1 •
Gordon Audley, 84, Canadian speed skater. •
Dirk Bach, 51, German actor, comedian and television presenter, heart failure. •
Donald E. Bently, 87, American entrepreneur and engineer. •
Berkant, 73, Turkish singer, cancer. •
Walter G. Church Sr., 85, American politician, member of the
North Carolina House of Representatives (1992–2008), acute myeloid leukemia. •
Madhav Dalvi, 87, Indian cricketer. •
Sahara Davenport, 27, American drag queen, reality show contestant (''
RuPaul's Drag Race'') and singer, heart failure. •
Abdelkader Fréha, 69, Algerian footballer (
MC Oran). •
Octavio Getino, 77, Spanish-born Argentine film director, cancer. •
Hassan Ghul, 35, Pakistani
al-Qaeda member, drone strike. •
Eric Hobsbawm, 95, British historian. •
Russell Jones, 86, Australian Olympic (
1960) ice hockey player. •
Kwan Shan, 79, Chinese-born Hong Kong film actor, lung cancer. •
Chronox Manek, Papua New Guinean lawyer and Chief
Ombudsman (2008–2012). •
Ali Hussein Nassif, Lebanese militant, member of
Hezbollah, killed. •
Armand Russell, 91, Canadian politician,
MNA for
Shefford (1956–1973) and
Brome-Missisquoi (1976–1980); Minister of Public Works (1967–1970). •
Moshe Sanbar, 86, Hungarian-born Israeli economist, Governor of the
Bank of Israel (1971–1976). •
Heinrich Schultz, 88, Estonian cultural functionary. •
Neville Thiele, 91, Australian audio engineer. •
Shlomo Venezia, 88, Greek-born Italian writer and Holocaust survivor.
2 •
Afrasheem Ali, Maldivian politician, stabbed. •
John W. Gallivan, 97, American newspaper publisher, cable television pioneer, and civic leader. •
Nicholas C. Handy, 71, British chemist, pancreatic cancer. •
Konrad B. Knutsen, 87, Norwegian civil servant,
State Conciliator of Norway (1975–1981). •
Marjorie Lane, 100, American singer. •
David N. Martin, 82, American advertising executive, founder of
The Martin Agency, creator of the
Virginia is for Lovers slogan, cancer. •
Mohammed Mushaima, 24, Bahraini political activist, sickle cell anemia. •
Kalambadi Muhammad Musliyar, 78, Indian Muslim scholar. •
Nguyễn Chí Thiện, 73, Vietnamese poet and activist, pneumonia. •
Hideji Ōtaki, 87, Japanese actor, lung cancer. •
Charles Roach, 79, Trinidadian-born Canadian civil rights lawyer, brain cancer. •
J. Philippe Rushton, 68, Canadian psychology academic and intelligence theorist, cancer. •
Erwin Steinberg, 91, American academic. •
Big Jim Sullivan, 71, British guitarist, complications of heart disease and diabetes.
3 •
Mohammad Ali, 70, Bangladeshi physician and politician. •
Abdul Haq Ansari, 81, Indian Islamic scholar, cardiac arrest. •
Basilios Blatsos, 89, Greek-born Israeli
Orthodox hierarch, Metropolitan of
Caesarea (since 1975). •
Bob Brooks, 84, American film director and advertising creative. (death announced on this day) •
Francis Burt, 86, British composer and academic teacher. •
Warren Canning, 85, Australian football player. •
Robert F. Christy, 96, American theoretical physicist and astrophysicist, member of the
Manhattan Project. •
Billy Hullin, 70, Welsh rugby union player. •
Jean-Louis Lagadec, 79, French footballer (
Le Havre AC,
SC Bastia) and coach (
FC Chalon). (French) •
Kathi McDonald, 64, American singer. •
Boo Morcom, 91, American Olympic athlete. •
Alfonso Orueta, 82, Chilean politician and football manager. •
Albie Roles, 91, English footballer. •
Kidar Nath Sahani, 86, Indian politician,
Governor of Sikkim (2001–2002) and
Goa (2002–2004). •
Peter J. Schmitt, 62, American politician, member of the
Nassau County, New York, legislature (since 1996), heart attack. •
Jörg Wischmeier, 77, German Olympic athlete.
4 •
David Atkinson, 90, Canadian opera singer. •
Günter Böttcher, 58, German Olympic handball player, injuries sustained in traffic collision. •
Razia Butt, 88, Pakistani novelist. •
Jim Galley, 68, English cricket player (
Somerset). •
K. C. N. Gowda, 84, Indian film producer and distributor. •
Bernard Holden, 104, British railway preservationist (
Bluebell Railway). •
Stan Mudenge, 70, Zimbabwean politician,
Minister of Foreign Affairs (1995–2005),
Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education (since 2005). •
Helen Elizabeth Nash, 91, American pediatrician. •
Rudolf Oslansky, 81, Austrian footballer (
Wiener Sport-Club). •
Zwelakhe Sisulu, 61, South African newspaper editor and journalist. •
Daphne Slater, 84, English actress. •
Tom Stannage, 68, Australian historian, cardiac arrest. •
Gloria Taylor, 64, Canadian
right to die activist, infection from a perforated colon. •
Pramote Teerawiwatana, 45, Thai badminton player, lung cancer. •
Erhard Wunderlich, 55, German Olympic silver medal-winning (
1984) handball player, cancer.
