1 •
Gumaa Al-Shawan, 74, Egyptian intelligence agent. •
Cahit Aral, 84, Turkish engineer and politician,
Minister of Industry and Commerce (1983–1987). •
Fanny Edelman, 100, Argentine politician, President of the
PCA. •
Sam Fink, 95, American calligrapher. •
Richard Gordon, 85, British horror film producer. •
André Hodeir, 90, French author, jazz arranger and composer. •
Christiane Legrand, 81, French jazz singer. •
Sergio Montiel, 84, Argentine politician, Governor of
Entre Ríos (1983–1987; 1999–2003). •
Dorothy Howell Rodham, 92, American homemaker, mother of
Hillary Clinton. •
Eilaine Roth, 82, American baseball player (
AAGPBL), complications from cancer. •
Héctor Rueda Hernández, 90, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of
Medellín (1991–1997). •
Seppo Sanaksenaho, 73, Finnish politician, Mayor of
Vaasa (1997–2001). •
Katherine Siva Saubel, 91, American
Cahuilla tribal leader and activist, one of the last speakers of the
Cahuilla language. •
Robert A. Scalapino, 92, American political scientist. •
Ricardo Watty Urquidi, 73, American-born Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Tepic (since 2008), pancreatic cancer.
2 •
Sydney Andrew, 85, English industrial chemical engineer. •
Stan Bergstein, 87, American harness racing executive. •
Sickan Carlsson, 96, Swedish actress and singer. •
Rijk de Gooyer, 85, Dutch actor, pancreatic cancer. •
Ilmar Kullam, 89, Estonian Olympic silver medal-winning (
1952) basketball player. •
Lou Maletta, 74, American media executive, founder of
Gay Cable Network, liver cancer. •
Eugene Maslov, 66, Russian billiards coach. •
Yoko Matsuoka McClain, 87, Japanese-born American professor (
University of Oregon), granddaughter of
Natsume Sōseki, stroke. •
Sid Melton, 94, American character actor (
The Golden Girls,
Green Acres,
The Danny Thomas Show), pneumonia. •
Papa Bue, 81, Danish trombonist and bandleader. •
Antonio Molino Rojo, 85, Spanish film actor. •
Nikolay Saksonov, 88, Russian world champion weightlifter, Olympic silver medalist (
1952). •
Leonard Stone, 87, American actor (
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,
Soylent Green,
L.A. Law), cancer. •
Lucy Tejada, 91, Colombian painter.
3 •
Matty Alou, 72, Dominican Republic-born American baseball player (
Pittsburgh Pirates,
San Francisco Giants,
St. Louis Cardinals), diabetes. •
Rosángela Balbó, 70, Mexican-Italian born actress, lung cancer. •
Tamás Eszes, 47, Hungarian politician and paramilitary leader, suicide. •
Bob Forsch, 61, American baseball player (
St. Louis Cardinals), aortic aneurysm. •
H. G. Francis, 75, German science fiction author. •
Guo Tao, 85, Chinese lieutenant general. •
Peeter Kreitzberg, 62, Estonian politician,
Minister of Culture and Education (1995). •
Justo Oscar Laguna, 82, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Morón (1980–2004). •
Ivar Nørgaard, 89, Danish politician, negotiated Denmark's entry to the
European Community. •
John R. Opel, 86, American computer businessman, president and CEO of
IBM. •
Morris Philipson, 85, American book publisher and novelist. •
Sir Timothy Raison, 82, British politician, Member of Parliament for
Aylesbury (1970–1992). •
Bruno Rubeo, 65, Italian production designer (
Platoon,
Driving Miss Daisy,
Born on the Fourth of July), pneumonia. •
John Young, 80, Scottish politician,
MSP for
West of Scotland (1999–2003).
4 •
Alfonso Cano, 63, Colombian guerrilla leader (
FARC), shot. •
Emmanuel de Bethune, 82, Belgian politician, Mayor of
Kortrijk (1987–1989, 1995–2000), after long illness. •
Arnold Green, 91, Estonian politician, President of the
Estonian Olympic Committee (1989–1997). •
Annabelle Lyon, 95, American ballet dancer. •
Cynthia Myers, 61, American model (
Playboy) and actress (
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls), lung cancer. •
Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr., 96, American physicist,
Nobel Laureate (1989). •
Andy Rooney, 92, American journalist (
60 Minutes), surgical complications. •
Theadora Van Runkle, 83, American costume designer (
The Godfather Part II,
Bonnie and Clyde,
Bullitt), lung cancer. •
Sarah Watt, 53, Australian film director, bone and breast cancer. •
Tadeusz Walasek, 75, Polish Olympic silver (
1960) and bronze (
1964) medal-winning boxer. •
Dieudonné Yougbaré, 94, Burkinabé Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Koupéla (1956–1995).
