1 •
François Bovon, 75, Swiss biblical scholar and historian. •
Albert Chaumarat, 86, French cyclist. •
Harlan's Holiday, 14, American Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized. •
Tato Laviera, 63, American
Nuyorican poet, diabetes. •
Hermann Levinson, 89, German biologist and physiologist. •
Liminha, 69, Brazilian footballer and manager, infection. •
Lawrence Marcus, 96, American-Jewish businessperson. •
John Mazur, 83, American football player and coach. •
John Y. McCollister, 92, American politician, member of the
House of Representatives from
Nebraska (1971–1977), cancer. •
Hakimullah Mehsud, 34, Pakistani
Taliban leader, drone strike. •
Mario Ojeda Gómez, 86, Mexican scholar and diplomat. •
Paul Dennis Reid, 55, American convicted murderer, complications from pneumonia and heart failure. •
Eugène Rhéaume, 80, Canadian politician, MP for the
Northwest Territories (1963–1965). •
Piet Rietveld, 61, Dutch economist. •
Editta Sherman, 101, American photographer.
2 •
Jack Alexander, 77, Scottish entertainer and comedian, stroke. •
Bill Beall, 91, American football coach (
LSU Tigers). •
Walt Bellamy, 74, American
Hall of Fame basketball player, Olympic gold medalist (
1960). •
Vasco Giuseppe Bertelli, 89, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Volterra (1985–2000). •
Brita Borge, 82, Norwegian politician. •
Robert R. Bowie, 104, American diplomat and academic. •
Eugene Callender, 87, American pastor and activist. •
Zlatko Crnković, 82, Croatian literary translator. •
Ghislaine Dupont, 57, French journalist, shot. •
Joop Eversteijn, 92, Dutch footballer (
ADO Den Haag). •
Josef Ezr, 90, Czech Olympic basketballer. •
Målfrid Grude Flekkøy, 78, Norwegian psychologist and
children's ombudsman. •
Hugh Gurling, 63, English geneticist, heart attack. •
Montgomery Kaluhiokalani, 54, American surfer, lung cancer. •
Beatrice Kemmerer, 83, American
AAGPBL baseball player. •
Mitsuo Komatsubara, 95, Japanese professional golfer, heart failure. •
Bill Lawrence, 82, German-born American electric guitar designer and maker. •
Clifford Nass, 55, American academic and author (
The Media Equation), heart attack. •
Kjell Qvale, 94, Norwegian-born American businessman (
Jensen Motors). •
Milanko Renovica, 85, Yugoslav politician,
President of the Executive Council of
SR Bosnia and Herzegovina (1974–1982);
President of the Presidency (1984–1985). •
Russ Sullivan, 90, American baseball player (
Detroit Tigers). •
Alfred Umgeher, 87, Austrian sprint canoer.
3 •
D. Rajendra Babu, 62, Indian film director and screenwriter, heart attack. •
Lambert Bartak, 94, American
stadium organist. •
Rifkat Bogdanov, 63, Russian mathematician. •
Nick Cardy, 93, American comic book artist (
Aquaman,
Teen Titans,
Superman), heart failure. •
Gerard Cieślik, 86, Polish footballer (
Ruch Chorzów). •
Gamani Corea, 87, Sri Lankan diplomat and civil servant, Secretary-General of the
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (1974–1984). •
William J. Coyne, 77, American politician, member of the
House of Representatives from
Pennsylvania (1981–2003). •
Philip Fang, 72, Hong Kong simultaneous interpreter, chief of the
United Nations Chinese interpretation section, suicide by jumping. •
Geza Gallos, 65, Austrian footballer (
SK Rapid Wien). •
Rupert Gerritsen, 60, Australian historian. •
Ryszard Kraus, 49, Polish footballer (
Górnik Zabrze,
GKS Tychy). •
Andro Linklater, 68, Scottish writer and historian, heart attack. •
Leonard Long, 102, Australian landscape painter. •
Brian Manning, 81, Australian trade unionist and political activist. •
Austin John Marshall, 76, English record producer and artist. •
Vladimir Musalimov, 69, Ukrainian Soviet Olympic boxer (
1968). •
William Pollack, 87, British-born American immunologist, developed the
Rho(D) immune globulin vaccine for
Rh disease, complications from diabetes and heart disease. •
Reshma, c. 66, Pakistani folk singer, throat cancer. •
Bernard Roberts, 80, English pianist. •
Joyce Rose, 84, British magistrate and politician. •
Trần Văn Quang, 96, Vietnamese army
colonel general. •
Agim Zajmi, 76, Albanian painter.
