The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2016.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
1
- Sulabha Brahme, 84, Indian economist.[1]
- Don Calfa, 76, American actor (The Return of the Living Dead, Weekend at Bernie's, Me, Myself and I).[2]
- Elisabeth Carron, 94, American operatic soprano.[3]
- Jacques Cohen, 86, Egyptian-born Israeli actor (HaMis'ada HaGdola), complications from pneumonia.[4]
- Peter Corrigan, 75, Australian architect.[5]
- Patricia Crampton, 90, English translator.[6]
- Gérard Desrosiers, 97, Canadian physician.[7]
- Jo-Anna Downey, 50, Canadian comedian, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[8]
- Inkulab, 72, Indian poet and political activist.[9]
- Bor-ming Jahn, 76, Taiwanese geochemist.[10]
- Helen Ketola, 85, American baseball player (AAGPBL).[11]
- Barry Lloyd, 63, Welsh cricketer (Glamorgan).[12]
- Joe McKnight, 28, American football player (New York Jets), shot.[13]
- Ljubo Sirc, 96, Slovene economist.[14]
- Ousmane Sow, 81, Senegalese sculptor.[15]
- Zekarias Yohannes, 91, Eritrean Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Asmara (1984–2001).[16]
2
- Odeefuo Boa Amponsem III, 94, Ghanaian royal, King of Denkyira (since 1955).[17]
- Coral Atkins, 80, English actress (A Family at War, Emmerdale), cancer.[18]
- Lyle Bouck, 92, American military officer and war veteran (Battle of the Bulge), pneumonia.[19]
- H. Keith H. Brodie, 77, American psychiatrist and educator, President of Duke University (1985–1993).[20]
- Joan Chalmers, 88, Canadian philanthropist.[21]
- Billy Chapin, 72, American child actor (The Night of the Hunter).[22]
- Cherushii, 33, American electronic musician and radio host (KALX), injuries from fire.[23]
- Paul de Wispelaere, 88, Belgian writer.[24]
- Dejo Fayemi, 83, Nigerian footballer (national team).[25]
- Barry Frank, 86, American pop singer (Sammy Kaye Orchestra).[26]
- Mark Gray, 64, American country singer and songwriter (Take Me Down, The Closer You Get).[27]
- Halvar Jonson, 75, Canadian politician, Alberta MLA (1982–2004).[28]
- Sammy Lee, 96, American diver, Olympic champion (1948, 1952), pneumonia.[29]
- Ko. Si. Mani, 87, Indian politician.[30]
- Gisela May, 92, German actress and singer (Berliner Ensemble).[31]
- James Reiss, 75, American poet and novelist.[32]
- Teri Rofkar, 60, American Tlingit weaver.[33]
- Rocco Salini, 85, Italian politician, President of Abruzzo (1990–1992).[34]
- Jean Stead, 90, British journalist (The Guardian).[35]
- Bosco Tjan, 50, American professor and psychologist, stabbed.[36]
- Tove Kari Viken, 74, Norwegian politician, MP (1989–1997).[37]
3
- Harry Balk, 91, American record producer and record company executive.[38]
- Willie Casey, 84, Irish Gaelic football player (Mayo).[39]
- Dave Cropper, 70, British Olympic athlete.[40]
- Susan Cummings, 86, German-born American actress, cardiogenic shock.[41]
- Newman Darby, 88, American sailboard inventor.[42]
- Gigliola Frazzoni, 93, Italian opera singer.[43]
- Nikola Gigov, 79, Bulgarian author.[44]
- Herbert Hardesty, 91, American jazz musician.[45]
- Sir David Hay, 88, New Zealand cardiologist, anti-smoking campaigner.[46]
- Arthur Latham, 86, British politician, MP for Paddington North (1969–1974) and Paddington (1974–1979), Leader of London Borough of Havering (1990–1996).[47]
- Bengt Lindqvist, 80, Swedish politician, MP (1982–1995).[48]
- Bhai Mahavir, 94, Indian politician, Governor of Madhya Pradesh (1998-2003).[49]
- Nancy Mairs, 73, American writer.[50]
- Brockway McMillan, 101, American government official and scientist, Director of the National Reconnaissance Office (1963–1965).[51]
- Antonio Membrado, 81, Spanish classical guitarist.[52]
- Kuforiji Olubi, 80, Nigerian businesswoman and politician.[53]
- Rémy Pflimlin, 62, French businessman, CEO of France Télévisions, cancer.[54]
- Leonard B. Sand, 88, American judge.[55]
- Bekal Utsahi, 92, Indian poet and politician, MP (1986–1992), brain haemorrhage.[56]
4
- Hiroshi Arakawa, 86, Japanese baseball player (Mainichi Orions), batting coach (Yomiuri Giants) and manager (Yakult Swallows), cardiac arrest.[57]
- Byron Birdsall, 78, American watercolor painter, heart failure.[58]
- Lady Moyra Browne, 98, British nursing administrator.[59]
- Tadeusz Chmielewski, 89, Polish film director, screenwriter and producer.[60]
- Leonard T. Connors, 87, American politician, member of the New Jersey Senate (1982–2008).[61]
- Kamarou Fassassi, 68, Beninese politician, Minister of Mines, Energy and Hydraulics (2001–2006).[62]
- Julia Gomelskaya, 52, Ukrainian composer, traffic collision.[63]
- Gotlib, 82, French comics artist (Gai-Luron, Les Dingodossiers, La Rubrique-à-Brac).[64]
- Ferreira Gullar, 86, Brazilian writer, essayist and art critic, pneumonia.[65]
- Radim Hladík, 69, Czech musician (Blue Effect), pulmonary fibrosis.[66]
- Peter Latham, 91, British air vice marshal.[67]
- Stu Locklin, 88, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians).[68]
- Jean-Loup Passek, 80, French film critic.[69]
- Patricia Robins, 95, British novelist.[70]
- Jack Rudin, 92, American real estate developer.[71]
- John Swaab, 88, Dutch Olympic equestrian[72]
- Margaret Whitton, 67, American actress (Major League, The Secret of My Success, Steaming), cancer.[73]
- Tiina Wilén-Jäppinen, 53, Finnish politician, shot.[74]
5
- Charles H. Belzile, 83, Canadian army general. Commander of the Canadian Army (1992–1996).[75]
- Big Syke, 48, American rapper.[76]
- Mogens Camre, 80, Danish politician, MP (1968–1987) and MEP (1999–2009).[77]
- Geydar Dzhemal, 69, Russian Islamic revolutionist and activist.[78]
- Julia Elena Fortún, 87, Bolivian anthropologist.[79]
- Petros Fyssoun, 83, Greek actor.[80]
- Jayalalithaa, 68, Indian politician and actress, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (1991–1996, 2001, 2002–2006, 2011–2014, since 2015), heart attack.[81]