5 •
Mario Roberto Álvarez, 97, Argentine architect. •
George Ansbro, 96, American radio announcer. •
Luigi Belloli, 88, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of the
Anagni-Alatri (1987–1999). •
Franco Chillemi, 69, Italian actor and voice actor. •
Les Daniels, 68, American writer. •
Norton Dodge, 84, American economist and art collector. •
Loulou de la Falaise, 64, French fashion muse and designer (
Yves Saint Laurent). •
Hannu Haapalainen, 60, Finnish ice hockey player (
SM-liiga). •
Bhupen Hazarika, 85, Indian singer. •
Sir Gordon Higginson, 81, British educationalist and engineer. •
Takeo Nishioka, 75, Japanese politician,
Minister of Education (1988–1989) and
Speaker of the
House of Councillors (since 2010), pneumonia. •
Henry D. Owen, 91, American diplomat. •
Damaskinos Papandreou, 75, Greek-born Turkish
Orthodox hierarch, Metropolitan of
Hadrianopolis (since 2003). •
Yuvan Shestalov, 74, Russian
Mansi language writer.
6 •
Géza Alföldy, 76, Hungarian historian. •
Gordon Beck, 75, British jazz pianist and composer. •
Isaac Chocrón, 81, Venezuelan playwright. •
Margaret Field, 89, American actress (
The Man from Planet X,
Captive Women,
The Story of Will Rogers), cancer. •
Philip Gould, Baron Gould of Brookwood, 61, British advertising executive and political adviser, cancer. •
Giacomo Gualco, 75, Italian politician,
President of Liguria (1990–1992). •
Mel Hancock, 82, American politician,
U.S. Representative from
Missouri (1989–1997). •
Hickstead, 15, Dutch-born Canadian show jumping horse, Olympic champion (
2008), ruptured aorta. •
Hal Kanter, 92, American screenwriter, director and producer (
Julia), complications from pneumonia. •
Peretz Kidron, 78, Israeli writer, journalist and translator. •
Carl Nyrén, 93, Swedish architect. •
Allan Peachey, 62, New Zealand politician, Member of Parliament for
Tamaki (2005–2011), cancer. •
William David Lindsay Ride, 85, Australian zoologist. •
Charles Walton, 89, American electrical engineer, patentee of
RFID.
7 •
Lykke Aresin, 90, German physician,
sexologist and writer •
James E. Barrett, 89, American
federal judge. •
Joe Frazier, 67, American boxer,
World Heavyweight Champion (1970–1973), liver cancer. •
Marie Ljalková, 90, Czech soldier,
sniper of the Soviet Union. •
Lisbeth Movin, 94, Danish actress. •
Georgi Movsesyan, 66, Russian composer, heart attack. •
Dov Schwartzman, 90, Russian-born Israeli Haredi rabbi and
rosh yeshiva. •
Tomás Segovia, 84, Spanish-born Mexican poet, cancer. •
F. Springer, 79, Dutch writer. •
Takanosato Toshihide, 59, Japanese sumo wrestler. •
Andrea True, 68, American adult film star and disco singer, heart failure.