4 •
Hakon Barfod, 87, Norwegian Olympic sailor (
1948,
1952). •
Roger Barton, 67, English footballer. •
Suzanne M. Bianchi, 61, American sociologist, pancreatic cancer. •
Hans von Borsody, 84, Austrian-born German actor. •
Viktor Dolnik, 75, Russian ornithologist. •
Lois Graham, 88, American professor of thermodynamics and cryogenics. •
John D. Hawk, 89, American World War II veteran,
Medal of Honor recipient. •
Betty Hill, 76, Canadian politician, diabetes. •
Reinaldo Leandro Mora, 93, Venezuelan educator and politician. •
Jane Cleo Marshall Lucas, 92–93, first African American female to pass the Maryland bar exam. •
Leon Miękina, 83, Polish writer. •
Eleanor Mlotek, 91, American musicologist. •
Elfed Morris, 71, Welsh footballer (
Chester City). •
Mohan Rai, 80, Indian cricketer. •
John Steele, 86, British oceanographer. •
Leonid Stolovich, 84, Russian-born Estonian philosopher. •
Georg Wahl, 93, German dressage instructor, rider and trainer. •
Ray Willsey, 85, Canadian-born American football player and coach.
5 •
Habibollah Asgaroladi, 81, Iranian politician and presidential candidate, Leader of
Islamic Coalition Party (1998–2008), lung problems. •
Juan Carlos Calabró, 79, Argentine actor (
Johny Tolengo, el majestuoso), kidney disease. •
Dino Gifford, 96, Italian footballer. •
Ian Irvine, 84, New Zealand rugby union player (
North Auckland,
national team). •
Tony Iveson, 94, British Royal Air Force pilot and World War II veteran. •
Lounis Matem, 72, Algerian footballer (
ES Sétif,
CR Belouizdad). •
Charles Mosley, 65, British genealogist, cancer. •
Carl Ogden, 84, American insurance company executive and politician. •
Daniel Orts, 89, French cyclist. •
Ed Pincus, 75, American documentary filmmaker. •
Georges Ramoulux, 93, French cyclist. •
William B. Spofford, 92, American bishop. •
Juan Manuel Tenuta, 89, Uruguayan actor, stroke. •
Bobby Thomason, 85, American football player (
Philadelphia Eagles), heart failure. •
Charlie Trotter, 54, American chef and restaurateur, stroke. •
Stuart Williams, 83, Welsh international footballer.
6 •
Þórdís Árnadóttir, 80, Icelandic Olympic swimmer. •
Guillermina Bravo, 92, Mexican ballet dancer and choreographer. •
Tarla Dalal, 77, Indian food writer and chef, cardiac arrest. •
Jorge Dória, 92, Brazilian actor and humorist, cardiorespiratory failure. •
Elton Engstrom Jr., 78, American politician, member of the
Alaska House of Representatives (1965–1967) and
Senate (1967–1971). •
Peter Fatialofa, 54, Samoan rugby union player and coach, heart attack. •
Yosef Harish, 90, Israeli jurist,
Attorney General (1986–1993). •
Arvid Johanson, 84, Norwegian politician and newspaper editor,
Minister of Petroleum and Energy (1980–1981). •
Christian López, 29, Guatemalan Olympic weightlifter (
2008,
2012),
ARDS. •
Dan Lurie, 90, American bodybuilder and fitness pioneer. •
Ian Roy MacLennan, 94, Canadian fighter pilot and flying ace. •
Vikram Marwah, 88, Indian orthopedic surgeon. •
Ace Parker, 101, American football (
Brooklyn Dodgers) and baseball player
Philadelphia Athletics, member of the
Pro Football Hall of Fame. •
Cheb i Sabbah, 66, Algerian musician and composer, stomach cancer. •
Clyde Stacy, 77, American musician, co-creator of the
Tulsa Sound, traffic collision. •
Sammy Taylor, 80, Scottish footballer. •
Roberto Zárate, 80, Argentine footballer
7 •
John Cole, 85, British broadcaster and journalist,
BBC political editor (1981–1992). •
Adolfo Constenla Umaña, 65, Costa Rican philologist and linguist, cancer. •
Ian Davies, 57, Australian Olympic basketball player (
1980,
1984),
Australian Basketball Hall of Fame inductee (2001). •
Ron Dellow, 99, English football player and manager. •
C. R. De Silva, 65, Sri Lankan lawyer,
Attorney General (2007–2008),
Solicitor General (2000–2007). •
Mary Eyre, 89, British hockey and tennis player. •
Nikolai Karpov, 83, Russian Olympic ice hockey player (
1960). •
Joey Manley, 48, American website publisher (
Modern Tales), pneumonia. •
Paul Mantee, 82, American actor (
Apollo 13, Cagney & Lacey, Robinson Crusoe on Mars). •
Jack Mitchell, 88, American photographer and author. •
Nam Tae-hi, 84, South Korean martial artist, pioneering master of taekwondo. •
Joseph Rhodes Jr., 66, American politician and activist, member of the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1973–1980). •
Amparo Rivelles, 88, Spanish actress. •
Manfred Rommel, 84, German politician, Lord Mayor of Stuttgart (1974–1996). •
Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein, 91, American teacher of art and art history. •
Lenny Rzeszewski, 90, American college basketball player. •
Sanford Yung, 86, Hong Kong accountant, politician and racehorse owner.
