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The following is a list of notable deaths in April 2010.
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.
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April 2010
1
- Morag Beaton, 83, Scottish-born Australian operatic soprano.[1]
- Vito De Grisantis, 68, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca (2000–2010).[2]
- Anders Eklund, 52, Swedish boxer.[3]
- John Forsythe, 92, American actor (Bachelor Father, Charlie's Angels, Dynasty), complications from pneumonia.[4]
- Paul Fry, 45, British motorcycle speedway rider.[5]
- Buddy Gorman, 88, American actor (Bowery Boys, Dead End Kids), natural causes.[6]
- Julia Lang, 88, British actress, radio presenter.[7]
- Yuri Maslyukov, 72, Russian politician, Vice Premier of Soviet Union (1988–1990) and Russia (1998–1999).[8]
- Lek Nana, 85, Thai businessman and politician, heart failure.[9]
- Ed Roberts, 68, American computer pioneer, pneumonia.[10]
- Tzannis Tzannetakis, 82, Greek politician, Prime Minister (1989).[11]
2
- Israr Ahmad, 69, Indian nuclear physicist.[12]
- Butch Allison, 65, American football player.[13]
- Roman Bannwart, 90, Swiss theologian and musician.[14]
- Din Beramboi, 43, Malaysian comedian, actor and radio DJ, hemorrhagic dengue fever.[15]
- Mike Cuellar, 72, Cuban Major League Baseball player, stomach cancer.[16]
- Ashari Danudirdjo, 87, Indonesian Olympic sailor.[17]
- Edward Bayda, 78, Canadian jurist, Chief Justice of Saskatchewan (1981–2006).[18]
- Dávid Daróczi, 37, Hungarian journalist, suicide.[19]
- David Halliday, 94, American physicist.[20]
- Arne Høyer, 81, Danish Olympic bronze medal-winning (1960) sprint canoer.[21]
- Chris Kanyon, 40, American professional wrestler (WCW, WWF), suicide by drug overdose.[22]
- Per Lyngemark, 68, Danish Olympic gold medal-winning (1968) cyclist.[23]
- Sonia McMahon, Lady McMahon, 77, Australian socialite, widow of former Prime Minister Sir William McMahon, cancer.[24]
- Thomas J. Moyer, 70, American jurist, Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (1987–2010).[25]
- Carolyn Rodgers, 69, American poet, cancer.[26]
- William Soeryadjaya, 87, Indonesian businessman, founder of Astra International.[27]
- Frances Claudia Wright, 91, Sierra Leonean barrister.[28]
- Mike Zwerin, 79, American jazz musician and jazz critic, after long illness.[29]
3
- Romano Alquati, 75, Italian sociologist, political theorist and activist.[30]
- Crosaire, 92, Irish-born Zimbabwean compiler of the Irish Times crossword since 1943.[31]
- Oleg Kopayev, 72, Russian footballer, Soviet Top League top scorer (1963, 1965).[32]
- Roland MacLeod, 74, British actor (Coronation Street, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin).[33]
- Ian McKay, 87, Australian footballer.[34]
- Craig Noel, 94, American theatre producer, director and administrator of the Old Globe Theatre, natural causes.[35]
- Jim Pagliaroni, 72, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics), cancer.[36]
- Ferdinand Simoneit, 84, German journalist, author and World War II veteran.[37]
- Eugène Terre'Blanche, 69, South African white separatist leader, beating.[38]
- Jesús Vásquez, 89, Peruvian singer.[39]
- Yasunori Watanabe, 35, Japanese rugby player, hit by train.[40]
4
- Mahmoud Abdel-Aal, 81, Egyptian gymnast.[41]
- Lajos Bálint, 80, Hungarian-born Romanian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Alba Iulia (1990–1993).[42]
- Sir Alec Bedser, 91, English cricketer.[43]
- Matt Cook, 22, Canadian ice sledge hockey player, bone cancer.[44]
- Clifford M. Hardin, 94, American politician, Secretary of Agriculture (1969–1971), natural causes.[45]
- Salomón Jaar, 48, bishop of Tamarindo Ward in Choluteca Honduras Stake.[46]
- Rudy Kousbroek, 80, Dutch essayist.[47]
- Lori Martin, 62, American actor (Cape Fear, National Velvet), suicide by gunshot.[48]
- Kelly Moran, 49, American motorcycle speedway racer, complications from emphysema.[49]
- Abubakar Rimi, 70, Nigerian politician.[50]
- Shio Satō, 59, Japanese manga artist, brain tumor.[51]
- Henry Scarpelli, 79, American comic book artist (Archie), after long illness.[52]
- Friedrich Wilhelm Schäfke, 87, German mathematician and academic.[53]
- Erich Zenger, 70, German Roman Catholic theologian and Bible scholar.[54]
5
- Jim Edwards, 83, New Zealand politician.[55]
- Jerry Elliott, 73, American jurist, Kansas Court of Appeals (since 1987), cancer.[56]
- Lothar Engelhardt, 70, German military scientist.[57]