8 •
Jimmy Adamson, 82, British football player and coach. •
Al Boeke, 88, American architect, developer of
Sea Ranch, California, and
Mililani, Hawai'i. •
Hal Bruno, 83, American journalist, political director of
ABC News (1980–1999), heart arrhythmia after a fall. •
Gene Cantamessa, 80, American sound engineer (
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,
Ghostbusters,
Young Frankenstein),
Oscar winner (
1983). •
Oscar Rolando Cantuarias Pastor, 80, Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of
Piura (1981–2006). •
Nosson Tzvi Finkel, 68, American-born Israeli Haredi rabbi and
rosh yeshiva. •
Katherine Grant, 12th Countess of Dysart, 93, Scottish peeress. •
Heavy D, 44, Jamaican-born American rapper ("
Now That We Found Love") and actor (
The Cider House Rules,
Life), pulmonary embolism. •
Ricky Hui, 65, Hong Kong actor, heart attack. •
Sir David Jack, 87, Scottish pharmacologist. •
Bil Keane, 89, American cartoonist (
The Family Circus), heart failure. •
Valentin Ivanov, 76, Russian football player and coach. •
Ed Macauley, 83, American basketball player (
St. Louis Hawks,
Boston Celtics). •
Jimmy Norman, 74, American rhythm and blues and jazz musician and songwriter. •
Herbert S. Okun, 80, American diplomat. •
Floyd Rice, 62, American football player (
San Diego Chargers,
Oakland Raiders), lung cancer. •
Vladimir Shitov, 60, Russian luger. •
Lauri Sutela, 93, Finnish military officer,
Chief of Defence (1974–1983). •
Jan Wypiorczyk, 64, Polish Olympic wrestler.
9 •
Shmuel Ben-Artzi, 96, Israeli writer, father-in-law of
Benjamin Netanyahu. •
Bob Carney, 79, American basketball player (
Minneapolis Lakers). •
Roger Christian, 75, American Olympic gold medal-winning (
1960) ice hockey player. •
Ézio, 45, Brazilian football player, pancreatic cancer. •
Har Gobind Khorana, 89, Indian-born American biochemist, Nobel laureate (1968). •
Wilfred G. Lambert, 85, English historian and archaeologist. •
Benny McCoy, 96, American baseball player (
Detroit Tigers,
Philadelphia Athletics). •
Sir Robin Mountfield, 72, British civil servant. •
Dani Wadada Nabudere, 79, Ugandan academic. •
Jean-Paul Randriamanana, 52, Malagasy Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of
Antananarivo (since 1999). •
Terry Willers, 76, Irish cartoonist.
10 •
Peter J. Biondi, 69, American politician, member of the
New Jersey General Assembly (since 1998), mesothelioma. •
David Boyd, 87, Australian artist. •
Manuel Carbonell, 93, Cuban-born American sculptor. •
Winston C. Doby, 71, American mathematician. •
Ana Grepo, 36, Croatian model, carbon monoxide asphyxiation. •
Barbara Grier, 78, American publisher (
Naiad Press) and writer, cancer. •
Andrei Igorov, 71, Romanian sprint canoer. •
Ivan Martin Jirous, 67, Czech poet and dissident. •
Alan Keen, 73, British politician, MP for
Feltham and Heston (since 1992), cancer. •
Killer Karl Kox, 80, American professional wrestler. •
Petar Kralj, 70, Serbian actor. •
Jacques Lataste, 89, French Olympic fencer. •
Hiroshi Saito, 78, Japanese Olympic basketball player. •
Andy Tielman, 75, Dutch
Indorock musician, gastric cancer. •
Adrián Yospe, 41, Argentine actor, cancer.
11 •
Dennis Alexander, 76, English footballer. •
William Aramony, 84, American charity executive. •
Francisco Blake Mora, 45, Mexican politician,
Secretary of the Interior (since 2010), helicopter crash. •
Domenico Tarcisio Cortese, 80, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea (1979–2007). •
John Francis Donoghue, 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of
Atlanta (1993–2004), after short illness. •
Emory Folmar, 81, American politician, Mayor of
Montgomery, Alabama (1977–1999), after long illness. •
Michael Garrick, 78, English jazz pianist and composer, cerebral hemorrhage. •
Fridtjof Frank Gundersen, 77, Norwegian jurist and politician. •
Choiseul Henriquez, 51, Haitian politician. •
Kent Kammerer, 78, American teacher and activist. •
Charlie Lea, 54, French-born American baseball player (
Montreal Expos), heart attack. •
Hellmut May, 90, Austrian Olympic figure skater. •
Bernd Methe, 47, German handball referee, traffic accident. •
Reiner Methe, 47, German handball referee, traffic accident. •
Pushpa Ratna Sagar, 89, Nepalese grammarian. •
Nick Strincevich, 96, American baseball player (
Pittsburgh Pirates,
Boston Braves).