8 •
AVS, 56, Indian actor, liver failure. •
Chitti Babu, 49, Indian comedian and actor, brain tumour. •
John Bell Jr., 76, American artist, stomach cancer. •
Michael Glyn Brown, 56, American hand surgeon, cardiac arrest. •
William C. Davidon, 86, American scientist and peace activist. •
Marianne Edwards, 82, American child actress. •
Kris Ife, 67, English pop singer, heart attack. •
Penn Kimball, 98, American journalist and college professor (
Columbia University). •
Carl Lovsted, 83, American Olympic rower (
1952). •
Maxie McFarland, American soldier. •
Rod Miller, 73, American baseball player (
Brooklyn Dodgers). •
Esko Niemi, 79, Finnish ice hockey player. •
Lică Nunweiller, 74, Romanian footballer (
Dinamo). •
Arnold Rosner, 68, American classical music composer. •
Harry Sawyerr, 87, Ghanaian politician and quantity surveyor. •
Chiyoko Shimakura, 75, Japanese singer and actress, liver cancer. •
Sir John Whitehead, 81, British diplomat,
Ambassador to Japan (1986–1992).
9 •
Savaş Ay, 59, Turkish journalist, throat cancer. •
John Dendahl, 75, American politician and Olympic skier (
1960). •
Helen Eadie, 66, Scottish politician,
MSP for
Dunfermline East (1999–2011);
Cowdenbeath (since 2011), cancer. •
Grethe Rytter Hasle, 93, Norwegian biologist. •
Peter Krummeck, 66, South African actor and playwright, cancer. •
Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, 77, American jazz saxophonist. •
Steve Prescott, 39, English rugby league player, stomach cancer. •
Vasile Suciu, 71, Romanian footballer, lung cancer. •
Emile Zuckerkandl, 91, Austrian-born American biologist.
10 •
Kirpal Singh Bhardwaj, 78, Kenyan Olympic hockey player. •
Dragomir Čumić, 76, Serbian actor. •
Vijaydan Detha, 87, Indian folk writer, cardiac arrest. •
John Grant, 91, Australian neurosurgeon and disability sport administrator. •
Richard Grathoff, 79, German phenomenologist. •
Carl Hilliard, 76, American journalist, reporter and columnist (
The Associated Press), heart attack. •
Richie Jean Jackson, 81, American author, teacher, and civil rights activist. •
Jiang Zejia, 92–93, Chinese electrical engineer and educator. •
John Matchefts, 82, American Olympic ice hockey player. •
Sir Humphrey Maud, 79, British diplomat. •
Michael A. Miles, 74, American business executive (
Kraft Foods,
Philip Morris). •
Giorgio Orelli, 92, Swiss poet. •
Tommy Quick, 58, Swedish Olympic archer. •
Safdar Rahmat Abadi, Iranian government official, deputy industry minister, shot. •
James Harlan Steele, 100, American veterinarian. •
Pushpa Thangadurai, 82, Indian
Tamil language author.
11 •
Dayananda Bajracharya, 69, Nepalese academic. •
John Barnhill, 75, American basketball player and coach. •
Domenico Bartolucci, 96, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, Deacon of the
Gesù e Maria church in Rome. •
Anne Barton, 80, British Shakespearean scholar. •
Bob Beckham, 86, American music publisher and country singer. •
John S. Dunne, 83, American priest and theologian, complications from a head injury. •
William Fyfe, 86, New Zealand geologist. •
Stein Grieg Halvorsen, 104, Norwegian theater actor. •
Atilla Karaosmanoğlu, 81, Turkish economist and politician,
Deputy Prime Minister (1971), respiratory failure. •
Henry Curtis Lind, 92, American lawyer. •
Diego Llopis, 84, Spanish footballer. •
Eddie McGrady, 78, Northern Irish politician, MP for
South Down (1987–2010). •
Shirley Mitchell, 94, American actress (
The Red Skelton Show,
Perry Mason,
I Love Lucy), heart failure. •
Jerome Murphy-O'Connor, 78, Irish biblical scholar. •
George Reinholt, 73, American actor (
Another World,
One Life to Live). •
István Telegdy, 85, Hungarian Olympic sailor (
1960). •
Morton Yolkut, 70, American rabbi.