5 •
Keith Campbell, 58, Scottish biologist, participant in the cloning of
Dolly the Sheep, asphyxiation. •
Pierre Chaulet, 82, Algerian doctor, stomach cancer. •
Jack Clark, 88, Australian footballer. •
Joyce Currie, 80, New Zealand cricketer. •
Vojin Dimitrijević, 80, Serbian human rights activist. •
John Evans, 80, American artist. •
James W. Holley III, 85, American politician, Mayor of
Portsmouth, Virginia (1984–1987, 1996–2010), complications of a stroke. •
Edvard Mirzoyan, 91, Georgian-born Armenian composer. •
Claude Pinoteau, 87, French film director (
La Boum), cancer.
6 •
Phil Bagwell, American computer scientist. •
Chadli Bendjedid, 83, Algerian politician,
President of Algeria (1979–1992), cancer. •
Antonio Cisneros, 69, Peruvian poet, lung cancer. •
Anthony John Cooke, 80, English organist. •
Nick Curran, 35, American musician, oral cancer. •
Irene DeLaby, 90, American baseball player. •
Jeanne Delay, 92, French table tennis player. •
Rasbihari Desai, 77, Indian composer. •
Dal Dozzi, 75, Australian football player. •
Préfète Duffaut, 89, Haitian painter. •
J. Rufus Fears, 67, American historian, scholar, educator, and author. •
Ulrich Franzen, 91, German-born American architect. •
Gérard Gropaiz, 69, French Olympic (
1960,
1964) swimmer. •
Raoul De Keyser, 82, Belgian painter. •
Barry Laight, 92, British aerospace engineer. •
Joseph Meyer, 71, American politician, Wyoming State Treasurer (since 2007), Secretary of State of Wyoming (1999–2007). •
R. Nagarathnamma, 86, Indian theatre artiste. •
B. Satya Narayan Reddy, 86, Indian politician,
Governor of Uttar Pradesh (1990–1993) and
Orissa (1993–1995), lung disease. •
J. J. C. Smart, 92, British-born Australian philosopher. •
Albert von Sachsen, 77, German noble and historian.
7 •
Mersad Berber, 72, Bosnian painter. •
Larry Block, 69, American actor (
Slap Shot,
Cocktail, ''
Don't Say a Word''). •
Andrew Brimmer, 86, American economist,
Federal Reserve Board of Governors (1966–1974). •
Georges Casolari, 71, French footballer (
AS Monaco). •
John Cleary, 80, Canadian politician, member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario (1987–2003). •
Roman Danylak, 81, Canadian
Ukrainian Catholic hierarch, Apostolic Administrator of
Toronto and Eastern Canada (1992–1998). •
Anant Dave, 74, Indian politician, cancer. •
Mervyn Dymally, 86, Trinidadian-born American politician,
Lieutenant Governor of California (1975–1979), member of the
House of Representatives (1981–1993). •
Clive Emmanuel, 64–65, British academic. •
Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano, 37, Mexican drug lord (
Los Zetas), shooting. •
Ivo Michiels, 89, Belgian writer. •
Hank Moonjean, 82, American film producer (
Dangerous Liaisons, ''
Child's Play, The Great Gatsby''), pancreatic cancer. •
Wiley Reed, 68, American-born Australian blues musician, complications from a fall. •
André Saint-Mleux, 92, Monegasque politician,
Minister of State (1972–1981).
8 •
Varsha Bhosle, 56, Indian journalist and singer, suicide by gunshot. •
Donnis Butcher, 76, American basketball player and coach (
New York Knicks,
Detroit Pistons). •
Walter Carsen, 100, German-born Canadian businessman and philanthropist. •
Bidit Lal Das, 74, Bangladeshi folk singer. •
Marilou Diaz-Abaya, 57, Filipina film director, breast cancer. •
Bill Drake, 81, British rugby league player. •
Leopoldo García-Colín, 81, Mexican physicist. •
James Kinsella, 88, American politician, Mayor of
Hartford, Connecticut (1957–1960). •
Rafael Lesmes, 85, Spanish footballer. •
Eric Lomax, 93, Scottish author. •
José Merino del Río, 63, Costa Rican politician, kidney cancer. •
Ken Sansom, 85, American voice actor (
Winnie the Pooh,
Transformers,
The Chipmunk Adventure), stroke. •
Hans Kristian Seip, 92, Norwegian forester. •
Nawal Kishore Sharma, 87, Indian politician,
Governor of Gujarat (2004–2009). •
John Tchicai, 76, Danish jazz saxophonist and composer, brain hemorrhage. •
Eduard Volodarsky, 71, Russian scriptwriter (
At Home Among Strangers,
My Friend Ivan Lapshin).