- Mona Maraachli, 58, Lebanese singer, heart attack.[82]
- Marcel Renaud, 90, French canoeist, Olympic silver medalist (1956).[83]
- Larry Roberts, 53, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).[84]
- Rashaan Salaam, 42, American football player (Chicago Bears), Heisman Trophy winner (1994), suicide by gunshot.[85]
- Rodney Smith, 68, American photographer.[86]
- Robert Sumner, 94, American Baptist pastor and author.[87]
- Sfiso Ncwane, 37, South African singer, kidney failure.[88]
6
- Bruno Bayen, 66, French novelist, playwright and theatre director.[89]
- Adolf Burger, 99, Slovak-born Czech typographer, memoirist and Holocaust survivor.[90]
- Brittany CoxXx, 38, American trans woman and performer.[91]
- Dave Edwards, 76, American football player (Dallas Cowboys), heart illness.[92]
- Lalit Mohan Gandhi, 65, Indian politician, fell from train.[93]
- Jan Frøystein Halvorsen, 88, Norwegian Supreme Court Justice.[94]
- Dave MacLaren, 82, Scottish football player and manager (Plymouth).[95]
- Jacky Morael, 57, Belgian politician.[96]
- Charles B. Reed, 75, American educator, Chancellor of State University System of Florida (1985–1998) and California State University (1998–2012).[97]
- Chonosuke Takagi, 68, Japanese judoka, world champion (1973), heart attack.[98]
- Peter Vaughan, 93, British actor (Game of Thrones, Brazil, The Remains of the Day), epilepsy.[99]
- Jim Vickers, 93, Indian Olympic hurdler (1948).[100]
- Luke Wendon, 90, British Olympic fencer.[101]
7
- Warren Allmand, 84, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1965–1997) and Cabinet minister (1972–1979).[102]
- Brian Bulless, 83, English footballer (Hull City).[103]
- Ian Cartwright, 52, English footballer (Wolverhampton), renal and spinal cancer.[104]
- Viktor Danilov, 89, Russian-born Belarusian Greek-Catholic priest and Soviet dissident.[105]
- Paul Elvstrøm, 88, Danish yachtsman, Olympic champion (1948, 1952, 1956, 1960).[106]
- Mohamed Tahar Fergani, 88, Algerian singer.[107]
- Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, 95, German politician.[108]
- Hui Yin-fat, 80, Hong Kong social worker and politician, MLC (1985–1995), MEC (1991–1992) and member of the PLC (1996–1998).[109]
- Junaid Jamshed, 52, Pakistani musician, television personality and preacher, plane crash.[110]
- Alex Johnstone, 55, Scottish politician, MSP for North East Scotland (since 1999), cancer.[111]
- Mike Kelly, 74, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (2005–2011), plane crash.[112]
- Phillip Knightley, 87, Australian journalist.[113]
- Greg Lake, 69, English singer and musician (King Crimson, Emerson, Lake & Palmer), cancer.[114]
- Martin Puhvel, 82, Estonian-born Canadian philologist.[115]
- Cho Ramaswamy, 82, Indian actor (Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai) and lawyer, heart attack.[116]
- Mick Roche, 73, Irish hurler (Tipperary).[117]
- Helen Roseveare, 91, British Christian missionary.[118]
- Romilly Squire of Rubislaw, 63, Scottish heraldic artist.[119]
- Elliott Schwartz, 80, American composer.[120]
- İsmet Sezgin, 88, Turkish politician, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence (1997–1999), multiple organ failure.[121]
- Allan Stewart, 74, Scottish politician, MP for East Renfrewshire (1979–1983), Eastwood (1983–1997).[122]
- Benny Woit, 88, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings).[123]
8
- Joop Braakhekke, 75, Dutch restaurateur and television presenter, pancreatic cancer.[124]
- Putsy Caballero, 89, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).[125]
- Valdon Dowiyogo, 48, Nauruan politician, MP (since 2003).[126]
- John Glenn, 95, American astronaut (Mercury-Atlas 6) and politician, U.S. Senator from Ohio (1974–1999).[127]
- Gareth Griffiths, 85, Welsh rugby union player (Cardiff, national team).[128]
- Peter Jackson, 90, British animal conservationist and journalist.[129]
- Lélis Lara, 90, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Itabira–Fabriciano (1996–2003).[130]
- Joseph Mascolo, 87, American actor (Days of Our Lives, The Bold and the Beautiful, Jaws 2), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[131]
- Thomas C. Oden, 85, American theologian.[132]
- Dame Sheila Quinn, 96, British nurse, President of the Royal College of Nursing (1982–1986).[133]
- Fred Secombe, 97, Welsh priest and writer.[134]
- Sir Alan Urwick, 86, British diplomat and public servant, Ambassador to Egypt (1985–1987), High Commissioner to Canada (1987–1989), Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons (1989–1995).[135]
- Peter van Straaten, 81, Dutch comics artist and political cartoonist (Vader & Zoon).[136]
- Palani Vaughan, 72, American Hawaiian music singer.[137]
9
- Romualdas Aleliūnas, 57, Lithuanian ceramics designer.[138]
- Élcio Álvares, 84, Brazilian politician, Senator (1991–1994, 1995–1999), Minister of Defence (1999–2000), and Governor of Espírito Santo (1975–1979).[139]
- Edwin Benson, 85, American teacher, last speaker of the Mandan language.[140]
- Georgia Blain, 51, Australian writer, brain cancer.[141]
- Lawrence Demmy, 85, British ice dancer, world champion 1952–1955.[142]
- A. Ross Eckler Jr., 89, American logologist, statistician, and author.[143]
- Alejandro González Jr., 23, Mexican bantamweight boxer, shot.[144]
- Sergei Lemeshko, 44, Russian footballer (Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky).[145]
- Mario Milano, 81, Italian-born Australian professional wrestler (NWA, WCW, AJPW).[146]
- Nola Ochs, 105, American centenarian, world's oldest college graduate.[147]
- Luke Owens, 83, American football player (St. Louis Cardinals).[148]
- Jens Risom, 100, Danish-born American furniture designer.[149]
- Franco Rosso, 75, Italian-born British film director (Babylon).[150]
- Robert Scholes, 87, American literary critic and theorist.[151]
