1 •
Amsale Aberra, 64, Ethiopian-born American fashion designer, uterine cancer. •
Françoise Adret, 97, French ballerina and choreographer. •
Bob Beattie, 85, American skiing coach (
national team) and sports commentator (
ABC Sports,
ESPN). •
Steven Bochco, 74, American television producer and writer (
Hill Street Blues,
L.A. Law,
NYPD Blue), 10-time
Emmy winner, leukemia. •
Gil Brealey, 85, Australian film director and producer (
Sunday Too Far Away, ''
Annie's Coming Out''). •
Ricardo Pedro Chaves Pinto Filho, 79, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Leopoldina (1990–1996) and Archbishop of
Pouso Alegre (1996–2014). •
Foster Diebold, 85, American academic, President of the
University of Alaska system (1977–1979) and
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (1979–1996). •
Edward Digby, 12th Baron Digby, 93, British peer and Army officer. •
Gabriel Dover, 80, British geneticist, chest infection. •
Robert F. Gatje, 90, American architect, stroke. •
Kazimierz Gierżod, 81, Polish pianist. •
Michiko Hirayama, 94, Japanese singer. •
Almerindo Jaka Jamba, 69, Angolan politician and rebel leader (
UNITA), stroke. •
Etelka Keserű, 92, Hungarian politician, Minister of Light Industry (1971–1980). •
Audrey Morris, 89, American jazz singer and pianist. •
Brian Moynahan, 77, British journalist and historian. •
Vladimir Nakoryakov, 82, Russian physicist, absorptive
heat pump theorist. •
Jocelyn Newman, 80, Australian politician,
Senator for
Tasmania (1986–2002),
Minister for Social Security (1996–1998) and
Family and Community Services (1998–2001), Alzheimer's disease. •
Aimo Nieminen, 77, Finnish Olympic weightlifter. •
John Pretlove, 85, English cricketer (
Kent). •
C. V. Rajendran, 81, Indian film director. •
Wilfrid Rall, 95, American neuroscientist. •
Efraín Ríos Montt, 91, Guatemalan military officer and politician,
President (1982–1983), heart attack. •
Avichai Rontzki, 66, Israeli general,
Chief Military Rabbi of the
Israel Defence Forces (2006–2010), colorectal cancer. •
Michel Sénéchal, 91, French tenor. •
Ruth Sonntag Nussenzweig, 89, Austrian-Brazilian immunologist. •
Scott Sowers, 54, American actor (
Cracker,
Erin Brockovich,
Money Train), heart attack. •
Efraín Trelles, 64, Peruvian historian of Spanish colonialism and sports commentator, heart attack. •
Julia Vargas-Weise, 76, Bolivian photographer, screenwriter, and film director (
Sealed Cargo).
2 •
Susan Anspach, 75, American actress (
Five Easy Pieces,
Play It Again, Sam,
Blume in Love), heart failure. •
Clyde Billington Jr., 83, American politician, member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives (1971–1979). •
P. L. Thibaut Brian, 87, American chemical engineer. •
Wes Buller, 89, American football coach. •
Alton Ford, 36, American basketball player (
Phoenix Suns,
Houston Rockets), lymphoma. •
Anthony Freeman, 29, American
Roman Catholic religious brother and author, dilated cardiomyopathy. •
Sara Ginaite, 94, Lithuanian-born Canadian author and resistance fighter. •
Morris Halle, 94, Latvian-born American linguist. •
Claus Heß, 84, German Olympic rower (
1956). •
Michael M. T. Henderson, 75-76, American linguist. •
Evert Kroon, 71, Dutch water polo player, Olympic bronze medalist (
1976). •
Tuiloma Pule Lameko, 83, Samoan politician. •
Connie Lawn, 73, American journalist, longest-serving
White House correspondent, Parkinson's disease. •
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, 81, South African anti-apartheid activist and politician,
MP (since 2009), complications of diabetes. •
Ahmed Janka Nabay, 54, Sierra Leonean
Bubu musician. •
Elie Onana, 66, Cameroonian footballer (
Canon Yaoundé,
national team). •
Bill Rademacher, 75, American football player (
New York Jets,
New England Patriots,
Northern Michigan Wildcats). •
Bo Rather, 67, American football player (
Chicago Bears,
Miami Dolphins). •
Laura Roslof, 69, American illustrator (
Dungeons & Dragons). •
Bill Royer, 88, American politician. •
Fufi Santori, 85, Puerto Rican Olympic basketball player (
1960) and writer. •
Paul Sinibaldi, 96, French footballer (
Reims). •
Burton Smith, 77, American computer scientist, complications from heart disease. •
Ahmed Khaled Tawfik, 55, Egyptian novelist. •
Wilbur Ternyik, 92, American civic leader and politician. •
Minoru Uchida, 91, Japanese actor (
Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise). •
Bhai Vaidya, 89, Indian politician. •
Velga Vīlipa, 78, Latvian actress.
3 •
Bujari Ahmed, 65, Sahrawi diplomat and
independentism leader, Permanent Representative of
Polisario to the
UN (since 1992). •
Ogilvy Berlouis, 67, Seychellois politician, Minister of Home Affairs (1977–1979), Minister of Defence (1979–1986). •
Ron Dunbar, 78, American songwriter ("
Give Me Just a Little More Time", "
Band of Gold", "
Patches"),
Grammy winner (
1971). •
David Edgerton, 90, American entrepreneur, co-founder of
Burger King, complications from surgery. •
David J. Foulis, 87, American mathematician. •
Seymour Glanzer, 91, American lawyer. •
Pam Golding, 89, South African real estate developer. •
Eugene M. Grant, 99, American real estate mogul. •
Mary Hatcher, 88, American actress (
The Big Wheel), bile duct cancer. •
Dale Haupt, 88, American football coach (
Chicago Bears,
Philadelphia Eagles). •
Kelly Lai Chen, 84, Hong Kong actor. •
Lill-Babs, 80, Swedish singer ("
En tuff brud i lyxförpackning", "
Är du kär i mej ännu Klas-Göran?") and actress, cancer and heart failure. •
Hashem Mahameed, 73, Israeli politician, member of
Knesset (1990–2003). •
Stuart Matchett, 67, Australian broadcaster, cancer. •
Charles McDew, 79, American civil rights activist. •
Howard T. Owens Jr., 83, American politician and judge. •
Arrigo Petacco, 88, Italian journalist and writer. •
Irma Rapuzzi, 107, French politician. •
Jacques Tixier, 93, French archaeologist and prehistorian. •
Zollie Toth, 94, American football player (
New York Yanks,
Dallas Texans,
Baltimore Colts). •
Tomas Villa, 34, Mexican boxer, traffic collision. •
Leonard Gilchrist Wilson, 89, Canadian-born American science historian. •
Noela Young, 88, Australian illustrator (
The Muddle-Headed Wombat,
Finders Keepers).