12 •
Mavis Batey, 92, British World War II codebreaker. •
Allan Blank, 87, American composer, brain tumor. •
Hetty Bower, 108, British political activist. •
Raymond S. Burton, 74, American politician,
Executive Councillor for New Hampshire District 1 (1977–1979, since 1981), kidney cancer. •
Giuseppe Casari, 91, Italian Olympic footballer (
Atalanta Bergamo,
Napoli). •
Geo Costiniu, 63, Romanian actor,
adenocarcinoma. •
Zoltan Czaka, 80, Romanian Olympic ice hockey player. •
Erik Dyreborg, 73, Danish footballer. •
Katherine Hagedorn, 52, American musicologist. •
Luis Ibarra, 76, Chilean footballer and manager. •
Festus Iyayi, 66, Nigerian writer and academic, traffic collision. •
Mavis Kelsey, 101, American physician. •
John McCormick, 76, American football player (
Minnesota Vikings,
Denver Broncos). •
Sehadete Mekuli, 85, Kosovar gynecologist and academic. •
Steve Rexe, 66, Canadian Olympic bronze medallist ice hockey player (1968). •
Manuel Ray Rivero, 88–89, Cuban engineer and political activist. •
Konrad Rudnicki, 87, Polish astronomer. •
Al Ruscio, 89, American actor (
The Godfather Part III,
Showgirls). •
Aleksandr Serebrov, 69, Soviet cosmonaut. •
Dumitru Sigmirean, 54, Romanian footballer, lung cancer. •
Péter Szőr, 43, Hungarian information security specialist. •
Sir John Tavener, 69, British composer (
Children of Men), complications from
Marfan syndrome. •
Kurt Trampedach, 70, Danish painter and sculptor, cardiac arrest. •
Antigoni Valakou, 83, Greek theatre actress. •
William Weaver, 90, American translator of modern Italian literature.
13 •
Chieko Aioi, 78, Japanese actress and voice actress, heart failure. •
Onesimo Cadiz Gordoncillo, 78, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Tagbilaran (1976–1986) and Archbishop of
Capiz (1986–2011). •
José Cantón, 76, Spanish footballer. •
Todd Christensen, 57, American football player (
Los Angeles Raiders), complications during liver transplant surgery. •
Thierry Gerbier, 48, French Olympic biathlete. •
Kevin Gilroy, 77, American Air Force colonel and mayor of
Gilroy (1997-1999). •
Eugène Hanck, 85, Luxembourgish Olympic sprint canoer (
1952). •
Hans-Jürgen Heise, 83, German author and poet. •
Barbara Lawrence, 83, American actress (
Oklahoma!) and businesswoman. •
Claudette Masdammer, 74, Guyanese Olympic sprinter. •
Nikolaos Martis, 98, Greek politician and minister. •
Mauro Nesti, 78, Italian racecar driver, eight-time
European Hill Climb champion. •
Roland Paoletti, 82, British architect. •
Pierre Scribante, 82, French cyclist. •
Daniel J. Shanefield, 83, American ceramic engineer. •
Robert Vito, American television correspondent and bureau chief (
CNN), pancreatic cancer.
14 •
Georgina Anderson, 15, English singer, liver cancer. •
Augustine, 58, Indian actor, renal failure. •
Sudhir Bhat, 61–62, Indian theatre producer, heart attack. •
Mike Cappelletti, 71, American bridge and poker player, and author. •
Piet de Wolf, 91, Dutch football manager. •
Hari Krishna Devsare, 75, Indian author of children's literature and magazine editor (
Parag). •
Dena Epstein, 96, American music librarian and author. •
Barbara Handman, 85, American political consultant and
Broadway theatre preservationist, complications from Alzheimer's disease. •
Ramziya al-Iryani, 58–59, Yemeni novelist, writer, diplomat and feminist. •
Bennett Masinga, 48, South African footballer. •
Jim McCluskey, 63, Scottish football referee. •
Olivia Robertson, 96, British religious leader, high priestess of the
Fellowship of Isis. •
Reg Sinclair, 88, Canadian ice hockey player (
New York Rangers,
Detroit Red Wings).
15 •
Sheila Matthews Allen, 84, American actress (
The Towering Inferno,
The Poseidon Adventure), pulmonary fibrosis. •
Karla Álvarez, 41, Mexican actress (
Qué Bonito Amor), respiratory failure. •
Kurt Caselli, 30, American motocross rider, race collision. •
Glafcos Clerides, 94, Cypriot politician,
President (1974, 1993–2003). •
Keith Cumberpatch, 86, New Zealand field hockey player. •
Raimondo D'Inzeo, 88, Italian Olympic show jumping rider. •
Félix Geybels, 77, Belgian international footballer (
Beringen,
national team). •
T. J. Jemison, 95, American Christian leader, president of the
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. (1982–1994). •
Mickey Knox, 91, American actor and screenwriter (
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,
G.I. Blues). •
Heinz Lorenz, 97, Czechoslovak Olympic athlete. •
Kripalu Maharaj, 91, Indian Hindu spiritual leader. •
Mike McCormack, 83, American
Hall of Fame football player (
Cleveland Browns) and coach. •
Barbara Park, 66, American author of children's books (
Junie B. Jones), ovarian cancer. •
Andrew Semple, 101, British medical officer. •
Walt Witcover, 89, American actor and acting teacher.
