1 •
Armand Baeyens, 85, Belgian racing cyclist. •
Jack Boles, 88, British Colonial Service officer. •
Sidney Bryan Berry, 87, American military officer,
United States Military Academy at West Point chief, heart failure. •
Texas Johnny Brown, 85, American blues musician and songwriter. •
Victor Engström, 24, Swedish bandy player, liver cancer. •
Charles Foley, 82, American toy and board game inventor, co-creator of
Twister, complications from Alzheimer's disease. •
Maurice Foley, 83, Australian cricketer and Olympic field hockey player. •
Stoyan Ganev, 57, Bulgarian diplomat and politician,
Foreign Minister (1991–1992),
President of the United Nations General Assembly (1992–1993), cancer. •
Rolf Graf, 53, Norwegian musician (
Lava). •
William H. Gray III, 71, American politician, member of the
U.S. House of Representatives from
Pennsylvania (1979–1991),
House Majority Whip (1989–1991), natural causes. •
David Halvorson, 64, American politician, member of the
Montana House of Representatives (since 2013), cancer. •
Paul Jenkins, 74, American actor (
The Waltons,
Chinatown,
Dynasty). •
Ulrich Matschoss, 96, German actor. •
Mita Noor, 42, Bangladeshi actress, suicide by hanging. •
Rolf Nordhagen, 85, Norwegian physicist and computer scientist. •
Barbara Robotham, 77, English mezzo-soprano and voice teacher. •
Bent Schmidt-Hansen, 66, Danish footballer (
PSV Eindhoven). •
Gary Shearston, 74, Australian singer and songwriter, stroke. •
Maarten van Roozendaal, 51, Dutch singer-songwriter, lung cancer. •
René Sparenberg, 94, Dutch field hockey player. •
Maureen Waaka, 70, New Zealand politician and pageant contestant,
Miss World New Zealand (1962), complications from a stroke. •
Ján Zlocha, 71, Slovak footballer.
2 •
Anthony G. Bosco, 85, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Greensburg (1987–2004). •
Gregory Carroll, 35, American operatic tenor, heart attack. •
Hilda Clayton, 22, American combat photographer, mortar shell explosion. •
Emilio Croci-Torti, 93, Swiss cyclist. •
Douglas Engelbart, 88, American scientist, inventor of the
computer mouse, kidney failure. •
Fawzia Fuad of Egypt, 91, Egyptian royal,
Queen consort of Iran (1941–1948). •
Nilo Floody, 91, Chilean Olympic modern pentathlete (
1948,
1952,
1956). •
Armand Gaudreault, 91, Canadian ice hockey player (
Boston Bruins). •
Bengt Hallberg, 80, Swedish jazz pianist. •
Sef Imkamp, 88, Dutch politician. •
Noboru Kousaka, 94, Japanese politician. •
Boris Kuznetsov, 78, Russian politician,
Governor of Perm Oblast (1991-1996). •
Hugh Lee, 58, Taiwanese
Golden Bell-award-winning television actor and theatre director, bowel cancer. •
Anthony Llewellyn, 80, Welsh-born American chemist and astronaut candidate (
NASA). •
Paul Lorieau, 71, Canadian national anthem singer (
Edmonton Oilers) and optometrist, cancer. •
Victor Lundin, 83, American actor (
Robinson Crusoe on Mars). •
Lothar Pongratz, 61, German Olympic bobsledder. •
Theodore Reed, 90, American zookeeper and administrator, director of the
National Zoo (1958–1983), complications from Alzheimer's disease. •
Arlan Stangeland, 83, American politician, member of the
U.S. House of Representatives from
Minnesota (1977–1991) and the
Minnesota House of Representatives (1966–1975).
3 •
Claude Arabo, 75, French Olympic fencer (
1964). •
Thengamam Balakrishnan, 86, Indian politician, journalist and editor (
Janayugom),
Kerala MLA for
Adoor (1970–1975). •
Roman Bengez, 49, Slovenian football player and manager. •
Ray Coates, 89, American football player (
New York Giants). •
Vincenzo Cozzi, 86, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa (1981–2002). •
Johnny MacRae, 84, American country music composer. •
Azelio Manzetti, 84, Italian prelate, Chief Chaplain of the
Sovereign Military Order of Malta. •
Frank Morriss, 85, American film editor (
Romancing the Stone,
Short Circuit,
Blue Thunder). •
John Nunn, 94, British Royal Air Force officer and politician. •
Kenneth Olayombo, 65, Nigerian footballer. •
Maria Pasquinelli, 100, Italian Fascist and murderer. •
Amar Roy Pradhan, 82, Indian politician, MP for
Cooch Behar (1977–1999),
West Bengal MLA for
Mekhliganj (1962–1977). •
Francis Ray, 68, American writer. •
PJ Torokvei, 62, Canadian actor, producer and screenwriter (
WKRP in Cincinnati,
Real Genius), complications from liver failure. •
Radu Vasile, 70, Romanian politician, historian and poet,
Prime Minister (1998–1999) and
MP (1992–2004), colon cancer. •
Bernard Vitet, 77, French jazz musician and composer. •
Snoo Wilson, 64, English playwright and screenwriter, heart attack.