- Günther C. Kirchberger, 81, German academic and painter.[58]
- William Neill, 88, British poet.[59]
- Helen Ranney, 89, American hematologist.[60]
- Molefi Sefularo, 52, South African politician, traffic collision.[61]
- Vitaly Sevastyanov, 74, Russian Soviet cosmonaut.[62]
- Gisela Trowe, 86, German actress.[63]
6
- Janet Adelman, 69, American literary critic.[64]
- James Aubrey, 62, British actor (Lord of the Flies, Bouquet of Barbed Wire, Spy Game), pancreatitis.[65]
- Eddie Carroll, 76, Canadian voice actor (Jiminy Cricket).[66]
- Vinnie Chas, 47, American bassist (Pretty Boy Floyd).[67]
- Anatoly Dobrynin, 90, Russian diplomat and politician, Soviet Ambassador to the United States (1962–1986).[68]
- Jack Flannery, 57, American off-road racer, cancer.[69]
- Ricardo Lavié, 87, Argentine actor, after long illness.[70]
- Guillermo Luca de Tena, 82, Spanish journalist.[71]
- Tony MacGibbon, 85, New Zealand cricketer.[72]
- Wilma Mankiller, 64, American activist, first female Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (1985–1995), pancreatic cancer.[73]
- Katsumi Nishikawa, 91, Japanese film director, pneumonia.[74]
- Grete Olsen, 98, Danish Olympic fencer.[75]
- David Quayle, 73, British businessman (B&Q).[76]
- Tom Ray, 90, American animator (Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, Animaniacs).[77]
- Corin Redgrave, 70, British actor and political activist, after short illness.[78]
- Hans Schröder, 79, German sculptor and painter.[79]
- Herbert Spiro, 85, German-born American political scientist, United States Ambassador to Cameroon (1975–1977)[80]
- Sid Storey, 90, English footballer.[81]
- Dimitris Tsiogas, 54, Greek politician, member of Parliament (2001–2008), cancer.[82]
- Luigi Waites, 82, American jazz drummer and vibraphonist.[83]
7
- Christopher Cazenove, 64, English actor (Dynasty, A Knight's Tale, Zulu Dawn), sepsis.[84]
- Dixieland Band, 30, American Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.[85]
- Hermina Franks, 95, American baseball player (AAGPBL).[86]
- Graciela, 94, Cuban singer, renal and pulmonary failure.[87]
- Eddie Johnson, 89, American jazz musician, pneumonia.[88]
- Takuya Kimura, 37, Japanese baseball player and coach, subarachnoid hemorrhage.[89]
- Oscar Kramer, 74, Argentine film producer, after long illness.[90]
- Chris Limahelu, 59, American football place kicker (USC), prostate cancer.[36]
- J. Bruce Llewellyn, 82, American businessman and activist, a founder of 100 Black Men of America, renal failure.[91]
- George Nissen, 96, American gymnast, co-inventor of the trampoline, pneumonia.[92]
- Betty Paraskevas, 81, American writer and lyricist, pancreatic cancer.[93]
- Ramchandra Siras, 62, Indian linguist and author.[94]
- Valentin Turchin, 79, Russian-born American computer scientist and human rights activist.[95]
8
- Babá, 75, Brazilian footballer.[96]
- Mark Colville, 4th Viscount Colville of Culross, 76, British judge and hereditary peer.[97]
- Willie Farrell, 81, Irish politician.[98]
- Antony Flew, 87, British philosopher, after long illness.[99]
- Guy Kewney, 63, British technology journalist (Personal Computer World), colorectal cancer.[100]
- Aladár Kovácsi, 77, Hungarian modern pentathlete, Olympic gold medalist (Helsinki 1952).[101]
- Andreas Kunze, 57, German actor, heart failure.[102]
- Malcolm McLaren, 64, British musician and band manager (Sex Pistols, New York Dolls, Bow Wow Wow), mesothelioma.[103]
- Abel Muzorewa, 84, Zimbabwean Methodist bishop and politician, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia (1979).[104]
- Richard Olasz, 79, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1981–1998).[105]
- Personal Ensign, 26, American Thoroughbred racehorse, Hall of Famer, natural causes.[106]
- Al Prince, 67, American-born French Polynesian journalist and tourism expert, after long illness.[107]
- Jean-Paul Proust, 70, Monégasque politician, Minister of State (2005–2010).[108]
- John Schoenherr, 74, American illustrator, Caldecott Medal winner, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.[109]
- Teddy Scholten, 83, Dutch singer.[110]
9
- Bob Franks, 58, American politician, member of the House of Representatives from New Jersey (1993–2001), cancer.[111]
- Alastair Dowell, 89, Scottish cricketer.[112]
- John Griffiths, 57, Welsh museum curator.[113]
- Hisashi Inoue, 75, Japanese pacifist playwright, lung cancer.[114]
- Meir Just, 101, Dutch rabbi, Chief Rabbi of the Netherlands.[115]