16 •
Chris Argyris, 90, American business theorist. •
Robert Conley, 85, American journalist and radio host (
All Things Considered),
parotid cancer. •
Billy Hardwick, 72, American
ten-pin bowler, heart attack. •
Zbyněk Hejda, 83, Czech poet and historian, recipient of the
Jaroslav Seifert Prize (1996). •
William McDonough Kelly, 88, Canadian politician,
Senator (1982–2000). •
Tanvir Ahmad Khan, 81, Pakistani public servant and diplomat,
Foreign Secretary (1989–1990). •
Hilary Laing, 86, British Olympic skier. •
Oscar Lanford, 73, American mathematician. •
Erik Loe, 93, Norwegian journalist and editor. •
Ian MacPherson, 73–74, Canadian historian. •
Johnny Martin, 66, English footballer (
Colchester United,
Workington,
Southport). •
Arne Pedersen, 82, Norwegian footballer (
Fredrikstad,
national team). •
Robin Plunket, 8th Baron Plunket, 87, British peer. •
Louis D. Rubin Jr., 89, American writer and publisher. •
William Ward, 4th Earl of Dudley, 93, British peer. •
Charles Waterhouse, 89, American artist. •
Jock Young, 71, British criminologist, anaplastic thyroid cancer.
17 •
Zeke Bella, 83, American baseball player (
New York Yankees,
Kansas City Athletics), complications from stroke and fall. •
Sir Alfred Blake, 98, British
Royal Marines officer and solicitor, Director of the
Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme (1967–1978). •
Frank Chamberlin, 35, American football player (
Tennessee Titans), brain cancer. •
Joe Dean, 83, American
Collegiate Hall of Fame basketball player (2012),
LSU athletic director (1987–2000). •
Syd Field, 77, American screenwriting guru, hemolytic anemia. •
Herbert Gordon, 61, Jamaican footballer, complications from diabetes. •
Doris Lessing, 94, British novelist (
The Grass Is Singing,
The Golden Notebook,
The Good Terrorist), poet, playwright and librettist, laureate of
Nobel Prize in Literature (2007). •
Antonio J. Marino, 92, American politician,
Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts (1972–1973, 1976–1985). •
Nicholas Mevoli, 32, American deep water diver, pulmonary edema. •
Gerald Spring Rice, 6th Baron Monteagle of Brandon, 87, British peer and businessman. •
George Thuo, 46, Kenyan politician, member of the
National Assembly for
Juja Constituency (2007–2010). •
Om Prakash Valmiki, 63, Indian writer, liver cancer. •
Mary Nesbitt Wisham, 88, American baseball player.
18 •
Bob Bentley, 84, Canadian politician, consequences of a vehicle accident. •
Peter Cartwright, 78, South African-born British actor. •
Forrest Claunch, 73, American politician, pancreatic cancer. •
Thomas Howard, 30, American football player (
Oakland Raiders), traffic collision. •
Sir Jock Kennedy, 85, British air marshal. •
Daryl Logullo, 47, American e-commerce executive. •
Helen Norris, 97, American novelist and short story author. •
Bennett Reimer, 81, American music professor. •
Nejat Uygur, 86, Turkish comedian. •
S. R. D. Vaidyanathan, 84, Indian musician. •
Ljubomir Vračarević, 66, Serbian martial artist, founder of
Real Aikido. •
Peter Wintonick, 60, Canadian documentary filmmaker,
cholangiocarcinoma.
19 •
Babe Birrer, 85, American baseball player (
Detroit Tigers,
Baltimore Orioles,
Los Angeles Dodgers). •
Marc Breaux, 89, American choreographer (
The Sound of Music,
Mary Poppins). •
Nan Campbell, 87, American politician, first female Mayor of
Bellevue, Washington (1988–1989), pneumonia. •
Taisia Chenchik, 77, Ukrainian Soviet Olympic bronze medalist (
1964) and European champion athlete (
1966). •
Gunter Christmann, 77, German-born Australian painter. •
Dora Dougherty Strother, 91, American test pilot and engineer. •
André Filippini, 89, Swiss businessman and Olympic bronze medalist bobsledder (
1952). •
Ray Gosling, 74, British broadcaster and gay rights activist. •
John Ingamells, 79, British art historian. •
Bob Kiley, 80, American ice-hockey player. •
Joseph Frans Lescrauwaet, 90, Dutch Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of
Haarlem (1983–1995). •
Diane Disney Miller, 79, American philanthropist, complications from a fall. •
Matthias N'Gartéri Mayadi, 71, Chadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of
N'Djaména (since 2003). •
Jacquelyn K. O'Brien, 82, American politician. •
Frederick Sanger, 95, British biochemist, laureate of
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1958, 1980). •
Antoni Tomiczek, 98, Polish World War II pilot. •
Charlotte Zolotow, 98, American author and poet.