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Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad, 87, Syrian
Syriac Catholic hierarch, Patriarch of
Antioch and all the East (2001–2008). •
Andres Ammas, 56, Estonian politician. •
David Bonetti, 71, American art critic. •
Burt Boyar, 90, American voice actor (
Archie Andrews) and author. •
Don Cherry, 94, American singer ("
Band of Gold") and golfer. •
Elton Georges, 74, British Virgin Islands politician,
Deputy Governor (1983–2003, 2007–2008). •
Gertrude Jeannette, 103, American actress (
Shaft). •
Li Zhengyou, 82, Chinese agronomist and politician, Vice-Governor of
Yunnan Province. •
John Lynch, 91, British historian of Latin America. •
C. Shannon Mallory, 81, American Anglican prelate, Bishop of
Botswana (1972–1978) and
El Camino Real (1980–1990), leukemia. •
Tom Morrow, 79, American football player (
Oakland Raiders). •
Jim Nielsen, 79, Canadian politician,
MLA (1975–1986). •
Soon-Tek Oh, 85, South Korean-American actor (
The Man with the Golden Gun,
Mulan,
M*A*S*H), Alzheimer's disease. •
Jonathan Pitre, 17, Canadian advocate for raising awareness of
epidermolysis bullosa, complications from septic shock. •
Stuart Pottasch, 86, American astronomer. •
Raobail, 80, Indian cartoonist. •
Joaquín del Real, 76, Spanish Olympic rower. •
Leonid Sokov, 76, Russian artist and sculptor. •
Johnny Valiant, 71, American
Hall of Fame professional wrestler (
The Valiant Brothers) and manager (
WWF,
AWA), traffic collision. •
Clément Vincent, 86, Canadian politician,
MP (1962–1966). •
Ron White, 64, Canadian actor (
Copper,
Unforgiven,
Republic of Doyle), cancer. •
Ray Wilkins, 61, English football player (
Chelsea,
Manchester United) and manager (
Queens Park Rangers), heart attack.
5 •
Yuri Abramochkin, 81, Russian photographer and photojournalist. •
Grady Alderman, 79, American football player (
Minnesota Vikings). •
Eric Bristow, 60, English
Hall of Fame darts player, world champion (
1980,
1981,
1984,
1985,
1986), heart attack. •
George Bryanchaninov, 98, Russian-Australian priest in the
Russian Greek Catholic Church. •
Cynthia Chalk, 104, Canadian photographer. •
Charles de Chassiron, 69, British diplomat, cancer. •
Martin Cockerham, 67, British singer-songwriter (
Spirogyra). •
Geoffrey M. Footner, 94, American maritime historian, heart failure. •
Cola Franzen, 95, American writer and translator. •
Dieter Freise, 73, German field hockey player, Olympic champion (
1972). •
Lars Hall, 79, Swedish advertiser and art director. •
Ajith Kollam, 55, Indian actor, stomach illness. •
Jun Morinaga, 80, Japanese photographer. •
Tim O'Connor, 90, American actor (
Peyton Place,
General Hospital,
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century), cancer. •
Bolette Sutermeister Petri, 97, Danish-Swiss travel writer. (death announced on this date) •
Jim Pietrzak, 65, American football player (
New York Giants,
New Orleans Saints,
Kansas City Chiefs). •
Branislav Pokrajac, 71, Serbian handball player, Olympic champion (
1972). •
Frederick D. Reese, 88, American civil rights activist. •
Saw O Moo, 42–43, Burmese environmental activist, shot. •
Mete Sozen, 87, Turkish-born American structural engineer. •
Isao Takahata, 82, Japanese film director, producer and screenwriter (
Grave of the Fireflies,
Only Yesterday,
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya), co-founder of
Studio Ghibli, lung cancer. •
Cecil Taylor, 89, American jazz pianist and poet. •
Jaime Thorne León, 74, Peruvian politician,
Minister of Defense (2010–2011). •
Irina Tokmakova, 89, Russian writer. •
Raymonde Vergauwen, 90, Belgian Olympic swimmer (
1952).
6 •
Daniel Akaka, 93, American educator and politician, member of the
U.S. House of Representatives from
Hawaii's 2nd district (1977–1990) and
Senate (1990–2013), organ failure. •
Daniel Chavarría, 84, Uruguayan-born Cuban author. •
Dorothy Garlock, 98, American historical romance author. •
Aby Gartmann, 87, Swiss Olympic bobsledder. •
Billy Gustafsson, 70, Swedish politician,
MP (2002–2014). •
Jacques Higelin, 77, French pop singer. •
Raj Kishore, 85, Indian actor (
Sholay), heart attack. •
Aleksandr Kurlovich, 56, Belarusian weightlifter, Olympic champion (
1988,
1992). •
Senteni Masango, 37, Swazi royal, 8th wife of
Mswati III of Eswatini. •
Donald McKayle, 87, American dancer and choreographer (
The Great White Hope,
Bedknobs and Broomsticks,
The Jazz Singer). •
Colin McLeod, 96, New Zealand civil engineer,
Commissioner of Works (1973–1981). •
Yaser Murtaja, 30, Palestinian journalist,
shot. •
Pavol Paška, 60, Slovak politician,
MP (since 2002),
Speaker of the Slovak National Council (2006–2010, 2012–2014). •
Acácio Pereira Magro, 85, Portuguese politician, economist and academic,
Minister of Social Affairs (1978–1979) and
Commerce and Tourism (1979–1980). •
Mary Lou Sallee, 87, American politician. •
Henryk Skolimowski, 87, Polish philosopher. •
Lewis Van Bergen, 79, American actor (
Bugsy,
Sable). •
Edla Van Steen, 81, Brazilian playwright, actress and journalist. •
Ted Washburn, 75, American Olympic rower. •
Urbano Zea, 49, Mexican Olympic swimmer (
1988), heart attack.
7 •
Brigitte Ahrenholz, 65, German rower, Olympic champion (
1976). (body discovered on this date) •
Ai Xing, 93, Chinese mechanical engineer, member of the
Chinese Academy of Engineering. •
Agni Vlavianos Arvanitis, 82, American biologist. •
Gerald Ayres, 82, American studio executive (
Columbia Pictures) and film producer (
The Last Detail,
Cisco Pike), complications from dementia. •
Munin Barua, 71, Indian film director. •
John D. Biggers, 94–95, British biologist and physiologist. •
Petr Braiko, 98, Soviet soldier,
Hero of the Soviet Union. •
Petr Černý, 84, Czechoslovak-born Canadian mineralogist. •
Francisco D'Alessandri, 87, Argentine Olympic equestrian. •
Eric England, 84, American sniper. •
Peter Grünberg, 78, German physicist, co-discoverer of
giant magnetoresistance,
Nobel Prize laureate (2007). •
Robert C. Hicks, 91, American football player and coach. •
Gerd Honsik, 76, Austrian writer and
Holocaust denier. •
Ed Kissell, 88, American football player (
Pittsburgh Steelers). •
Koichi, 37, Japanese kickboxer, traffic collision. •
Li Zhen, 93, Chinese politician, Chairman of the
Shandong People's Congress (1985–1996). •
Samuel B. McKinney, 91, American civil rights activist and pastor. •
Ángel Peralta Pineda, 92, Spanish
rejoneador, respiratory failure. •
Božidar Smiljanić, 81, Croatian actor. •
Wang Wusheng, 73, Chinese photographer.