- Robert Lau, 68, Malaysian politician, Deputy Minister for Transport, liver cancer.[116]
- Gisela Karau, 78, German author, editor and columnist, after long illness.[117]
- Dario Mangiarotti, 94, Italian fencer, Olympic gold (1952) and silver (1948, 1952) medalist.[118]
- Kenneth McKellar, 82, Scottish singer, pancreatic cancer.[119]
- Jacob O. Meyer, 75, American religious sect leader (Assemblies of Yahweh).[120]
- Meinhardt Raabe, 94, American actor (The Wizard of Oz), heart attack.[121]
- Peter Ramsbotham, 3rd Viscount Soulbury, 90, British diplomat and politician, Governor of Bermuda (1977–1980).[122]
- Lou Ritter, 84, American politician, Mayor of Jacksonville, Florida (1965–1967), cancer.[123]
- Guyford Stever, 93, American educator and science adviser, President of Carnegie Mellon University (1965–1972).[124]
- Kerstin Thorvall, 84, Swedish author, illustrator and journalist, after long illness.[125]
- Pierre Trottier, 85, Canadian novelist.[126]
- Zoltán Varga, 65, Hungarian footballer.[127]
10
- Dixie Carter, 70, American actress (Designing Women, Diff'rent Strokes, Family Law), endometrial cancer.[128]
- Sudhir Dhagamwar, 59, Indian cricketer.[129]
- Jim Eames, 92, British Lord Mayor of Birmingham (1974–1975).[130]
- David Harvey, 73, British paediatrician.[131]
- Arnold Kanter, 65, American diplomat, acute myelogenous leukemia.[132]
- Charles Meade, 93, American pastor, founder of Meade Ministries.[133]
- Arthur Mercante, Sr., 90, American boxing referee.[134]
- Hiro Muramoto, 43, Japanese news cameraman (Reuters), shot.[135]
- Martin Ostwald, 88, German-born American classics scholar.[136]
- Manfred Reichert, 69, German footballer, after long illness.[137]
- Sir Gordon Shattock, 81, British politician, survivor of the Brighton hotel bombing.[138]
- William Walker, 78, American opera singer.[139]
- Notable Polish people killed in the Polish Air Force Tu-154 plane crash:[140]
- Joanna Agacka-Indecka, 45, attorney, President of the Bar Council (since 2007).
- Ewa Bąkowska, 47, librarian and activist.
- Andrzej Błasik, 47, general, Chief of the Air Force (since 2007).
- Krystyna Bochenek, 56, senator, vice president of Senate.
- Tadeusz Buk, 49, general, head of Land Forces.
- Miron Chodakowski, 52, Orthodox prelate, archbishop of military ordinariate of Poland (since 1998).
- Czesław Cywiński, 84, President of the Association of Armia Krajowa Soldiers.
- Leszek Deptuła, 57, member of the Sejm.
- Grzegorz Dolniak, 50, member of the Sejm.
- Janina Fetlińska, 57, senator.
- Franciszek Gągor, 58, general, Chief of the General Staff (since 2006).
- Grażyna Gęsicka, 58, politician, Minister of Regional Development (2006–2007).
- Kazimierz Gilarski, 54, Commander of the Warsaw Garrison.
- Przemysław Gosiewski, 45, member of the Sejm, Deputy Prime Minister (2007).
- Mariusz Handzlik, 44, diplomat, Undersecretary of State in the Office of the President.
- Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka, 59, member of the Sejm, Deputy Prime Minister (2004–2005).
- Ryszard Kaczorowski, 90, politician, President in exile (1989–1990).
- Maria Kaczyńska, 67, First Lady of Poland (since 2005), wife of Lech Kaczyński.
- Lech Kaczyński, 60, President of Poland (since 2005).
- Sebastian Karpiniuk, 37, member of the Sejm.
- Andrzej Karweta, 51, Vice Admiral, commander-in-chief of the Navy.
- Mariusz Kazana, 49, diplomat, Director of Diplomatic Protocol in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- Janusz Kochanowski, 69, lawyer and diplomat, Commissioner for Civil Rights Protection (Ombudsman) (since 2006).
- Stanisław Komornicki, 85, general, Chancellor of the Order Virtuti Militari.
- Stanisław Komorowski, 56, Deputy Defense Minister (since 2007), Ambassador to Holland (1994–1998) and UK (1999–2004).
- Andrzej Kremer, 48, lawyer and diplomat, Deputy Foreign Minister (since 2008).
- Janusz Kurtyka, 49, historian, president of the Institute of National Remembrance.
- Bronisław Kwiatkowski, 59, general, Commander of the Armed Forces Operational Command.
- Tomasz Merta, 44, Deputy Minister of Culture and National Heritage.
- Aleksandra Natalli-Świat, 51, member of the Sejm.
- Piotr Nurowski, 64, sports administrator, head of the Polish Olympic Committee (since 2005).
- Bronisława Orawiec-Löffler, 81, dentist and activist.
- Maciej Płażyński, 52, member of the Sejm.
- Tadeusz Płoski, 54, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of military ordinariate of Poland (since 2004).