20 •
Bruce Bilby, 91, British mechanical engineer. •
Pavel Bobek, 76, Czech singer. •
Sylvia Browne, 77, American author and self-proclaimed psychic. •
Yevgeny Cherkasov, 83, Russian Olympic sport shooter. •
Joseph Paul Franklin, 63, American serial killer, executed by lethal injection. •
Peter Griffiths, 85, British politician, MP for
Smethwick (1964–1966) and
Portsmouth North (1979–1997). •
Gardner Hathaway, 88, American
CIA officer. •
José Hernández, 69, Spanish painter and engraver. •
Dieter Hildebrandt, 86, German
kabarettist, cancer. •
Austin Ikin, 83, South African Olympic rower. •
Rafiqul Islam, 63, Bangladeshi-born Canadian language activist, leukaemia. •
Frank Lauterbur, 88, American football head coach (
University of Toledo,
University of Iowa), dementia and Parkinson's disease. •
Beth MacKenzie, 53, Canadian nurse and politician. •
Oleg Minko, 75, Ukrainian painter. •
Sokol Olldashi, 40, Albanian politician, MP (since 2001),
Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Telecommunications, traffic collision. •
Klaus Praefcke, 80, German chemist. •
Franco Selleri, 77, Italian theoretical physicist. •
Justus Smith, 91, American rower, Olympic champion (
1948). •
Raymond P. Spillenger, 89, American painter. •
Sir Cyril Townsend, 75, British politician, MP for
Bexleyheath (1974–1997). •
Émile Véron, 88, French entrepreneur (
Majorette), co-creator of
Norev model cars. •
Juan José Wedel, 69, Costa Rican Olympic archer. •
Hellmuth Wolff, 76, Swiss-born Canadian organ builder.
21 •
Jindřich Balcar, 63, Czech Olympic ski jumper (
1976). •
Ronny Coaches, Ghanaian musician (
Buk Bak), heart attack. •
James Cumes, 91, Australian author and economist. •
John Egerton, 78, American journalist and author, heart attack. •
Peter Frank, 79, British political scientist. •
Theo Gerdener, 97, South African politician, Interior Minister (1970–1972), leader of the
Democratic Party (1973–1977). •
Ahmad Jan, Afghan politician. •
Fred Kavli, 86, Norwegian businessman, founded
Kavlico Corporation. •
Dimitri Mihalas, 74, American astrophysicist. •
Vern Mikkelsen, 85, American
Hall of Fame basketball player (
Minneapolis Lakers). •
Herbert Mitgang, 93, American author, editor, journalist, playwright and producer. •
Mike Palagyi, 96, American baseball player (
Washington Senators). •
Bernard Parmegiani, 86, French composer. •
Cyril Perkins, 102, English cricketer. •
Vadde Ramesh, 66, Indian film producer, cancer. •
Elfriede Spiegelhauer-Uhlig, 79, German Olympic cross-country skier. •
Tony Summers, 89, British Olympic swimmer (
1948). •
Conrad Susa, 78, American opera composer (
Transformations). •
Tôn Thất Đính, 87, Vietnamese army lieutenant general. •
Maurice Vachon, 84, Canadian professional wrestler. •
Michael Weiner, 51, American labor leader and lawyer, executive director of the
MLBPA, brain tumor. •
George Werley, 75, American baseball player (
Baltimore Orioles).
22 •
Wanda Coleman, 67, American poet and screenwriter. •
Mircea Crișan, 89, Romanian comedian and comedic actor. •
Don Dailey, 57, American computer programmer, leukemia. •
Brian Dawson, 74, British folk singer and song collector. •
Abelardo Estorino, 88, Cuban dramatist, director, and theater critic. •
Tom Gilmartin, 78, Irish businessman,
Mahon Tribunal witness. •
Jancarlos, 30, Brazilian footballer, traffic collision. •
Pierre Jacques Joatton, 83, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Saint-Étienne (1988−2006). •
Aleksandr Komarov, 90, Russian world champion ice hockey player (
1954). •
Georges Lautner, 87, French film director and screenwriter. •
Paul Mayer, 82, German–born American Catholic priest and peace activist. •
Alec Reid, 82, Irish priest and peacemaker. •
Robert B. Rutherford, 81–82, American vascular surgeon, scientific journal editor, and medical textbook author. •
Reggie September, 90, South African politician and trade unionist, MP (1994–2004). •
Reg Simpson, 93, English Test cricketer. •
Willis Ware, 93, American computer scientist.
23 •
Connie Broden, 81, Canadian ice hockey player (
Montreal Canadiens). •
Corrado Castellari, 68, Italian singer-songwriter and composer. •
Al Forman, 85, American baseball umpire. •
Walter Frosch, 62, German footballer. •
Helena Gąsienica Daniel, 79, Polish Olympic cross-country skier. •
Nikolai Kondratenko, 73, Russian politician, Governor of
Krasnodar Krai (1997–2001). •
Jay Leggett, 50, American actor, writer and comedian (
Employee of the Month,
Without a Paddle,
In Living Color), heart attack. •
Peter B. Lewis, 80, American businessman (
Progressive Corporation) and philanthropist. •
William Jerome McCormack, 89, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of
New York (1986–2001). •
Wayne Mills, 44, American country music singer, shot. •
Raphael Nomiye, 50, Nigerian politician and legislator. •
Costanzo Preve, 70, Italian Marxist philosopher. •
Solveig Muren Sanden, 95, Norwegian illustrator. •
Delbert Tibbs, 74, American anti-death penalty activist.