9 •
Luna Alcalay, 83, Austrian pianist, music educator and composer. •
Ken Bartholomew, 92, American Olympic silver medal-winning (
1948) speed skater. •
Paddy Roy Bates, 91, British pirate radio broadcaster, founder of the
Principality of Sealand, Alzheimer's disease. •
Mark Brovun, 66, Ukrainian art director. •
Federico A. Cordero, 84, Puerto Rican classical guitarist. •
Bill Gardner, 83, Australian rugby player. •
Marina Golub, 54, Russian actress, traffic collision. •
Eddie Harvey, 86, British jazz musician. •
Sammi Kane Kraft, 20, American child actress (
Bad News Bears), traffic collision. •
Stefan Leletko, 59, Polish Olympic weightlifter •
Budd Lynch, 95, Canadian-born American public address announcer (
Detroit Red Wings). •
George Paciullo, 78, Australian politician. •
Kenny Rollins, 89, American Olympic gold medal-winning (
1948) basketball player. •
Elo Romančík, 89, Slovak actor, cardiac failure. •
Harris Savides, 55, American cinematographer (
Zodiac,
Milk,
American Gangster), brain cancer.
10 •
Ilse Maria Aschner, 94, Austrian journalist. •
Ram Narayan Bishnoi, 80, Indian politician. •
Mamia Chentouf, 89–90, Algerian midwife and independence activist. •
Deborah Chessler, 88–89, American songwriter. •
Kevin Curran, 53, Zimbabwean cricketer, suspected heart attack. •
Enrico di Robilant, 87–88, Italian philosopher. •
Sam Gibbons, 92, American politician, member of the
U.S. House of Representatives from
Florida (1963–1997). •
Andrey Gonchar, 80, Soviet and Russian mathematician. •
Derek Hutchinson, 79, British sea kayaker, author and designer •
Jos Huysmans, 70, Belgian racing cyclist, heart attack. •
Alex Karras, 77, American football player (
Detroit Lions) and actor (
Blazing Saddles,
Webster), kidney failure. •
Piotr Lenartowicz, 78, Polish Jesuit and philosopher. •
Robert Litz, 62, American playwright, natural causes. •
Jonas Mačys, 74, Lithuanian politician. •
Carla Porta Musa, 110, Italian essayist, poet, and supercentenarian, pneumonia. •
Leo O'Brien, 41, American actor (
The Last Dragon). •
Basil L. Plumley, 92, American Army command sergeant major, cancer. •
Mark Poster, 71, American philosopher. •
Peter Ross-Edwards, 90, Australian politician, leader of the
Victorian Country Party (1970–1988). •
Malcolm Sampson, 72, English rugby league player. •
Mike Singleton, 61, British video game developer, cancer. •
Amanda Todd, 15, Canadian high school student and cyberbullying victim, suicide by hanging. •
Kyaw Zaw, 92, Burmese military officer and politician.
11 •
Avraham Abutbul, 51, Israeli actor, singer and musician (
Ushpizin), brain tumor. •
Balu Alaganan, 87, Indian cricketer. •
Frank Alamo, 70, French singer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. •
Johannes Bastiaan, 101, German violinist. •
Seamus Bonner, 63, Irish
Gaelic footballer (
Donegal), short illness. •
Pier Ugo Calzolari, 74, Italian academic, Rector of
University of Bologna (2000–2009). •
Beano Cook, 81, American college football historian and television sports analyst (
ESPN). •
Patrick Dignan, 92, Irish-born British Army surgeon. •
Bill Ezinicki, 88, Canadian ice hockey player (
Toronto Maple Leafs,
Boston Bruins). •
Charles E. Fritch, 85, American writer and editor. •
Avrohom Genachowsky, 76, Israeli rabbi, pancreatic cancer. •
Helmut Haller, 73, German footballer, Parkinson's disease and dementia. •
Robert Hughes, 81, American Olympic water polo player and swimmer. •
Edward Kossoy, 99, Polish lawyer, publicist and activist for victims of Nazism. •
Ernst Lindner, 77, German international footballer. •
Clarence Mitchell III, 72, American politician,
Maryland Senate (1967–1986) and
House member (1963–1967), cancer. •
Édgar Negret, 92, Colombian sculptor, cancer and heart failure. •
Sher Afgan Niazi, 66, Pakistani politician, liver cancer. •
Champ Summers, 66, American baseball player (
Cincinnati Reds,
Detroit Tigers), kidney cancer.
12 •
Bob Aynsley, 90, New Zealand rugby league player. •
Maria Alice Barroso, 85–86, Brazilian librarian, novelist and short story writer. •
Britton Chance Jr., 72, American yacht designer, complications of a stroke. •
John Call Cook, 94, American geophysicist. •
James Elliott Coyne, 102, Canadian banker,
Governor of the Bank of Canada (1955–1961). •
Raphael E. Freundlich, 84, Israeli classical scholar. •
William C. Friday, 92, American educator, President of the
University of North Carolina (1956–1986). •
John Garcia, 95, American psychologist. •
Ray Gietzelt, 90, Australian trade union leader. •
Norm Grabowski, 79, American actor (
The Towering Inferno) and
hot rod builder. •
Jean-Pierre Hautier, 56, Belgian television presenter and broadcaster, cancer. •
Sukhdev Singh Kang, 81, Indian jurist and politician, Chief Justice of the
Jammu and Kashmir High Court (1989–1993),
Governor of Kerala (1997–2002). •
Ervin Kassai, 87, Hungarian Olympic and international basketball referee. •
Jim Kremmel, 63, American baseball player (
Chicago Cubs). •
Torkom Manoogian, 93, Iraqi-born
Armenian Apostolic hierarch,
Patriarch of Jerusalem (since 1990). •
Erik Moseholm, 82, Danish jazz musician. •
Henry Moyo, 65, Malawian football coach (
national team, 1984). •
Geraldine Mucha, 95, Scottish composer. •
Steve Newman, 58, American football player and coach, heart attack. •
Jorun Askersrud Nygaard, 83, Norwegian cross country skier. •
Tony Pawson, 91, English cricketer and writer (
Kent). •
Břetislav Pojar, 89, Czech animator and film director. •
Varinder Singh, 57, Indian Army officer, awarded
Vir Chakra. •
Vera Smith, 80, Canadian skater. •
David Trosch, 76, American Roman Catholic priest, advocate of
justifiable homicide for murderers of abortion providers, after long illness. •
Harry Valérien, 88, German sports journalist.