- Włodzimierz Potasiński, 53, Commander of the Special Forces.
- Andrzej Przewoźnik, 46, Secretary-General of the Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites.
- Krzysztof Putra, 52, politician, Vice-Marshal of the Sejm (since 2007).
- Ryszard Rumianek, 62, rector of the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw.
- Arkadiusz Rybicki, 57, member of the Sejm.
- Wojciech Seweryn, 70, Polish-born American sculptor.
- Sławomir Skrzypek, 46, banker, President of National Bank of Poland.
- Władysław Stasiak, 44, Chief of the Office of the President.
- Aleksander Szczygło, 46, politician, Minister of Defence (2007), chief of the National Security Bureau (since 2009).
- Jerzy Szmajdziński, 58, politician, Minister of Defence (2001–2005), Vice-Marshal of the Sejm (since 2007).
- Jolanta Szymanek-Deresz, 55, member of the Sejm.
- Anna Walentynowicz, 80, trade unionist whose 1980 firing led to the creation of the Solidarity movement.
- Zbigniew Wassermann, 60, member of the Sejm.
- Wiesław Woda, 63, member of the Sejm.
- Edward Wojtas, 55, member of the Sejm.
- Paweł Wypych, 42, politician, Secretary of State (since 2009).
- Stanisław Zając, 60, senator.
- Janusz Zakrzeński, 74, actor.
11
- George Roberts Andrews, 78, American diplomat.[141]
- John Batchelor, 51, British racing driver and politician, liver disease.[142]
- Jean Boiteux, 76, French swimmer, Olympic gold and bronze medalist (1952), fall from a tree.[143]
- James Brody, 68, American composer, traffic collision.[144]
- Rosa Roberto Carter, 80, Guamanian educator, president of the University of Guam (1977–1983).[145]
- Vicki Draves, 85, American Olympic diver, pancreatic cancer.[146]
- Gerhard Geise, 80, German mathematician, after long illness.[147]
- Hans-Joachim Göring, 86, German footballer and coach.[148]
- Gert Haller, 65, German business manager, lobbyist and politician, after long illness.[149]
- Theodor Homann, 61, German footballer, heart failure.[150]
- Egon Hugenschmidt, 84, German jurist and politician.[151]
- Franz Kamin, 68, American composer, traffic collision.[144]
- Alby Linton, 83, Australian footballer.[152]
- John B. McCue, 88, American politician, Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.[153]
- Ruben Mendoza, 78, American soccer player, cerebral hemorrhage.[154]
- Duane D. Pearsall, 88, American inventor of the battery-powered smoke detector.[155]
- Julia Tsenova, 61, Bulgarian composer and musician, cancer.[156]
- Paz Yrarrázabal, 78, Chilean actress, rheumatoid arthritis.[157]
12
- Alper Balaban, 22, German-born Turkish footballer, traffic collision.[158]
- María Aurelia Bisutti, 79, Argentine actress, dementia.[159]
- Andrea Cassone, 81, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Rossano-Cariati (1992–2006).[160]
- Michel Chartrand, 93, Canadian activist, kidney cancer.[161]
- Miguel Cinches, 78, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Surigao (1973–2001).[162]
- Ambrosius Eßer, 76, German Dominican clergy and church historian, pulmonary disease.[163]
- Wolfgang Graßl, 40, German skier and coach, heart failure.[164]
- Peter Haskell, 75, American actor (Child's Play 2).[165]
- Edward Huni'ehu, 54, Solomon Islander politician and minister, after long illness.[166]
- Běla Kolářová, 87, Czech photographer.[167]
- James F. Masterson, 84, American psychiatrist, complications of pneumonia.[168]
- Palito, 75, Filipino comedian, respiratory disease.[169]
- Robert Pound, 90, Canadian-born American physicist.[170]
- Stuart Robbins, 33, British basketball player.[171]
- Werner Schroeter, 65, German film director, after long illness.[172]
- Arnold Spohr, 86, Canadian artistic director (Royal Winnipeg Ballet), chronic kidney disease.[173]
- David B. Stone, 82, American businessman, principal founder of the New England Aquarium, complications from a stroke.[174]
- Dale N. Van Vyven, 74, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1978–2000).[175]
- Udaya Wickramasinghe, 70, Sri Lankan cricket umpire.[176]
13
- André Bedoglouyan, 90, Lebanese Eastern Catholic prelate, bishop of Comana Armeniae (1971–1994).[177]
- Alexander Bernstein, Baron Bernstein of Craigweil, 74, British television executive and life peer.[178]
- Jorge Bontemps, 32, Argentine footballer, lung cancer.[179]
- Luis Antonio Chávez, 22, Honduran journalist and children's radio host, shot.[180]
- Billy Gore, 90, Welsh rugby player.[181]
- Santhosh Jogi, 35, Indian actor, suicide by hanging.[182]
- Bernie Kilgariff, 86, Australian politician, Senator (1975–1987).[183]
- David C. Knapp, 82, American educator.[184]
- Nahid al-Rayyis, 73, Palestinian politician and poet.[185]