12 •
Gavin Bornholdt, 63, New Zealand Olympic sailor (
1976). •
Doyle Bramhall, 62, American blues musician, heart failure. •
Alun Evans, 69, Welsh football administrator, General Secretary of the
Football Association of Wales (1982–1995), after long illness. •
George Hazle, 87, South African Olympic athlete. •
Zbigniew Jaworowski, 84, Polish physicist. •
Evelyn Lauder, 75, Austrian-born American philanthropist (
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation), creator of
pink ribbon symbol, complications from ovarian cancer. •
Julius C. Michaelson, 89, American politician, Rhode Island
Attorney General (1975–1979) and
State Senator (1962–1974). •
Eva Monley, 88, German-born Kenyan film location scout (
Empire of the Sun,
Lawrence of Arabia). •
Peter Roebuck, 55, British-Australian cricketer and columnist, suicide by
self-defenestration. •
Jim Sullivan, 43, Canadian curler,
world junior champion (1988), suicide. •
Ilya Zhitomirskiy, 22, Russian-born American Internet entrepreneur, co-founder of
Diaspora social network site, apparent suicide by
inert helium asphyxiation.
13 •
Nigel Abbott, 91, Australian politician, member of the
Tasmanian House of Assembly for
Denison (1964–1972). •
Anders John Aune, 87, Norwegian politician. •
Bobsam Elejiko, 30, Nigerian footballer,
traumatic aortic rupture. •
Guido Falaschi, 22, Argentine racing driver, racing accident. •
Patrick Ford, 55, former Commonwealth featherweight boxing champion, heart attack. •
Bayazit Gizatullin, 75, Russian Olympic skier. •
Masao Nakayama, 70, Micronesian politician and diplomat, complications from a stroke. •
Pat Passlof, 83, American painter, cancer. •
Esperanza Pérez Labrador, 89, Cuban-born Argentine human rights activist (
Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo). •
Jamie Pierre, 38, American professional skier, avalanche. •
Artemio Lomboy Rillera, 64, Philippine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Bangued (1993–2005) and
San Fernando de La Union (since 2005). •
Solly Tyibilika, 32, South African rugby player, shot.
14 •
Esin Afşar, 75, Turkish singer and stage actress, leukemia. •
Alan F. Alford, 49-50, British writer and speaker. •
Franz Josef Degenhardt, 79, German poet, satirist, novelist and folk singer. •
Guy Dejouany, 90, French businessman. •
Richard Douthwaite, 69, British economist and ecologist. •
Alf Fields, 92, English footballer (
Arsenal F.C.). •
Maurice Gaidon, 83, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Cahors (1987–2004). •
Neil Heywood, 41, British businessman, poisoned. •
Brikt Jensen, 83, Norwegian literary critic and publisher. •
Jackie Leven, 61, Scottish musician, lung cancer. •
John Lincoln, 95, Australian judge. •
Cargill MacMillan Jr., 84, American billionaire businessman. •
Peter Naigow, app. 65, Liberian politician, Vice President of Liberia (1991). •
Teresa P. Pica, 66, American academic and educator. •
Lee Pockriss, 87, American songwriter ("
Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini"). •
Jo Ann Sayers, 93, American actress. •
Čestmír Vejdělek, 86, Czech writer.
15 •
William Arveson, 76, American mathematician. •
Lev Borisov, 77, Russian actor, stroke. •
Oba Chandler, 65, American convicted murderer, executed by lethal injection. •
Antonio Eceiza, 76, Spanish film director and screenwriter. •
Dulcie Gray, 95, English actress (''
Howards' Way'') and novelist, widow of
Michael Denison,
bronchial pneumonia. •
John Hart, 75, English schoolmaster, first man to win
Mastermind. •
Thomas Worrall Kent, 89, Canadian journalist and public servant, cardiac arrest. •
Moogy Klingman, 61, American rock keyboardist (
Utopia) and songwriter, cancer. •
Ingrid Sandahl, 87, Swedish Olympic gold medal-winning (
1952) gymnast. •
Karl Slover, 93, Slovak-born American actor (
The Wizard of Oz).
16 •
Ruslan Akhtakhanov, 58, Chechen poet and academic, shot. •
Hale Baugh, 87, American Olympic modern pentathlete. •
Jacobus Duivenvoorde, 83, Dutch-born Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of
Merauke (1972–2004). •
Djamel Keddou, 59, Algerian football player and manager (
USM Alger). •
Armando Morales, 84, Nicaraguan painter. •
René A. Morel, 79, French-born American violin
luthier. •
James Fraser Mustard, 84, Canadian doctor and early childhood educator, cancer. •
Eddy Palchak, 71, Canadian ice hockey trainer and equipment manager. •
Andrzej Skarbek, 86, Polish psychologist. •
Maureen Swanson, 78, British actress.