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Amedeo Amadei, 92, Italian international footballer. •
József Becsei, 63, Hungarian footballer. •
Charlie Bicknell, 85, American baseball player (
Philadelphia Phillies). •
Nancy Borwick, 78, Australian Olympic athlete. •
Matthew Bucksbaum, 87, American businessman (
General Growth Properties). •
Jim Cason, 86, American football player (
San Francisco 49ers,
Los Angeles Rams). •
Lorenzo Coleman, 38, American basketball player (
Harlem Globetrotters),
aortic aneurysm. •
Arnaud Coyot, 33, French cyclist, traffic collision. •
Patrick DeFilippo, 74, Italian–born Canadian mobster, cancer. •
Danièle Dupré, 75, French singer. •
Qusai Emad Al-Khawaldeh, 19, Jordanian footballer, asphyxiation. •
Hermine de Graaf, 62, Dutch novelist. •
Lou Hyndman, 78, Canadian politician,
Alberta provincial minister. •
Jun-Ichi Igusa, 89, Japanese mathematician. •
June Keithley, 66, Filipino television journalist and actress, cancer. •
Jean King, 87, American politician,
Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii (1978–1982), pancreatic cancer. •
Gerrit Krol, 79, Dutch author, essayist and writer. •
Lloyd Lange, 76, Australian politician, member of the
New South Wales Legislative Council (1974–1986). •
Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown, 87, British peer and banker,
Governor of the Bank of England (1983–1993). •
Marian Măuță, 37, Romanian footballer. •
Matti Ranin, 87, Finnish actor. •
Wenceslao Sarmiento, 91, Peruvian-born American modernist architect. •
Jerry Seeman, 77, American football official (
National Football League), cancer. •
David B. Thompson, 90, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Charleston (1990−1999). •
Charlie Ware, 80, Irish hurler (
Waterford).
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William Adam, 96, American trumpeter and bandleader. •
Lou Brissie, 89, American baseball player (
Philadelphia Athletics), cardiopulmonary failure. •
Chae Myung-shin, 86, South Korean Army general during the
Vietnam War. •
Wayne K. Clymer, 96, American bishop. •
Oralia Domínguez, 88, Mexican opera singer. •
Ricardo Fort, 45, Argentinian entrepreneur, television personality, dancer and artist, heart failure. •
Bill Foulkes, 81, English footballer (
Manchester United,
England). •
Paul Gnaier, 87, German Olympic fencer (
1960,
1964,
1968). •
Robert Guillin, 87, French Olympic basketball player. •
Shyamali Gupta, 68, Indian politician, heart attack. •
Musue Noha Haddad, 44, Liberian journalist. •
Chico Hamilton, 92, American jazz drummer. •
Ryōko Kinomiya, 82, Japanese voice actress (
Galaxy Express 999,
Speed Racer,
Hell Teacher Nube),
MODS. •
Greg Kovacs, 44, Canadian professional bodybuilder, heart failure. •
Joel Lane, 50, British author. •
Egon Lánský, 79, Czech journalist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1998–1999). •
Elke Neidhardt, 72, German-born Australian opera director (
Ring cycles) and actress (
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo). •
Ken Peters, 98, American baseball player and actor. •
Al Plastino, 91, American comic book artist (
Superman), prostate cancer. •
John Shaw, 56, English radio broadcaster,
leptospirosis. •
Zéphyrin Toé, 84, Burkinabé Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Nouna (1973−2000) and
Dédougou (2000−2005). •
Toshiaki Tsushima, 77, Japanese film score composer (
The Fall of Ako Castle,
Battles Without Honor and Humanity), pneumonia. •
Seiji Tsutsumi, 86, Japanese writer and businessman, chairman of
Seibu Department Stores, liver failure.
26 •
Toon Becx, 93, Dutch footballer (
Willem II). •
William Coperthwaite, 83, American
yurt builder, traffic collision. •
Arik Einstein, 74, Israeli singer, songwriter and actor, aortic aneurysm. •
Marcello Gatti, 89, Italian cinematographer, winner of five
Nastro d'Argento awards. •
John Galbraith Graham, 92, British crossword compiler ("Araucaria" of
The Guardian) and Church of England priest. •
Slobodan Karalić, 57, Yugoslav footballer. •
Jane Kean, 90, American actress (
The Honeymooners), complications from a fall. •
Saul Leiter, 89, American photographer and painter. •
Tony Musante, 77, American actor (
As the World Turns,
Oz,
We Own the Night), complications following surgery. •
Temistocle Popa, 92, Romanian composer (
Veronica,
Ma-ma), instrumentalist and actor. •
Bracha Qafih, 90, Israeli rabbanit, recipient of the
Israel Prize (1999). •
Cayetano Ré, 75, Paraguayan footballer (
Barcelona,
Espanyol) and manager. •
Raimondo Ricci, 92, Italian politician and partisan. •
Himachal Som, Indian diplomat. •
Jörg Spengler, 74, German Olympic bronze-medalist sailor (
1976). •
Stan Stennett, 88, Welsh comic entertainer, actor and jazz musician, complications following stroke. •
William Stevenson, 89, British-born Canadian writer.