4 •
Javier Artiñano, 70, Spanish film costume designer. •
John Barrington-Ward, 84, British Olympic sailor. •
Mynampati Bhaskar, 67, Indian writer and journalist. •
Bernardine Bishop, 73, English novelist and teacher, colon cancer. •
Onllwyn Brace, 80, Welsh rugby union player. •
Jim Buck, 81, American dog walker, complications of emphysema and cancer. •
Jack Crompton, 91, English footballer (
Manchester United). •
Mahasundari Devi, 82, Indian
Madhubani painter and artist, recipient of the
Padma Shri award (
2011). •
James Fulton, 73, American dermatologist and medical researcher, co-discoverer of
Retin-A, colon cancer. •
Willie Hargreaves, 82, English rugby league player (
York). •
Charles A. Hines, 77, American military officer, commander of
Fort McClellan (1989–1994), heart attack. •
Hung Chung-chiu, 23, Taiwanese soldier, organ failure. •
Tony Licari, 92, Canadian ice hockey player (
Detroit Red Wings). •
Innocent Lotocky, 97, Ukrainian-born American
Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch, Bishop of the
Western United States (1981–1993). •
Iain McColl, 59, Scottish actor (
City Lights,
Gangs of New York,
Driving Lessons), complications from cancer. •
Madan Mohan Mishra, 81, Nepalese author. •
Bernie Nolan, 52, Irish singer (
The Nolans) and actress, breast cancer. •
Oliver Red Cloud, 93, American
Oglala Sioux chief. •
Leslie Lloyd Rees, 94, British prelate,
Anglican Bishop of Shrewsbury (1980–1986). •
Pamela Ropner, 82, British author. •
Ahmed Rushdi, 89, Egyptian interior minister (1984–1986). •
Robert L. Rutherford, 74, American general. •
Richard Waters, 77, American artist, inventor of the
waterphone.
5 •
Akitsugu Amata, 85, Japanese swordsmith. •
Bud Asher, 88, American politician and football coach, Mayor of
Daytona Beach, Florida (1995–2003). •
Duane Berentson, 84, American politician, member of the
Washington House of Representatives (1962–1980), director of the
WSDOT (1981–1993). •
David Cargo, 84, American politician,
Governor of New Mexico (1967–1971), member of the
New Mexico House of Representatives (1963–1967), complications from a stroke. •
Paul Couvret, 91, Dutch-born Australian politician and military veteran. •
Billy Cross, 84, American football player (
Chicago Cardinals,
Toronto Argonauts). •
John Curran, 59, American financial journalist and editor (
Fortune,
Bloomberg News), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. •
Douglas Dayton, 88, American retail executive, founder of
Target Corporation, cancer. •
Alice Masak French, 83, Canadian
Inuvialuit author, poet and artist. •
Jean Guy, 90, American
First Lady of North Dakota (1961–1973), complications from a stroke. •
Curtis Harnack, 86, American non-fiction author, President of
Yaddo (1971–1987). •
Hue Hollins, 72, American
NBA referee. •
Robert Lipka, 68, Soviet Union spy in USA. •
Clinton Pattea, 82, American politician, President of the
Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation. •
Gwyn Hanssen Pigott, 77, Australian ceramicist, stroke. •
Ama Quiambao, 65, Filipino actress, heart attack. •
William Tebeau, 87, American engineer, first African-American man to graduate from Oregon State University. •
Tito Traversa, 12, Italian climber. •
Daniel Wegner, 65, Canadian-born American social psychologist. •
Lambert Jackson Woodburne, 73, South African vice admiral. •
Sheila Wright, 88, British politician, MP for
Birmingham Handsworth (1979–1983).
6 •
Erik Ahldén, 89, Swedish Olympic long-distance runner (
1948). •
John Chun, 84, North Korean-born American car designer (
Shelby Mustang,
Tonka Toys), stomach cancer. •
John Hightower, 80, American museum director (
Museum of Modern Art 1969–1970,
Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk,
Mariners' Museum 1993–2007). •
David Johnson, 67, British racehorse owner (
Comply or Die), cancer. •
Rudy Keeling, 64, American college basketball coach (
University of Maine,
Northeastern University), Commissioner of the
Eastern College Athletic Conference (2007–2013). •
Santo Krishnan, 93, Indian actor and stunt man. •
Robert Linderholm, 79, American astronomer. •
Lo Hsing Han, 77, Burmese drug trafficker and business tycoon (
Asia World), heart failure. •
Thomas F. Malone, 96, American geophysicist. •
Leland Mitchell, 72, American basketball player (
New Orleans Buccaneers). •
Tony Naughton, 61, Australian academic. •
Hamilton Nichols, 88, American NFL football player. •
Ruben J. Villote, 80, Filipino Roman Catholic priest and activist. •
Josip Torbar, 91, Croatian politician. •
Senji Yamaguchi, 82, Japanese atomic bomb survivor (
Nagasaki) and anti-war activist.
7 •
James Bean, 80, American politician, member of the
Mississippi Senate (1988–2000), complications from a stroke. •
William Grant Black, 93, American prelate, Bishop of the
Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio. •
John Bockris, 90, South African–born American scientist. •
Sudhakar Bokade, 57, Indian film producer (
Izzatdaar,
Saajan), complications from heart attack. •
Berna Carrasco, 98, Chilean chess master. •
Tom Christian, 77, Pitcairn Island radio operator, complications from a stroke. •
Joe Conley, 85, American actor (
The Waltons,
Cast Away,
Mister Ed), complications from dementia. •
MC Daleste, 20, Brazilian rapper, shot. •
Artur Hajzer, 51, Polish climber, fall. •
Robert Hamerton-Kelly, 74, South African-born American Christian theologian and academic. •
Rosalind Hudson, 86, British codebreaker and architectural model maker. •
Donald J. Irwin, 86, American politician, member of the
U.S. House of Representatives from
Connecticut (1959–1961, 1965–1969), heart failure. •
Barbara Erickson London, 93, American pilot. •
François Xavier Nguyên Quang Sách, 88, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Đà Nẵng (1988–2000). •
Ben Pucci, 88, American football player. •
Charles Quinn, 82, American journalist (
NBC News), heart failure. •
Alfred Rozelaar Green, 96, British artist. •
Charles Sowa, 80, Luxembourgish race walker and coach. •
Joan Stambaugh, 81, American philosopher. •
Anna Wing, 98, British actress (
EastEnders,
Son of Rambow).