8 •
Leila Abashidze, 88, Georgian actress (
Keto and Kote), film director and screenwriter, stroke. •
Tate Adams, 96, Northern Irish-born Australian printmaker. •
António Barros, 68, Portuguese footballer (
Benfica,
national team). •
William Sperry Beinecke, 103, American philanthropist. •
Nathan Davis, 81, American jazz musician. •
Michael Goolaerts, 23, Belgian racing cyclist, heart attack. •
Juraj Herz, 83, Czech film director, actor, writer and scenic designer. •
Barbora Horáčková, 49, Czech Olympic archer (
2008). •
Efraín Jara Idrovo, 92, Ecuadorian writer and existentialist poet,
Premio Eugenio Espejo (1999). •
Viacheslav Koleichuk, 77, Russian sound artist. •
Fjodor Koltšin, 61, Estonian Olympic skier (
1980). •
Sir Peter Le Cheminant, 97, British air chief marshal,
Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey (1980–1985). •
André Lerond, 87, French footballer (
Lyon,
Stade Français,
national team). •
Chuck McCann, 83, American voice actor (
DuckTales,
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero,
Fantastic Four), heart failure. •
Joe McConnell, 79, American sports announcer (
Minnesota Vikings,
Indiana Pacers,
Chicago White Sox). •
John Miles, 74, British racing driver, complications from a stroke. •
Gunnar Persson, 84, Swedish cartoonist. •
Guy Lyon Playfair, 83, British author and paranormal researcher. •
Óscar Saavedra San Martín, 77, Bolivian physicist, astrophysicist and academic.
9 •
Fredy Brupbacher, 83, Swiss Olympic alpine skier. •
Felix Chen, 75, Taiwanese conductor. •
Pierre Descoteaux, 66, Canadian lawyer and politician. •
Liam Devally, 85, Irish singer, television presenter and lawyer. •
Barney A. Ebsworth, 83, American business executive (
Build-A-Bear Workshop) and art collector. •
James Endres, 86, American politician. •
Jonathan M. Hess, 52, American philologist, aneurysm. •
Dewey Martin, 94, American actor (
The Big Sky,
Land of the Pharaohs,
Ten Thousand Bedrooms). •
Jigjidiin Mönkhbat, 76, Mongolian wrestler, Olympic silver medalist (
1968). •
Gerard S. Naples, 80, American politician. •
Ira Philip, 92, Bermudian writer and politician. •
Silviniaco Conti, 12, French racehorse,
team chasing accident. •
Kimberly G. Smith, 69, American biologist. •
Ruth Stewart, 101, American operatic soprano. •
Felipe Tejeda García, 83, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of
México (2000–2010). •
Edward Von der Porten, 84, American scholar. •
Rob Walton, 69, Canadian ice hockey player (
Minnesota Fighting Saints,
Vancouver Blazers,
Calgary Cowboys).
10 •
Peter Bayley, 73, British scholar. •
Alex Beckett, 35, English actor (
Twenty Twelve,
W1A,
I Live with Models), suicide by hanging. •
Danarto, 76, Indonesian writer and artist. •
John Dlugos, 89, Canadian football player (
Edmonton Eskimos). •
F'Murr, 72, French comics artist (
Le Génie des alpages). •
Samir Gharbo, 93, Egyptian Olympic water polo player (
1948,
1952). •
Viliam Karmažin, 95, Slovak composer and conductor. •
Andre de Krayewski, 84, Polish-American graphic artist. •
John Lambie, 77, Scottish football player (
Falkirk,
St Johnstone) and manager (
Partick Thistle). •
Li Dawei, 47, Chinese director (
The Story of a Noble Family),
intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. •
Li Yaowen, 99, Chinese admiral and diplomat, Political Commissar of the
PLA Navy (1980–1990). •
Jean Marzollo, 75, American children's author (
I Spy). •
J. D. McClatchy, 72, American poet, cancer. •
Fergie McCormick, 78, New Zealand rugby union player (
Canterbury,
national team), throat cancer. •
Richard Muth, 90, American economist, gallbladder cancer. •
Alastair Rellie, 83, British intelligence officer. •
Matthew Stark, 88, American civil rights activist. •
Sauro Tomà, 92, Italian football player (
Torino F.C.). •
Wu Nansheng, 95, Chinese politician, party chief of
Shenzhen. •
Yang Gui, 89, Chinese politician, chief designer of the
Red Flag Canal.
11 •
Gillian Ayres, 88, British abstract artist. •
Jim Caine, 91, Manx jazz pianist and radio presenter. •
Karen Dawisha, 68, American political scientist and writer (''
Putin's Kleptocracy''), lung cancer. •
Bruce M. Fischer, 82, American actor (
Escape from Alcatraz,
The Outlaw Josey Wales). •
Mary Giles, 73, American fiber artist, ovarian cancer. •
Jumana El Husseini, 86, Palestinian artist. •
Li Tian, 79, Chinese physicist and aircraft designer. •
Tania Lineham, 52, New Zealand educator, complications from
primary sclerosing cholangitis. •
Jorge Lozada Stanbury, 87, Peruvian agricultural engineer and politician,
Member of the Congress (1963–1965),
constituent deputy (1978–1980) and Speaker of the
Senate (1988). •
Aimo Mäenpää, 81, Finnish Olympic wrestler. •
Robert Matthews, 56, British athlete, Paralympic champion (
1984,
1988,
1992,
2000), brain tumor. •
Patrick F. McManus, 84, American writer. •
Mauro Panaggio, 90, American basketball coach (
SUNY Brockport,
Rochester Zeniths,
Quad City Thunder). •
Polixeni Papapetrou, 57, Australian photographer, breast cancer. •
Phillip Pipersburg, 62, Belizean Olympic sprinter. •
Theo Ramos, 89, Spanish-born British painter. •
André Richer, 90, Brazilian Olympic rower. •
Michael Schlesinger, 75, American climatologist. •
Jean-Claude Servan-Schreiber, 100, French politician and journalist,
MP (1965–1967). •
Mitzi Shore, 87, American comedy club owner (
The Comedy Store), Parkinson's disease. •
Zola Skweyiya, 75, South African politician,
Minister of Public Service and Administration (1994–1999) and
Social Development (1999–2009),
High Commissioner to the UK (2009–2014). •
Carmen Stănescu, 92, Romanian actress, cardiopulmonary arrest. •
Alexander Welsh, 84, American literary scholar. •
Kevin Wortman, 49, American ice hockey player (
Calgary Flames,
JYP Jyväskylä,
Schwenninger Wild Wings).
