1 •
Edwar al-Kharrat, 89, Egyptian novelist, pneumonia. •
Rob Blokzijl, 72, Dutch physicist and computer scientist. •
Marc Breslow, 90, American game show director (
The Price is Right,
Match Game,
Family Feud). •
Joseph Engelberger, 90, American engineer and inventor. •
Leoni Franco, 73, Uruguayan musician, composer and guitarist. •
Robert E. Glennen, 82, American academic,
President of Emporia State University (1985–1997). •
Shirley Gunter, 81, American R&B singer. •
William W. Joscelyn, 89, American politician. •
John F. Kurtzke, 89, American neurologist. •
Jim Loscutoff, 85, American basketball player (
Boston Celtics), NBA champion (
1957,
1959–
1964), complications of pneumonia and Parkinson's disease. •
Maurice Martel, 79, Canadian politician. •
Trevor Obst, 75, Australian football player (
Port Adelaide). •
Xavier Olea Muñoz, 92, Mexican lawyer and politician,
Governor of Guerrero (1975). •
Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye, 87, English-born Kenyan writer. •
Randy Owens, 56, American basketball player. •
V. Ramachandran, 84, Indian civil servant. •
Antonio Troyo Calderón, 92, Costa Rican Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of
San José de Costa Rica (1979–2002).
2 •
Jon Arfstrom, 87, American artist. •
Sandy Berger, 70, American political consultant,
United States National Security Advisor (1997–2001), cancer. •
Theodor Borchgrevink, 92, Norwegian civil engineer. •
Bryony Brind, 55, English ballerina, heart attack. •
John Eaton, 81, American composer, brain hemorrhage. •
Gabriele Ferzetti, 90, Italian actor (''
L'Avventura, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Once Upon a Time in the West''). •
Ray Gandolf, 85, American sportscaster. •
Phila Hach, 89, American chef. •
Shelby Highsmith, 86, American federal judge, adrenal cancer. •
Sam Ibiam, 90, Nigerian footballer (
national team). •
Portia James, 62, American curator and historian. •
Ferenc Juhász, 87, Hungarian poet. •
Wim Kolijn, 71, Dutch politician. •
Ernst Larsen, 89, Norwegian runner, Olympic bronze medalist (
1956). •
Bob Martyn, 85, American baseball player (
Kansas City Athletics). •
Will McMillan, 71, American actor (
General Hospital,
The Crazies), producer, and director. •
Joan L. Mitchell, 68, American computer scientist, co-inventor of
JPEG. •
Sir John Osborn, 92, British politician, Member of Parliament for
Sheffield Hallam (1959–1987). •
M. A. M. Ramaswamy, 84, Indian industrialist and politician. •
John Rassias, 90, American language professor. •
Wally Roker, 78, American R&B singer and music executive, complications following brain surgery. •
George T. Sakato, 94, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient. •
A. Sheriff, 74, Indian screenwriter (
Avalude Ravukal). •
Thom Thomas, 80, American playwright, leukemia. •
Anthony Valentine, 76, British actor (
Colditz,
Coronation Street,
Escape to Athena), Parkinson's disease. •
Luz Marina Zuluaga, 77, Colombian beauty queen,
Miss Universe (1958). • Perpetrators of the
2015 San Bernardino attack shot dead by police: •
Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, American. •
Tashfeen Malik, 29, Pakistani.
3 •
Omar Ali, 76, Bangladeshi poet. •
Gladstone Anderson, 81, Jamaican musician. •
Willie Burden, 64, Canadian football player (
Calgary Stampeders) and sports administrator. •
Roy Evans, 84, Welsh trade union leader. •
Sunil Hettiarachchi, 78, Sri Lankan actor. •
Eevi Huttunen, 93, Finnish speed skater,
world champion (1951, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1959), Olympic bronze medalist (
1960). •
Bill Kiskaddon, 85, American politician. •
Lawrence Pugh, 82, American businessman, chief executive of
VF Corporation. •
Shared Belief, 4, American racehorse,
colic. •
Arthur R. Taylor, 80, American businessman, president of
CBS. •
Scott Weiland, 48, American musician (
Stone Temple Pilots,
Velvet Revolver,
The Wondergirls), accidental drug and alcohol overdose. •
Howard West, 84, American television producer (
Seinfeld). •
Melvin Williams, 73, American drug trafficker and actor (
The Wire), cancer. •
Michael Wilson, 75, New Zealand cricketer.
4 •
Jaime Camino, 79, Spanish film director (
The Long Winter,
Lights and Shadows). •
Erik De Vlaeminck, 70, Belgian cyclist, seven-time
world-champion cyclo-cross (1966, 1968–1973). •
Norman Engleback, 88, British architect. •
Sarah Nash Gates, 66, American costume designer, cancer. •
John Glad, 73, American academic and translator. •
Ricardo Guízar Díaz, 82, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of
Tlalnepantla (1996–2009). •
Henry Hall, 87, British physicist. •
Robert Loggia, 85, American actor (
Jagged Edge,
Scarface,
Big), complications from Alzheimer's disease. •
Rodney Milnes, 79, British opera critic. •
Karen Montgomery, 66, American actress and film producer, breast cancer. •
Irakli Ochiauri, 91, Georgian sculptor. •
Takamasa Sakurai, 49, Japanese author and
popular culture expert, proponent of anime for
cultural exchange, hit by train. •
Yossi Sarid, 75, Israeli politician, member of
Knesset (1974–2006), Minister of
Environment (1992–1996) and
Education (1999–2000). •
Dmitry Shumkov, 43, Russian lawyer and investor, asphyxiation. •
Dag Skogheim, 87, Norwegian writer. •
Akiko Sugimoto, 62, Japanese novelist, breast cancer. •
Walter C. Sweet, 88, American paleontologist, complications from a heart attack. •
Lajos Takács, 91, Hungarian mathematician. •
Xu Ming, 44, Chinese entrepreneur and billionaire.