- Rob Sherman, 63, American political activist, plane crash.[152]
- William N. Small, 89, American admiral.[153]
- P. Viswambharan, 91, Indian politician.[154]
- Ronald Webster, 90, Anguillan politician, Chief Minister (1976–1977, 1980–1984).[155]
- Günther Wilke, 91, German chemist.[156]
10
- George Junus Aditjondro, 70, Indonesian academic and political dissident.[157]
- Stefania Biegun, 81, Polish Olympic cross-country skier.[158]
- Peter Brabrook, 79, English footballer (Chelsea, West Ham United).[159]
- Felix Browder, 89, American mathematician.[160]
- John Cordner, 87, Australian cricket and football player.[161]
- T. Neil Davis, 84, American geophysicist and writer.[162]
- Bill Dineen, 84, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings) and coach.[163]
- Wolfgang Eisenmenger, 86, German physicist.[164]
- Damião Experiença, 81, Brazilian outsider musician.[165]
- Étienne Fabre, 20, French racing cyclist, fall.[166]
- Jean-Claude Frécon, 72, French politician, Senator from Loire (since 2001).[167]
- James Gair, 88, American linguist.[168]
- A. A. Gill, 62, British writer and restaurant critic (The Sunday Times), lung cancer.[169]
- Gene Hamm, 93, American golf player and course designer.[170]
- Ken Hechler, 102, American politician, U. S. Representative from West Virginia's 4th congressional district (1959–1977), Secretary of State of West Virginia (1985–2001), stroke.[171]
- Hans-Eric Hellberg, 89, Swedish author (Kram) and journalist.[172]
- Eric Hilton, 83, American hotelier and philanthropist.[173]
- László Huzsvár, 85, Serbian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Zrenjanin (1988–2007).[174]
- Paul Shinichi Itonaga, 88, Japanese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kagoshima (1969–2005).[175]
- Herm Johnson, 63, American race car driver, liver and renal failure.[176]
- Rick Klassen, 57, Canadian football player (BC Lions), cancer.[177]
- George Klein, 91, Hungarian-Swedish biologist.[178]
- V. C. Kulandaiswamy, 87, Indian academic.[179]
- Miles Lord, 97, American federal judge, U. S. District Court for the District of Minnesota (1966–1985), Attorney General of Minnesota (1955–1960).[180]
- Ian McCaskill, 78, British meteorologist and weatherman.[181]
- Tommy McCulloch, 82, Scottish footballer (Clyde).[182]
- Sergey Mikaelyan, 93, Russian film director (Love by Request).[183]
- John Montague, 87, Irish poet.[184]
- John Newhouse, 87, American journalist and author.[185]
- Luciano Nobili, 83, Italian footballer (Palermo, Reggiana, Pescara).[186]
- Allan Prell, 79, American radio host (WBAL).[187]
- William J. Richardson, 96, American philosopher.[188]
- Alberto Seixas Santos, 80, Portuguese film director (Brandos Costumes).[189]
- Balbir Singh Sidhu, 84, Kenyan Olympic hockey player.[190]
- Robert Stiller, 88, Polish author and translator.[191]
- William Usery Jr., 92, American politician, Secretary of Labor (1976–1977), heart failure.[192]
11
- Sadiq Jalal al-Azm, 82, Syrian philosopher and academician.[193]
- Sark Arslanian, 92, American football coach (Weber State Wildcats, Colorado State Rams).[194]
- João Castelo, 79, Brazilian politician, Governor of Maranhão (1979–1982), complications from surgery.[195]
- Harry Jones, 71, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles), heart attack.[196]
- Bob Krasnow, 82, American record label executive (Elektra Records), co-founder of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[197]
- Charlie McNeil, 53, Scottish footballer (Stirling).[198]
- John Moffat, 97, British navy pilot.[199]
- Marie Muhammad, 77, Indonesian politician, Finance Minister (1993–1998), brain cancer.[200]
- Michael Nicholson, 79, British journalist and war correspondent.[201]
- Sid O'Linn, 89, South African cricketer and footballer (Charlton Athletic).[202]
- Kevin O'Morrison, 100, American playwright and actor (Charlie Wild, Private Detective, Sleepless in Seattle).[203]
- Ramesh Prabhoo, 78, Indian politician, Mayor of Mumbai (1987–1988).[204]
- Marion Pritchard, 96, Dutch-born American social worker and Righteous Among the Nations, cerebral arteriosclerosis.[205]
- Esma Redžepova, 73, Macedonian Romani singer.[206]
- Alan Sherlock, 78, Australian politician.[207]
- Thressa Stadtman, 96, American biochemist.[208]
- Roberto Vizcaíno, 59, Spanish tennis player and coach.[209]
12
- Barrelhouse Chuck, 58, American blues musician, prostate cancer.[210]
- E. R. Braithwaite, 104, Guyanese novelist (To Sir, With Love) and diplomat, heart failure.[211]
- Myron H. Bright, 97, American judge, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (1968–2016).[212]
- Lucila Campos, 78, Peruvian singer.[213]
- Gerard Clifford, 75, Irish Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh (1991–2013).[214]
- Donald L. Corbin, 78, American judge, Arkansas Supreme Court (2005–2014), lung cancer.[215]
- Jean-Claude Deret, 95, French screenwriter (Thierry la Fronde).[216]
- Anne Deveson, 86, Australian writer and broadcaster, Alzheimer's disease.[217]
- Jimbo Elrod, 62, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs, Houston Oilers), traffic collision.[218]
- Jean Fisher, 74, British art critic and writer.[219]
- Mark Fisher, 57, British musician (Matt Bianco).[220]
- Robert Gomer, 92, Austrian-born American chemical physicist, complications from Parkinson's disease.[221]
- Shirley Hazzard, 85, Australian-born American writer (The Bay of Noon, The Great Fire).[222]
- Gustav Jahoda, 96, Austrian-born British psychologist.[223]
- Ratan Kumar, 75, Pakistani actor (Boot Polish, Jagriti, Do Bigha Zamin).[224]
- Lord Gyllene, 28, New Zealand-bred racehorse, winner of the 1997 Grand National.[225]
- Jim Lowe, 93, American singer-songwriter ("Green Door").[226]
- Jim Prior, Baron Prior, 89, British politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1981–1984) and Employment (1979–1981).[227]