12 •
Gyula Babos, 68, Hungarian jazz guitarist. •
Heinrich Brändli, 79, Swiss engineer. •
Giuliano Cenci, 86, Italian animated film director (
The Adventures of Pinocchio), injuries due to a fall. •
Naseem Mirza Changezi, 108, Indian independence activist. •
Ronald Chesney, 97, British comedy screenwriter (
On the Buses,
The Rag Trade,
Romany Jones). •
Deborah Coleman, 61, American blues musician, complications from bronchitis and pneumonia. •
Stuart Devlin, 86, Australian goldsmith. •
Spas Dzhurov, 73, Bulgarian Olympic decathlete. •
Irwin Gage, 78, American pianist. •
Carlos Enrique Gómez Centurión, 93, Argentine politician, geologist and diplomat,
Governor of San Juan (1971–1973, 1987–1991). •
Hu Chengzhi, 100, Chinese palaeontologist and palaeoanthropologist, discoverer of
Keichousaurus. •
Rafael Grossman, 84, American rabbi. •
Brij Bhushan Kabra, 81, Indian classical slide guitar player (
Call of the Valley). •
Juozas Karvelis, 83, Lithuanian politician, co-signatory of the
Act of the Re-Establishment. •
Zoran Krasić, 62, Serbian politician,
Minister of Trade (1998–2000). •
Alan Lloyd, 91, British writer and journalist. •
Oliver Lozano, 77, Filipino lawyer and politician. •
Nestor Mata, 92, Filipino journalist. •
John Melcher, 93, American politician, member of the
U.S. House of Representatives from
Montana's 2nd district (1969–1977) and
Senate (1977–1989). •
Mark Merrill, 62, American football player (
New York Jets,
Denver Broncos,
Buffalo Bills). •
Neil Nugent, 91, British field hockey player, Olympic bronze medalist (
1952). •
Len Okrie, 94, American baseball player and coach (
Washington Senators,
Boston Red Sox). •
Bob Pickens, 75, American wrestler and football player (
Chicago Bears). •
Sergio Pitol, 85, Mexican novelist and translator,
Miguel de Cervantes Prize (2005), aphasia. •
Dame Daphne Sheldrick, 83, Kenyan-British conservationist, breast cancer. •
Włodzimierz Smoliński, 80, Polish Olympic wrestler. •
Kiyoko Takeda, 100, Japanese scholar.
13 •
Yogesh Atal, 80, Indian sociologist. •
Art Bell, 72, American author (
The Coming Global Superstorm) and radio host (
Coast to Coast AM, ''
Art Bell's Dark Matter''), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. •
Zbigniew Bujarski, 84, Polish composer. •
Cesarino Cervellati, 88, Italian football player and manager (
Bologna). •
Ron Cooper, 79, English footballer (
Peterborough United). •
Isa Degener, 93, German-born American plant collector and botanist. •
Barrie Dexter, 96, Australian diplomat and public servant. •
J. Harold Ellens, 84, American psychologist and theologian. •
Walter Fink, 87, German entrepreneur and music patron. •
Miloš Forman, 86, Czech-American film director (''
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, The People vs. Larry Flynt''),
Oscar winner (
1976,
1985). •
Joy Laville, 94, English-Mexican artist,
National Prize for Arts and Sciences (2012). •
André Maman, 90, French politician and Romance philologist,
Senator (1992–2001). •
Graeme Mitchison, 73, English mathematician. •
William Nack, 77, American journalist (
Newsday,
Sports Illustrated) and author. •
Tata Subba Rao, 75–76, Indian-born British statistician. •
Lidia Redondo de Lucas, 52, Spanish librist and politician,
Senator (2005–2008). •
Jesús Rodríguez, 84, Spanish Olympic weightlifter. •
Marc Rowell, 80, Australian politician, member of the
Queensland Legislative Assembly for
Hinchinbrook (1989–2006). •
Clive Stanbrook, 70, British barrister. •
Joan Staniswalis, 60, American statistician. •
Fernando Tamayo Tamayo, 68, Colombian economist and politician,
MP (1994–2010) and
Senator (since 2010), cancer. •
Owen Webster, 89, American chemist. •
Gus Weill, 85, American political writer and strategist.
14 •
Rajendra Bhalekar, 66, Indian cricketer, multiple organ failure. •
Isabella Biagini, 74, Italian actress (
Love Italian Style,
Il clan dei due Borsalini,
The Future Is Woman), complications from a stroke. •
Colin Bland, 80, South African cricketer (
national team). •
Stewart M. Brandborg, 93, American conservation activist. •
Frank Bren, 74, Australian actor and playwright. •
David Buckel, 60, American LGBT rights lawyer, suicide by self-immolation. •
Daedra Charles, 49, American basketball player (
Los Angeles Sparks), Olympic bronze medalist (
1992). •
Hal Greer, 81, American
Hall of Fame basketball player (
Philadelphia 76ers),
NBA champion (
1967). •
Sam Hamill, 74, American poet and publisher. •
Michael D. Healy, 91, American military officer. •
Robert Holmes, 72, American football player (
Kansas City Chiefs,
Houston Oilers). •
Ram Kumar, 93, Indian artist. •
Jean-Claude Malgoire, 77, French conductor. •
Jon Michelet, 73, Norwegian author (''
Orion's Belt''), cancer. •
Gerald Nachman, 80, American journalist and author. •
Roger G. Newton, 93, German-born American physicist. •
Stan Reynolds, 92, British jazz musician. •
Armando Salgado, 80, Mexican photographer and photojournalist (
Corpus Christi massacre), pancreatic cancer. •
Neil Shand, 84, British comedy writer (
Q...,
The Russ Abbot Show) and journalist (
Daily Mail). •
Kirk Simon, 63, American documentarian (
Strangers No More,
Chimps: So Like Us,
Rehearsing a Dream),
Oscar winner (
2011), cardiac arrest. •
André Sterling, 94, Belgian civil engineer. •
Frank Varga, 74, Hungarian-born American sculptor, cancer.
15 •
Shirley Barrie, 72, Canadian writer. •
Hadassa Ben-Itto, 91, Polish-born Israeli judge and writer. •
Maksim Borodin, 32-33, Russian journalist, complications after falling from his fifth-floor balcony. •
Bob Braden, 84, American computer scientist. •
Rinaldo Fidel Brédice, 85, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Santa Rosa (1992–2008). •
Philip D'Antoni, 89, American film producer (
The French Connection,
Bullitt,
The Seven-Ups),
Oscar winner (
1972). •
Frank Drowota, 79, American judge, Chief Justice of the
Tennessee Supreme Court (1989–1990; 2000–2005). •
R. Lee Ermey, 74, American actor (
Full Metal Jacket,
Mississippi Burning,
Toy Story) and military drill instructor, complications from pneumonia. •
Michael Halliday, 93, English-born Australian linguist. •
Beatrix Hamburg, 94, American psychiatrist, Alzheimer's disease. •
Frank Heiss, 46, American electronic record producer. •
Luise Hercus, 92, German-born Australian linguist. •
Judy Kennedy, 73, American politician, Mayor of
Newburgh, New York (since 2012), ovarian cancer. •
Kenneth Matiba, 85, Kenyan politician,
MP (1972–1990, 1992–1997). •
Boki Milošević, 86, Serbian clarinetist. •
Miriam Naveira, 83, Puerto Rican jurist, first woman
Associate Justice (1985–2003) and
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (2003–2004). •
George Oster, 77, American biologist. •
Domenico Pittella, 86, Italian politician,
Senator (1972–1983), complications from a broken hip. •
Edward Diego Reyes, 88, Guamanian politician,
Lieutenant Governor of Guam (1983–1987). •
Neena Schwartz, 91, American
endocrinologist. •
Waqar Ahmad Shah, 74, Indian politician,
MLA (1993–2017). •
Frank Skartados, 62, Greek-born American politician, member of the
New York State Assembly (2009–2010, since 2012), pancreatic cancer. •
Vittorio Taviani, 88, Italian film director (
Padre Padrone,
Kaos,
Caesar Must Die). •
Raquel Trindade, 81, Brazilian artist, folklorist, and writer, complications from surgery. •