5 •
Zafar Altaf, 74, Pakistani cricketer, administrator and civil servant, heart attack. •
Willie Coburn, 74, Scottish footballer (
St Johnstone). •
Peter Cochrane, 96, Scottish World War II army officer. •
Luigi Conti, 86, Italian-born Vatican diplomat,
Apostolic nuncio (1975–2003). •
Ray Crooke, 93, Australian artist, winner of the
Archibald Prize (1969). •
Bruce Day, 87, Australian structural engineer. •
Kiki Divaris, 90, Greek fashion designer, complications from pneumonia. •
Vic Eliason, 79, American Christian broadcaster, cancer. •
Marty Feldman, 93, American football coach (
Oakland Raiders). •
Markku Häkkinen, 69, Finnish botanist. •
Yolande Henderson, 81, Pakistani teacher, intestinal cancer. •
William McIlvanney, 79, Scottish novelist and poet. •
Hack Meyers, 41, American professional wrestler (
ECW), complications from brain surgery. •
Marília Pêra, 72, Brazilian actress (
Pixote,
Better Days Ahead), lung cancer. •
Dimitar Iliev Popov, 88, Bulgarian politician,
Prime Minister (1990–1991). •
Tibor Rubin, 86, Hungarian-born American Medal of Honor recipient and Holocaust survivor. •
Wolfgang Sandner, 66, German physicist. •
Siddhi Savetsila, 96, Thai politician, Minister of
Foreign Affairs (1980–1990), Deputy Prime Minister (1986). •
Dave Scholz, 67, American basketball player (
Philadelphia 76ers). •
Horst Schuldes, 76, German Olympic ice hockey player (
1960), (
1964). •
Franz Speta, 74, Austrian botanist. •
Byron Vlahakis, 83, American mobster. •
Chuck Williams, 100, American business executive and author, founder of
Williams Sonoma. •
Bruce Yorke, 91, Canadian politician.
6 •
Dale Anderson, 83, Canadian ice hockey player (
Detroit Red Wings). •
Ken Beatrice, 72, American radio personality (
WMAL,
WTEM), complications from pneumonia. •
Ian Burns, 76, Scottish footballer (
Aberdeen). •
Max Hauri, 73, Swiss Olympic equestrian. •
Mack Herron, 67, American football player (
Winnipeg Blue Bombers,
New England Patriots). •
Ko Chun-hsiung, 70, Taiwanese actor (
Eight Hundred Heroes,
Attack Force Z), director and politician, member of the
Legislative Yuan (2005–2008), lung cancer. •
Franzl Lang, 84, German yodeler. •
Liu Juying, 98, Chinese politician and army general. •
Mariuccia Mandelli, 90, Italian fashion designer, founder of
Krizia. •
Mike Mangold, 60, American commercial and aerobatics pilot, world champion (
2005,
2007), plane crash. •
Mick McLaughlin, 72, Welsh footballer (
Hereford United,
Newport County). •
John L. Myers, 68, American politician. •
Jaafar Mohammed Saad, Yemeni politician and general, Governor of
Aden (since 2015), car bombing. •
Georg Smefjell, 78, Norwegian Olympic ice hockey player (
1964), (
1968). •
Nicholas Smith, 81, British actor (
Are You Being Served?,
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit,
Doctor Who), complications from a fall. •
Zoltán Szabó, 86, Hungarian cardiac surgeon, performed nation's first successful heart transplant. •
Tomi Taira, 87, Japanese actress, respiratory failure. •
Holly Woodlawn, 69, Puerto Rican-born American actress and
Warhol superstar, brain and liver cancer. •
Wu Te-mei, 68, Taiwanese politician,
MLY (1984–1996), kidney failure caused by diabetes.
7 •
Betty Bourke, 91, New Zealand health administrator. •
Martin E. Brooks, 90, American actor (
The Six Million Dollar Man,
The Bionic Woman,
Dallas). •
Lolita Aniyar de Castro, 78, Venezuelan politician. •
Horn Chen, 83, American businessman. •
Heinz Fricke, 88, German conductor and music director. •
Hoàng Hà Giang, 24, Vietnamese Taekwondo athlete, silver medalist at the
2006 Asian Games. •
Sydney Greve, 90, Pakistani Olympic boxer. •
Gerhard Lenski, 91, American sociologist. •
Abbondio Marcelli, 83, Italian Olympic rower. •
Rrok Mirdita, 76, Montenegrin-born Albanian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of
Tiranë-Durrës (since 1992). •
Virginia A. Myers, 88, American artist, professor and printmaker. •
Kenneth Partridge, 89, English interior decorator. •
Elaine Riley, 98, American actress. •
Hyron Spinrad, 81, American astronomer. •
Shirley Stelfox, 74, British actress (
Emmerdale,
Keeping Up Appearances,
Coronation Street), cancer. •
Jennifer Taylor, 80, Australian architect and academic. •
Peter Westbury, 77, British racing driver. •
Donald A. Young, 86, Canadian scientist.
8 •
Mattiwilda Dobbs, 90, American coloratura soprano, cancer. •
Gus Gil, 76, Venezuelan baseball player (
Cleveland Indians,
Milwaukee Brewers,
Seattle Pilots). •
Alan Hodgkinson, 79, English footballer (
Sheffield United,
national team). •
Derek Hyatt, 84, English landscape painter. •
Bonnie Lou, 91, American country singer, dementia. •
Gary Marker, 72, American bassist (
Rising Sons,
Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band) and recording engineer, stroke. •
Johnny More, 81, English
impressionist, leukaemia. •
J. Hugh Nichols, 85, American politician. •
Angelo Sangiacomo, 91, American real estate developer. •
Chuck Sannipoli, 70, American computer scientist, complications from brain cancer and Parkinson's disease. •
Anthony Francis Sharma, 77, Nepalese Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of
Nepal (1984–2014). •
Jokelyn Tienstra, 45, Dutch handball player, brain tumor. •
Douglas Tompkins, 72, American conservationist and businessman, co-founder of
The North Face and
Esprit, hypothermia following kayak accident. •
John Trudell, 69, American Indian activist and poet, cancer. •
Elsie Tu, 102, English-born Hong Kong social activist, member of the
Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1988–1995). •
Ramashankar Yadav, 58, Indian poet and activist.