- Steve Reid, 66, American jazz drummer, throat cancer.[186]
- Gerald Stapleton, 89, British airman, RAF fighter ace during World War II.[187]
- Charlie Timmins, 87, English footballer (Coventry City), cancer.[188]
14
- Israr Ahmed, 77, Indian-born Pakistani Islamic scholar, cardiac arrest.[189]
- Binyamin Balanero, 68, Israeli footballer.[190]
- René Brunelle, 90, Canadian politician.[191]
- Erika Burkart, 88, Swiss author.[192]
- Aubrey Cummings, 62, Guyanese musician, heart problems.[193]
- Tom Ellis, 86, British politician, MP for Wrexham (1970–1983), founding member of the SDP.[194]
- Vicente Haro, 79, Spanish actor.[195]
- Gene Kiniski, 81, Canadian professional wrestler, cancer.[196]
- Lars-Jacob Krogh, 71, Norwegian anchorman and television presenter, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[197]
- Alice Miller, 87, Polish-born Swiss author and psychologist.[198]
- Russell Olson, 86, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin (1979–1983).[199]
- Baruch Poupko, 92, Russian-born American rabbi.[200]
- Stefan Schmitt, 46, German jurist and politician, leukemia.[201]
- Mississippi Slim, 66, American blues singer, heart attack.[202]
- Greville Starkey, 70, British jockey, cancer.[203]
- Peter Steele, 48, American rock singer and bassist (Type O Negative), aortic aneurysm.[204]
- Albert S. Toe, 56, Liberian politician.[205]
- Gerhard Zemann, 70, Austrian actor, heart attack.[206]
15
- Telman Adigozalov, 56, Azerbaijani actor, heart attack.[207]
- Joseph Azzolina, 84, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1992–2006), pancreatic cancer.[208]
- Ian Brewer, 73, Australian footballer.[209]
- Robert Brubaker, 93, American actor (Gunsmoke).[210]
- Bill DuBay, 62, American comic book editor, writer, and artist.[211]
- Jack Herer, 70, American cannabis activist, complications from heart attack.[212]
- Benjamin Hooks, 85, American civil rights leader, executive director of the NAACP (1977–1992), after long illness.[213]
- Wilhelm Huxhorn, 54, German footballer, leukemia.[214]
- Paul Reeves, 91, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Georgia (1969–1985)[215]
- Michael Pataki, 72, American character actor and voice actor (George Liquor), cancer.[216]
- Peter-Josef Schallberger, 78, Swiss farmer and politician.[217]
- Raimondo Vianello, 87, Italian comedian and television personality.[218]
- Spann Watson, 93, American airman (Tuskegee Airmen) and civil rights advocate.[219]
- Sir Edward Woodward, 81, Australian jurist.[220]
16
- Sid Conrad, 86, American actor (The Young and the Restless).[221]
- Balthasar Burkhard, 65, Swiss photographer.[222]
- Rasim Delić, 61, Bosnian army officer and Chief of Staff, probable heart attack.[223]
- Shirlee Emmons, 86, American soprano, voice teacher, and writer.[224]
- Ibrahima Fofana, 57, Guinean trade unionist, traffic collision.[225]
- Carlos Franqui, 89, Cuban writer and activist.[226]
- Daryl Gates, 83, American police official, chief of police of the Los Angeles Police Department (1978–1992), bladder cancer.[227]
- Bryn Knowelden, 90, British rugby league player.[228]
- Marion Ladewig, 95, American professional bowler.[229]
- Norman Francis McFarland, 88, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Reno (1976–1986) and Orange (1986–1998).[230]
- R. D. Middlebrook, 80, British electrical engineer.[231]
- Grigorijs Ņemcovs, 61, Latvian politician, Vice Mayor of Daugavpils, shot.[232]
- Muhammad Noer, 92, Indonesian politician, governor of East Java (1967–1976), complications during a medical procedure.[233]
- C. K. Prahalad, 68, Indian business consultant and management theorist, natural causes.[234]
- C. P. Rele, 82, Indian classical singer.[235]
- Arturo Rodríguez Fernández, 62, Dominican author, film critic and playwright, heart failure.[236]
- Tomáš Špidlík, 90, Czech Roman Catholic prelate and Cardinal.[237]
- John W. Vogt, Jr., 90, American Air Force general.[238]
17
- Dede Allen, 86, American film editor (Bonnie and Clyde, Dog Day Afternoon, The Breakfast Club), stroke.[239]
- Abdul Rahman Ahmed Jibril Baroud, 73, Palestinian poet, heart attack.[240]
- Edmund Fitzgibbon, 85, Irish-born Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Warri (1991–1997).[241]
- Josef W. Janker, 87, German author, journalist and World War II veteran.[242]
- Ferenc Kellner, 77, Hungarian Olympic boxer.[243]
- Sotigui Kouyaté, 74, Malian-born Burkinabé actor.[244]
- Carl Macek, 58, American anime writer and producer (Robotech), heart attack.[245]
- Thomas Mikolajcik, 63, American air force general (1992–1996), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[246]