Tüvdiin Tserendondov, 83, Mongolian Olympic sport shooter. •
Stefano Zappalà, 77, Italian politician,
MEP (1999–2009), respiratory failure. •
H. Dieter Zeh, 85, German theoretical physicist.
16 •
Harry Anderson, 65, American actor (
Night Court, ''
Dave's World, It'') and magician, stroke. •
Gustav Victor Rudolf Born, 96, German-born British pharmacologist. •
Vic Bubas, 91, American college basketball coach (
Duke Blue Devils). •
Carlos Chasseing, 91, Argentine politician,
De facto Federal Interventor of Córdoba (1976–1979). •
Choi Eun-hee, 91, South Korean actress (
The Lovers and the Despot). •
Florea Dumitrescu, 91, Romanian politician and diplomat,
Minister of Finance (1969–1978),
Governor of the National Bank (1984–1989). •
Sir Roger Elliott, 89, British theoretical physicist. •
Beverley Farmer, 77, Australian novelist and short story writer. •
Giant's Causeway, 21, American racehorse and sire. •
Pamela Gidley, 52, American actress (
The Pretender,
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me,
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) and model. •
Earl B. Gustafson, 90, American judge and politician, member of the
Minnesota House of Representatives (1963–1967, 1969–1971), dementia. •
Fred Haberlein, 73, American artist. •
Ken Hottman, 69, American baseball player (
Chicago White Sox). •
Henri Landwirth, 91, Belgian hotelier and philanthropist, founder of
Give Kids the World Village. •
Dona Ivone Lara, 97, Brazilian singer and composer. •
Robert M. Lindholm, 82, American photographer. •
Lü Chuanzan, 85, Chinese politician, Chairman of
Hebei Provincial People's Congress (1993–1998). •
Ivan Mauger, 78, New Zealand motorcycle speedway rider, world champion (
1968,
1969,
1970,
1972,
1977,
1979). •
Matthew Mellon, 54, American billionaire investor, heart attack. •
Napsiah Omar, 74, Malaysian politician, liver cancer. •
Alejandro Rojas Wainer, 73, Chilean politician and academic, President of
University of Chile Student Federation (1970–1973) and
deputy (1973). •
Richard Rothstein, 74-75, American screenwriter (
Universal Soldier,
Bates Motel) and television producer (
The Hitchhiker). •
Sax Man, 65, American street saxophonist. •
George N. Skene, 92, American politician. •
Paul Singer, 86, Austrian-born Brazilian economist, co-founder of
Partido dos Trabalhadores. •
Lynn A. Stout, 60, American legal scholar, cancer. •
Rein Tölp, 76, Estonian Olympic middle-distance runner (
1964). •
Martin J. Whitman, 93, American investment advisor.
17 •
John Amirante, 83, American anthem singer (
New York Rangers). •
Rosemary Bamforth, 93, British pathologist and code breaker. •
Big Tom, 81, Irish country music singer. •
Barbara Bush, 92, American political matriarch and literacy advocate,
First Lady (1989–1993) and
Second Lady (1981–1989), complications from
COPD and heart failure. •
Joan Chase, 81, American novelist. •
Gérard Desanghere, 70, Belgian footballer (
R.S.C. Anderlecht,
R.W.D. Molenbeek). •
Ken Dolan, 75, American journalist and broadcaster, cancer. •
Dick Fichtner, 78, American college basketball coach (
Occidental Tigers,
Pacific Tigers). •
David Edward Foley, 88, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Birmingham (1994–2005), bone cancer. •
Peter Guidi, 68, Italian jazz saxophonist and flutist,
Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. •
Marcia Hafif, 88, American artist. •
Carl Kasell, 84, American radio journalist (
Morning Edition) and quiz show judge (''
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!''), complications from Alzheimer's disease. •
Amoroso Katamsi, 79, Indonesian actor (
Pengkhianatan G30S/PKI). •
Nils Malmer, 89, Swedish ecologist. •
Richard Oldenburg, 84, Swedish museum curator, Director of the
Museum of Modern Art (1972–1995). •
Vel Phillips, 94, American attorney and politician,
Secretary of State of Wisconsin (1979–1983). •
Philibert Randriambololona, 90, Malagasy Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Antsirabe (1989–1992) and Archbishop of
Fianarantsoa (1992–2002). •
Karl Rawer, 104, German physicist. •
Judith Révész, 102, Hungarian-Dutch potter and sculptor. •
Randy Scruggs, 64, American music producer, songwriter ("
Angel in Disguise", "
Love Has No Right", "
We Danced Anyway") and guitarist, multiple
Grammy winner. •
T. V. R. Shenoy, 76, Indian journalist (
Malayala Manorama). •
Maurice Sion, 90, Yugoslav-born American-Canadian mathematician.
18 •
Karl Wolfgang Boer, 92, German-born American physicist. •
Robert F. Chapman, 91, American judge. •
Kevin Colson, 80, Australian actor. •
Frank B. Dilley, 86, American philosopher. •
Sir Clive Elliott, 72, British ornithologist and civil servant, cancer. •
Jean Flori, 82, French medieval historian. •
Grigory Gamarnik, 88, Soviet-born Ukrainian Olympic wrestler (
1960). •
Jerry Green, 79, American politician, member of the
New Jersey General Assembly (since 1992). •
Tsuyoshi Hiroshige, 70, Japanese martial artist. •
John Hope, 47, American baseball player (
Pittsburgh Pirates). •
Paul Jones, 75, American professional wrestler and manager (
JCP,
PNW,
CWF). •
Joan Konner, 87, American academic and journalist, Dean of the
Columbia School of Journalism, leukemia. •
George Lefferts, 96, American television writer. •
Luisa Pastor Lillo, 69, Spanish politician, President of
Province of Alicante (2011–2015) and Mayor of
Sant Vicent del Raspeig (2001–2015), cancer. •
Howard Sachar, 90, American historian. •
Bruno Sammartino, 82, Italian-American
Hall of Fame professional wrestler (
WWWF), longest-reigning
Heavyweight Champion (1963–1971, 1973–1977), multiple organ failure. •
Joël Santoni, 74, French film director (
Scrambled Eggs) and screenwriter. •
Willibald Sauerländer, 94, German art historian. •
Henk Schouten, 86, Dutch footballer (
Feyenoord,
national team). •
James Whelan, 81, American politician, member of the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1974–1976). •
Jeanne Wilson, 92, American Olympic swimmer (
1948). •
Dale Winton, 62, English radio DJ and television presenter (''
Dale's Supermarket Sweep, Hole in the Wall, The National Lottery: In It to Win It''). •
Alphonse Yanghat, 70, Congolese Olympic sprinter.