- Konrad Reuland, 29, American football player (Baltimore Ravens), brain aneurysm.[228]
- Javier Echevarría Rodríguez, 84, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, head of the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei (since 1994).[229]
- Claus Ryskjær, 71, Danish humorist and actor.[230]
- Bob Schnelker, 88, American football player (New York Giants) and coach.[231]
- Leo Sharp, 92, American drug dealer.[232]
- Charles Mwando Simba, 80, Congolese politician.[233]
- Walter Swinburn, 55, British jockey, fall from window.[234]
- Bob Thomas, 62, Australian politician, member of the Western Australian Legislative Council (1989–2001), mesothelioma.[235]
- Esther Wilkins, 100, American dentist.[236]
13
- Ralph Brown, 90, American football player and coach.[237]
- Lawrence Colburn, 67, American Vietnam War veteran, intervened to end the My Lai Massacre, cancer.[238]
- Roy Harrover, 88, American architect, emphysema.[239]
- Bob James, 83, American Olympic sailor.[240]
- Hebe Charlotte Kohlbrugge, 102, Dutch theologian.[241]
- Ahuva Ozeri, 68, Israeli singer, laryngeal cancer.[242]
- Betsy Pecanins, 62, American-born Mexican singer, songwriter and record producer, stroke.[243]
- Ralph Raico, 80, American historian.[244]
- Thomas Schelling, 95, American economist and professor, Nobel Prize laureate (2005), complications from a hip fracture.[245]
- Poul Søgaard, 93, Danish politician, MP (1960–1990) and Defence Minister (1977–1982).[246]
- David Strangway, 82, Canadian geophysicist.[247]
- Zubaida Tharwat, 76, Egyptian actress (There Is a Man In Our House).[248]
- Alan Thicke, 69, Canadian actor (Growing Pains, Not Quite Human), talk show host (The Alan Thicke Show), and songwriter, ruptured aorta.[249]
- Fernando Vignoli, 56, Brazilian painter and sculptor, sepsis.[250]
- Andrzej Wasilewicz, 65, Polish stage and film actor (Nie ma mocnych), and director, Alzheimer's disease.[251]
- Yevgeny Yufit, 55, Russian filmmaker.[252]
14
- Chuck Allen, 77, American football player (San Diego Chargers).[253]
- Paulo Evaristo Arns, 95, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal (since 1973) and Archbishop of São Paulo (1970–1998), complications from pneumonia.[254]
- Fosco Becattini, 91, Italian footballer (Genoa).[255]
- Shirley Dysart, 88, Canadian politician, MLA (1974–1995).[256]
- Stephen Fienberg, 74, Canadian statistician.[257]
- Bernard Fox, 89, Welsh actor (Titanic, Bewitched, The Mummy), heart failure.[258]
- Harold Gilliam, 98, American environmental journalist.[259]
- Garrett K. Gomez, 44, American jockey, drug overdose.[260]
- Hurricane Run, 14, Irish racehorse, euthanized.[261]
- Karel Husa, 95, Czech-born American composer.[262]
- Halfdan T. Mahler, 93, Danish physician, Director-General of the World Health Organization (1973–1988).[263]
- Michael Manning, 75, American Roman Catholic priest, complications of brain cancer.[264]
- Tom Ong, 78, Filipino Olympic sport shooter (1972, 1976).[265]
- Sadatoshi Ozato, 86, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives (1979–2005) and Minister of Labour (1990–91).[266]
- Päivi Paunu, 70, Finnish singer, cancer.[267]
- Jean-Paul Pier, 83, Luxembourgian mathematician [268]
- Ahmed Rateb, 67, Egyptian actor (The Yacoubian Building), stroke.[269]
- Sir Dudley Smith, 90, British politician, MP for Brentford and Chiswick (1959–1966) and Warwick and Leamington (1968–1997).[270]
- Reginald Stackhouse, 91, Canadian politician and academic.[271]
- Harvey Stevens, 86, Australian footballer (Collingwood).[272]
- Jeremy Summers, 85, British film and television director (The Protectors, The Saint).[273]
- Gennady Tsygurov, 74, Russian ice hockey player (Traktor Chelyabinsk) and coach, cancer.[274]
- Bunny Walters, 63, New Zealand singer ("Brandy").[275]
15
- Albert Bennett, 72, English footballer (Rotherham United, Newcastle United, Norwich City).[276]
- Howard Bingham, 77, American photographer and biographer (Muhammad Ali).[277]
- Leanna Brown, 81, American politician.[278]
- Beki İkala Erikli, 48, Turkish self-help author, shot.[279]
- Shep Houghton, 102, American actor (The Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind, Perry Mason).[280]
- Shūji Iuchi, 66, Japanese anime director (Crush Gear Turbo, Mashin Hero Wataru).[281]
- Fran Jeffries, 79, American actress and dancer (The Pink Panther).[282]
- Osiride Pevarello, 96, Italian actor (Caligula, Ator 2 - L'invincibile Orion).[283]
- Craig Sager, 65, American sportscaster (NBA on TNT), leukemia.[284]
- Harley Saito, 48, Japanese professional wrestler, esophageal cancer.[285]
- Dave Shepherd, 87, English jazz clarinetist.[286]
- Bohdan Smoleń, 69, Polish comedian, singer and actor, lung infection.[287]
- Ajit Varman, 69, Indian composer.[288]
- Ron Ziel, 77, American railway historian.[289]
- Mohamed Zouari, 49, Tunisian flight engineer, shot.[290]
16
- David Berry, 73, American playwright (The Whales of August), heart attack.[291]
- Jigme Dorje Palbar Bista, 86, Nepalese royal, King of Mustang (1965–2008), complications from pneumonia.[292]
- Joyce Dalton, 83, Australian cricketer.[293]
- Walter Hachborn, 95, Canadian businessman, co-founder of Home Hardware.[294]
- Cecil Howard, 85, American pornographic film director.[295]
- Bill Malenfant, 87, Canadian politician, MLA for Memramcook (1974–1982), Mayor of Dieppe, New Brunswick (1971–1977, 1983–1998).[296]
- Faina Melnik, 71, Ukrainian-born Russian discus thrower, Olympic champion (1972).[297]
- Saintly, 24, Australian racehorse, national champion (1997).[298]
- Fred Swearingen, 95, American football official.[299]
- Jim Williams, 90, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Florida (1975–1979).[300]
- Ive Mažuran, 89, Croatian historian.[301]
17
- Houshmand Almasi, 88, Iranian Olympic fencer (1964).[302]