- Alexandru Neagu, 61, Romanian footballer (FC Rapid București).[247]
- Alejandro Robaina, 91, Cuban tobacco grower, cancer.[248]
- John Carl Warnecke, 91, American architect (John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame), complications of pancreatic cancer.[249]
18
- Michael Adams, 60, American actor and stunt coordinator (Commando, WarGames, In the Line of Fire), stroke.[250]
- Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, 50-51, Iraqi terrorist (al-Qaeda), airstrike.[251]
- Abu Ayyub al-Masri, 42-43, Egyptian terrorist (al-Qaeda), airstrike.[251]
- William Grant Bangerter, 91, American Mormon leader, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[252]
- Paul Bisciglia, 81, French actor.[253]
- Julius Chigbolu, 81, Nigerian Olympic athlete.[254]
- Mieczysław Cieślar, 60, Polish Lutheran bishop, traffic collision.[255]
- Ambrose D'Mello, 87, Indian Jesuit priest, first Jesuit Provincial of India, cancer.[256]
- Tom Fleming, 82, Scottish actor.[257]
- John Forde, Irish Gaelic footballer (Mayo).[258]
- Noel Hall, 96, Australian Olympic sport shooter.[259]
- Ron Miller, 80, Canadian Olympic athlete.[260]
- Allen Swift, 86, American voice actor (Underdog, Howdy Doody, Tom and Jerry ), natural causes.[261]
- Viewed, 6, Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanised following a twisted bowel.[262]
- William Yates, 88, British-born Australian politician.[263]
19
- Manfred Angerer, 56, Austrian musicologist.[264]
- José Bernal, 85, Cuban artist, complications from Parkinson's disease.[265]
- Devorah Bertonov, 95, Israeli dancer and choreographer.[266]
- William Donald Borders, 96, American Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Baltimore (1974–1989).[267]
- Guru, 48, American rapper (Gang Starr), multiple myeloma.[268]
- Hamideh Kheirabadi, 85, Iranian actress, stroke.[269]
- Dylan Meier, 26, American college football player, climbing accident.[270]
- György Schwajda, 67, Hungarian dramatist and theatre director, after long illness.[271]
- George H. Scithers, 80, American science fiction editor, Hugo Award winner, heart attack.[272]
- Albert Szatola, 83, Hungarian Olympic equestrian.[273]
- Edwin Valero, 28, Venezuelan undefeated former WBA super featherweight and WBC lightweight champion boxer, suicide by hanging.[274]
- Carl Williams, 39, Australian criminal, prison assault.[275]
- Burkhard Ziese, 66, German football manager.[276]
20
- Jimmy Baker, 95, Australian Aboriginal artist.[277]
- Floyd Dominy, 100, American public servant, commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation (1959–1969).[278]
- Sanford Friedman, 81, American novelist.[279]
- Heinz Gappmayr, 84, Austrian artist.[280]
- Dorothy Height, 98, American civil rights activist.[281]
- M. K. Kamalam, 86, Indian actress.[282]
- Keli McGregor, 47, American baseball executive (Colorado Rockies), viral myocarditis.[283]
- Walter F. Murphy, 80, American political scientist and author, cancer.[284]
- Robert Natkin, 79, American abstract painter, bacterial blood infection.[285]
- Georgino Orellana, 48, Honduran journalist, shot.[286]
- Ahmad Sa'd, 64, Israeli politician, Member of Knesset (1996–1999).[287]
- George Torode, 63, Guernseyan author.[288]
- Andrea West, 57, Australian politician, member of the House of Representatives (1996–1998), breast cancer.[289]
- Myles Wilder, 77, American television comedy writer, diverticulitis.[290]
- Lorette Wood, 94, American politician, first female mayor of Santa Cruz, California (1971–1972).[291]
- Purvis Young, 67, American painter, cardiac arrest and pulmonary edema.[292]
21
- Akua Asabea Ayisi, 83, Ghanaian journalist.[293]
- Sammy Baird, 79, Scottish football player and manager.[294]
- Krishan Lal Balmiki, 67, Indian politician.[295]
- Whitney Robson Harris, 97, American lawyer, last surviving American prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials, complications from cancer.[296]
- Tony Ingham, 85, English footballer, after short illness.[297]
- Manfred Kallenbach, 68, German footballer, heart failure.[298]
- Gustav Lorentzen, 62, Norwegian singer and entertainer (Knutsen & Ludvigsen).[299]
- Mr. Hito, 67, Japanese wrestler.[22]
- Sir Laurence Muir, 85, Australian philanthropist and businessman.[300]
- Sir Idwal Pugh, 92, British civil servant, Permanent Secretary to the Welsh Office and Health Service Commissioner.[301]
- Deborah Remington, 79, American artist, cancer.[302]
- Juan Antonio Samaranch, 89, Spanish Olympic official, president of the International Olympic Committee (1980–2001), heart failure.[303]
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- Sparky Adams, 79, American football and baseball coach.[304]