9 •
Soshana Afroyim, 88, Austrian painter. •
Norman Breslow, 74, American statistician and medical researcher, prostate cancer. •
Bob Clark, 93, American television journalist (
ABC News). •
John Cockerton, 88, British Anglican priest and academic. •
Carlo Furno, 94, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal (since 1994) and Apostolic nuncio (1973–1995). •
C. Gerald Fraser, 90, American journalist (
The New York Times,
New York Amsterdam News). •
Robert Grant, 67, American politician, member of the
Kansas House of Representatives (1991–1994, 1997–2013). •
Gheorghe Gruia, 75, Romanian handball player, world champion (
1964,
1970), Olympic bronze medalist (
1972). •
LaBreeska Hemphill, 75, American singer. •
Rusty Jones, 73, American jazz drummer. •
Juvenal Juvêncio, 81, Brazilian lawyer and sports director. •
Isao Kataoka, 79, Japanese ice hockey administrator. •
Albert Merlin, 84, French economist. •
Akiyuki Nosaka, 85, Japanese novelist (
Grave of the Fireflies). •
Igino Rizzi, 91, Italian Olympic ski jumper. •
Henry Rowan, 92, American philanthropist and engineer. •
Matthew Shija, 91, Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Kahama (1983–2001). •
Julio Terrazas Sandoval, 79, Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal (since 2001) and Archbishop of
Santa Cruz de la Sierra (1991–2013). •
Jenny Wormald, 73, Scottish historian.
10 •
Klaus Baumgartner, 77, Swiss politician. •
Ian Bell, 59, Scottish journalist and author. •
Rainer Bloss, 69, German electronic musician (
Drive Inn). •
Ron Bouchard, 67, American
NASCAR driver, cancer. •
Walter Fawcett, 86, Northern Irish cricketer. •
Maurice Graham, 83, Australian rugby union player (
New South Wales,
New Zealand). •
Denis Héroux, 75, Canadian film director and producer. •
Dermot O'Mahony, 80, Irish Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of
Dublin (1975–1996). •
Arnold Peralta, 26, Honduran footballer (
national team,
Rangers F.C.), shot. •
Desmond Robinson, 87, British Olympic cyclist. •
Dolph Schayes, 87, American
Hall of Fame basketball player and coach (
Philadelphia 76ers), NBA champion (
1955), cancer. •
Barry Schweid, 83, American news correspondent (
Associated Press), neurological disease. •
Donald J. Stohr, 81, American federal judge,
U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri (1992–2006). •
Maury Terry, 69, American journalist.
11 •
Mihai Adam, 75, Romanian footballer. •
Harry Butler, 85, Australian naturalist and conservationist, cancer. •
Samir Chakrabarti, 72, Indian cricketer. •
Steve Chimombo, 70, Malawian writer. •
Lloyd Dane, 90, American racing driver. •
Neville De Souza, 87, Jamaican religious figure, Bishop of
Jamaica and the Cayman Islands (1979–2000). •
John Harrison, 88, English footballer (
Colchester United,
Aston Villa). •
Jake Howard, 70, Australian rugby union player (
national team). •
Igor Kashintsev, 83, Soviet and Russian actor. •
Abish Kekilbayev, 76, Kazakh politician and academic. •
József Kertész, 75, Hungarian Olympic ice hockey player. •
Sir Roderick McSween, 80, Scottish pathologist. •
Altaff Mungrue, 81, Trinidadian-born English cricketer. •
Jiří Paďour, 72, Czech Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
České Budějovice (2002–2014). •
Gaston Salvatore, 74, Chilean writer. •
Alfred C. Snider, 65, American academic. •
H. Arnold Steinberg, 82, Canadian business and educational administrator,
Chancellor of
McGill University (2009–2014). •
Hema Upadhyay, 43, Indian artist, bludgeoned. •
John "Hot Rod" Williams, 53, American basketball player (
Cleveland Cavaliers,
Phoenix Suns), prostate cancer. •
Zyx, 65, Canadian cartoonist and publisher (
Croc).
12 •
Luis Bermejo, 84, Spanish cartoonist and illustrator. •
Terry Bledsoe, 81, American football executive and sportswriter. •
Ignacio Carrau, 92, Spanish politician and lawyer. •
Jon Gadsby, 62, British-born New Zealand writer and comedian (
A Week of It), cancer. •
Gösta Gärdin, 92, Swedish modern pentathlete, Olympic bronze medalist (
1948). •
Frans Geurtsen, 73, Dutch footballer (
DWS,
national team). •
Sir Peter Gregson, 79, British civil servant. •
Ken Johnson, 87, British Olympic
steeplechase athlete (
1952). •
Sharad Anantrao Joshi, 80, Indian politician and social activist, prostate cancer. •
Federico Kirbus, 84, Argentine author. •
Evelyn S. Lieberman, 71, American public affairs professional,
White House Deputy Chief of Staff (1996), pancreatic cancer. •
I. Howard Marshall, 81, Scottish theologian, pancreatic cancer. •
Yuri Marushkin, 71, Russian football player and manager. •
Gene Ready, 74, American politician, member of the
Florida House of Representatives (1977–1984), cancer. •
John Scott-Scott, 81, British aerospace engineer. •
Rose Siggins, 43, American actress (
American Horror Story), infection. •
Yashpal Singh, 94, Indian politician •
Gregory Baker Wolfe, 93, American diplomat and academic.