- Eric Defoort, 73, Belgian politician, President of the European Free Alliance (since 2010).[303]
- Edmond Farhat, 83, Lebanese Maronite Catholic hierarch, Apostolic Nuncio (1989–2009).[304]
- Benjamin A. Gilman, 94, American politician, Member of the United States House of Representatives from New York's 20th, 22nd and 26th congressional districts (1973–2003), complications from hip surgery.[305]
- Bill Hanna, 86, American politician, Mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana (1978–1982).[306]
- Louis Harris, 95, American opinion polling entrepreneur, journalist, and author.[307]
- Henry Heimlich, 96, American physician, inventor of the Heimlich maneuver, complications from a heart attack.[308]
- Gordon Hunt, 87, American voice director (The Jetsons, Uncharted) and voice actor (Dilbert), Parkinson's disease.[309]
- Leanid Marakou, 58, Belarusian journalist, writer and historian, brain cancer.[310]
- Anne Ranasinghe, 91, German-born Sri Lankan poet.[311]
- Ismoil Talbakov, 61, Tajik politician.[312]
18
- Eddie Bailham, 75, Irish footballer (Shamrock Rovers, Wimbledon).[313]
- Ken Baird, 65, Canadian ice hockey player (Edmonton Oilers).[314]
- Rolf Trygve Busch, 96, Norwegian diplomat, Ambassador to West Germany (1977–1982), to the United Kingdom (1982–1989).[315]
- Enrique Cirules, 78, Cuban writer.[316]
- Frank Crotty, 78, New Zealand rower.[317]
- Brendan J. Dugan, 69, American academic administrator, President of St. Francis College (since 2008).[318]
- Zsa Zsa Gabor, 99, Hungarian-born American actress (Moulin Rouge, Touch of Evil, Lili) and socialite, heart attack.[319]
- Guinio Ganev, 88, Bulgarian politician.[320]
- Bobby Guanzon, 68, Filipino journalist and politician, cardiac arrest.[321]
- William H. Hudnut III, 84, American politician, Member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana's 11th congressional district (1973–1975), Mayor of Indianapolis (1976–1992).[322]
- Sata Isobe, 72, Japanese volleyball player, Olympic champion (1964).[323]
- Vibeke Knudsen, 68, Norwegian diplomat, ambassador to Colombia (2009–2016).[324]
- Jack V. Lunzer, 92, Belgian-born British industrial diamond merchant and museum curator (Valmadonna Trust Library).[325]
- China Machado, 86, Chinese fashion model, cardiac arrest.[326]
- Léo Marjane, 104, French singer.[327]
- Sonny Moran, 90, American college basketball coach (West Virginia).[328]
- Herbert Nootbaar, 108, American businessman and philanthropist.[329]
- Rachel Owen, 48, British academic and print-maker, cancer.[330]
- Gustavo Quintero, 76, Colombian singer-songwriter.[citation needed]
- Gordie Tapp, 94, Canadian country singer and entertainer (Hee Haw).[331]
- Margit Tóth, 55, Hungarian Olympic artistic gymnast (1976).[332]
- Heinz Ulzheimer, 90, German athlete, Olympic bronze medalist (1952).[333]
- Thomas Warburton, 98, Finnish writer and translator.[334]
19
- Elizabeth Bell, 88, American composer.[335]
- Ger Blok, 77, Dutch football manager (Honduras and Myanmar national teams).[336]
- Lionel Blue, 86, British rabbi, journalist and broadcaster, complications from Parkinson's disease.[337]
- Anne Borg, 80, Norwegian ballet dancer.[338]
- Phil Gagliano, 74, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox).[339]
- Hugh Iltis, 91, Czechoslovakian-born American botanist, complications of a vascular disease.[340]
- Andrei Karlov, 62, Russian diplomat, Ambassador to Turkey (since 2013), shot.[341]
- Annette Karmiloff-Smith, 78, British neuroscientist.[342]
- Dick Latessa, 87, American actor (Hairspray, Promises, Promises, Stigmata), heart failure.[343]
- Ville Lyytikäinen, 49, Finnish football coach (Atlantis FC).[344]
- Anupam Mishra, 68, Indian author, journalist and environmentalist.[345]
- Sir John Oakeley, 8th Baronet, 84, British Olympic yachtsman (1972).[346]
- Jim Pettapiece, 79, Canadian curler, world champion (1970, 1971), cancer.[347]
- Anique Poitras, 55, Canadian writer.[348]
- Kishori Sinha, 91, Indian politician.[349]
- Fidel Uriarte, 71, Spanish footballer (Athletic Bilbao, national team).[350]
- Christopher Young, 71, British rugby league player (Hull Kingston Rovers, Great Britain), complications from cancer and chest infection.[351]
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- Lawrence Borst, 89, American politician, member of the Indiana House of Representatives (1967) and Senate (1969–2005).[352]
- Robert Eddins, 28, American football player (Buffalo Bills), shot.[353]
- Raymond Heacock, 88, American engineer.[354]
- Toby Hemenway, 64, American author and educator, pancreatic cancer.[355]
- El Hortelano, 62, Spanish painter.[356]
- Patrick Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding, 90, British politician, Secretary of State for Social Services (1979–1981), Industry (1981–1983), and Environment (1983–1985).[357]
- Andrew Karpati Kennedy, 85, Hungarian-born British author and literary critic.[358]
- Andrew Killgore, 97, American diplomat, Ambassador to Qatar (1977–1980).[359]
- Michèle Morgan, 96, French film actress (Port of Shadows, Passage to Marseille, La Symphonie pastorale).[360]
- Archie Norman, 104, British paediatrician.[361]
- Dame Frances Patterson, 62, British judge.[362]
- Paul Peter Porges, 89, American cartoonist (Mad).[363]
- Jagannatha Varma, 77, Indian actor (Devasuram, Dolls).[364]
21
- Mandell Berman, 99, American businessman and philanthropist.[365]
- Corno, 64, Canadian artist, throat cancer.[366]
- Deddie Davies, 78, British actress (The Railway Children, Stella) and musician (The Zimmers).[367]
- Welington de Melo, 70, Brazilian mathematician.[368]
- Sidney Drell, 90, American physicist.[369]
- Rob Gray, 54, Canadian production designer (Falling Skies, Fido, Shadowhunters), cancer.[370]
- Abdul Gafur Hali, 87, Bangladeshi singer, composer and lyricist.[371][372]
- John Gwilliam, 93, Welsh rugby union player (national team).[373]