8 •
Norman Atkinson, 90, British politician,
MP for
Tottenham (1964–1987). •
Robert Bossenger, 72, South African cricketer. •
Chase, 13, American golden retriever, bat dog and mascot for the
Trenton Thunder, cancer. •
Albert Dehert, 91, Belgian footballer (
K. Berchem Sport). •
Berhanu Dinka, 78, Ethiopian diplomat and economist, Ambassador to Djibouti, Canada, the U.S. and the United Nations, cancer. •
Paul Feiler, 95, German-born British painter (
St. Ives School). •
Dick Gray, 81, American baseball player (
Los Angeles Dodgers,
St. Louis Cardinals). •
Bob Hardesty, 82, American speechwriter (
Lyndon B. Johnson), heart failure. •
Dave Hickson, 83, British footballer. •
James Loper, 81, American television executive (
KCET), director of the
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (1984–1999). •
Eunice Macaulay, 90, British-born Academy Award–winning animator. •
Edmund Morgan, 97, American historian and author. •
Joaquín Piña Batllevell, 83, Spanish-born Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Puerto Iguazú (1986–2006). •
Tunggan Mangudadatu Piang, Filipino politician,
ARMM MLA for
Maguindanao, heart attack. •
Nadezhda Popova, 91, Russian military pilot, awarded
Hero of the Soviet Union. •
Rincón, 33, Brazilian-born Equatorial Guinean footballer, malaria. •
Rubby Sherr, 99, American physicist and academic, member of the
Manhattan Project, co-inventor of Fuchs-Sherr
modulated neutron initiator. •
Sir Ian Sinclair, 87, British lawyer. •
Sabawi Ibrahim al-Tikriti, 66, Iraqi intelligence officer, half brother of
Saddam Hussein, cancer. •
Sundri Uttamchandani, 88, Indian writer. •
Brett Walker, 51, American songwriter, musician and record producer. •
Frank Woodrow Wilson, 89, American politician, member of
Louisiana House of Representatives.
9 •
Anton Antonov-Ovseyenko, 93, Russian historian and writer. •
Guido Breña López, 82, Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Ica (1973–2007). •
Markus Büchel, 54, Liechtenstein politician,
Prime Minister (1993). •
Arturo Cruz, 89, Nicaraguan economist and politician. •
Andrzej Czyżniewski, 59, Polish footballer, heart attack. •
Fasliyev, 16, American Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire. •
Jim Foglesong, 90, American country music executive (
Capitol Records) and producer (
Garth Brooks),
Country Music Hall of Fame inductee (
2004). •
Mary Ellen Hopkins, 79-80, American quilter and author, stroke. •
Kiril of Varna, 59, Bulgarian Orthodox hierarch, Metropolitan of
Varna and
Veliki Preslav (since 1989), drowning. •
Rasu Madhuravan, 44, Indian Tamil film director, cancer. •
Željko Malnar, 69, Croatian writer and documentarist. •
J. Paul McGrath, 72, American attorney. •
Kirsty Milne, 49, Scottish journalist and academic, lung cancer. •
Andrew Nori, 60-61, Solomon Islands politician and coup leader, Minister for Home Affairs (1984–1988), Minister for Finance (1993–1994). •
Johannes Østtveit, 86, Norwegian politician. •
Marsi Paribatra, 81, Thai royal and artist. •
Robert Pechous, 79, American politician, member of the
Illinois House of Representatives (1977–1983). •
Bhagwati Prasad, Indian politician,
Uttar Pradesh MLA for
Ikauna (1967–1969, 1969–1974), multiple organ failure. •
Barbara Robinson, 85, American children's author (
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever), cancer. •
Toshi Seeger, 91, American environmental activist and filmmaker, founder of the
Clearwater Festival. •
Gaétan Soucy, 54, Canadian novelist, heart attack. •
Andrea Veneracion, 84, Filipino singer,
National Artist (1999), founder of the
University of the Philippines Madrigal Singers. •
George Weissbort, 85, Belgian-born British artist. •
Masao Yoshida, 58, Japanese nuclear engineer, chief manager of the
Fukushima Daiichi plant during the
2011 nuclear disaster, esophageal cancer.
10 •
Ali Hayan, 63, Somali politician. •
Audrey Amiss, 79, British artist. •
Colin Bennetts, 72, British Anglican prelate,
Bishop of Coventry (1998–2008), brain tumour. •
Paul Bhattacharjee, 53, British actor (
EastEnders,
Casino Royale,
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), suicide by jumping. •
Philip Caldwell, 93, American corporate executive, Chairman and CEO of the
Ford Motor Company (1979–1985), complications from a stroke. •
Willem Adriaan Cruywagen, 91-92, South African politician. •
Józef Gara, 84, Polish linguist and
Wymysorys language activist. •
Concha García Campoy, 54, Spanish radio and television journalist, leukemia. •
Caroline Duby Glassman, 90, American judge, first woman appointed to the
Maine Supreme Judicial Court (1983–1997). •
Kemal Güven, 91-92, Turkish politician,
Speaker of the Grand National Assembly (1973–1977). •
Ilan Halevi, 69, French-born Palestinian diplomat and adviser. •
Ana Emilia Lahitte, 91, Argentine writer. •
Gokulananda Mahapatra, 92, Indian science fiction and children's author. •
Dicky Mayes, 90, English cricketer. •
Walter McCaffrey, 64, American activist and politician (
New York City Council, 1985–2001), complications from a traffic collision. •
A. K. Narain, 88, Indian historian. •
Ku Ok-hee, 56, South Korean golfer, President of the
Korean LPGA (2011–2012), heart attack. •
Paschal O'Hare, 81, Irish solicitor and politician. •
K. V. Ramesh, 78, Indian
epigraphist. •
Mabel Sonnier Savoie, 73, American singer and guitar player. •
William Ralph Turner, 93, British painter. •
Ibrahim Youssef, 54, Egyptian Olympic (
1984) footballer (
Zamalek SC), heart attack.
11 •
Zeb Alley, 84, American politician, member of the
North Carolina Senate (1971–1973), recipient of
Bronze Star Medal. •
Emik Avakian, 90, American inventor. •
Egbert Brieskorn, 77, German mathematician. •
Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana, 89, Indian Carnatic musician. •
Robert Crichton-Brown, 93, Australian businessman. •
Aarne Nuorvala, 101, Finnish jurist. •
Eugene Parks Wilkinson, 94, American naval officer and nuclear power advocate, first CO of the
USS Long Beach, founding CEO of the
Institute of Nuclear Power Operations.
