Barton Lidice Beneš, 69, American artist. •
Jerry Blemker, 67, American baseball coach. •
Duane Bryers, 100, American painter, illustrator, and sculptor. •
Pierre Ceyrac, 98, French Jesuit missionary. •
Tomas Fernandez Concepcion, 78, Filipino politician. •
Aldo Conterno, 81, Italian winemaker. •
Pete Cosey, 68, American guitarist. •
Edi Federer, 57, Austrian ski jumper,
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. •
John Fox, 59, American comedian, colon cancer. •
Buddy Freitag, 80, American Broadway theatre producer (
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,
Catch Me If You Can), brain tumor. •
Sir Andrew Huxley, 94, British physiologist, biophysicist, and Nobel laureate (Physiology or Medicine, 1963). •
Albertus Klijn, 89, Dutch religious scholar. •
Charles Lemmond, 84, American politician,
Pennsylvania State Senator (1985–2006). •
Farideh Mashini, Iranian feminist activist. •
Hamza Ben Driss Ottmani, 72, Moroccan economist and writer. •
Mr. Imagination, 64, American
outsider artist, blood infection. •
Gerhard Pohl, 74, German politician, drowning. •
Rekin Teksoy, 84, Turkish lawyer, author and translator. •
Jack Twyman, 78, American
Hall of Fame basketball player (
Rochester/Cincinnati Royals), blood cancer.
31 •
Natasha Borovsky, 87, Russian American poet and novelist. •
Christopher Challis, 93, British cinematographer (
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,
Top Secret!,
Mary, Queen of Scots). •
John H. Ewing, 93, American politician. •
Desmond Fernando, 81, Sri Lankan doctor and inventor. •
Roger Fournier, 82, Canadian writer and television director. •
Farid Habib, 77, Lebanese politician,
MP for
El Koura (since 2005), illness. •
Nélson Jacobina, 58, Brazilian songwriter ("
Maracatu Atômico"), lung cancer. •
Randall B. Kester, 95, American attorney and judge. •
Mark Midler, 80, Russian Olympic gold medal-winning (
1960,
1964) foil fencer. •
Paul Pietsch, 100, German Formula One and Grand Prix race car driver, first to reach the age of 100, pneumonia. •
Paul Sussman, 45, British journalist (
CNN), archaeologist, and author, ruptured aneurysm. •
Gareth Walters, 83, Welsh musician. •
Orlando Woolridge, 52, American basketball player (
Chicago Bulls) and coach (
Los Angeles Sparks), heart disease. •
Zhou Ruchang, 94, Chinese academic and
redologist. ==References==