- Robert Leo Hulseman, 84, American entrepreneur, inventor of the red solo cup.[374]
- Bob Jeffery, 81, British Anglican priest, Dean of Worcester (1987–1996).[375]
- Jaan Klõšeiko, 77, Estonian printmaker and photographer.[376]
- Remigijus Morkevičius, 34, Lithuanian mixed martial artist and kickboxer, shot.[377]
- Madame Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, 75, Vietnamese air hostess, First Lady of South Vietnam.[378]
- Sir Nigel Nicholls, 78, British civil servant, Clerk of the Privy Council (1992–1998).[379]
- Weston Noble, 94, American music educator and conductor, complications from a fall.[380]
- Şehmus Özer, 36, Turkish footballer (Amed, Mardinspor), traffic collision.[381]
- Vyacheslav Shalevich, 82, Russian actor (Seventeen Moments of Spring, The Master and Margarita).[382]
- Betty Loo Taylor, 87, American jazz pianist.[383]
22
- William Abitbol, 67, French politician.[384]
- Carlos Averhoff, 69, Cuban jazz saxophonist.[385]
- John Buckingham, 76, British jockey.[386]
- Mocho Cota, 62, Mexican professional wrestler (CMLL).[387]
- Yevgeny Dzhugashvili, 80, Russian-Georgian activist and politician.[388]
- Solomon Levy, 80, Gibraltarian politician, Mayor of Gibraltar (2008–2009).[389]
- Andre Martel, 70, American politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (1998–2002, since 2012).[390]
- Bill Price, 72, British record producer (Tom Jones, The Sex Pistols, The Clash).[391]
- Sidney Percy Roberson, 79, British bodybuilder and director (The Sweeney).[392]
- Philip Saville, 86, British television director and screenwriter.[citation needed]
- Kenneth Snelson, 89, American sculptor (Needle Tower, Six Number Two), prostate cancer.[393]
- Franca Sozzani, 66, Italian journalist, Editor-in-chief of Vogue Italia (since 1988).[394]
- Sir Dwight Venner, 70, Vincentian banker.[395]
- Lella Vignelli, 82, Italian designer, dementia.[396]
- Lillian Walker, 93, American politician.[397]
- Miruts Yifter, 72, Ethiopian long-distance runner, Olympic champion (1980), complications from collapsed lung.[398]
23
- John Aitchison, 90, Scottish statistician.[399]
- Anis Amri, 24, Tunisian terrorism suspect, shot.[400]
- Joyce Appleby, 87, American historian.[401]
- Claude Arnold, 92, Canadian football player (Edmonton Eskimos).[402]
- Doug Coombs, 92, New Zealand geologist (University of Otago) and cricketer (Otago).[403]
- Jean Gagnon, 75, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Gaspé (2002–2016).[404]
- Robert Hinde, 93, British zoologist, Master of St John's College, Cambridge (1989–1994).[405]
- Meto Jovanovski, 88, Macedonian writer.[406]
- Willa Kim, 99, American costume designer (The Will Rogers Follies).[407]
- Jim Lehew, 79, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles), congestive heart failure.[408]
- James F. Merow, 84, American judge.[409]
- Poul Pedersen, 84, Danish footballer, Olympic silver medalist (1960).[410]
- Tim Pitsiulak, 49, Canadian artist, complications from pneumonia.[411]
- Chetan Ramarao, 76, Indian actor.[412]
- Andrés Rivera, 88, Argentine writer.[413]
- Heinrich Schiff, 65, Austrian cellist.[414]
- Piers Sellers, 61, British astronaut and meteorologist, pancreatic cancer.[415]
- Luba Skořepová, 93, Czech actress.[416]
- Vladimir Stupishin, 84, Russian diplomat, first Ambassador of Russia to Armenia (1992–1994).[417]
- George Thompson, 88, Scottish politician, MP for Galloway (1974–1979).[418]
- Vesna Vulović, 66, Serbian flight attendant, world record holder for longest fall.[419]
24
- Edith Ackermann, 70, Swiss-born American psychologist.[420]
- Richard Adams, 96, British author (Watership Down, The Plague Dogs, Shardik), complications from a blood disorder.[421]
- Pape Badiane, 36, French basketball player (Chorale Roanne, Poitiers Basket 86, national team), traffic collision.[422]
- John Barfield, 52, American baseball player (Texas Rangers), shot.[423]
- Dinanath Bhargava, 89, Indian artist, cardiac ailment.[424]
- Aloke Bhattacharjee, 63, Indian cricketer and umpire.[425]
- Ron Broom, 91, New Zealand cricketer (Wellington).[426]
- Philip Cannon, 87, British composer.[427]
- Davis Earle, 79, Canadian physicist.[428]
- Joseph Fitzmyer, 96, American Roman Catholic priest and professor (The Catholic University of America).[429]
- Jeffrey Hayden, 90, American television director and producer (Peyton Place, The Donna Reed Show).[430]
- Felix Krivin, 88, Ukrainian-Israeli writer and poet.[431]
- Ted Meines, 95, Dutch military officer and veteran affairs activist.[432]
- Rick Parfitt, 68, British singer, songwriter and guitarist (Status Quo), infection.[433]
- Gil Parrondo, 95, Spanish art director and production designer (Patton, Nicholas and Alexandra, Travels with My Aunt), Oscar winner (1971, 1972).[434]
- Edwin Reinecke, 92, American politician, Member of the United States House of Representatives from California's 27th congressional district (1965–1969) and Lieutenant Governor of California (1969–1974).[435]
- Vasant Sarwate, 89, Indian cartoonist and author.[436]
- Liz Smith, 95, English actress (The Royle Family, I Didn't Know You Cared, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory).[437]
- Bronson Thayer, 77, American banker and civil leader, prostate cancer.[438]
- C. Howard Wilkins, Jr., 78, American businessman and diplomat, Ambassador to the Netherlands (1989–1992).[439]
- George Williams, 81, British racewalker.[440]
- Zhao Er-mi, 86, Chinese zoologist.[441]
- Ben Xi, 22, Chinese singer.[442][443]
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- Aghakhan Abdullayev, 66, Azerbaijani folk singer.[444]
- Sibylle Boden-Gerstner, 96, German costume designer and fashion writer.[445]
- Lady Marion Fraser, 84, Scottish music educator.[446]
- Sandra Giles, 84, American actress (Daddy-O).[447]
- John Gregson, 92, British George Cross recipient.[448]