12 •
Mathieu Bénézet, 67, French writer and poet. •
M. Bhaskar, 78, South Indian filmmaker, heart attack. •
Amar Bose, 83, American audio executive, founder of
Bose Corporation. •
Derek Brown, 80, Scottish rugby union player. •
Ray Butt, 78, British television director and producer (
Only Fools and Horses). •
Pratap Chitnis, Baron Chitnis, 77, British politician, Head of the
Liberal Party Organisation (1966–1969). •
Robert Fukuda, 91, American politician and lawyer, member of the
Hawaii House of Representatives (1959–1962). •
Antun Kropivšek, 88, Croatian Olympic gymnast. •
Mohammed Adam Mallik, 61, Indian political leader, president of
Majlis Bachao Tehreek, cardiac arrest. •
Elaine Morgan, 92, Welsh writer, feminist and evolutionary theorist (
The Aquatic Ape). •
Pran, 93, Indian actor, pneumonia. •
Takako Takahashi, 81, Japanese novelist and French language translator, heart failure. •
James L. Voss, 79, American veterinarian and equine specialist, Dean of
CSU College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (1986–2001). •
Alan Whicker, 91, British journalist and broadcaster (''
Whicker's World''), bronchial pneumonia. •
Abu Zahar Ithnin, 74, Malaysian politician, complications from kidney disease.
13 •
Henry Paget, 7th Marquess of Anglesey, 90, British nobleman and author. •
Bana, 81, Cape Verdean
morna singer and musician, multiple organ failure. •
Bertha Becker, 82, Brazilian geographer. •
John Cowdery, 83, American politician, member of the
Alaska House of Representatives (1983–1985, 1997–2000) and
Senate (2001–2009). •
Leonard Garment, 89, American lawyer and presidential adviser, central figure in
Watergate scandal. •
William E. Glenn, 87, American inventor and academic. •
Louis G. Hill, 89, American politician and judge. •
Henri Julien, 84, French car industrialist (
Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives). •
Cory Monteith, 31, Canadian actor (
Glee,
Kyle XY,
Monte Carlo) and singer, heroin and alcohol overdose. •
Ottavio Quattrocchi, 74, Italian businessman, central figure in the
Bofors scandal, heart attack. •
Sharmila Rege, 48, Indian sociologist, feminist and author, complications from colon cancer. •
Mona Røkke, 73, Norwegian politician, MP (1977–1989),
Justice Minister (1981–1985), cancer. •
Vernon B. Romney, 89, American politician, Utah Attorney General (1969–1977). •
Marc Simont, 97, French-born American children's book illustrator,
Caldecott Medal winner for
A Tree is Nice (1957). •
George W. Stocking Jr., 84, American historian. •
Kip Tokuda, 66, American politician, member of the
Washington House of Representatives (1994–2002), heart attack.
14 •
Tonino Accolla, 64, Italian actor and voice actor. •
Herbert M. Allison, 69, American financial executive (
Merrill Lynch), Assistant
US Secretary of the Treasury (2009–2010), oversaw
TARP, heart attack. •
Matt Batts, 91, American baseball player (
Boston Red Sox,
Detroit Tigers). •
Dennis Burkley, 67, American actor (''
King of the Hill,
The Doors,
Murphy's Romance''), heart attack. •
Flemming Hansen, 64, Danish Olympic handball player (
1972). •
Simmie Hill, 66, American basketball player. •
Thad J. Jakubowski, 89, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of
Chicago (1988–2003). •
Jenny Lay, 74, British politician,
Lord Mayor of Norwich, cancer. •
Saturnino Rustrián, 70, Guatemalan Olympic road racing cyclist (
1968). •
George Smith, 92, British footballer (
Manchester City). •
Bill Warner, 44, American motorcycle racer, set land speed record on a conventional motorcycle (2011), motorcycle collision. •
Vladimir Mikhailovich Zakharov, 67, Russian choreographer.
15 •
Ninos Aho, 68, Syrian
Assyrian poet and activist. •
Gordon Belcourt, 68, American
Blackfeet tribal executive and social advocate. •
Henry Braden, 68, American politician, member of the
Louisiana State Senate (1978–1984), heart failure. •
Aldo Calderón van Dyke, 45, Honduran journalist and news anchor, poisoning. •
Tom Greenwell, 57, American judge, suicide by gunshot. •
Earl Gros, 72, American football player (
Green Bay Packers,
Philadelphia Eagles). •
Reiner Kossmann, 86, German Olympic ice hockey player. •
Noël Lee, 88, Chinese-born French-American classical pianist and composer. •
Meskerem Legesse, 26, Ethiopian Olympic runner (
2004), heart attack. •
John T. Riedl, 51, American computer scientist,
melanoma. •
Sebastião Vasconcelos, 86, Brazilian actor and lawyer, pneumonia.
16 •
Robert Ackman, 85, Canadian chemist. •
Nobuyuki Aihara, 78, Japanese gymnast. •
Todd Bennett, 51, British Olympic runner (
1988) and silver medalist (
1984), cancer. •
Talia Castellano, 13, American internet celebrity, neuroblastoma. •
Alex Colville, 92, Canadian painter. •
Barun De, 80, Indian historian and academic. •
Elmer T. Lee, 93, American drink distiller. •
Torbjørn Falkanger, 85, Norwegian Olympic silver medalist ski jumper (
1952). •
T-Model Ford, 93, American blues musician, respiratory failure. •
Sundararajan Krishna, 75, Indian cricketer. •
Mario Laserna Pinzón, 89, French-born Colombian educator, diplomat and politician, Ambassador to France and Austria,
Senator (1991–1995), Alzheimer's disease. •
Don McIntyre, 98, Australian football player (
Carlton Football Club). •
Frank Moretti, 69, American academic. (death announced on this date) •
Shringar Nagaraj, 74, Indian film producer and actor, kidney failure. •
Carlotta Nobile, 24, Italian art historian, violinist, writer and blogger, melanoma. •
Camilla Odhnoff, 85, Swedish politician,
Governor of Blekinge County (1974–1992). •
Hassan Pakandam, 79, Iranian Olympic boxer (
1964). •
Yuri Prokhorov, 83, Russian mathematician. •
Marv Rotblatt, 85, American baseball player (
Chicago White Sox). •
Brian Sollitt, 74, British inventor, heart attack.