19 •
Graciela Agudelo, 72, Mexican pianist and composer. •
Olivia Arévalo, 81, Peruvian
Shipibo-Conibo plant medicine healer, and environmental and cultural rights activist, shot. •
Allan M. Campbell, 88, American microbiologist. •
John Carroll, 93, Irish labor union leader. •
Evžen Čermák, 85, Czech Olympic alpine skier. •
Dharam Pal Choudhary, 66, Indian politician, liver disease. •
Stuart Colman, 73, English musician, record producer and broadcaster, cancer. •
Sören Danielsson, 88, Swedish Olympic boxer. •
John Duffie, 72, American baseball player (
Los Angeles Dodgers). •
Darrell Eastlake, 75, Australian television presenter and sports commentator (
Nine Network), Alzheimer's disease and emphysema. •
Arnold Eidslott, 91, Norwegian poet. •
Christine Floss, 56, German-born American cosmochemist. •
Pat Heenan, 80, American football player (
Washington Redskins). •
Joseph Hoover, 85, American actor (
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,
Hell Is for Heroes,
Stagecoach). •
Cornelius Jakobs, 93, Estonian
Russian Orthodox hierarch,
Metropolitan Bishop of Tallinn and all Estonia (since 1992). •
Zacharias Jimenez, 70, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Pagadian (1994–2003) and Auxiliary Bishop of
Butuan (2003–2009). •
Donald C. Leidel, 90, American diplomat. •
Soso Lorho, 79, Indian politician. •
Vladimir Lyakhov, 76, Ukrainian-born Russian cosmonaut (
Soyuz 32,
Soyuz T-9,
Soyuz TM-6). •
Pepe Mediavilla, 77, Spanish voice actor. •
Luis Montes Mieza, 68–69, Spanish anesthetist and pro-euthanasia activist, heart attack. •
Walter Moody, 83, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection. •
Herbert Pilch, 91, German linguist and celtologist. •
Saleh Ali al-Sammad, 39, Yemeni politician, President of the Houthi
Supreme Political Council (since 2016), air strike. •
Gil Santos, 80, American sportscaster (
New England Patriots,
WBZ). •
Mark Vallance, 72, British rock climber and mountaineer, complications from Parkinson's disease. •
Agnès-Marie Valois, 103, French nun and World War II nurse. •
Abraham Viruthakulangara, 74, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Khandwa (1977–1998) and Archbishop of
Nagpur (since 1998).
20 •
George Alusik, 83, American baseball player (
Kansas City Athletics,
Detroit Tigers). •
Avicii, 28, Swedish electronic musician, DJ and record producer ("
Wake Me Up", "
Hey Brother", "
Levels"), suicide by
exsanguination. •
Roy Bentley, 93, English footballer (
Chelsea,
Fulham,
national team). •
Eddie Blackburn, 61, English footballer (
Hull City,
Hartlepool United,
York City). •
Earle Bruce, 87, American football coach (
Ohio State), Alzheimer's disease. •
Leopoldo Cantancio, 54, Filipino Olympic boxer (
1984,
1988), Asian Games silver (
1986) and bronze medalist (
1990), traffic collision. •
Khurshid Drabu, 72, Indian-born English judge and Muslim community leader. •
Pedro Erquicia, 75, Spanish journalist. •
Bob Gale, 84, English cricketer (
Middlesex). •
Anne Gibson, Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen, 77, British trade unionist and life peer. •
Tom Jones, 87, Australian rules footballer (
Carlton,
Footscray). •
Grace Jelagat Kipchoim, 56, Kenyan politician, member of the
National Assembly (since 2013), cancer. •
James Ajongo Mawut, 57, South Sudanese army commander. •
Nie Bichu, 90, Chinese politician, mayor of
Tianjin (1993–1998). •
Jim Novak, 62, American comic book letterer (
Avengers,
Doctor Strange,
Fantastic Four). •
John Petercuskie, 93, American football coach (
Dartmouth College,
Princeton). •
Rajinder Sachar, 94, Indian judge. •
James F. Sirmons, 100, American broadcasting executive (
CBS). •
John Stride, 81, British actor (
The Main Chance,
The Omen,
A Bridge Too Far). •
Pavel Šrut, 78, Czech poet, writer and translator. •
Al Swift, 82, American broadcaster and politician, member of the
U.S. House of Representatives from
Washington's 2nd district (1979–1995), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. •
John Waller, 77, American fight director. •
Shane Yarran, 28, Australian
footballer (
Fremantle,
Subiaco), suicide. •
Charles Zwick, 91, American civil servant, Director of the
Bureau of the Budget (1968–1969).
21 •
Fadi Mohammad al-Batsh, 35, Palestinian engineer and academic, shot. •
Anwara Begum, 83, Bangladeshi academic and
First Lady (2002–2009). •
Zoran Bojović, 81–82, Serbian architect. •
Robert M. Blakeman, 92, American politician, member of the
New York State Assembly (1961–1966). •
Pierre Ceyrac, 71, French politician,
MEP (1989–1994). •
Nina Doroshina, 83, Russian actress (
Love and Pigeons). •
William F. Dowd, 74, American politician, member of the
New Jersey General Assembly. •
Dee Hardison, 61, American football player (
Buffalo Bills,
New York Giants,
San Diego Chargers). •
Ron Hayter, 81, Canadian politician. •
Robert Kates, 89, American geographer. •
Firmin Le Bourhis, 67, French author, heart attack. •
Neff Maiava, 93, American Samoan professional wrestler. •
Jim Miceli, 83, American politician, member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives (since 1977), heart attack. •
Les Pearce, 94, Welsh rugby league player and coach (
Halifax). •
Desmond Saunders, 91, British film and television director. •
Nelson Pereira dos Santos, 89, Brazilian filmmaker (
Vidas Secas,
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman), liver cancer. •
Nabi Tajima, 117, Japanese supercentenarian,
world's oldest living person and last living verified person born in the 19th century. •
Huguette Tourangeau, 79, Canadian operatic mezzo-soprano. •
Verne Troyer, 49, American actor (
Austin Powers,
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, ''
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone''), suicide by alcohol poisoning. •
Paul Younger, 55, British hydrogeologist and environmental engineer.
22 •
Wakil Hussain Allahdad, 32, Afghan wrestler, bombing. •
Keith Ashfield, 66, Canadian politician,
MP (2008–2015) and
MLA (1999–2008). •
Demeter Bitenc, 95, Slovenian actor (
Outsider). •
Wiam Dahmani, 34, Moroccan singer and actress, heart attack. •
Per K. Enge, 64, Norwegian-born American engineer. •
Roy Haggerty, 58, English rugby league player (
St Helens,
Barrow). •
Ken Hofmann, 95, American businessman and sports team owner (
Oakland Athletics). •
Richard Jenrette, 89, American investor (
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette), cancer. •
Gary Jordan, 76, English rugby league footballer. •
Nino Khurtsidze, 42, Georgian Grandmaster chess player,
International Master (1999), cancer. •
Dave Nelson, 73, American baseball player (
Texas Rangers,
Cleveland Indians) and broadcaster (
Milwaukee Brewers), liver cancer. •
Ivan Neumyvakin, 89, Russian physician. •
Terence T. O'Malley, 73, American politician. •
Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao, 98, Indian writer, composer and musicologist. •
Charlie Rice, 98, American jazz drummer. •
Kona Schwenke, 25, American football player (
Notre Dame Fighting Irish). •
Hoyt Patrick Taylor Jr., 94, American politician,
Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina (1969–1973).