17 •
John Booth, 61, Australian politician, member of the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly (1984–1991). •
Olin Branstetter, 82, American politician,
Oklahoma State Senator (1987–1991),
plane crash. •
Kurt Budke, 50, American women's basketball coach (
Oklahoma State University), plane crash. •
José de Aquino Pereira, 91, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
São José do Rio Preto (1968–1997). •
Gary Garcia, 63, American musician (
Buckner & Garcia). •
Enric Garriga i Trullols, 85, Spanish
Catalan independentist and defender of
Occitan Nation. •
Richard Kuh, 90, American lawyer. •
Ng Chiau-tong, 79, Taiwanese activist, chairman of the
World United Formosans for Independence (1995–2011), surgical complications. •
Alexis Phạm Văn Lộc, 92, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Kontum (1975–1995). •
Peter Reading, 65, English poet. •
Charles M. Williams, 94, American professor of finance.
18 •
Mark Blaug, 84, British economist. •
Erik Gjems-Onstad, 89, Norwegian politician and
resistance member. •
Walt Hazzard, 69, American basketball player (
Los Angeles Lakers,
Atlanta Hawks), complications following heart surgery. •
David Langdon, 97, British cartoonist. •
Jones Mwewa, 38, Zambian footballer. •
Ülo Nugis, 67, Estonian politician and economist. •
Paul Ezra Rhoades, 54, American spree killer, execution by lethal injection. •
Daniel Sada, 58, Mexican author and poet, kidney disease.
19 •
Ömer Lütfi Akad, 95, Turkish film director. •
David Bolstad, 42, New Zealand champion
woodchopper. •
Francis Cabot, 86, American gardener and horticulturist. •
Gordon S. Clinton, 91, American politician,
Mayor of Seattle (1956–1964). •
Yvan Covent, 71, Belgian Olympic cyclist. •
Basil D'Oliveira, 80, South African-born English cricketer. •
Sonny Dixon, 87, American baseball player (
Washington Senators,
Philadelphia Athletics). •
Russell Garcia, 95, American-born New Zealand composer. •
Sanford Garelik, 93, American politician, President of the
New York City Council (1970–1973). •
Ladi Geisler, 83, Czech musician. •
Michael Hastings, 73, English playwright. •
Brian Haynes, 60, British Olympic sprint canoer. •
Ira Michael Heyman, 81, American lawyer and administrator,
Secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution (1994–2000). •
Jack Keeney, 89, American federal prosecutor. •
Marti Kheel, 63, American
ecofeminist. •
Pete Leichnitz, 85, Canadian ice hockey player. •
Bjarne Lingås, 78, Norwegian Olympic boxer. •
John Neville, 86, British-born Canadian actor (
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen,
The X-Files,
Little Women), Alzheimer's disease. •
Ronald E. Poelman, 83, American religious leader, head of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, age-related causes. •
Vitaly Shlykov, 77, Russian spymaster, deputy minister of defence. •
Peter Steinwender, 83, Austrian Olympian *
Ruth Stone, 96, American poet. •
Roy West, 70, Australian football player, lung cancer.
20 •
Noel Baker, 77, Australian football player. •
Linda Bebko-Jones, 65, American politician, member of the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1993–2006). •
Fabio Betancur Tirado, 73, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of
Manizales (1996–2010). •
Lasse Brandeby, 66, Swedish journalist, actor and television personality. •
Frank Leonard Brooks, 100, Canadian artist. •
David Cargill, 75, Scottish footballer. •
Shelagh Delaney, 72, English playwright (
A Taste of Honey) and screenwriter (
Dance with a Stranger), breast cancer and heart failure. •
Theodore J. Forstmann, 71, American financier (
IMG,
Topps,
Gulfstream) and philanthropist, brain cancer. •
Alex Ibru, 66, Nigerian newspaper publisher and politician, Minister of Internal Affairs (1993–1995). •
Lenny Lyles, 75, American football player (
Baltimore Colts). •
Malcolm Mackintosh, 89, British intelligence analyst. •
Mario Martiradonna, 73, Italian footballer. •
David Messas, 77, French rabbi. •
Viktor Modzolevsky, 68, Russian Olympic silver (
1968) and bronze-medal winning (
1972) fencer, road accident. •
Larry Munson, 89, American
play-by-play radio announcer (
Georgia Bulldogs), pneumonia. •
Javier Pradera, 77, Spanish anti-Franco activist, publisher, political analyst and journalist, founder of
El País. •
Karl Aage Præst, 89, Danish football player. •
Talaat Sadat, 57, Egyptian politician. •
Itzhak Schneor, 85, Israeli football player and manager. •
Barry Steers, 84, Canadian diplomat, Ambassador to Brazil (1971–1976), Japan (1981–1989),
High Commissioner to
Bermuda (1976–1979).