17 •
Henri Alleg, 91, British-born French-Algerian journalist. •
Peter Appleyard, 84, British-born Canadian jazz musician and composer, natural causes. •
Vincenzo Cerami, 72, Italian screenwriter (
Life Is Beautiful). •
David Collins, 57, Irish restaurant designer (
Gordon Ramsay at Royal Hospital Road,
The Wolseley), skin cancer. •
Mansour Eid, 69, Lebanese writer. (death announced on this date) •
Adhemar Esquivel Kohenque, 82, Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Tarija (1995–2004). •
Don Flye, 80, American tennis player. •
Sir Ian Gourlay, 92, British army general,
Commandant General Royal Marines (1971–1975). •
Richard James, 87, American politician, member of the
Oklahoma House of Representatives (1951–1954). •
Santosh Lal, 29, Indian cricketer, pancreatitis. •
George Lyn, 81, Jamaican politician, MP for
North Central Clarendon (1993–2002), complications from a heart attack. •
Briony McRoberts, 56, British actress (
Take the High Road), hit by train. •
Slobodan Obradov, 94, Serbian physician. •
Luis Ubiña, 73, Uruguayan footballer. •
Davie White, 79, Scottish football player and manager (
Clyde,
Rangers,
Dundee).
18 •
Olivier Ameisen, 60, French-born American cardiologist, myocardial infarction. •
Anatoly Budayev, 44, Belarusian footballer. •
John R. Deane Jr., 94, American military officer, Commanding General of the
173rd Airborne Brigade and
US Army Materiel Command. •
Mary Eide, 89, Norwegian politician. •
Ivar P. Enge, 90, Norwegian radiologist. •
Larry Grathwohl, 65, American informant, spied on
Weather Underground for
FBI, natural causes. •
Abdul Razak Abdul Hamid, 88, Malaysian academic, sole Malaysian survivor of
Hiroshima atomic bomb. •
Francis X. Kane, 94, American space engineer. •
Willie Louis, 76, American key witness in
Emmett Till murder trial. •
Kåre Lunden, 83, Norwegian historian. •
John H. Moore II, 85, American senior (former chief) judge, member of the
US District Court for Middle Florida (since 1981),
Florida Court of Appeals (1977–1981). •
Samar Mukherjee, 99, Indian politician, MP for
Howrah (1971–1984),
Senator (1986–1993),
West Bengal MLA for
Howrah (1957–1971), respiratory failure. •
C. Perumal, 62, Indian politician,
Tamil Nadu MLA for
Yercaud (1989–1996, since 2011), cardiac arrest. •
Vaughn Ross, 41, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection. •
Norman Sillman, 92, British sculptor and coin designer. •
Florentinus Sului Hajang Hau, 64, Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Samarinda (1993), Archbishop of
Samarinda (since 2003). •
Vaali, 81, Indian
Tamil lyricist, writer, poet and actor.
19 •
Richard Carey, 84, American politician, member of the
Maine House of Representatives (1967–1978),
Maine Senate (1990–1998), mayor of
Waterville (1970–1978). •
Paul Côté, 69, Canadian Olympic bronze medallist sailor (
1972) and co-founder of
Greenpeace. •
Leyla Erbil, 82, Tirkish writer. •
Mikhail Gorsheniov, 39, Russian punk rock musician (
Korol i Shut), drug overdose. •
Fritz Griesser, 84, Swiss Olympic sprinter. •
Alan Hunt, 85, Australian politician, member of the
Victorian Legislative Council (1961–1992). •
A K Azizul Huq, 84, Bangladeshi civil servant,
Comptroller and Auditor General (1983–1989). •
Gordon McKenzie, 86, American Olympic long distance runner (
1956,
1960). •
Ulla Mitzdorf, 69, German scientist. •
Geeto Mongol, 82, Canadian professional wrestler (
Stampede Wrestling,
WWWF). •
Simon Pimenta, 93, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of
Bombay (1978–1996), Cardinal (1988–1996). •
Poncie Ponce, 80, American actor (
Hawaiian Eye), heart failure. •
Wilf Proudfoot, 91, British politician, businessman and hypnotist, MP for
Cleveland (1959–1964);
Brighouse and Spenborough (1970–1974). •
Sarvesh Singh Seepu, 35, Indian politician,
Uttar Pradesh MLA for
Azamgarh (2007–2012), shot. •
Mel Smith, 60, English comedian and actor (''
Not the Nine O'Clock News, Alas Smith and Jones, The Princess Bride''), heart attack. •
Bert Trautmann, 89, German footballer (
Manchester City), heart failure. •
Phil Woosnam, 80, Welsh football player, coach and commissioner (
NASL, 1968–1982), complications from prostate cancer and Alzheimer's disease. •
Peter Ziegler, 84, Swiss geologist.
20 •
Efstathios Alexandris, 92, Greek lawyer and politician,
MP (1977–1989),
Minister of Justice (1981–1982),
Minister for Mercantile Marine (1985–1987). •
John Casablancas, 70, American modeling agent and scout, founder of
Elite Model Management, cancer. •
Leonel Duarte, 64, Portuguese Olympic wrestler. •
Pierre Fabre, 87, French pharmaceutical and cosmetics executive, founder of
Laboratoires Pierre Fabre. •
André Grobéty, 80, Swiss footballer. •
Khurshed Alam Khan, 94, Indian politician,
Governor of Goa (1989–1991) and
Karnataka (1991–1999), aortic stenosis. •
Nkosiphendule Kolisile, 40, South African politician, traffic collision. •
Aleksandar Lilov, 80, Bulgarian politician and philosopher. •
Mark Mahowald, 81, American mathematician. •
Oommen Mathew, 73, Indian politician,
Kerala MLA for
Kuttanad (1980–1982). •
Kotagiri Vidyadhara Rao, 66, Indian politician,
Andhra Pradesh MLA for
Chintalapudi (1983–2004), cardiac arrest. •
Robert Ritson, 76, Australian politician, member of the
South Australian Legislative Council (1979–1993). •
Augustus Rowe, 92, Canadian physician and politician,
Newfoundland and Labrador MLA for
Carbonear (1971–1975). •
Thomas Salmon, 100, Irish Anglican clergy,
Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin (1969–1990). •
David Spenser, 79, Sri Lankan-born British radio play performer (
Just William), actor and producer. •
Helen Thomas, 92, American journalist and author, member of the
White House press corps.
