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The following is a list of notable deaths in April 2015.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.
April 2015
1
- Dave Ball, 65, British musician (Procol Harum), colorectal cancer.[1]
- Roel Cortez, 57, Filipino singer-songwriter, colon cancer.[2]
- Harold Dahl, 91, American basketball player (Oshkosh All-Stars).[3]
- Peter Diamandopoulos, 86, Greek-born American academic, President of Adelphi University (1985–1997).[4]
- Johnny Gardiner, 92, Canadian CFL football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).[5]
- Jean Graul, 90, Swiss Olympic sailor.[6]
- John Paul Hammerschmidt, 92, American politician, member of the US House of Representatives from Arkansas's 3rd district (1967–1993), heart and respiratory failure.[7]
- John Hunwick, 79, British academic and scholar.[8]
- Sir John Ingram, 90, New Zealand engineer and businessman.[9]
- Joseph R. Jennings, 93, American art director and production designer (Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Yellowbeard, Johnny Dangerously).[10]
- Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić, 89, Croatian water polo player, Olympic silver medalist for Yugoslavia (1952, 1956).[11]
- William Leach, 72, Canadian lieutenant general.[12]
- Eddie LeBaron, 85, American football player (Washington Redskins, Dallas Cowboys).[13]
- Cynthia Lennon, 75, British author, cancer.[14]
- Raul Loya, 76, American workers' rights activist.[15]
- Sandy Mason 75, American country music singer-songwriter, cancer.[16]
- Ramon E. Moore, 85, American mathematician.[17]
- Nicolae Rainea, 81, Romanian football referee (FIFA World Cup (1974, 1978, 1982), UEFA Euro 1980 Final), pulmonary edema.[18]
- Paul D. Reynolds, 52, Canadian investment banker, CEO of Canaccord Genuity.[19]
- J. D. Smith, 83, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).[20]
- Joseph Sweda, 89, American politician.[21]
- Robert Walker, 54, Canadian-born American animator (Aladdin, The Lion King) and film director (Brother Bear), heart attack.[22]
- Kazuo Yamagishi, 80, Japanese chef, inventor of tsukemen.[23]
- Muhammadu Dikko Yusufu, 84, Nigerian politician and police officer, Inspector General of the Police (1976–1979).[24]
2
- Paule Anglim, 92, Canadian-born American art dealer (Gallery Paule Anglim).[25]
- Luis Delgado Aparicio, 74, Peruvian politician, MP (1995–2001), pancreatic cancer.[26]
- Natalia Bobrova, 36, Russian gymnast, stomach cancer.[27]
- Mick Brown, 77, New Zealand jurist.[28]
- Per Vilhelm Brüel, 100, Danish engineer.[29]
- Wally Cassell, 103, Italian-born American actor (White Heat).[30]
- Tom Coyne, 84, British news broadcaster and television presenter (Top Gear).[31]
- James de Beaujeu Domville, 81, French-born Canadian theatrical producer.[32]
- William Benedict Friend, 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Alexandria-Shreveport (1982–1986) and Shreveport (1986–2006).[33]
- Raúl Gorriti, 58, Peruvian footballer (national team).[34]
- Robert Blair Kaiser, 84, American journalist.[35]
- Steve Kowit, 77, American poet.[36]
- Adolfo Lubnicki, 81, Argentine-born Uruguayan Olympic basketball player.[37]
- Dennis Marks, 66, British television producer and music director.[38]
- Ben Meisner, 76, Canadian broadcaster (CKPG), cancer.[39]
- Norman H. Nie, 72, American social scientist, lung cancer.[40]
- Richard J. O'Connell, 73, American geophysicist, prostate cancer.[41]
- Hayley Okines, 17, British progeria campaigner, pneumonia.[42]
- Manoel de Oliveira, 106, Portuguese film director and screenwriter, heart failure.[43]
- Stanisław Pestka, 85, Polish Kashubian poet.[44]
- Joseph L. Reid, 92, American oceanographer.[45]
- Barbara Sass, 78, Polish film director and screenwriter.[46]
- Olga Sawicka, 83, Polish dancer and choreographer.[47]
- Doug Sax, 79, American audio mastering engineer, cancer.[48]