13 •
Benedict Anderson, 79, American academic and writer (
Imagined Communities), heart failure. •
John Bannon, 72, Australian politician,
Premier of South Australia (1982–1992), cancer. •
Albert Bontridder, 94, Belgian architect and writer. •
Luigi Creatore, 93, American songwriter and record producer, pneumonia. •
James Gillies, 91, Canadian politician. •
Don Leaver, 86, English television director (
The Avengers,
A Fine Romance,
A Touch of Frost). •
Marleen de Pater-van der Meer, 65, Dutch politician, member of the
House of Representatives (2001–2010). •
Phil Pepe, 80, American sportswriter, heart attack. •
Gretchen Quie, 88, American artist,
First Lady of Minnesota (1979–1983), restored the
Minnesota Governor's Residence, Parkinson's disease. •
Peter Ryan, 92, Australian newspaper columnist. •
Ed Sharkey, 88, American football player (
Philadelphia Eagles,
San Francisco 49ers,
BC Lions). •
Donald Weinstein, 89, American historian.
14 •
Sultan Mohammed Ali al-Kitbi, 45, Emirati colonel, rocket strike. •
Terry Backer, 61, American politician, member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives (since 1993), brain cancer. •
Sian Blake, 43, British actress (
EastEnders), stabbed. •
Armando Cossutta, 89, Italian politician,
member of the
European Parliament (1999–2004). •
Johnny Egan, 76, Irish Gaelic football player (
Offaly). •
Kathryn H. Kidd, 65, American author. •
Herbert Kiesel, 84, Swiss bobsledder. •
Robert Kobayashi, 90, American painter. •
Joe Lancaster, 89, English football player and trainer. •
Edmund Lyndeck, 90, American singer and actor (
Big Daddy,
Enchanted,
Road Trip). •
Scat Daddy, 11, American Thoroughbred racehorse. •
Leander J. Shaw Jr., 85, American politician, Chief Justice of
Florida Supreme Court (1990–1992). •
Glen Sonmor, 86, Canadian ice hockey player (
New York Rangers) and head coach (
Minnesota North Stars), pneumonia. •
Mick Twomey, 84, Australian football player (
Collingwood). •
Vadym Tyshchenko, 52, Ukrainian football player (
Karpaty,
Dnipro) and manager (
Dnipro), Olympic champion (
1988). •
Lillian Vernon, 88, German-born American businesswoman, founder of
Lillian Vernon. •
Aleš Veselý, 80, Czech sculptor.
15 •
Tom Arden, 54, Australian-born British author, cancer. •
Milton Ballantyne, 87, Australian politician, member of the
Northern Territory Legislative Assembly (1974–1980). •
André Bernard, 85, French cyclist. •
Stella Doufexis, 47, German mezzo-soprano, cancer. •
Licio Gelli, 96, Italian financier,
Venerable Master of the
Propaganda Due lodge. •
Charles C. Lanham, 87, American politician, member of
West Virginia Senate. •
Miles Myers, 84, American writer. •
Robert Nemeth, 57, Austrian Olympic runner. •
Ken Pogue, 81, Canadian actor (
The 6th Day,
The Dead Zone,
Millennium), cancer. •
Kathy Secker, 70, British television presenter. •
Harry Zvi Tabor, 98, British-born Israeli physicist. •
David Thwaites, 94, American fighter pilot. •
H. Paul Varley, 84, American historian.
16 •
Noboru Ando, 89, Japanese actor and yakuza. •
Svein Bakke, 62, Norwegian footballer (
Sogndal). •
Lita Baron, 92, Spanish-born American actress and singer, complications from a fall. •
John Bates, 77, American college basketball coach (
Maryland Eastern Shore,
Coppin State), heart attack. •
Patricia Brooker, 80, English television personality (
The Only Way Is Essex) and author. •
Peter Dickinson, 88, British author (
Tulku,
The Flight of Dragons,
City of Gold). •
Khodadad Mirza Farman Farmaian, 87, Iranian
Qajar dynasty royal and banker. •
Gabre Gabric, 101, Croatian-born Italian Olympic track and field athlete (
1936), (
1948). •
Snuff Garrett, 76, American record producer, cancer. •
Aafje Heynis, 91, Dutch
contralto. •
Raymond Hughes, 78, Welsh costume designer (
Return to Oz,
The Musketeer,
The Pallisers). •
Brian Keeble, 77, English footballer (
Grimsby Town,
Darlington). •
Walter Keller, 82, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player. •
Bob Krause, 70, American college athletic director (
Kansas State University), cancer. •
Heinz-Otto Kreiss, 85, German-born Swedish mathematician. •
Lizmark, 64, Mexican professional wrestler, respiratory failure. •
Jim McAnany, 79, American baseball player (
Chicago White Sox,
Chicago Cubs). •
Anthony Muto, 81, American fashion designer, heart failure. •
Zoulikha Nasri, 70, Moroccan politician, Secretary of State for National Cooperation (1997–1998). •
George Earl Ortman, 89, American artist. •
Ray Price, 78, American motorcycle builder and racer. •
René Saorgin, 87, French organist. •
Ilie Savel, 88, Romanian Olympic hurdler. •
Harry Scott, 78, British boxer. •
Joseph Tellechéa, 89, French footballer. •
Enoch Thorsgard, 98, American politician. •
John C. Towler, 76, American politician.
17 •
Hal Brown, 91, American baseball player (
Boston Red Sox,
Baltimore Orioles,
Houston Colt .45s). •
Serge Devèze, 59, French football manager. •
Zaevion Dobson, 15, American football player, shot. •
Börje Grönroos, 86, Finnish Olympic boxer. •
Osamu Hayaishi, 95, Japanese biochemist. •
Buckshot Hoffner, 91, American politician. •
Vladimir Kostyukov, 61, Belarusian football coach and player (
Dnepr Mogilev). •
Ira N. Levine, 78, American chemist. •
Mick Lynch, 56, Irish musician (
Stump), cancer. •
Emellia Prokopik, 95, American nun. •
Kamal Ahmed Rizvi, 85, Pakistani actor and writer, heart attack. •
Joseph Roduit, 76, Swiss Roman Catholic prelate, Abbot of
Saint-Maurice d'Agaune (1999–2015). •
Michael Wyschogrod, 87, German-born American Jewish theologian.