21 •
Andrea Antonelli, 25, Italian motorcycle racer (
World Supersport Championship), race collision. •
Thony Belizaire, 58, Haitian news photographer (
AFP), complications from respiratory difficulty. •
Yair Clavijo, 18, Peruvian footballer, cerebral edema. •
Ronnie Cutrone, 65, American artist. •
Det de Beus, 55, Dutch Olympic field hockey champion (
1984) and bronze medal-winner (
1988), cancer. •
Denys de La Patellière, 92, French film director (
Marco the Magnificent) and novelist. •
Lourembam Brojeshori Devi, 32, Indian Olympic judoka (
2000), complications from pregnancy. •
Sonny Gandee, 84, American football player (
Detroit Lions). •
Irene Gleeson, 68, Australian humanitarian, throat cancer. •
Marvin Price, 81, American Negro league baseball player. •
Ugo Riccarelli, 59, Italian novelist, complications from a heart and lung transplant. •
Luis Fernando Rizo-Salom, 41, Colombian composer, hang–gliding accident. •
Jude Speyrer, 84, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Lake Charles (1980–2000). •
Vratislav Štěpánek, 83, Czech bishop. •
Fred Taylor, 93, American football coach (
Texas Christian University, 1967–1970). •
Rodney Wallace, 64, American football player (
Dallas Cowboys).
22 •
John Tuson Bennett, 75, Australian solicitor and Holocaust denier. •
Guthrie S. Birkhead Jr., 92, American educator and professor. •
Hugo Black Jr., 91, American attorney. •
Natalie de Blois, 92, American architect. •
Dennis Farina, 69, American actor (
Law & Order,
Snatch,
Midnight Run), pulmonary embolism. •
Ramon T. Jimenez, 89, Filipino lawyer. •
Ali Maow Maalin, 59, Somali health worker, last person to survive
smallpox,
malaria. •
Lawrie Reilly, 84, Scottish footballer (
Hibernian F.C.,
national team). •
Mike Shipley, 56, Australian-born British Grammy Award-winning sound engineer and music producer (
Def Leppard), apparent suicide. •
Chandrika Prasad Srivastava, 93, Indian civil servant, Chairman of the
SCI, Secretary General of the
IMO, recipient of the
Padma Vibhushan (2009). •
Keron Thomas, 37, American train thief, heart attack. •
Rosalie E. Wahl, 88, American jurist, member of the
Minnesota Supreme Court (1977–1994).
23 •
Rona Anderson, 86, Scottish actress (
Scrooge,
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie). •
Dragan Babić, 76, Serbian journalist. •
Pauline Clarke, 92, English children's author. •
Arthur J. Collingsworth, 69, American diplomat, complications of
bone marrow cancer. •
William P. Costas, 84, American politician, member of the
Indiana Senate (1980–1988). •
Dominguinhos, 72, Brazilian composer and singer, infection and cardiac complications. •
Marvin Gray, 58, American murderer and suspected serial killer •
Emile Griffith, 75, U.S. Virgin Island boxer, world middleweight, junior middleweight and welterweight champion, complications from dementia. •
Kim Jong-hak, 61, South Korean television director, suicide by
charcoal-burning. •
Pino Massara, 82, Italian musician, composer, record producer and conductor. •
Red McManus, 88, American basketball coach (
Creighton University). •
Károly Molnár, 69, Hungarian mechanical engineer and politician, minister without portfolio in charge of research and development (2008–2009). •
Mike Morwood, 62, Australian archaeologist, discoverer of the
Flores hobbit, cancer. •
Mohammed Said Nabulsi, 85, Jordanian politician and banker. •
Ulrich Nitzschke, 79, German Olympic boxer. •
Jean Pede, 86, Belgian politician. •
Derek Percy, 64, Australian suspected serial killer and convicted child killer. •
Djalma Santos, 84, Brazilian footballer, two-time World Cup winner (
1958,
1962), complications from pneumonia. •
Manjula Vijayakumar, 59, Indian actress, blood clot in the stomach.
24 •
Enrique Beotas, 58, Spanish journalist and writer, injures from
Santiago de Compostela derailment. •
Garry Davis, 91, American peace activist. •
Fred Dretske, 80, American philosopher and epistemologist. •
Arne Eriksen, 95, Norwegian footballer. •
Ernie Ernst, 88, American assistant district attorney. •
Virginia E. Johnson, 88, American sexologist (
Masters & Johnson) and psychologist. •
Pius Langa, 74, South African judge,
Chief Justice (2005–2009), member of the
Constitutional Court (1994–2009). •
Chiwoniso Maraire, 37, Zimbabwean
Mbira singer, lung infection. •
Ryuchi Matsuda, 75, Japanese martial arts writer. •
Adrian Shepherd, 74, British cellist. •
Donald Symington, 88, American actor (
Annie Hall,
Mighty Aphrodite), Parkinson's disease. •
Jim Underwood, 67, American Guamanian politician, member of the
Legislature of Guam (1976–1984).