13 •
Marc Awodey, 51, American artist and poet. •
Sir Stuart Bell, 74, British politician, MP for
Middlesbrough (since 1983), pancreatic cancer. •
Paul Brown, 43, American race car driver (
Pirelli World Challenge), melanoma. •
George D. Buffett, 83, American politician. •
Georges Chaulet, 81, French writer. •
Gary Collins, 74, American actor (
The Sixth Sense,
The Wackiest Ship in the Army) and television host (
Miss America), natural causes. •
Carl-Wilhelm Engdahl, 86, Swedish fencer. •
Tomonobu Imamichi, 89, Japanese philosopher. •
Saiichi Maruya, 87, Japanese author and literary critic, heart failure. •
Joey Pal, 85, Canadian football player (
Montreal Alouettes). •
Jim Rollo, 75, Scottish footballer, cancer. •
Hisham Al-Saedni, 47, Palestinian militant, air strike. •
Frank Sando, 81, British Olympic cross-country runner. •
Harihar Swain, 73, Indian politician, MP for
Aska (2004–2009), cancer. •
Szeto Kam-Yuen, 48, Hong Kong screenwriter, lung cancer. •
Manuel Torres Félix, 58, Mexican drug trafficker for the
Sinaloa Cartel, shot.
14 •
Billy Benn Perrurle, app. 69, Alyawarre landscape artist. •
Kyle Bennett, 33, American BMX cyclist, traffic collision. •
Kees W. Bolle, 84, Dutch historian. •
S. Ward Casscells, 60, American cardiologist,
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (2007–2009), prostate cancer. •
John Clive, 79, English actor (
A Clockwork Orange,
The Italian Job,
Yellow Submarine). •
Branko Črnac Tusta, 57, Croatian singer, throat cancer. •
Max Fatchen, 92, Australian journalist and children's writer. •
James R. Grover Jr., 93, American politician, member of the
U.S. House of Representatives from
New York (1963–1975), heart failure. •
Sir John Moreton, 94, British diplomat. •
Buster Pearson, 71, Jamaican musician, father and manager of
Five Star. •
Joseph Rosenmiller, 87, American businessman and philanthropist. •
Eddie Russo, 86, American race car driver. •
Odorico Leovigildo Saiz Pérez, 100, Spanish-born Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of
Requena (1973–1987). •
Larry Sloan, 89, American publisher (
Mad Libs), co-founder of
Price Stern Sloan. •
Arlen Specter, 82, American politician,
U.S. Senator from
Pennsylvania (1981–2011), complications of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. •
Marc Swayze, 99, American comic book artist (
Captain Marvel). •
Elizabeth Watkins, 89, English author, short illness. •
Dody Weston Thompson, 89, American photographer. •
Gart Westerhout, 85, Dutch-born American astronomer.
15 •
Margaret Alington, 92, New Zealand historian. •
Michael Asher, 69, American conceptual artist. •
Abba Bina, Papua New Guinean businessman. (death announced on this date) •
Axel Borup-Jørgensen, 87, Danish composer. •
Claude Cheysson, 92, French politician,
Minister of Foreign Affairs (1981–1984). •
Vladimir Čonč, 84, Croatian footballer. •
Patrick R. Cooney, 78, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Gaylord (1989–2009). •
Joseph W. Eaton, 93, German-born American sociologist. •
Robert T. Francoeur, 80, American biologist and sexologist. •
Erol Günaydın, 79, Turkish actor, heart failure. •
Trevor Kemp, app. 68, Scottish footballer (
Berwick Rangers). •
María Rosa Menocal, 59, Cuban-born American academic, melanoma. •
Norodom Sihanouk, 89, Cambodian royal,
King (1941–1955, 1993–2004) and nine-term
Prime Minister, heart attack. •
Susan Parkinson, 87, British potter and charity worker. •
Maria Petrou, 59, Greek-born British computer scientist, cancer. •
Alberto Reif, 66, Italian footballer. •
Pat Ward, 55, American politician,
Iowa State Senator (since 2004), breast cancer. •
Sam Williams, 88, American basketball coach (
Texan Pan American).