- Karl Golser, 73, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bolzano-Bressanone (2008–2011).[449]
- Jim Malacko, 86, Canadian ice hockey player (Lethbridge Maple Leafs).[450]
- George Michael, 53, British singer (Wham!) and songwriter ("Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go", "Careless Whisper", "Faith"), Grammy winner (1987, 1989), cardiomyopathy.[451]
- Alphonse Mouzon, 68, American jazz drummer (Weather Report, The Eleventh House) and record label owner, neuroendocrine carcinoma.[452]
- John Nike, 81, English businessman.[453]
- Miriam Pirazzini, 98, Italian opera singer.[454]
- Núria Pompeia, 85, Spanish cartoonist and feminist activist.[455]
- Vera Rubin, 88, American astronomer, innovator of dark matter theory, dementia.[456]
- Johnny Rutherford, 91, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).[457]
- Léon-Raymond Soulier, 92, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Pamiers (1971–1987) and Limoges (1988–2000).[458]
- Eliseo Subiela, 71, Argentine film director (Man Facing Southeast, The Adventures of God).[459]
- Rafael Vardi, 94, Israeli general.[460]
- Notable Russian people killed in the Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash:[461]
26
- Abu Jandal al-Kuwaiti, 30s, Kuwaiti ISIL commander.[462]
- Kyriakos Amiridis, 59, Greek diplomat, Ambassador to Brazil, homicide.[463]
- Ashot Anastasian, 52, Armenian chess grandmaster.[464]
- John J. Benoit, 64, American politician, member of the California State Senate (2008–2009), pancreatic cancer.[465]
- Joachim Calmeyer, 85, Norwegian actor (Kitchen Stories).[466]
- Jaume Camprodon i Rovira, 90, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Girona (1973–2001).[467]
- Duck Edwing, 82, American cartoonist (Mad).[468]
- Frances Gabe, 101, American artist and inventor.[469]
- Petr Hájek, 76, Czech mathematician.[470]
- Ricky Harris, 54, American comedian and actor (Heat, Dope, Everybody Hates Chris), heart attack.[471]
- George S. Irving, 94, American actor (Underdog, Me and My Girl, The Year Without a Santa Claus), heart failure.[472]
- József Katona, 75, Hungarian Olympic swimmer (1960, 1964).[473]
- Bujar Lako, 69, Albanian actor (Amsterdam Express).[474]
- Antonio Martínez, 90, Filipino Olympic basketball player (1952).[475]
- Seth J. McKee, 100, American military officer.[476]
- Peter Nowell, 88, American cancer researcher.[477]
- Luciano Panetti, 87, Italian football player and manager.[478]
- Elvio Porta, 71, Italian screenwriter and film director (What if Gargiulo Finds Out?).[479]
- Martin Reagan, 92, English football player and manager (women's national team).[480]
- Buddha Sayami, 72, Nepalese politician and poet.[481]
- Barbara Tarbuck, 74, American actress (General Hospital, Short Circuit, American Horror Story), Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease.[482]
- Mary Wondrausch, 93, British artist and potter.[483]
- Ashot Yeghiazaryan, 73, Armenian diplomat and politician, Interim Minister of Foreign Affairs (1991).[484]
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- Chrissy Adams, 49, American attorney, Chief Solicitor for South Carolina Circuit Court Tenth Judicial Circuit (since 2005), cancer.[485]
- Gloria Begué Cantón, 85, Spanish professor, senator and magistrate.[486]
- Mariza Corrêa, 71, Brazilian anthropologist.[487]
- Anthony Cronin, 88, Irish poet and novelist.[488]
- Bruce DeHaven, 68, American football coach (Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers), prostate cancer.[489]
- Jules Dervaes, 69, American urban homesteading leader, pulmonary embolism.[490]
- Maurice Failevic, 83, French film director.[491]
- Carrie Fisher, 60, American actress (Star Wars, When Harry Met Sally...), novelist and screenwriter (Postcards from the Edge), cardiac arrest.[492]
- Claude Gensac, 89, French actress (Scènes de ménages).[493]
- Heno Magee, 77, Irish playwright.[494]
- Annanias Mathe, 40, Mozambican criminal.[495]
- George A. Russell, 95, American educator, President of University of Missouri System (1991–1996).[496]
- Hans Tietmeyer, 85, German economist, President of Deutsche Bundesbank (1993–1999).[497]
- Ellen Watters, 28, Canadian racing cyclist, injuries sustained in a traffic collision.[498]
- Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, 83, Sri Lankan politician, Prime Minister (2000–2001, 2005–2010).[499]
- Chuck Wright, 97, American politician, Mayor of Topeka, Kansas (1965–1969).[500]
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- Gregorio Conrado Álvarez, 91, Uruguayan politician, President (1981–1985).[citation needed]
- Pierre Barouh, 82, French actor (A Man and a Woman), writer and musician, heart attack.[501]
- Lars Bilet, 89, Norwegian Olympic wrestler.[502]
- Gilles Borrie, 91, Dutch politician and historian, Mayor of Sleen (1960–1968), Tiel (1968–1973), Rheden (1973–1979), and Eindhoven (1979–1987).[503]
- Michel Déon, 97, French novelist and literary columnist, pulmonary embolism.[504]
- Donya Fannizadeh, 49, Iranian puppeteer (Kolah Ghermezi), cancer.[505]
- Minnevali Galiyev, 86, Russian Olympic skier.[506]
- Lev Gor'kov, 87, Russian-born American physicist.[507]
- Balozi Harvey, 76, American community activist.[508]
- Annelise Hovmand, 92, Danish director and screenwriter (Be Dear to Me).[509]
- Knut Kiesewetter, 75, German jazz musician, singer-songwriter and producer.[510]
- Kyi Aye, 87, Burmese writer.[511]
- Pan Pan, 31, Chinese-born giant panda.[512]
- Sunder Lal Patwa, 92, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh (1980, 1990–1992), heart attack.[513]
- Bruce D. Porter, 64, American Mormon elder, member of the First Quorum of the Seventy (since 2003).[514]
- Paul Powell, 83, American Baptist minister and educator, complications from a stroke.[515]
- Debbie Reynolds, 84, American actress, dancer (Singin' in the Rain, The Unsinkable Molly Brown) and singer ("Tammy"), stroke.[516]