21 •
Benjamin Abramowitz, 94, American painter, printmaker, and sculptor. •
Dave Adams, 91, Canadian football player. •
Syd Cain, 93, British production designer (
From Russia with Love,
Lolita,
Frenzy). •
Albert D. Cohen, 97, Canadian businessman. •
Herb Capozzi, 86, Canadian businessman, sport team owner and provincial politician, tongue cancer. •
Arie van Deursen, 80, Dutch historian. •
Theodore Enslin, 86, American poet. •
George Gallup Jr., 81, American pollster, liver cancer. •
Greg Halman, 24, Dutch baseball player (
Seattle Mariners), stabbed. •
Eli Hurvitz, 79, Israeli industrialist. •
John Jukes, 88, English Roman Catholic prelate,
Auxiliary Bishop of
Southwark (1979–1998). •
Jim Lewis, 84, English Olympic footballer. •
Anne McCaffrey, 85, American fantasy writer (
Dragonriders of Pern series), stroke. •
Hal Miller, 81, American football player. •
Hal Patterson, 79, American player of Canadian football (
Montreal Alouettes,
Hamilton Tiger-Cats).
22 •
Svetlana Alliluyeva, 85, Soviet-born American defector and author, daughter of
Joseph Stalin, colon cancer. •
Stan Case, 59, American radio anchor (
CNN Radio), road accident. •
Pío Corcuera, 90, Argentinian football player. •
Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Hohenberg, 88, Luxembourgish princess. •
Ray Flockton, 81, Australian cricketer. •
Miguel González Avelar, 74, Mexican politician,
Secretary of Public Education (1985–1988), heart and renal failure. •
Robert E. Holthus, 77, American racehorse trainer, heart attack. •
Carlos Jonguitud Barrios, 87, Mexican union leader and politician,
Governor of San Luis Potosí (1979–1985). •
Sena Jurinac, 90, Bosnian-born Austrian opera singer. •
Georg Kreisler, 89, Austrian-born American cabarettist, satirist, composer and author. •
Bud Lewis, 103, American golfer, oldest living member of the
Professional Golfers' Association of America, natural causes. •
Lynn Margulis, 73, American biologist and evolution theorist, stroke. •
Danielle Mitterrand, 87, French activist, widow of
François Mitterrand,
First Lady of the French Republic (1981–1995). •
Dorothy Morris, 89, American actress. •
Paul Motian, 80, American jazz drummer,
myelodysplastic syndrome. •
Frank Pyke, 69, Australian footballer, sports scientist, academic and sports administrator. •
Hans Reichel, 62, German guitarist, inventor of the
daxophone. •
Alberto Reynoso, 71, Filipino Olympic basketball player (
1968). •
Kristian Schultze, 66, German musician. •
Bison Smith, 41, American professional wrestler, heart complications. •
Himie Voxman, 99, American musician.
23 •
Sir Peter Buchanan, 86, British vice admiral and naval secretary. •
Charles de Wolff, 79, Dutch organist and composer. •
Montserrat Figueras, 69, Spanish soprano. •
Oscar Griffin Jr., 78, American journalist, winner of the
1963 Pulitzer Prize. •
Ralph E. Haines Jr., 98, American general,
Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1967–1968). •
Huang Weilu, 94, Chinese engineer, chief designer of
JL-1. •
Luis Fernando Jaramillo Correa, 76, Colombian politician,
Minister of Foreign Affairs (1990–1991). •
Gerald Laing, 75, British
pop artist and sculptor. •
Marion Montgomery, 86, American poet. •
Carlos Moorhead, 89, American politician,
U.S. Representative from
California (1973–1997), Alzheimer's disease. •
Henry Øberg, 80, Norwegian football referee. •
Jim Rathmann, 83, American racing driver, winner of the
1960 Indianapolis 500. •
Joseph Sewall, 89, American politician,
President of the Maine Senate (1975–1982). •
Obrad Stanojević, 77, Serbian law professor. •
Rafiq Tağı, 61, Azerbaijani journalist, stabbed.