18 •
Luc Brewaeys, 56, Belgian composer and musician, cancer. •
Florentino Broce, 72, Filipino football player and coach. •
Slobodan Čašule, 70, Macedonian politician,
Minister of Foreign Affairs (2001–2002). •
Yūzan Fujita, 66, Japanese politician, Governor of
Hiroshima Prefecture (1993–2009). •
Carl Furlonge, 83, Trinidadian cricketer. •
Joe Gilmore, 93, British barman. •
Evelio Hernández, 84, Cuban baseball player (
Washington Senators). •
Vittore Gottardi, 74, Swiss footballer. •
Stu Hodgson, 91, Canadian politician,
Commissioner of the Northwest Territories (1967–1979). •
Martin Jære, 95, Norwegian Olympic skier (
1948). •
Robert C. Londerholm, 84, American politician. •
Daifallah Masadeh, 76–77, Jordanian politician, State Minister for Legal Affairs (2000–2001). •
Alison McCusker, 82, Australian botanist. •
Léon Mébiame, 81, Gabonese politician,
Prime Minister (1975–1990). •
Howell W. Melton, 92, American lawyer and judge. •
Placidus Nkalanga, 96, Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Bukoba (1969–1973). •
Phil Oestricher, 84, American test pilot. •
Andreja Preger, 104, Hungarian-born Serbian pianist and Holocaust survivor. •
Mogens Rukov, 72, Danish screenwriter. •
Jesús Samper, 65, Spanish businessman, owner of
Real Murcia (since 2001). •
Fred Sheedy, 75, Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer. •
Helge Solum Larsen, 46, Norwegian politician, deputy leader of
Venstre (2010–2012), aneurysm. •
Umberto Trippa, 84, Italian Olympic boxer. •
Jean-Luc Vilmouth, 63, French artist.
19 •
Bets Borm-Luijkx, 97, Dutch politician, member of the
House of Representatives (1980–1981). •
Peter Broggs, 61, Jamaican reggae musician. •
Douglas Dick, 95, American actor (
Rope,
Perry Mason). •
Louis DiGiaimo, 77, American casting director (
The Godfather,
Homicide: Life on the Street) and film producer (
Donnie Brasco), stroke. •
Maurice Grace, 86, Australian Olympic rower. •
Chris Harris, 67, American politician, member of the
Texas House of Representatives (1985–1991) and
Senate (1991–2013). •
Jimmy Hill, 87, English footballer (
Fulham) and manager (
Coventry City), trade union leader (
PFA) and TV presenter (
Match of the Day), Alzheimer's disease. •
Harry Hyams, 87, British property developer (
Centre Point). •
Greville Janner, 87, British politician, MP for
Leicester North West (1970–1974) and
Leicester West (1974–1997), Alzheimer's disease. •
Stephen Jelicich, 92, Croatian-born New Zealand architect. •
Mabuni Kenei, 97, Japanese martial arts expert. •
Samir Kuntar, 53, Lebanese convicted murderer, member of
Hezbollah, longest-held Lebanese prisoner in
Israel, missile strike. •
Alan Lee, 61, British cricket and horse racing journalist. •
Madame Claude, 92, French
procurer. •
Kurt Masur, 88, German conductor, Parkinson's disease. •
Benjamin F. Montoya, 80, American rear admiral. •
Dickie Moore, 84, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (
Montreal Canadiens),
Stanley Cup winner (
1953,
1956–
1960), prostate cancer. •
Carlos Païta, 83, Argentine conductor. •
Ranganath, 66, Indian Telugu actor, suicide by hanging. •
Selma Reis, 55, Brazilian actress and singer, brain cancer. •
Edgar Rosenberg, 90, American scholar. •
Ozell Sutton, 90, American civil rights activist. •
Karin Söder, 87, Swedish politician, leader of the
Centre Party (1985–1987),
Minister for Health and Social Affairs (1979–1982),
Minister for Foreign Affairs (1976–1978). •
Dick Wathika, 42, Kenyan politician,
Mayor of Nairobi (2004–2008).
20 •
Aldo Baito, 95, Italian cyclist. •
George Burpo, 93, American baseball player (
Cincinnati Reds). •
Rudi Ceyssens, 53, Belgian Olympic cyclist. •
Ronald Crawford, 76, American Olympic water polo player. •
Patricia Elliott, 77, American actress (
A Little Night Music,
One Life to Live),
Tony Award winner (
1973),
leiomyosarcoma. •
Gevorg Geodakyan, 87, Armenian musicologist. •
Robert Hayling, 86, American civil rights activist. •
Alain Jouffroy, 87, French surrealist poet and art critic. •
Ray Mathews, 86, American football player (
Pittsburgh Steelers). •
Angela McEwan, 81, American actress (
Nebraska,
Getting On), lung cancer. •
Wayne Robinson, 85, American football player (
Philadelphia Eagles). •
Kjell Bloch Sandved, 93, Norwegian-born American author and nature photographer. •
Jim West, 61, Australian boxer, national flyweight/super featherweight and Commonwealth flyweight champion.