- Theodore C. Almquist, 68, American general, colon cancer.[305]
- Emilio Álvarez, 71, Uruguayan footballer.[306]
- Richard Barrett, 67, American lawyer and white nationalist, stabbed.[307]
- Pete Castiglione, 89, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).[308]
- Peter B. Denyer, 56, British engineer, cancer.[309]
- Dick Kenworthy, 69, American baseball player.[310]
- Gene Lees, 82, Canadian jazz historian and critic, heart disease.[311]
- Lina Marulanda, 29, Colombian model, suicide by jumping.[312]
- Victor Nurenberg, 79, Luxembourgish footballer.[313]
- Ambrose Olsen, 25, American fashion model, suicide by hanging.[314]
- Fred Panopio, 71, Filipino folk singer, cardiac arrest.[315]
- Alicia Parlette, 28, American journalist and copy editor, alveolar soft part sarcoma.[316]
- Piet Steenbergen, 81, Dutch footballer (Feyenoord and The Netherlands).[317]
- Jean Vergnes, 88, French-born American chef.[318]
- Arthur Winograd, 90, American cellist and music director, complications of pneumonia.[319]
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- Lorne Atkinson, 88, Canadian Olympic cyclist.[320]
- Jan Balabán, 49, Czech writer, recipient of the Magnesia Litera award.[321]
- Shay Duffin, 79, Irish-born American actor (The Departed, Leprechaun, Seabiscuit), complications from heart surgery.[322]
- Natalia Lavrova, 25, Russian rhythmic gymnast, Olympic gold medalist (2000, 2004), traffic collision.[323]
- Georgia Lee, 89, Australian jazz and blues singer.[324]
- Edward Lyons, 83, British politician, MP for Bradford East (1966–1974) and Bradford West (1974–1983).[325]
- Peter Porter, 81, Australian-born British poet, liver cancer.[326]
- Alan Rich, 85, American classical music critic, natural causes.[327]
- Alexander Sliussarev, 65, Russian photographer and translator.[328]
- Sreenath, 52, Indian actor, apparent suicide by exsanguination.[329]
- George Townshend, 7th Marquess Townshend, 93, British peer and businessman.[330]
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- Jens Andersen, 80, Danish boxer.[331]
- Harry Ashby, 63, English golfer.[332]
- Harry Conroy, 67, British journalist and trade unionist.[333]
- Denis Guedj, 70, French novelist and academic.[334]
- Pierre Hadot, 88, French philosopher.[335]
- Bo Hansson, 67, Swedish keyboardist.[336]
- Leo Löwenstein, 43, German VLN racing driver, race crash.[337]
- Angus Maddison, 84, British economist.[338]
- Giuseppe Panza, 87, Italian art collector.[339]
- Elizabeth Post, 89, American etiquette expert.[340]
- Paul Schäfer, 88, German religious sect founder and former Nazi, heart failure.[341]
- Wojciech Siemion, 81, Polish actor and film director (The Promised Land, Heroism), traffic collision.[342]
- Rudy Thompson, 80, United States Virgin Islands Olympic sailor.[343]
- W. Willard Wirtz, 98, American politician, Secretary of Labor (1962–1969), last surviving member of the Kennedy Cabinet.[344]
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- Ali Aliu, 85, Kosovo Albanian writer, economist, teacher, and political prisoner.[345]
- Ugo Anzile, 79, French cyclist.[346]
- Joseph Bessala, 69, Cameroonian welterweight boxer, Olympic silver medalist (1968), after short illness.[347]
- Ian Lawther, 70, Northern Irish footballer (Sunderland, Blackburn Rovers).[348]
- Franklin Mieuli, 89, American businessman, owner of the Golden State Warriors (1962–1985), natural causes.[349]
- Dorothy Provine, 75, American actress, (It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, That Darn Cat!, The Great Race), emphysema.[350]
- Susan Reed, 84, American folk singer and actress, natural causes.[351]
- Kevin Restani, 58, American basketball player (Milwaukee Bucks), heart attack.[352]
- Volf Roitman, 79, Uruguayan-born American sculptor, painter, novelist, cineaste and poet.[353]
- Evry Schatzman, 89, French astrophysicist.[354]
- Alan Sillitoe, 82, British writer (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning).[355]
- Jeremaia Waqanisau, 62, Fijian soldier and diplomat, heart attack.[356]
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- Mariam A. Aleem, 79, Egyptian artist.[357]
- Aminulrasyid Amzah, 14, Malaysian student and victim, shot.[358]
- Roy Baird, 76, English production manager, assistant director and producer.[359]
- Bus Boyk, 92, American fiddler.[360]
- Leslie Buck, 87, American Anthora coffee cup designer, Parkinson's disease.[361]
- Ljiljana Buttler, 65, Yugoslavian singer, cancer.[362]
- Daniel of Erie, 79, American Orthodox prelate (ROCOR), Titular Bishop of Erie, natural causes.[363]
- Paul Engo, 89, Cameroonian diplomat, judge and Olympic athlete.[364]