25 •
Steve Berrios, 68, American jazz drummer. •
Mohamed Brahmi, 58, Tunisian politician and opposition leader,
MP for
Movement of the People (since 2011), shot. •
Peter Bridgeman, 80, British military officer. •
F. John Clendinnen, 88, Australian philosopher of science. •
Walter De Maria, 77, American sculptor (
The Lightning Field), stroke. •
Graeme Farrell, 70, Australian cricketer. •
León Ferrari, 92, Argentinian conceptual artist. •
Nic Gotham, 53, Canadian jazz saxophonist and composer (
Nigredo Hotel), cancer. •
William J. Guste, 91, American politician, member of the
Louisiana Senate (1968–1972),
Attorney General of Louisiana (1972–1992). •
Hugh Huxley, 89, British biologist, won
Copley Medal (1997). •
Buland Iqbal, 83, Pakistani composer. •
Barnaby Jack, 35, New Zealand computer specialist and security researcher,
heroin,
cocaine,
Benadryl, and
Xanax overdose. •
Andrew Lackey, 29, American murderer, execution by lethal injection. •
Bernadette Lafont, 74, French actress (
The Mother and the Whore,
An Impudent Girl,
Le Beau Serge), cardiac arrest. •
Duilio Marzio, 89, Argentinian actor, cardiac arrest. •
Jim McNally, 61, American
Major League Baseball umpire. •
Arun Nehru, 69, Indian politician. •
Rick Norton, 69, American football player (
Miami Dolphins), heart disease. •
Juan David Ochoa Vásquez, 65, Colombian convicted drug lord, co-founder of
Medellín cartel, heart attack. •
Kongar-ol Ondar, 51, Russian Tuvan throat singer, brain hemorrhage. •
Philip Russell, 93, South African primate and
Archbishop of Cape Town (1980–1986). •
Hans Tanzler, 86, American politician, mayor of
Jacksonville, Florida (1967–1979).
26 •
Shafiga Akhundova, 89, Azerbaijani composer. •
Jim Barnett, 86, American politician, member of the
Mississippi House of Representatives (1992–2008). •
JJ Cale, 74, American
Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter ("
After Midnight", "
Cocaine") and musician, heart attack. •
Edna Cisneros, 83, American lawyer. •
Luther F. Cole, 87, American politician and judge, member of the
Louisiana House (1964–1966),
Louisiana Supreme Court (1986–1992). •
Árpád Duka-Zólyomi, 72, Slovak politician for Hungarian minority,
MEP (2004–2009). •
Harley Flanders, 87, American mathematician. •
Marco Antonio Flores, 76, Guatemalan author, natural causes. •
Leighton Gage, 71, American crime author, pancreatic cancer. •
Bellino Giusto Ghirard, 78, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Rodez (1991–2011). •
Lafif Lakhdar, 79, Tunisian writer and journalist. •
Jon Leyne, 55, British journalist (
BBC News), brain tumour. •
Douglas Manley, 91, Jamaican politician, MP for
South Manchester (1972–1976). •
George P. Mitchell, 94, American businessman, real estate developer, and pioneer of shale gas technology. •
Bob Savage, 91, American baseball player (
Philadelphia Athletics,
St. Louis Browns). •
Christoph Scriba, 83, German historian of mathematics. •
Obaid Siddiqi, 81, Indian biologist and academic, traffic collision. •
Sung Jae-gi, 45, South Korean rights activist, drowned. •
Unbridled's Song, 20, American thoroughbred horse, winner of
Breeders' Cup Juvenile (1995), euthanized. •
Don Wilbanks, 86, American actor (
The Virginian).
27 •
Fernando Alonso, 98, Cuban ballet dancer, founder of
National Ballet. •
Henryk Baranowski, 70, Polish actor. •
Lindy Boggs, 97, American politician, member of the
U.S. House of Representatives from
Louisiana (1973–1991),
Ambassador to the Holy See (1997–2001), natural causes. •
Sékou Camara, 27, Malian footballer (
Pelita Bandung Raya), heart attack. •
Bud Day, 88, American USAF commander (Vietnam War),
Medal of Honor recipient. •
Nick Evers, 75, Australian politician,
Tasmanian MHA for
Franklin (1986–1990). •
Mick Farren, 69, British music journalist, author and singer (
The Deviants), heart attack. •
Jóhannes Jónsson, 72, Icelandic businessman (
Baugur Group). •
Herb Kaplow, 86, American news correspondent (
NBC News,
ABC News), stroke. •
Kidd Kraddick, 53, American radio and television personality (
Kidd Kraddick in the Morning;
Dish Nation), cardiac arrest. •
Suzanne Krull, 47, American actress (
Nash Bridges,
Race to Witch Mountain,
Go), ruptured aortic aneurysm. •
Michel Lemoine, 90, French actor and film director. •
Billy Lewis, 90, Welsh professional footballer. •
John Nunneley, 90, British army officer. •
Julito Rodríguez, 87, Puerto Rican bolero singer, guitarist and composer (
Los Panchos). •
Santiago Santamaría, 60, Argentinian footballer (
Stade de Reims), heart attack. •
Jacob Immanuel Schochet, 77, Swiss-born Canadian rabbi and scholar. •
Ilya Segalovich, 48, Russian technology executive, co-founder of
Yandex, complications from stomach cancer. •
Virginia Tezak, 85, American baseball player. •
Richard Thomas, 87, American ballet teacher and dancer (
New York City Ballet), stroke during treatment of pulmonary embolism. •
Pete Tunstall, 94, British
RAF squadron leader, World War II
POW in
Colditz.
28 •
Mustafa Adrisi, 91, Ugandan military officer and politician,
Vice President (1977–1978). •
William F. Bell, 74, Canadian politician, mayor of
Richmond Hill, Ontario (1988–2006). •
Eileen Brennan, 80, American actress (
The Last Picture Show,
Private Benjamin,
Clue),
Emmy winner (
1981), bladder cancer. •
Frank Castillo, 44, American baseball player (
Chicago Cubs), drowning. •
Claude Croté, 75, Belgian footballer. •
Lois DeBerry, 68, American politician, member of the
Tennessee House of Representatives (since 1972), pancreatic cancer. •
George Kinzie Fitzsimons, 84, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Salina (1984–2004). •
Drungo Hazewood, 53, American baseball player (
Baltimore Orioles), cancer. •
Syed Tajammul Hussain, 62, Pakistani chemist and physicist. •
Leena Luostarinen, 64, Finnish painter. •
Cleto Maule, 82, Italian cyclist. •
Mykola Melnyk, 59, Ukrainian pilot,
liquidator hero. •
Graham Murray, 58, Australian rugby league player and coach, complications from a heart attack. •
Princess Norodom Vichara, 68, Cambodian royal and politician, MP (1998–2003), lung cancer. •
Jagdish Raj, 84, Indian actor, respiratory arrest. •
Rita Reys, 88, Dutch jazz singer, intracranial hemorrhage. •
Otto Schultz, 93, German Luftwaffe ace during World War II and Iron Cross recipient. •
George Scott, 69, American baseball player (
Boston Red Sox,
Milwaukee Brewers). •
William Scranton, 96, American politician,
Governor of Pennsylvania (1963–1967), Ambassador to the United Nations (1976–1977), cerebral hemorrhage. •
Ray Strauss, 85, Australian cricketer. •
Jūgatsu Toi, 64, Japanese travel writer, lung cancer. •
Ersilio Tonini, 99, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Macerata-Tolentino (1969–1975), Archbishop of
Ravenna (1975–1990), and Cardinal (since 1994).