24 •
Antonio Domingo Bussi, 85, Argentine general and politician, Governor of
Tucumán Province, heart failure. •
Bill Carow, 87, American Olympic speed skater. •
Helen Forrester, 92, British-born Canadian writer. •
Ludwig Hirsch, 65, Austrian singer and actor, suicide by
self-defenestration. •
Rauf Khalid, 53, Pakistani actor, writer, director and producer, road accident. •
Kishenji, 53, Indian
Maoist guerrilla leader, shot. •
Imants Kokars, 90, Latvian conductor. •
Ross MacManus, 84, English musician. •
Humberto Medina, 69, Mexican Olympic footballer (
1968). •
Salvatore Montagna, 40, Canadian mobster, shot. •
Jeno Paulucci, 93, American businessman (
Michelina's), pioneer of ready-made ethnic foods. •
Anuruddha Ratwatte, 73, Sri Lankan politician and cabinet minister. •
David Seely, 4th Baron Mottistone, 91, British aristocrat,
Lord Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight (1986–1995). •
Tatyana Shchelkanova, 74, Russian Olympic bronze medal-winning (
1964) track and field athlete. •
Johnny Williams, 76, English footballer (
Plymouth Argyle).
25 •
Vasily Alekseyev, 69, Russian Olympic gold-medal winning weightlifter (
1972 and
1976), heart failure. •
Milla Baldo-Ceolin, 87, Italian physicist. •
Lisa Fay Beatty, 47, American punk rock musician (
7 Year Bitch), traffic collision. •
John Blades, 51, Australian experimental music artist. •
Leonid Borodin, 73, Russian novelist, journalist and
Soviet dissident. •
Hugh Burnett, 87, English television producer and cartoonist. •
Don DeVito, 72, American record company executive and producer. •
Mihailo Đurić, 86, Serbian philosopher. •
John Edzerza, 63, Canadian politician, Yukon
MLA for
McIntyre-Takhini (since 2002), leukemia. •
Fred Etcher, 79, Canadian Olympic silver medal-winning (
1960) ice hockey player. •
Karel Hubáček, 87, Czech architect, designer of the
Ještěd Tower. •
Erling Lægreid, 72, Norwegian author and journalist. •
Judy Lewis, 76, American actress (
General Hospital,
The Secret Storm), daughter of
Clark Gable and
Loretta Young, cancer. •
Hoddy Mahon, 79, American college basketball coach (
Seton Hall University). •
Frederik Meijer, 91, American businessman, Chairman of
Meijer (1964–1990), stroke. •
Yukio Nishimoto, 91, Japanese baseball player and manager, heart failure. •
Coco Robicheaux, 64, American blues musician and artist. •
Dane Searls, 23, Australian BMX rider, diving accident. •
Jean Casselman Wadds, 91, Canadian politician,
MP for
Grenville—Dundas (1958–1968);
High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (1979–1983). •
Tom Wicker, 85, American journalist, heart attack. •
Lee "Shot" Williams, 73, American blues singer.
26 •
Judit Bognár, 72, Hungarian Olympic athlete. •
Manon Cleary, 69, American realist painter, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. •
István Gajda, 30, Hungarian football player, road accident. •
Ed Harrington, 70, American-born Canadian football player (
Toronto Argonauts), cancer. •
Keef Hartley, 67, British musician, complications from surgery. •
Rashid Karim, 86, Bangladeshi novelist. •
Roland Lacombe, 73, French Olympic cyclist (
1960). •
Ron Lyle, 70, American boxer,
U.S. Amateur Heavyweight Champion (1970), complications from stomach ailment. •
Ludwig Meister, 91, German
Luftwaffe flying ace. •
Iván Menczel, 69, Hungarian Olympic gold-medal winning (
1968) footballer. •
Patrick Mollison, 97, British haematologist. •
C. Odumegwu Ojukwu, 78, Nigerian politician,
Biafra rebel leader and
President of Biafra (1967–1970), stroke. •
Tsewang Yishey Pemba, 80, Tibetan physician. •
Mak Schoorl, 98, Dutch Olympic rower (
1936). •
Martin Schroyens, 81, Belgian footballer [https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/25876/Martin_Schroyens.html •
Arthur Schultz, 78, American politician, Mayor of
Joliet, Illinois (1991–2011), heart failure.