- Denzil Freeth, 85, British politician, MP for Basingstoke (1955–1964).[365]
- Luigi Gui, 95, Italian politician, Minister of the Interior (1974–1976).[366]
- Fred Halliday, 64, Irish academic, scholar of international relations, cancer.[367]
- Derek Hayward, 86, British Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Middlesex (1974–1975).[368]
- Frank Olsson, 87, Swedish Olympic rower.[369]
- Varkala Radhakrishnan, 82, Indian politician, complications from a traffic collision.[370]
- Prabha Rau, 75, Indian politician, Governor of Rajasthan (since 2009), heart attack.[371]
- Joseph W. Sarno, 89, American film director and screenwriter, after short illness.[372]
- Alberto Vitoria, 54, Spanish footballer, heart attack.[373]
- Yuri Vshivtsev, 70, Russian footballer.[374]
- William Arthur Watts, 79, Irish botanist and academic administrator, Provost of Trinity College Dublin (1981–1991).[375]
- Aksel C. Wiin-Nielsen, 86, Danish academic, professor of meteorology.[376]
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- Elisabeth Ahlgren, 84, Swedish swimmer.[377]
- Robert J. Alexander, 91, American academic.[378]
- David Martin Baker, 86, American politician and judge, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1953–1954, 1957–1958).[379]
- Alberta Cariño, Mexican humanitarian, shot.[380]
- Peter Cheeseman, 78, British theatre director, Parkinson's disease.[381]
- Stanley Greenspan, 68, American academic, clinical professor of psychiatry.[382]
- George Gross, 69, American football player (San Diego Chargers).[383]
- Jyri Jaakkola, 33, Finnish humanitarian, shot.[380]
- Tanie Kitabayashi, 98, Japanese actress (My Neighbour Totoro), pneumonia.[384]
- Bevil Mabey, 94, British businessman.[385]
- Morris Pert, 62, British musician.[386]
- Nossrat Peseschkian, 76, Iranian-born German psychotherapist.[387]
- Armando Sanchez, 57, Filipino politician, governor of Batangas (2004–2007), stroke.[388]
- Heini Weber, 86, German Olympic wrestler.[389]
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- Muhammad al-Banki, 47, Bahraini philosopher and writer.[390]
- Evelyn Cunningham, 94, American journalist, natural causes.[391]
- Julio San Emeterio, 80, Spanish cyclist.[392]
- Stefania Grodzieńska, 95, Polish writer and actress.[393]
- Elma Maua, 61, Cook Islands-born New Zealand journalist and editor, after long illness.[394]
- Pierre-Jean Rémy, 73, French writer and diplomat.[395]
- El Risitas, 65, Spanish comedian and actor.[396]
- Furio Scarpelli, 90, Italian screenwriter (Big Deal on Madonna Street, Casanova 70, Il Postino).[397]
- Ian Valz, 52, Guyanese actor and playwright, cancer.[398]
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- Jojo Acuin, 63, Filipino psychic.[399]
- Avigdor Arikha, 81, Romanian-born Israeli painter, complications of cancer.[400]
- Damodar Chaudhary, 63, Nepalese politician, member of the Constituent Assembly since 2007.[401]
- Sandy Douglas, 88, British computer scientist, pneumonia.[402]
- Kevin Humphreys, 80, Australian rugby league administrator, after long illness.[403]
- Walter Sear, 79, American recording engineer.[404]
- Audrey Williamson, 83, British athlete, Olympic silver medalist (1948).[405]
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- Manuel Alvarado, 62, Guatemalan-born British academic.[406]
- Tadahiro Ando, 69, Japanese politician, governor of Miyazaki Prefecture (2003–2006), lymphoma.[407]
- Robert Askins, 91, American murderer.[408]
- Cristina Corrales, 47, Bolivian journalist, broadcaster and politician.[409]
- Harry Eccleston, 87, British artist and banknote designer.[410]
- Jordi Estadella, 61, Spanish voice actor, radio and television personality (Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez), liver cancer.[411]
- Ron Fimrite, 79, American sports journalist (Sports Illustrated), pancreatic cancer.[412]
- José Fragelli, 95, Brazilian politician, governor of Mato Grosso (1970–1974) and Senate president (1985–1987).[413]
- Carmelita González, 81, Mexican actress, pneumonia.[414]
- Antony Grey, 82, British gay rights activist, leukaemia.[415]
- Khalid Khawaja, Pakistani military and intelligence officer, shot.[416] (body found on this date)
- Paul Mayer, 98, German Roman Catholic prelate and cardinal.[417]
- Owsley, 44, American musician, apparent suicide.[418]
- Jorma Peltonen, 66, Finnish ice hockey player.[419]
- Gwyn Rowlands, 81, English-born rugby football player for Wales.[420]
- Gerry Ryan, 53, Irish disc jockey and radio/television presenter.[421]
- Wendell J. Westcott, 99, American carillonneur.[422]
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