21 •
J. Richard Batchelor, 84, British immunologist. •
Rimma Bilunova, 75, Russian chess player and coach. •
Dejan Brđović, 49, Serbian volleyball player, Olympic bronze medalist (
1996). •
Abune Dioskoros, 80, Eritrean prelate, Patriarch of the
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (since 2007). •
Sam Dockery, 86, American jazz pianist. •
David Emms, 90, British educationalist. •
Timothy Foote, 89, American editor and writer. •
Jan Góra, 67, Polish Roman Catholic Dominican priest. •
Jupiter Apple, 47, Brazilian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (
TNT,
Os Cascavelletes), multiple organ failure. •
Vilgot Larsson, 83, Swedish Olympic ice hockey player (
1956), (
Leksands IF), world champion (
1957). •
Richelieu Levoyer, 85, Ecuadorian army general and politician. •
Lim Eng Beng, 64, Filipino basketball player, liver cancer. •
Bob Suci, 76, American football player (
Houston Oilers,
Boston Patriots). •
Andrei Troschinsky, 37, Kazakhstani ice hockey player, Asian champion (
1999), heart attack. •
Ernesto Mayz Vallenilla, 90, Venezuelan philosopher. •
Emmanuel Yarbrough, 55, American mixed martial artist.
22 •
Arlin Adams, 94, American judge. •
Sally Arnup, 85, English sculptor, complications from sepsis. •
Rolf Bossi, 92, German lawyer. •
Carol Burns, 68, Australian actress (
Prisoner), cancer. •
Daniel J. Dinan, 86, American judge. •
John Duffy, 89, American composer. •
Katherine Duffy, 71, American LGBTQ rights activist. •
Daisy Elliott, 98, American politician and realtor. •
Derek Ezra, Baron Ezra, 96, British coal industry administrator, Chairman of the
National Coal Board (1971–1982). •
Nabil Al Fadl, 66, Kuwaiti politician. •
Billy Glaze, 72, American serial killer, lung cancer. •
Marijane Landis, 87, American broadcaster and television host (
WGAL-TV). •
Joseph Leopold Imesch, 84, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Joliet (1979–2006). •
José Jhonson, 76, Ecuadorian footballer. •
Peter Lundblad, 65, Swedish singer ("
Ta mig till havet"), prostate cancer. •
V. S. Malimath, 86, Indian judge, Chief Justice of
Karnataka (1984) and
Kerala (1985–1991). •
Riley Martin, 69, American author and radio host. •
Brooke McCarter, 52, American model and actor (
The Lost Boys, ''
Thrashin', Wired''),
alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency. •
Freda Meissner-Blau, 88, Austrian politician, founder of
The Greens – The Green Alternative. •
D. D. Raphael, 99, British philosopher. •
Kei Taniguchi, 43, Japanese mountaineer, fall. •
Carson Van Osten, 70, American artist,
Disney Legend.
23 •
Hocine Aït Ahmed, 89, Algerian politician, founder and leader of
Socialist Forces Front. •
Carlos Cano, 60, Peruvian actor, cancer. •
Chen Luyun, 38, Chinese basketball player, colon cancer. •
Henry Crichton, 6th Earl Erne, 78, British peer. •
Michael Earl, 56, American puppeteer (
Sesame Street,
Dinosaurs,
Team America: World Police), colon cancer. •
Alfred G. Gilman, 74, American pharmacologist and biochemist,
Nobel Prize laureate, pancreatic cancer. •
Grégoire Haddad, 91, Lebanese Melkite Greek Catholic hierarch, Archbishop of
Beirut and Byblos (1968–1975). •
Hatidža Hadžiosmanović, 78, Bosnian jurist, President of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. •
Don Howe, 80, English footballer (
West Bromwich Albion,
Arsenal,
national team) and coach. •
Ablie Jagne, 62, Gambian footballer (
Real de Banjul,
national team). •
Joe Jamail, 90, American attorney and billionaire. •
Hamilton de Oliveira, 81, Brazilian Olympic volleyball player. •
Jean-Marie Pelt, 82, French biologist. •
Igor Persiantsev, 78, Russian figure skater. •
Sławomir Pstrong, 39, Polish film and television director, screenwriter, and author of short stories. •
Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche, 89, Tibetan
lama, Supreme Head of the
Nyingma School of
Tibetan Buddhism (since 2012). •
Susanne Hoeber Rudolph, 85, German-born American political scientist. •
Bill Subritzky, 90, New Zealand property developer and evangelist. •
Sir Brian Tovey, 89, British civil servant,
Director of the Government Communications Headquarters (1978–1983). •
Bülent Ulusu, 92, Turkish politician,
Prime Minister (1980–1983).
24 •
Romeo Anaya, 69, Mexican boxer,
WBA Bantamweight Champion (1973). •
László Bánhegyi, 84, Hungarian Olympic basketball player. •
Turid Birkeland, 53, Norwegian politician,
Minister of Culture (1996–1997),
myelofibrosis. •
Jim Carlton, 80, Australian politician, member of the
Australian Parliament (1977–1994),
Minister for Health (1982–1983). •
Suprovat Chakravarty, 86, Indian Olympic cyclist (
1952), heart attack. •
Roy F. Chandler, 90, American author. •
David C. Clark, 89, American politician. •
Michael W. Davidson, 65, American microscopist. •
Eugène Dodeigne, 92, Belgian-born French sculptor. •
Samuel Felton, 89, American Olympic hammer thrower. •
Robert S. Folkenberg, 75, Puerto Rican
Seventh-day Adventist leader,
President of the General Conference (1990–1999). •
Dennis Griffiths, 82, British newspaper executive (
Evening Standard) and press historian. •
William Guest, 74, American R&B singer (
Gladys Knight & the Pips), heart failure. •
Melvin Holmes, 65, American football player (
Pittsburgh Steelers). •
Ron Jacobs, 72, American basketball coach (
Loyola Marymount University,
Northern Cement,
Philippine national team), complications from a stroke. •
Jin Xiang, 80, Chinese composer and music critic. •
Takeharu Kunimoto, 55, Japanese musician, acute respiratory failure. •
Letty Jimenez Magsanoc, 74, Filipino journalist (
Philippine Daily Inquirer), cardiac arrest. •
Robert L. Mallat Jr., 84, American politician. •
Adriana Olguín, 104, Chilean lawyer and politician,
Minister of Justice (1952). •
Carlo Vittori, 84, Italian Olympic sprinter.