27 •
Attilio Bravi, 77, Italian Olympic long jumper (
1960). •
Lewis Collins, 67, British actor (
The Professionals), cancer. •
Herbert F. DeSimone, 84, American politician and lawyer,
Attorney General of Rhode Island (1967−1971). •
Rashit Khamidulin, 76, Russian Soviet diplomat. •
Rudolf Lorenzen, 91, German author. •
John Massengale, 73–74, American football player. •
Mieno Eiko, 87, Japanese politician, chronic heart failure. •
David Peleg, 71, Israeli diplomat, Ambassador to Poland (2004–2009). •
Volker Roemheld, 72, German agricultural scientist. •
Nílton Santos, 88, Brazilian footballer (
Botafogo),
World Cup champion (
1958,
1962), lung infection. •
Manuel F. Segura, 94, Filipino army officer and author. •
Wolf Jobst Siedler, 87, German publisher. •
Waldemar Świerzy, 82, Polish artist. •
Avraham Verdiger, 92, Israeli politician.
28 •
R. I. T. Alles, 81, Sri Lankan educationalist. •
Larry Banner, 77, American Olympic gymnast. •
Eduard Liviu Bartales, 59, Romanian footballer. •
Howard Clark, 63, English pacifist. •
Elwood, 8, American Chinese crested/chihuahua dog,
World's Ugliest Dog (2007). •
Mike Jenkins, 31, American professional
strongman, enlarged heart. •
Jack Matthews, 88, American book collector and author of
philosophical fiction. •
Mitja Ribičič, 94, Slovenian politician,
Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (1969–1971). •
Ronald Clair Roat, 67, American author and journalist. •
Jean-Louis Roux, 90, Canadian actor and politician,
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (1996). •
Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman, 93, Austrian-born American
Yiddish language poet and folk singer. •
Mohamed Sibari, 68, Moroccan author. •
Max Georg von Twickel, 87, German Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of
Münster (1973−2001). •
Danny Wells, 72, Canadian-born American actor (
The Jeffersons,
Magnolia,
Private Benjamin), cancer.
29 •
Salomon Bengondo, 26, Cameroonian footballer. •
Robert L. Bergman, 65, American politician and businessman, esophageal cancer. •
Gordie Bonin, 65, Canadian race car driver, member of the
Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame (2000). •
Ian Butterworth, 82, British particle physicist. •
Clara Cannucciari, 98, American chef and author. •
Oliver Cheatham, 65, American singer ("
Get Down Saturday Night"),
heart attack. •
Charles Cooper, 87, American actor (
Star Trek,
Perry Mason). •
Leo Cooper, 79, British writer. •
Dick Dodd, 68, American musician (
The Bel-Airs,
Eddie and the Showmen,
The Standells), and
Mouseketeer, cancer. •
Colin Eglin, 88, South African politician. •
Natalya Gorbanevskaya, 77, Russian poet, translator and civil rights activist. •
Chris Howland, 85, British-born German radio and television presenter. •
Douglas Jones, 91, British mathematician. •
Michael Kammen, 77, American historian. •
Peter W. Kaplan, 59, American newspaper editor (
The New York Observer), cancer. •
Bram van der Lek, 82, Dutch politician, MP (1967–1971, 1972–1978),
Senator (1983–1984), member of the
European Parliament (1984–1989). •
Baku Mahadeva, 91, Sri Lankan civil servant. •
Vincent Marchiselli, 85, American politician, member of the
New York State Assembly, heart attack. •
Alfred Monnin, 93, Canadian judge. •
Valdis Muižnieks, 78, Latvian Soviet Olympic silver medalist basketball player (
1956,
1960,
1964), European champion (
1957,
1959,
1961). •
Brian Torrey Scott, 37, American writer, colon cancer.
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Waldyr Calheiros Novaes, 90, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda (1966−1999). •
Clifford Chadderton, 94, Canadian charity executive (
The War Amps). •
Paul Crouch, 79, American broadcaster, founder of
Trinity Broadcasting Network, heart failure. •
Vera Houghton, 99, British health campaigner. •
Masino Intaray, 70, Filipino poet, bard artist, and musician. •
Bob Jake, 90, American basketball player and doctor. •
Jean Kent, 92, English actress (
The Browning Version), complications from a fall. •
Moussa Konaté, 62, Malian author and playwright. •
Baldassare Porto, 90, Italian Olympic sprinter (
1952). •
Raghuram, 64, Indian film choreographer, heart attack. •
Tabu Ley Rochereau, 76,
Congolese rumba singer, complications from a stroke. •
Doriano Romboni, 44, Italian motorcycle racer, race collision. •
Georgina Somerset, 90, British dentist and Royal Navy officer. •
Paul Walker, 40, American actor (
The Fast and the Furious,
Pleasantville,
Flags of Our Fathers), traffic collision. •
Yury Yakovlev, 85, Russian actor (
The Irony of Fate,
Anna Karenina,
Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future). ==References==