27 •
Donald Crowdis, 97, Canadian museum curator and broadcaster. •
Len Fulford, 83, British photographer and television commercial director (
Go to work on an egg,
Guinness). •
Sultan Khan, 71, Indian musician, recipient of the 2010
Padma Bhushan, kidney failure. •
Nolan Luhn, 90, American football player. •
April Phumo, 74, South African football coach, cancer. •
Vladimir Prikhodko, 67, French Olympic athlete. •
Ken Russell, 84, British film director (
Women in Love,
Tommy), stroke. •
Gary Speed, 42, Welsh football player and manager, suicide by hanging. •
Judd Woldin, 86, American Tony Award-winning composer (
Raisin), cancer.
28 •
Aruwa Ameh, 20, Nigerian footballer (
Bayelsa United). •
Vittorio De Seta, 88, Italian film director and screenwriter. •
Jon Driver, 49, British psychologist and neuroscientist. •
Jaime González, 78, Spanish Olympic sports shooter (
1968,
1972,
1976,
1980). •
Charles Hoeflich, 97, American businessman. •
Thomas J. Kirwan, 78, American politician, member of the
New York State Assembly (1995–2008; 2011), kidney failure. •
Paweł Komorowski, 81, Polish film director. •
Charles T. Kowal, 71, American astronomer. •
Lucio Magri, 79, Italian journalist and politician, assisted suicide. •
Ante Marković, 87, Croatian politician,
Prime Minister of the
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1989–1991). •
Lloyd J. Old, 78, American immunologist and cancer researcher, prostate cancer. •
Zhu Zhaoxiang, 90, Chinese engineer.
29 •
James Atherton, 83, American photographer, cardiovascular disease. •
Roberto Casuso, 57, Cuban Olympic handball player. •
Annetto Depasquale, 73, Maltese Roman Catholic prelate, Titular Bishop of Aradi, Auxiliary Bishop of
Malta (since 1998). •
Donatus Djagom, 92, Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate,
Archbishop of
Ende (1968–1996). •
Guillermo O'Donnell, 75, Argentine political scientist, cancer. •
Patrice O'Neal, 41, American comedian, radio personality, and actor (
Web Junk 20,
Opie and Anthony), complications from stroke. •
Mamoni Raisom Goswami, 69, Indian writer and academic, multiple organ failure.
30 •
Jules Ancion, 87, Dutch Olympic silver medal-winning (
1952) field hockey player. •
Viktor Apostolov, 49, Bulgarian Olympic hammer thrower (
1988). •
J. Blackfoot, 65, American soul singer, cancer. •
Nelly Byl, 92, Belgian songwriter. •
Ana Daniel, 83, Portuguese poet. •
Vic Finkelstein, 73, South African disabled rights activist. •
Gerd Hagman, 92, Swedish actress. •
Charles Ingabire, Rwandan journalist, shot. •
Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, 72, Albanian royal and politician, pretender to the
Albanian throne (since 1961). •
Peter Lunn, 97, British Olympic alpine skier (
1936) and spymaster. •
Kuldeep Manak, 62, Indian
Punjabi language singer, pneumonia. •
George McCarty, 96, American college basketball coach (
New Mexico State University,
UTEP). •
Chester McGlockton, 42, American football player (
Oakland Raiders,
Kansas City Chiefs,
Denver Broncos), apparent heart attack. •
Zdeněk Miler, 90, Czech animator and illustrator, creator of
The Mole. •
Robert Osserman, 84, American mathematician. •
Carl Robie, 66, American Olympic gold (
1968) and silver-medal winning (
1964) swimmer. •
Partap Sharma, 71, Indian playwright. •
Benyamin Sönmez, 28, German-born Turkish cellist. •
Bill Waller, 85, American politician,
Governor of Mississippi (1972–1976), heart failure. == References ==