25 •
Manuel Agujetas, 76, Spanish flamenco singer. •
Zahran Alloush, 44, Syrian rebel commander, founder of
Jaysh al-Islam, airstrike. •
Sir Clifford Boulton, 85, British public servant,
Clerk of the House of Commons (1987–1994) •
Ali Eid, 75, Lebanese politician, General Secretary of the
Arab Democratic Party (since 1972). •
George Evans, 74, Australian rugby league player (
St. George). •
Karen Friesicke, 53, German comedian and actress, suicide. •
Abbott Gleason, 77, American historian, complications from Parkinson's disease. •
Leonid Gofshtein, 62, Israeli chess grandmaster. •
Ottavio Jemma, 90, Italian screenwriter. •
George Clayton Johnson, 86, American writer (''
Logan's Run, Ocean's 11, The Twilight Zone''), prostate and bladder cancer. •
Norman Levi, 88, English-born Canadian politician. •
Charles Pangle, 74, American politician. •
Eric Philpott, 69, Irish Gaelic footballer (
Cork). •
Ignacio Rupérez, 72, Spanish author and diplomat, Ambassador to Iraq (2005–2008) and Honduras (2009–2010). •
Acharya S, 54, American religious author, breast cancer. •
Sadhana Shivdasani, 74, Indian film actress (
Love in Simla,
Woh Kaun Thi,
Hum Dono). •
Duarte Silva, 91, Portuguese Olympic alpine skier. •
Robert Spitzer, 83, American psychiatrist, heart disease. •
Jason Wingreen, 95, American actor (''
Archie Bunker's Place, The Empire Strikes Back, Airplane!'').
26 •
Nasser al-Bahri, 43, Saudi-born Yemeni Islamist militant and bodyguard. •
Tony Buffery, 76, British actor, comedian and writer. •
Andrea Cheng, 58, American author, breast cancer. •
Joe Dabney, 86, American author. •
Ogwyn Davies, 90, Welsh painter. •
Bobby Dews, 76, American baseball player and coach (
Atlanta Braves). •
Ed Dobson, 65, British-born American theologian, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. •
Ståle Eskeland, 72, Norwegian jurist, cancer. •
Robert Austin Larter, 90, Canadian politician. •
Emory Melton, 92, American politician,
Missouri State Senator (1972–1996). •
William O'Callaghan, 94, Irish Army lieutenant general, Force Commander (
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon). •
Jim O'Toole, 78, American baseball player (
Cincinnati Reds). •
Mac Otten, 90, American basketball player (
St. Louis Bombers). •
Jamie Parsons, 74, American politician,
Mayor of Juneau (1991–1994), cancer. •
Frank B. Salisbury, 89, American plant physiologist. •
Don Schain, 74, American film producer (
High School Musical,
Little Secrets,
The Luck of the Irish). •
Mary Scranton, 97, American community advocate and philanthropist, First Lady of
Pennsylvania (1963–1967), Alzheimer's disease. •
Marcel Seynaeve, 82, Belgian cyclist. •
Tongdaeng, 17, Thai dog, pet of King
Bhumibol Adulyadej. •
Sten Wickbom, 84, Swedish politician,
Governor of Kronoberg County (1988–1995),
Minister for Justice (1983–1987).
27 •
Naji al Jerf, 37, Syrian journalist and filmmaker, shot. •
Christopher N. L. Brooke, 88, British medieval historian. •
David L. Brower, 83, American politician. •
Stein Eriksen, 88, Norwegian alpine skier, Olympic champion (
1952) and triple world champion (
1954). •
Franco Giacobini, 89, Italian actor. •
Dave Henderson, 57, American baseball player (
Seattle Mariners,
Boston Red Sox,
Oakland Athletics),
World Series champion (
1989), heart attack. •
Aidan Higgins, 88, Irish writer. •
Ellsworth Kelly, 92, American artist. •
Meadowlark Lemon, 83, American
Hall of Fame basketball player (
Harlem Globetrotters). •
Sidney Mintz, 93, American anthropologist. •
Bill Mullins, 95, Irish horse rider. •
Alfredo Pacheco, 33, Salvadoran footballer (
FAS,
New York Red Bulls,
national team), shot. •
Carlos Rosales Mendoza, 52, Mexican
drug lord, founder of
La Familia Michoacana. •
Heinz Schulz, 80, German Olympic boxer. •
Tom Shreiner, 73-74, American football player and coach. •
Andy M. Stewart, 63, Scottish folk singer (
Silly Wizard). •
Roy Swinbourne, 86, English footballer (
Wolverhampton Wanderers). •
Gabriel Tambon, 85, French politician, Mayor of
Le Castellet, Var (since 1965). •
Brian Turner, 77, English cricketer. •
Wilbur Volz, 91, American football player (
Buffalo Bills). •
Berenado Vunibobo, 83, Fijian politician and diplomat. •
Haskell Wexler, 93, American cinematographer and director (''
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Medium Cool''),
Oscar winner (
1966,
1976). •
Stevie Wright, 68, English-born Australian singer (
The Easybeats). •
Youhannes Ezzat Zakaria Badir, 66, Egyptian Coptic Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Ismayliah (1992–1994) and Luqsor (since 1994).