- Edgar Robles, 39, Paraguayan footballer (Libertad).[517]
- Marilyn Sachs, 89, American author.[518]
- Jean-Christophe Victor, 69, French political scientist, heart attack.[519]
- Bernard Zaslav, 90, American viola soloist.[520]
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- Raymond Burki, 67, Swiss cartoonist, cancer.[521]
- Derick Burleson, 53, American academic and writer.[522]
- Chris Cannizzaro, 78, American baseball player (New York Mets, San Diego Padres), emphysema.[523]
- Laurie Carlos, 67, American performance artist, playwright and theater director, colon cancer.[524]
- Keion Carpenter, 39, American football player (Buffalo Bills, Atlanta Falcons), injuries sustained in a fall.[525]
- Matt Carragher, 40, English footballer (Wigan, Port Vale), cancer.[526]
- Arthur H. Cash, 94, American academic and biographer.[527]
- Kamal Mani Dixit, 87, Nepalese writer.[528]
- Uzama Douglas, 18, Nigerian footballer (Gombe United), shot.[529]
- LaVell Edwards, 86, American football coach (BYU Cougars), complications from a broken hip.[530]
- Pooran Farrokhzad, 83, Iranian writer, poet, playwright, and encyclopedist, cardiac arrest.[531]
- Néstor Gonçalves, 80, Uruguayan footballer (Peñarol).[532]
- Santi Ibáñez, 58, Spanish actor (El Cor de la Ciutat, Plats Bruts), lung cancer.[533]
- F. Ross Johnson, 85, Canadian businessman (RJR Nabisco), pneumonia.[534]
- John Kelly, 84, British boxer.[535]
- Aleksander Koj, 81, Polish biochemist.[536]
- Ferdinand Kübler, 97, Swiss racing cyclist, Tour de France winner (1950).[537]
- Judith Mason, 78, South African painter.[538]
- Jinpachi Nezu, 69, Japanese actor (Farewell to the Land), pneumonia.[539]
- Maurice M. Paul, 84, American judge.[540]
- Norman Rimmington, 93, English footballer (Hartlepool, Barnsley), kidney failure.[541]
- William Salice, 83, Italian businessman and inventor (Kinder Surprise), stroke.[542]
- Lucien Schaeffer, 88, French footballer (Valenciennes, RC Strasbourg).[543]
- Gustav Schmidt, 90, German Olympic canoeist.[544]
- Peter Tamm, 88, German publishing manager (Axel Springer Verlag).[545]
- Olga Ulianova, 53, Russian-Chilean historian, cancer.[546]
- Philip Wolfe, 89, American mathematician.[547]
- Wacław Zalewski, 99, Polish construction engineer.[548]
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- Ad-Diba, 89, Egyptian football player (Al Ittihad Alexandria Club).[549]
- Cara Rafaela, 23, American racehorse, euthanized.[550] (death announced on this date)
- Rich Conaty, 62, American disc jockey, lymphoma.[551]
- Thomas Ludger Dupré, 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts (1995–2004).[citation needed]
- Selig S. Harrison, 89, American journalist, blood disorder.[552]
- Gabriel Jiménez Remus, 76, Mexican diplomat and politician, Ambassador to Cuba (2007–2013) and Spain (2001–2007), member of the Senate of the Republic (1994–2000) and Congress of Jalisco (1988–1991).[553]
- George Kosana, 81, American actor (Night of the Living Dead).[554]
- Con Linton, 78, New Zealand Olympic sailor.[555]
- Jan Lutomski, 79, Polish Olympic swimmer (1960).[556]
- Justo Mullor García, 84, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Nuncio (1979–2000), President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy (2000–2007).[557]
- Judith Ortiz Cofer, 64, Puerto Rican-American writer, liver cancer.[558]
- Balasaheb Vikhe Patil, 84, Indian politician.[559]
- Gopal Rath, 71, Indian poet.[560]
- Glen L. Rudd, 98, American general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[561]
- Huston Smith, 97, American religious scholar and author (The World's Religions).[562]
- Matt Snorton, 74, American football player (Denver Broncos).[563]
- Sutter Brown, 13, American Welsh Corgi belonging to Governor of California Jerry Brown.[564]
- Allan Williams, 86, English businessman and promoter (The Beatles).[565]
- Rose Wolfe, 100, Canadian social worker and philanthropist, chancellor of the University of Toronto.[566]
- Tyrus Wong, 106, Chinese-born American artist and film production illustrator (Bambi, Around the World in 80 Days).[567]
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- James S. Ackerman, 97, American architectural historian.[568]
- Imtiaz Ahmed, 88, Pakistani Test cricketer, chest infection.[569]
- José Ángel Sánchez Asiaín, 87, Spanish economist.[570]
- Raj Brar, 44, Indian singer and actor.[571]
- William Christopher, 84, American actor (M*A*S*H, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Smurfs), small-cell carcinoma.[572]
- Henning Christophersen, 77, Danish politician, Foreign Minister (1978–1979), Finance Minister (1982–1984), Vice-President of the European Commission (1985–1995).[573]
- Sir Dennis Faulkner, 90, British officer in the Royal Navy.[574]
- Peter Fernando, 77, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tuticorin (1999–2003) and Archbishop of Madurai (2003–2014).[575]
- Edward Gamble, 81, Canadian Olympic archer.[576]
- He Qun, 60, Chinese film director (Country Teachers), heart attack.[577]
- Keiichi Ishizaka, 71, Japanese businessman (Universal Music Japan).[578]
- Manjurul Islam Liton, 48, Bangladeshi politician, MP (since 2009), shot.[579]
- Henk Koning, 83, Dutch politician, MP (1967–1977, 1981–1982, 1986, 1989–1991).[580]
- David Meltzer, 79, American poet and musician, stroke.[581]
- Shirley Neil Pettis, 92, American politician, Member of the United States House of Representatives from California's 37th congressional district (1975–1979).[582]
- Prince Dimitri Romanov, 90, Russian prince, banker, philanthropist, and author, claimant to the headship of the Imperial House of Russia.[583]
- Orvis Sigler, 94, American college basketball coach (Army, Centenary).[584]
- Eva Šuranová, 70, Hungarian-born Czechoslovak athlete, Olympic bronze medalist (1972).[585]
- Robert Taussat, 96, French historian and author.[586]