16 •
Odile Bain, 73, French parasitologist. •
Bernard Chaet, 88, American artist. •
James D. Conte, 53, American politician, member of the
New York State Assembly (since 1988), cancer. •
Frank Moore Cross, 91, American biblical scholar. •
John A. Durkin, 76, American politician,
Senator for
New Hampshire (1975–1980). •
Mario Gallegos Jr., 62, American politician,
Texas State Senator (since 1995), complications of liver disease. •
Al Ghesquiere, 93, American football player. •
Nathan Glick, 100, American artist and illustrator. •
Wava Banes Henry, 92, American teacher, founded
Tau Beta Sigma. •
Aleksandr Koshkin, 53, Russian Soviet-era Olympic silver medal-winning (
1980) boxer, stroke. •
Ethel Person, 77, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. •
Bódog Török, 88, Hungarian handball player, coach and sports official, complications of surgery. •
Eddie Yost, 86, American baseball player and coach (
Washington Senators), cardiovascular disease.
17 •
Milija Aleksic, 61, English football player (
Tottenham Hotspur). •
Émile Allais, 100, French Olympic bronze medal-winning (
1936) alpine ski racer. •
Milt Drewer, 89, American football coach. •
René-Marie Ehuzu, 68, Beninese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Abomey (2002–2007) and
Porto Novo (since 2007). •
Henry Friedlander, 82, German-born American historian of the Holocaust. •
Bandya Kakade, 67, Indian footballer, heart attack. •
Sylvia Kristel, 60, Dutch actress (
Emmanuelle), model, and singer, throat and liver cancer. •
Harry E. Luther, 60, American botanist. •
Bertie Marshall, 76, Trinidadian musician and
steelpan maker. •
Stanford R. Ovshinsky, 89, American inventor and scientist, prostate cancer. •
Pépito Pavon, 71, Spanish footballer (
Olympique de Marseille). •
Presvis, 8, British Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanised. •
Karin Stoltenberg, 80, Norwegian geneticist and politician. •
Kōji Wakamatsu, 76, Japanese film director, traffic collision.
18 •
Florence Akins, 106, New Zealand artist. •
Christopher Allen, 68, English cricket player (
Dorset), bowel cancer. •
Borah Bergman, 85, American free jazz pianist, dementia. •
Brain Damage, 34, American professional wrestler, suicide. •
E. K. Fretwell, 88, American teacher and university administrator. •
Zdzisław Kotla, 63, Polish Olympic sailor. •
Mihály Lukács, 57, Hungarian Romani politician, member of the
National Assembly (2002–2006), after long illness. •
Bob Martin, 87, American Olympic rower. •
Slater Martin, 86, American
Hall of Fame basketball player (
Minneapolis Lakers,
St. Louis Hawks). •
George Mattos, 83, American Olympic (
1952,
1956) pole vaulter, prostate cancer. •
Jack McGaw, 76, Canadian broadcaster. •
John Rigby, 89, Australian artist. •
Dilbagh Singh Kler, 76, Malaysian Olympic athlete. •
Otto Richard Skopil Jr., 93, American federal judge (
9th Circuit Court of Appeals). •
Albert Lee Ueltschi, 95, American aviation trainer, founder of
FlightSafety International. •
David S. Ware, 62, American jazz saxophonist, complications of a kidney transplant.
19 •
Wissam al-Hassan, 47, Lebanese police officer, head of the Information Branch of the
Internal Security Forces,
car bomb. •
Wiyogo Atmodarminto, 89, Indonesian general,
Governor of Jakarta (1987–1992). •
Lincoln Alexander, 90, Canadian politician, MP for
Hamilton West (1968–1980),
Minister of Labour (1979–1980), and
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (1985–1991). •
Copiad, 23, Swedish breeding stallion and racing trotter. •
Joe Cullinane, 89, American baseball broadcaster and author. •
Raymond Dumais, 62, Canadian Roman Catholic ex-prelate, Bishop of
Gaspé (1993–2001). •
Mike Graham, 61, American professional wrestler, suicide by gunshot. •
Walter Harrison, 91, British politician, MP for
Wakefield (1964–1987),
Government Deputy Chief Whip (1974–1979). •
Jack Hirst, 75, British rugby league player. •
Dessie Kane, 60, Irish cricketer. •
Johann Kniewasser, 61, Austrian alpine skier, liver disease. •
Thomas Madigage, 41, South African footballer and coach, traffic collision. •
Fiorenzo Magni, 91, Italian racing cyclist,
Giro d'Italia winner (1948, 1951, 1955), aneurysm. •
Manuel António Pina, 68, Portuguese journalist and writer. •
John Radford, 65, British writer, heart failure. •
Barbara Sowers, 80, American baseball player. •
Raúl Valencia, 36, Spanish footballer.
20 •
Oli Ahad, 84–85, Bangladeshi politician and language activist, lung infection. •
Jaouad Akaddar, 28, Moroccan footballer, cardiac arrest. •
George Dessart, 87, American television producer and executive. •
Milena Doleželová-Velingerová, 80, Czech sinologist. •
Przemysław Gintrowski, 60, Polish composer and musician. •
William Goad, 68, British businessman and convicted child sex offender, natural causes. •
Paul Kurtz, 86, American skeptic and
secular humanist. •
Daniel Enele Kwanairara, 65, Solomon Islands politician,
MP for North Malaita (1997–2001, 2004–2010), Minister for Agriculture and Livestock (2005–2006). •
Dave May, 68, American baseball player (
Atlanta Braves,
Milwaukee Brewers,
Baltimore Orioles), complications from cancer and diabetes. •
Sándor Mazány, 89, Hungarian Olympic skier. •
John McConnell, 97, American peace activist, designed the
Earth Day flag. •
Joe Melia, 77, British actor. •
Mataiasi Ragigia, Fijian politician, MP for
Suva City Urban (since 2001) and minister. •
Daphne Skillern, 84, British police officer. •
Kirdy Stevens, 92, American pornographic film director. •
E. Donnall Thomas, 92, American physician,
Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine (1990), heart disease. •
Raymond Watson, 86, American business executive (
Walt Disney Productions), complications of Parkinson's disease.