28 •
Ann Arnold, 79, English artist. •
Chris Barnard, 76, South African author, heart attack. •
Robert O. Blake, 94, American diplomat,
Ambassador to Mali (1970–1973), prostate cancer. •
John Bradbury, 62, English drummer (
The Specials). •
Dave Campbell, 90, Canadian Olympic basketball player. •
Nancy Randall Clark, 77, American politician. •
Rick Cluchey, 82, American playwright. •
Bram de Does, 81, Dutch typographer. •
Maggie Deahm, 77, Australian politician, member of the
Australian House of Representatives for
Macquarie (1993–1996). •
Guru Josh, 51, Jersey musician, suicide. •
John A. Holm, 72, American academic, prostate cancer. •
Joe Houston, 89, American jazz and R&B saxophonist. •
Eloy Inos, 66, Northern Mariana Islands politician,
Governor (since 2013),
Lieutenant Governor (2009–2013), complications after heart surgery. •
Eiji Kimizuka, 63, Japanese general, Chief of Staff
Ground Self-Defense Force (2011–2013), lung cancer. •
Lemmy, 70, English rock musician (
Motörhead,
Hawkwind), complications from prostate cancer. •
Tiffany Leong, 30, Malaysian actress, liver cancer. •
Aura Lewis, 68, South African reggae singer. •
Ian Murdock, 42, American software engineer, founder of the
Debian Project, suicide by hanging. •
Åge Nordkild, 63, Norwegian politician, member of the
Sami Parliament (2001–2005, 2009–2013). •
Tone Nyhagen, 52, Norwegian dancer. •
Volney Peters, 87, American football player (
Washington Redskins,
Chicago Cardinals,
Oakland Raiders). •
Landon H. Rowland, 78, American businessman (
Kansas City Southern Railway). •
Pierre-Marie Rudelle, 83, French painter. •
Allen Sapp, 87, Canadian painter. •
Sylvester Stein, 95, South African writer and athlete. •
Sean Whitesell, 52, American actor and television producer (
Cold Case,
House,
Oz), cancer.
29 •
Sabino Acquaviva, 88, Italian sociologist. •
Billie Allen, 90, American actress, one of the first black performers on U.S. television. •
Aslam Azhar, 83, Pakistani television executive. •
Wanda Harper Bush, 84, American
barrel racer, heart attack. •
Tony Carroll, 74, American psychotherapist. •
Patrick Curtin, 26, Irish
Gaelic footballer (
Kerry), head injuries after falling from a vehicle. •
John Ford, 84, Australian rules footballer (
Fitzroy). •
Edward Hugh, 67, British economist, gallbladder and liver cancer. •
Anne Keefe, 90, American broadcaster. •
Kim Yang-gon, 73, North Korean senior politician, traffic collision. •
Elżbieta Krzesińska, 81, Polish track and field athlete, Olympic champion (
1956). •
Om Prakash Malhotra, 93, Indian Army general. •
Frank Malzone, 85, American baseball player (
Boston Red Sox,
California Angels). •
Master Blaster, 28–29, Ugandan dancehall musician, shot. •
Ed Mayer, 84, American baseball player (
Chicago Cubs). •
Pavel Srníček, 47, Czech footballer (
Newcastle United,
national team), European Championship runner-up (
1996), complications from heart attack. •
Julio Tamussin, 72, Italian Olympic wrestler.
30 •
George Andreadis, 79, Greek author. •
Doug Atkins, 85, American football player (
Cleveland Browns,
Chicago Bears,
New Orleans Saints), NFL champion (
1954,
1963). •
Jim Cruickshank, 79, Canadian bishop. •
Víctor Santiago Díaz, Puerto Rican politician, cancer. •
Howard Davis Jr., 59, American boxer, Olympic champion (
1976), lung cancer. •
Lucinda Dooling, 61, Puerto Rican-born American actress (
Lovely But Deadly,
The Alchemist,
1941), complications from brain tumors. •
Chatral Sangye Dorje, 102, Tibetan yogi. •
George Elsey, 97, American military adviser. •
Eugene P. Foley, 87, American political strategist. •
Armand Lemieux, 89, Canadian ice hockey player. •
Mangesh Padgaonkar, 86, Indian poet. •
Howard Pawley, 81, Canadian politician,
Premier of Manitoba (1981–1988). •
Luis Silva Parra, 84, Ecuadorian jazz saxophonist. •
Kinto Tamura, 87, Japanese voice actor (
Kimba the White Lion). •
Zjef Vanuytsel, 70, Belgian
folk and
kleinkunst singer. •
Fritz Wechselberger, 77, Austrian Olympic ice hockey player (
1964). •
Philoxenos Yuhanon, 74, Indian
Syriac Orthodox bishop.
31 •
Roman Bartoszcze, 69, Polish politician. •
Kurt Bieber, 86, American actor and model. •
Wesley Burrowes, 85, Irish playwright (
Glenroe). •
Ted J. Case, 68, American biologist and ecologist, heart attack. •
Natalie Cole, 65, American Grammy-winning singer ("
This Will Be", "
Sophisticated Lady", "
Inseparable") and actress, heart failure. •
Peter J. Costigan, 85, American politician, member of the
New York State Assembly (1966–1974). •
Bronislav Danda, 85, Czech ice hockey player, bronze medalist at the
1955 World Ice Hockey Championships. •
Mike Frier, 46, American football player (
Cincinnati Bengals,
Seattle Seahawks), heart attack. •
Steve Gohouri, 34, Ivorian footballer (
Wigan Athletic,
national team). (body found on this date) •
Geoffrey Hawthorn, 74, British sociologist. •
Beth Howland, 74, American actress (
Alice,
The Love Boat,
Company), lung cancer. •
Marion James, 81, American blues singer. •
Donal Leahy, 77, Irish footballer (
Cork Celtic). •
Marvin Panch, 89, American racing driver, natural causes. •
Felix Pirani, 87, British theoretical physicist. •
Dino Pompanin, 85, Italian Olympic skier. •
Václav Pšenička Jr., 84, Czech Olympic weightlifter. •
Vern Rapp, 87, American baseball manager (
St. Louis Cardinals,
Cincinnati Reds). •
Dal Richards, 97, Canadian
big band leader, prostate cancer. •
Wayne Rogers, 82, American actor (
M*A*S*H,
Ghosts of Mississippi,
House Calls), complications from pneumonia. •
Daniel L. Ryan, 85, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Springfield in Illinois (1983–1999). •
Richard Sapper, 83, German industrial designer. •
Peter Wight, 85, Guyanese-born English cricketer (
Somerset) and umpire. ==References==