23 •
Liri Belishova, 91, Albanian politician and resistance member during World War II. •
Don Bustany, 89, American radio and television broadcaster (
American Top 40). •
Bennie Cunningham, 63, American football player (
Pittsburgh Steelers), cancer. •
Anne Dickson-Waiko, 67, Papua New Guinean historian and academic. •
Haddon Donald, 101, New Zealand Army lieutenant colonel and politician, MP for
Wairarapa (1963–1969). •
Bob Dorough, 94, American pianist, singer and composer (
Schoolhouse Rock!). •
Don Hall, 78, Australian rules footballer (
Carlton). •
Lyall Hanson, 88, Canadian politician. •
Isamu Imoto, 92, Japanese politician, Governor of
Saga Prefecture (1991–2003). •
Sachio Kinugasa, 71, Japanese baseball player, colon cancer. •
Al Lavan, 71, American football player (
Atlanta Falcons) and coach (
Dallas Cowboys,
Baltimore Ravens). •
Gennady Leonov, 71, Russian mathematician and mechanic. •
Béla Magyari, 68, Hungarian air force colonel (
Hungarian Astronautical Society). •
Patrick James McGlinchey, 89, Irish Roman Catholic missionary, myocardial infarction and kidney failure. •
Jerrold Meinwald, 91, American chemist. •
Donald O'Brien, 87, French-Irish actor. •
Alice Provensen, 99, American children's illustrator and writer. •
Herman Rubin, 91, American statistician and mathematician. •
Arthur B. Rubinstein, 80, American film composer (
WarGames,
Stakeout,
Lost in America), cancer. •
Traudl Ruckser, 93, Austrian Olympic gymnast. •
Bob Schermerhorn, 75, American college basketball coach (
Riverside City Tigers,
Southern Utah Thunderbirds,
Arizona State Sun Devils). •
Art Simmons, 92, American jazz pianist, stomach cancer. •
Doreen Simmons, 85, British sumo wrestling commentator. •
Arthur R.G. Solmssen, 89, American novelist. •
Edward W. Tayler, 87, American literary scholar. •
Henk Temming, 94, Dutch footballer (
VV DOS). •
Vladimír Weiss, 78, Slovak footballer (
Inter Bratislava), Olympic silver medalist (
1964). •
Barrie Williams, 79, British football coach and manager (
Sutton United). •
Leland B. Yeager, 93, American economist.
24 •
Belal Chowdhury, 79, Bangladeshi poet. •
Angelos Delivorrias, 80, Greek art historian and academic (
University of Athens), Director of
Benaki Museum (1973–2015) and member of the
Academy of Athens (since 2016). •
Rick Dickinson, 61, British industrial designer, cancer. •
Arthur Eustace, 92, New Zealand sprinter, British Empire Games bronze medalist (
1950), and sports administrator. •
Victor Garaigordóbil Berrizbeitia, 102, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Los Rios (1963–1982). •
Dinu C. Giurescu, 91, Romanian historian. •
Paul Gray, 54, Australian musician (
Wa Wa Nee), myeloma. •
Lee Howard, 94, American baseball player (
Pittsburgh Pirates). •
Christine Jewitt, 91, Canadian baseball player (
AAGPBL). •
Anders Kvissberg, 89, Swedish Olympic sport shooter. •
Ilja Matouš, 87, Czech Olympic cross-country skier (
1956). •
Henri Michel, 70, French football player (
Nantes) and coach (
national team). •
Maria Oeyen, 87, Belgian Olympic swimmer. •
Hariton Pushwagner, 77, Norwegian artist. •
Marv Rackley, 96, American baseball player (
Brooklyn Dodgers). •
Susan Shadburne, 75, American screenwriter (
The Adventures of Mark Twain) and film director
Shadow Play). •
Quentin Sickels, 91, American football player (
Michigan Wolverines). •
Leszek Skorupa, 66, Polish Olympic weightlifter. •
Emma Smith, 94, English author (''
Maidens' Trip''). •
André Tarallo, 92, French businessman (
Elf Aquitaine). •
Susan Williams, 66, American marine biologist, traffic collision.
25 •
Abbas, 74, Iranian photographer. •
Shuhrat Abbosov, 87, Uzbek actor, film director (
Mahallada duv-duv gap), screenwriter (
The Mischievous Boy) and film producer. •
Adebayo Adedeji, 87, Nigerian politician and diplomat. •
Laura Aguilar, 58, American photographer, complications from diabetes. •
Michael Anderson, 98, British film director (
The Dam Busters,
Around the World in 80 Days, ''
Logan's Run''), heart disease. •
Rolla Anderson, 97, American football and basketball player and coach. •
Issi Baran, 90, Finnish Olympic sprinter. •
Dick Bate, 71, English football player and manager (
Southend United). •
Bill Brown, 92, American track athlete, Pan-American champion (
1951). •
Margo Buchanan-Oliver, New Zealand academic. •
Paul N. Carlin, 86, American businessman,
Postmaster General (1985–1986), bronchitis and pneumonia. •
Gregorio Casal, 82, Mexican actor (
La Choca). •
Jacquelyn Crowell, 30, American racing cyclist, brain cancer. •
David Edwards, 89, British Anglican priest,
Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons (1972–1978),
Dean of Norwich (1978–1983),
Provost of Southwark (1983–1994). •
Madeeha Gauhar, 61, Pakistani actress (
Burqavaganza) and founder of
Ajoka Theatre, cancer. •
Yeshayahu Hadari, 84, Israeli rabbi, first
rosh yeshiva of
Yeshivat HaKotel. •
Bjørn Hansen, 79, Norwegian football coach (
Rosenborg BK). •
Fredric Hobbs, 86, American artist and filmmaker. •
Inuka, 27, Singaporean polar bear, first born in the
tropics, euthanized by anaesthesia. •
Kato Khandwala, 47, American record producer (
My Chemical Romance,
Breaking Benjamin,
Papa Roach), injuries sustained in traffic collision. •
Hans-Reinhard Koch, 88, German Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of
Erfurt (1985–2004). •
Jerry L. Larson, 81, American judge,
Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court (1978–2008). •
Lisiate Lavulo, 56, Tongan Olympic boxer. •
Edith MacArthur, 92, Scottish actress (
Take the High Road). •
Steven Marcus, 89, American literary critic and scholar. •
Alberto Marson, 93, Brazilian basketball player, Olympic bronze medalist (
1948). •
Cveto Pretnar, 61, Slovenian Olympic ice hockey player (
1984). •
Rollin Putzier, 52, American football player (
Pittsburgh Steelers,
San Francisco 49ers). •
Bill Stokes, 89, American college basketball coach (
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders). •
M. S. Rajeswari, 86, Indian playback singer. •
Anam Vivekananda Reddy, 67, Indian politician,
MLA for
Nellore Rural (1999–2009), prostate cancer. •
Donald Seldin, 97, American nephrologist. •
Soni Wolf, 69, American lesbian activist, co-founder of
Dykes on Bikes.