21 •
Raja Ali, 36, Indian cricketer, cardiac arrest. •
Harvie Andre, 72, Canadian politician, MP for
Calgary Centre (1972–1993) and cabinet minister, cancer. •
Jan Barnard, 83, South African Olympic (
1956) marathon runner. •
Elizabeth Bell, 71, English actress, oesophageal cancer. •
Chacha Pakistani, 90, Pakistani nationalist. •
Geoff Beynon, 86, British trade union leader. •
Yash Chopra, 80, Indian director, filmmaker, script writer, and producer (
Kabhi Kabhie,
Deewaar,
Veer-Zaara), dengue fever and multiple organ failure. •
J. Duncan M. Derrett, 90, British academic. •
Antoni Dobrowolski, 108, Polish
Holocaust survivor, oldest known
Auschwitz survivor. •
Hans Fichtner, 95, German rocket scientist. •
Tim Johnson, 52, American country music songwriter, cancer. •
Ted Kazanoff, 90, American actor (
Law & Order). •
Alf Kumalo, 82, South African photographer, suspected kidney failure. •
Jaroslav Kozlík, 105, Czech pedagogue and volleyball player, natural causes. •
George McGovern, 90, American politician and
USAAF pilot,
U.S. Representative (1957–1961) and
Senator (1963–1981),
1972 Democratic Party presidential nominee. •
Steve Paul, 71, American nightclub owner (
The Scene) and artist manager (
Johnny Winter). •
Irene Treppler, 86, American politician, member of the
Missouri House of Representatives (1973–1985) and
Missouri Senate (1985–1997), dementia. •
William Walker, 99, British fighter pilot (
Battle of Britain), stroke. •
Run Wrake, 46, British animator and film director, cancer.
22 •
Nayden Apostolov, 64, Bulgarian geographer, theorist, writer and professor. •
Bidushi Dash Barde, 23, Indian actress and model, bleeding from lacerations. (body discovered on this date) •
Betty Binns Fletcher, 89, American federal judge (
9th Circuit Court of Appeals). •
Amrita Chaudhry, 40, Indian journalist, road accident. •
Carolyn Conwell, 82, American actress (
Torn Curtain,
The Young and the Restless). •
Desejado Lima da Costa, Bissau-Guinean politician. •
Leroy Coury, Kittitian cricketer. •
Claire Dan, 92, Australian philanthropist, Founder and Life President of the
Sydney International Piano Competition. •
Don W. East, 67, American politician. •
Ahmad Ghabel, 58, Iranian religious scholar and political dissident, brain tumor. •
Arthur Jensen, 89, American psychologist, educator and author, Parkinson's disease. •
Jack Lumsden, 85, British Olympic modern pentathlete. •
Russell Means, 72, American Ogala Lakota activist and actor (
Pocahontas,
The Last of the Mohicans,
Pathfinder), esophageal cancer. •
Chuckie Merlino, 73, American mobster (
Philadelphia crime family). •
Mike Morris, 66, British television presenter (
TV-am), heart failure. •
Shubha Phutela, 21, Indian film actress and model, multiple organ failure. •
Gabrielle Roth, 71, American dancer and musician, lung cancer. •
Donald Takayama, 68, American surfer, member of the International Surfing Hall of Fame (1991), complications from heart surgery. •
Sir Wilson Whineray, 77, New Zealand rugby union player and businessman (
Carter Holt Harvey).
23 •
Barouh Berkovits, 86, Czech-born American bioengineer. •
William Joel Blass, 95, American judge and politician, member of the
Mississippi House of Representatives (1953–1960). •
Wilhelm Brasse, 94, Polish photographer, prisoner in
Auschwitz during World War II. •
Roland de la Poype, 92, French fighter pilot. •
Philippe Di Santo, 62, Belgian footballer (
R. Charleroi S.C.,
Sint-Truiden,
Delfino Pescara 1936) and coach (
K.A.S. Eupen), following a long illness. •
Sunil Gangopadhyay, 78, Indian writer and poet, cardiac arrest. •
Hughie Hay, 80, Scottish footballer. •
Corrado Lojacono, 88, Italian singer ("
Carina") and actor (
Howlers in the Dock), kidney failure. •
Jozef Mannaerts, 89, Belgian footballer (
K.R.C. Mechelen). •
Michael Marra, 60, Scottish musician and songwriter, throat cancer.