29 •
Ludwig Averkamp, 86, German Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Osnabrück (1987–1994), Archbishop of
Hamburg (1994–2002). •
Christian Benítez, 27, Ecuadorian footballer (
El Jaish SC,
Birmingham City),
cardiac arrest. •
Bernard Codd, 79, British motorcycle racer. •
Bobby Crespino, 75, American football player (
Cleveland Browns,
New York Giants). •
Norman de Mesquita, 81, British sports journalist and broadcaster. •
Peter Flanigan, 90, American investment banker, political campaign manager and presidential adviser. •
Tony Gaze, 93, Australian military officer,
RAF World War II flying ace and
Grand Prix race car driver. •
Munir Hussain, 83, Pakistani cricketer, journalist and broadcaster, cardiac arrest. •
Rocky Jones, 71, Canadian social activist, heart attack. •
Shivram Dattatray Joshi, 87, Indian Sanskrit scholar. •
Draga Matković, 105, Croatian-born German classical pianist. •
Ole Henrik Moe, 93, Norwegian pianist, art historian and critic. •
Hussain Najadi, 75, Bahraini banker, founder and managing director of
AmBank, shot. •
S. N. Hanumantha Rao, 83, Indian cricket umpire. •
Godfrey Stafford, 93, British physicist. •
Sheila Whitaker, 77, British film programmer, director of
London Film Festival (1987–1996).
30 •
Cecil Alexander, 95, American architect. •
Uwe Bahnsen, 83, German car designer. •
Berthold Beitz, 99, German industrialist (
ThyssenKrupp), member of
IOC (1972–1988). •
Robert Neelly Bellah, 86, American sociologist, religious academic and author, complications from heart surgery. •
Harry F. Byrd Jr., 98, American politician, member of the
United States Senate from
Virginia (1965–1983). •
Thomas G. Clines, 84, American
CIA agent. •
Ron Dias, 76, American animator (
The Chipmunk Adventure,
The Secret of NIMH,
Who Framed Roger Rabbit) and painter. •
Zyrafete Gashi, 55, Kosovar comedian. •
Álvarez Guedes, 86, Cuban writer and comedian, stomach ailment. •
Sir Reginald Harland, 93, British Royal Air Force commander. •
Myfanwy Horne, 80, Australian journalist, writer, reviewer and book editor. •
İsa Huso, 60, Syrian Kurdish politician, bombing. •
Eko Maulana Ali, 61, Indonesian politician, Governor of
Bangka Belitung (since 2007), complications from kidney disease. •
Jim McGregor, 91, American basketball player. •
Jane Belk Moncure, 86, American author of early childhood non-fiction, fiction and poetry. •
Belal Muhammad, 77, Bangladeshi radio broadcaster and independence activist. •
Colm Murray, 61, Irish sports journalist and broadcaster (
RTÉ), motor neurone disease. •
Lawrence Nowlan, 48, American sculptor (
Espy Award,
My VH1 Music Awards, statues of
Harry Kalas,
Jackie Gleason), natural causes. •
Antoni Ramallets, 89, Spanish footballer. •
Ossie Schectman, 94, American basketball player (
New York Knicks). •
Harry Smith, 94, American football player (
Detroit Lions) and coach (
Saskatchewan Roughriders). •
Jean-Claude Suares, 71, American graphic design artist, heart failure. •
Irene Uchida, 96, Canadian scientist and
Down syndrome researcher. •
Antonio Vidal, 85, Cuban artist. •
Benjamin Walker, 99, Indian-born British author. •
Gene Wettstone, 100, American gymnastics coach (
Penn State University,
USA Gymnastics).
31 •
Michael Ansara, 91, Syrian-born American actor (
Broken Arrow,
Star Trek,
Batman: The Animated Series), complications from Alzheimer's disease. •
Earl Barbry, 62, American
Tunica-Biloxi tribal leader, Chairman (since 1978), cancer. •
William J. Cousins, 89, American sociologist. •
Michel Donnet, 96, British-born Belgian military officer,
RAF wing commander during World War II. •
John Graves, 92, American author (
Goodbye to a River). •
Judge Hughes, 69, American football player and coach, diabetes. •
Gail Levin, 67, American documentary film director, breast cancer. •
Corey Maclin, 43, American television broadcaster, announcer, play-by-play commentator and politician, car crash. •
Jean Madiran, 93, French nationalist writer. •
Mary Matz, 81, American theologian. •
Wendell Alverson Miles, 97, American senior judge of the
US District Court for Western Michigan (1974–2008),
US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (1989–1996). •
Antonio Moreno Casamitjana, 86, Chilean Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of
Concepción (1989–2006). •
Hirohiko Nakamura, 70, Japanese politician. •
David Stockings, 67, English cricketer (
Norfolk). •
Trevor Storer, 83, English businessman and entrepreneur, founder of
Pukka Pies. •
Gerald W. Thomas, 94, American academic, President of
New Mexico State University (1970–1984). •
Alvis Wayne, 75, American rockabilly musician, liver cancer. •
Jon Manchip White, 89, Welsh–born American novelist and screenwriter. ==References==