26 •
Noble Craig, 69, American actor (
Big Trouble in Little China,
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child,
The Blob). •
Robert diGrazia, 90, American police officer. •
Jean Duprat, 81, French politician, member of the
National Assembly (1981–1986). •
A. Theodore Eastman, 89, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of
Maryland (1986–1994), Parkinson's disease. •
Jon Engen, 61, American Olympic skier. •
Betty Hall, 97, American politician, four-time member of the
New Hampshire House of Representatives. •
Philip H. Hoff, 93, American politician,
Governor of Vermont (1963–1969). •
Yoshinobu Ishii, 79, Japanese football player and manager. •
Shamsul Islam, 86, Bangladeshi politician, Minister of Information (1991–1996, 2001–2006). •
Félix Mata, 67, Venezuelan Olympic sprinter. •
Sean McPherson, 47, American politician, member of the
South Dakota House of Representatives (since 2017), cancer. •
David Mitchell, 77, New Zealand architect. •
Charles Neville, 79, American saxophonist (
The Neville Brothers),
Grammy winner (
1990), pancreatic cancer. •
Jordan Nikolić, 84, Serbian folk singer. •
Henk Numan, 62, Dutch judoka, Olympic bronze medallist (
1980). •
Elvira Orphée, 95, Argentine writer,
Guggenheim Fellow (1988). •
Gianfranco Parolini, 93, Italian film director (
Francis the Smuggler,
Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill,
If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death). •
Pierre Plateau, 94, French Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of
Bourges (1984–2000). •
Donald Whitton, 94, Canadian concert cellist and teacher. •
Wolfgang Zapf, 81, German sociologist.
27 •
Álvaro Arzú, 72, Guatemalan politician,
President (1996–2000), Mayor of
Guatemala City (1986–1990, since 2004), heart attack. •
Yukiji Asaoka, 82, Japanese actress, Alzheimer's disease. •
Earl Balfour, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (
Chicago Blackhawks,
Toronto Maple Leafs), cancer. •
Livio Besso Cordero, 70, Italian politician,
Senator (1996–2001). •
Bob Gessner, 85, American artist. •
Donald Keats, 88, American composer. •
Maya Kuliyeva, 97, Turkmen operatic soprano and actress. •
Michael Luscombe, 64, Australian chief executive (
Woolworths Limited), Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. •
Gildo Mahones, 88, American jazz pianist. •
George Mulhall, 81, Scottish football player (
Aberdeen,
Sunderland,
national team) and manager. •
Kristin Nelson, 72, American actress, painter and author, heart attack. •
Juan Carlos Olivas, 34, Mexican actor (
El Chapo), cancer. •
Paul Junger Witt, 77, American film and television producer (
Dead Poets Society,
The Golden Girls,
Soap), cancer. •
Bernard Woma, 51, Ghanaian
gyile player. •
Roy Young, 83, British singer and pianist.
28 •
Roberto Angleró, 88, Puerto Rican music composer and singer. •
Bob Byler, 87, American jazz journalist. •
James H. Cone, 79, American Methodist theologian (
Black theology). •
Larry Harvey, 70, American artist, philanthropist and activist, founder of the
Burning Man festival, complications from a stroke. •
James Hylton, 83, American stock car racing driver (
NASCAR,
ARCA) and race team owner (
James Hylton Motorsports), traffic collision. •
Hollis Jeffcoat, 65, American painter, ovarian cancer. •
Akhumzi Jezile, 29, South African television presenter and actor, traffic collision. •
Brooks Kerr, 66, American jazz pianist. •
Eric Koch, 98, German-born Canadian author, broadcaster and academic. •
Gerson Leiber, 96, American painter, heart attack. •
Judith Leiber, 97, Hungarian-born American fashion designer and businesswoman, Holocaust survivor. •
Ramón López Carrozas, 80, Spanish-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop (1979–1989) and Bishop of
Bom Jesus do Gurguéia (1989–2014). •
Ken Messer, 86, British painter. •
Tetsuro Miura, 62, Japanese football player and manager, lung cancer. •
Art Paul, 93, American graphic designer (
Playboy), pneumonia. •
Montse Pérez, 61, Spanish actress (
Plats Bruts). •
Carlos del Pozo, 75, Cuban Olympic basketball player (
1968). •
Russell Renfrey, 94, Australian football player. •
Agildo Ribeiro, 86, Brazilian actor. •
Art Shay, 96, American photographer (
Sports Illustrated,
Life) and writer, heart failure. •
Morag Crichton Timbury, 87, Scottish virologist. •
Yevgeny Titarenko, 82, Russian writer. •
Karl Toft, 81, Canadian sex offender, lung cancer. •
Bruce Tulloh, 82, British athlete, European champion (
1962), cancer.
29 •
Eliudis Benítez, 63, Puerto Rican Olympic judoka. •
Richard L. Collins, 84, American aviation journalist. •
Ewa Dyakowska-Berbeka, 61, Polish painter and graphic and stage designer. •
Luis García Meza, 88, Bolivian general and politician,
President (1980–1981), heart attack. •
Bill Hay, 83, Australian rules footballer (
Hawthorn). •
Baki İlkin, 74, Turkish diplomat. •
Derek Keys, 86, South African executive (
ASEA,
Sandvik,
Sappi) and politician,
Minister of Finance (1992–1994). •
Rose Laurens, 65, French singer-songwriter ("
I Dreamed a Dream", "
Africa"). •
Robert Mandan, 86, American actor (
Soap,
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, ''
Three's a Crowd''). •
Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn, 72, British politician, MP (1979–2009) and
Speaker of the House of Commons (2000–2009). •
William D. Naftel, 77, Canadian writer and historian. •
Andrzej Orłoś, 84, Polish Olympic equestrian (
1960). •
Lester James Peries, 99, Sri Lankan film producer, director, and screenwriter. •
Trevor Preston, 79, British screenwriter. •
Jan Salter, 82, British artist and animal sanctuary keeper. •
Reginald C. Stuart, 74, Canadian historian. •
Edward Szmidt, 86, Polish Olympic sprinter (
1956). •
Bruce Taafe, 73, Australian rugby union player. •
Aaron Traywick, 28, American life extension activist, drowned.
30 •
Tim Calvert, 52, American rock guitarist (
Nevermore,
Forbidden), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. •
Jan Cameron, 71, Australian swimmer and coach, Olympic silver (
1964) and Commonwealth Games triple medalist (
1966). •
Geneviève Claisse, 82, French abstract painter. •
Manfredo do Carmo, 89, Brazilian mathematician (
differential geometry). •
Frank Ernaga, 87, American baseball player (
Chicago Cubs). •
Hortensio Fucil, 79, Venezuelan Olympic runner. •
Neil D. Humphrey, 89, American academic. •
Elisa Izaurralde, 58, Uruguayan biochemist. •
Anatole Katok, 73, Russian-born American mathematician. •
Joel Kovel, 81, American environmentalist and anti-war activist. •
Idris Hasan Latif, 94, Indian military officer,
Chief of Air Staff (1978–1981). •
Terry Mackenroth, 68, Australian politician,
Deputy Premier of Queensland (2000–2005), lung cancer. •
Shah Marai, 40, Afghan photojournalist (
Agence France-Presse),
bombing. •
Jhoon Rhee, 86, South Korean taekwondo practitioner. •
Gajendra Narayan Singh, Indian musicologist. •
Naresh Sohal, 78, Indian composer. •
Ralph Stephan, 89, American Olympic rower (
1948). •
Sir John Treacher, 93, British Royal Navy Admiral,
Commander-in-Chief Fleet (1975–1977). •
David Wiegand, 70, American journalist (
San Francisco Chronicle). ==References==