24 •
Peggy Ahern, 95, American child actress (
Our Gang). •
Hannie Bal, 91, Dutch painter. •
Janet Berliner, 73, South African-born American science fiction author. •
Anita Björk, 89, Swedish actress. •
Jeff Blatnick, 55, American Olympic gold medal-winning (
1984) wrestler and sports commentator, complications following heart surgery. •
Phil Bygrave, 83, New Zealand field hockey player. •
Juanita Casey, 87, Irish novelist and poet. •
Bill Dees, 73, American musician and songwriter ("
Oh, Pretty Woman", "
It's Over"), brain tumor. •
Rostyslav Dotsenko, 81, Ukrainian translator, literary critic, and author. •
Margaret Osborne duPont, 94, American tennis player, winner of 37
Grand Slam titles. •
Eusebius Politylo, 84, Ukrainian
Orthodox hierarch, Metropolitan of
Rivne and
Ostroh (2005–2012). •
Alfred Schakron, 51, Lebanese-born Belizean businessman, shot. •
Peter Wright, 78, English footballer (
Colchester United F.C.).
25 •
Michael Daniel Ambatchew, 45, Ethiopian children's book writer. •
Rafiqul Anwar, 59, Bangladeshi politician, liver ailment. •
Aude, 65, Canadian writer, leukemia. •
Jacques Barzun, 104, French-born American historian. •
Dimitris Beis, 84, Greek politician,
Mayor of Athens (1979–1986), cancer. •
Jaspal Bhatti, 57, Indian actor (
Flop Show) and comedian, traffic collision. •
Max Brown, Australian politician. •
Cesare Canevari, 85, Italian actor, director and screenwriter (
Matalo!,
A Man for Emmanuelle). •
John Cannon, 86, English historian. •
Hadley Castille, 79, American Cajun fiddler. •
John Connelly, 74, English footballer (
Burnley F.C.), cancer. •
Piermassimiliano Dotto, 42, Italian rugby union player, heart attack. •
Roger Gibbs, 80, New Zealand swimmer. •
Jacques Goimard, 78, French writer, Parkinson's disease. •
Aung Gyi, 93, Burmese politician, cardiac arrest. •
Balázs Győrffy, 74, Hungarian-born American physicist. •
Olga Jančić, 83, Serbian sculptor. •
Alexander Lapin, 67, Russian photographer. •
James Gibson Lorimer, 89, Canadian politician, member of the
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for
Burnaby-Willingdon (1960–1975; 1979–1983). •
Erich Masurat, 85, German Olympic sports shooter. •
Les Mueller, 93, American baseball player (
Detroit Tigers). •
Emanuel Steward, 68, American Hall of Fame boxing trainer and
HBO boxing commentator, complications of
diverticulitis. •
Joop Stokkermans, 75, Dutch composer. •
Ronald John Yates, app. 88, Australian businessman, CEO of Qantas.
26 •
Mac Ahlberg, 81, Swedish cinematographer (
Beverly Hills Cop III,
The Brady Bunch Movie,
Oscar), heart failure. •
Carlos Azevedo, 63, Portuguese composer and pianist. •
Richard N. Current, 100, American historian and biographer. •
Luigi Dadda, 89, Italian computer scientist (
Dadda multiplier). •
Arnold Greenberg, 80, American businessman, co-founder of
Snapple, cancer. •
Eloy Gutiérrez Menoyo, 77, Spanish-born Cuban dissident (
Alpha 66), heart attack. •
Joža Horvat, 97, Croatian writer. •
John M. Johansen, 96, American architect, last surviving member of the
Harvard Five, heart failure. •
Alan Kirschenbaum, 51, American television writer and producer (
Coach,
My Name Is Earl,
Raising Hope), suicide. •
Naoki Miyamoto, 77, Japanese professional Go player,
hepatocellular carcinoma. •
Natina Reed, 32, American musician (
Blaque) and actress (
Bring It On), traffic collision. •
Björn Sieber, 23, Austrian alpine skier, traffic collision. •
Alan Stretton, 90, Australian major general, disaster recovery leader (
Cyclone Tracy) and
AFL player (
St. Kilda), haemorrhage. •
Georges Van Straelen, 55, French footballer (
FC Nantes,
Girondins de Bordeaux,
Toulouse FC,
RC Strasbourg) and coach, lung cancer. •
Frank Weddig, 67, American politician,
Colorado Senate (1994–2000) and
House of Representatives (2000–2004).
27 •
Shirley Ballard, 87, American actress, director and screenwriter. •
Anatoly Betekhtin, 81, Russian military commander. •
Ian Buist, 82, British diplomat. •
Terry Callier, 67, American singer-songwriter, cancer. •
Robert W. Castle, 83, American
Episcopal priest and actor (
Philadelphia). •
Angelo Maria Cicolani, 60, Italian politician,
Senator for
Rieti (since 2001). •
Joe Cinderella, 85, American guitarist and educator. •
Dick de Fegely, 84, Australian politician, member of the
Victorian Legislative Council (1985–1999). •
Regina Dourado, 59, Brazilian actress, breast cancer. •
Jacques Dupin, 85, French poet and critic. •
Dmitry Gayev, 61, Russian civil servant, head of
Moscow Metro, cancer. •
Illar Hallaste, 53, Estonian cleric, politician, lawyer, and businessman. •
Hans Werner Henze, 86, German composer (
Symphony No. 9,
Elegy for Young Lovers,
The Raft of the Medusa). •
Eduardo Herrera Riera, 85, Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Carora (1994–2003), cancer. •
John LoVetere, 76, American football player (
Los Angeles Rams,
New York Giants). •
Felix Eugenio Mkhori, 81, Malawian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Chikwawa (1979–2001) and
Lilongwe (2001–2007). •
Terry Owens, 68, American football player (
San Diego Chargers),
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). •
Rodney S. Quinn, 89, American politician, member of the
Maine House of Representatives (1974–1978),
Secretary of State of Maine (1979–1988), pneumonia. •
Alan Shaxon, 78, British magician. •
Göran Stangertz, 68, Swedish actor and director, throat cancer. •
Ray Torres, 54, Mexican baseball player. •
Bill White, 51, American animator.
28 •
Vitaliy Alisevich, 45, Belarusian hammer thrower, heart problem. •
Robert Amft, 95, American painter, sculptor, photographer, and designer. •
Merry Anders, 78, American actress (
Maverick,
Bonanza). •
François Arnal, 88, French painter and sculptor. •
Bertil Bäckvall, 89, Swedish footballer and football manager. •
Gordon Bilney, 73, Australian politician, member of the
House of Representatives for
Kingston (1983–1996). •
Bob Brunner, 78, American television writer and producer (''
Diff'rent Strokes, Happy Days, The Odd Couple''), heart attack. •
John Cheffers, 76, Australian sports administrator and footballer. •
Nicki R. Crick, 54, American psychologist. •
Jack Dellal, 89, British property investor, natural causes. •
Heinrich Karlen, 90, Swiss-born Zimbabwean Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of
Bulawayo (1974–1997). •
Susan Murphy-Milano, 52, American author, cancer. •
George Riashi, 78, Lebanese
Melkite Catholic hierarch, Archbishop of
Tripoli (1995–2010). •
Mel Spence, 76, Jamaican Olympic sprinter. •
Tie the Knot, 18, Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the
Sydney Cup (1998, 1999) and
Chipping Norton Stakes (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002). (death announced on this date) •
Gaetano Tumiati, 94, Italian novelist and journalist, won 1976
Premio Campiello.
29 •
Brenda Agard, 51, British photographer, poet and storyteller. •
Warsame Shire Awale, 61, Somali poet and writer, shooting. •
Letitia Baldrige, 86, American etiquette expert,
White House Social Secretary, osteoarthritis with cardiac complications. •
J. Bernlef, 75, Dutch writer. •
George Bossy, 85, Canadian Olympic sprint canoer and football player. •
Valerie Todd Davies, 92, Australian zoologist. •
Thomas Delworth, 83, Canadian diplomat and academic. •
Cordelia Edvardson, 83, Swedish journalist and Holocaust survivor. •
John Hind Farmer, 95, British soldier. •
Albano Harguindeguy, 85, Argentine general. •
Susumu Ishikawa, 79, Japanese voice actor and singer, stomach cancer and emphysema. •
Kenneth G. Ryder, 88, American academic, President of
Northeastern University (1975–1989). •
Wallace L. W. Sargent, 77, British-born American astronomer, prostate cancer. •
Jack H. Vaughn, 92, American public servant and diplomat, Director of the
Peace Corps (1966–1969), cancer.
30 •
Arjen Arî, 55–56, Kurdish poet and writer. •
Franck Biancheri, 51, French politician, cancer. •
Jan Crutchfield, 74, American singer and songwriter. •
Minardi, 14, American-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. •
Samina Raja, 51, Pakistani poet, writer, educationist, and broadcaster, cancer. •
Leonard Termo, 77, American actor (
Fight Club,
Johnny Dangerously). •
Dan Tieman, 71, American basketball player (
Cincinnati Royals), cancer. •
Wayland Tunley, 75, British architect. •
Trevor West, 74, Irish academic and politician,
Senator for
Dublin University (1970–1981, 1982–1983). •
Lebbeus Woods, 72, American architect and artist.
31 •
Gae Aulenti, 84, Italian architect and designer. •
Hugh Bell, 85, American photographer. •
Frederick C. Blesse, 91, American general. •
June Blundell, Lady Blundell, 90, New Zealand charity patron, widow of former governor-general Sir
Denis Blundell. •
Nona Byrne, 90, British Building Society founder and philanthropist. •
Brian Cobby, 83, British actor, voice of the
speaking clock (1985–2007). •
George G. Crawford, 92, American judge and politician. •
Alfons Demming, 84, German Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of
Münster (1976–1998). •
Jack Finck, 82, Australian football player (
Collingwood). •
John Fitch, 95, American racing driver,
Merkel cell carcinoma. •
Alexander Kibrik, 73, Russian linguist (
Moscow State University). •
Fernando Ortiz Monasterio, 89, Mexican plastic surgeon and Olympic sailor. •
Christina Persighetti, 76, British Olympic athlete. •
John H. Reed, 91, American politician,
Governor of Maine (1959–1966), pneumonia. •
Faustino Sainz Muñoz, 75, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate,
Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain (2004–2010), cancer. •
Teri Shields, 79, American model and actress, complications from dementia. •
Bernard John Smith, 61, British geologist. •
Fergie Sutherland, 81, British–born Irish horse trainer. •
Bill Tom, 89, American Olympic gymnast. •
Konstantin Vyrupayev, 82, Russian Olympic medal-winning (
1956,
1960) wrestler. ==References==