- Robert H. Schuller, 88, American televangelist (Hour of Power).[49]
- Alberto Ricardo da Silva, 71, East Timorese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Díli (2004–2015).[50]
- Larrie W. Stalks, 89, American politician.[51]
- Steve Stevaert, 60, Belgian politician, Chairman of the SP.a (2003–2005), Governor of Limburg (2005–2009).[52]
- Abdelhadi Tazi, 94, Moroccan scholar and diplomat.[53]
- Tom Towles, 65, American actor (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Miami Vice, The Rock), complications from a stroke.[54]
- Jerzy Treder, 72, Polish philologist.[55]
- Eugene Vielle, 101, British air force officer and inventor.[56]
3
- Milton Berkes, 90, American politician.[57]
- Michael Birkett, 2nd Baron Birkett, 85, British hereditary peer and film producer.[58]
- Nigel Boocock, 77, British speedway rider.[59]
- Sarah Brady, 73, American gun control campaigner, pneumonia.[60]
- Fred Broussard, 82, American football player (New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers, Denver Broncos).[61]
- Bob Burns, 64, American drummer (Lynyrd Skynyrd), traffic collision.[62]
- Sam Cathcart, 90, American football player (San Francisco 49ers), cancer.[63]
- John Darnton, 96, American football coach (Adrian Bulldogs).[64]
- Traute Foresti, 100, Austrian poet and actress.[65]
- Rocío García Gaytán, 55, Mexican politician, MP (1997–2000), cancer.[66]
- Osea Gavidi, 71, Fijian politician, indigenous chief and secessionist leader.[67]
- Mathias Gnädinger, 74, Swiss actor (The Boat Is Full, Journey of Hope), cardiac complications and acute respiratory distress syndrome.[68]
- Paul Grigoriu, 70, Romanian radio personality (SRR).[69]
- Don Hansey, 85, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1971–1977).[70]
- Michael Jandreau, 71, American Native leader, chairman of the Lower Brulé Sioux tribe, pneumonia and heart disease.[71]
- Kayahan, 66, Turkish musician, cancer.[72]
- Daeng Koro, 52, Indonesian Islamist and commander of East Indonesia Mujahideen, shot.[73]
- Terdell Middleton, 59, American football player (Green Bay Packers).[74]
- Vivian Nathan, 98, American actress (Klute).[75]
- Mpok Nori, 84, Indonesian comedian.[76]
- Algirdas Vaclovas Patackas, 71, Lithuanian politician and poet, signatory of the 1990 Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.[77]
- Luis María Pérez de Onraíta, 81, Spanish-born Angolan Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Malanje (1998–2012).[78]
- Chris Plumridge, 70, British golf writer.[79]
- Andrew Porter, 86, British music critic, pneumonia.[80]
- Christopher Reynolds, 92, British linguist.[81]
- Robert Rietti, 92, British-born Italian actor (Hannibal, The Omen).[82]
- Charlie Sumner, 84, American football player (Chicago Bears).[83]
- Shmuel Wosner, 101, Austrian-born Israeli Haredi rabbi.[84]
4
- Jaroslav Balcar, 62, Czechoslovak Olympic ski jumper (1976).[85]
- Ramón Barreto, 75, Uruguayan football referee (1974 FIFA World Cup).[86]
- Zdeněk Čihák, 82, Czech Olympic athlete.[87]
- Bill Ellerington, 91, English footballer (Southampton).[88]
- John Gogo, 83, Canadian politician.[89]
- Julio Graffigna, 83, Argentine Olympic wrestler.[90]
- Jamaluddin Jarjis, 63, Malaysian politician, MP for Rompin (since 1990), helicopter crash.[91]
- Ernest Norman Johnson, 99, American politician.[92]
- Elmer Lach, 97, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens), stroke.[93]
- Donald N. Levine, 83, American sociologist.[94]
- Ira Lewis, 82, American actor and playwright (Chinese Coffee), complications following open heart surgery.[95]
- Yoshiko Miya, 70, Japanese freelance writer and journalist, pancreatic cancer.[96]
- Elie Naasan, 83, Lebanese Olympic wrestler.[97]
- Ioan Pușcaș, 82, Romanian gastroenterologist.[98]
- Sir John Read, 97, British executive.[99]
- Klaus Rifbjerg, 83, Danish writer (Anna, I, Anna), recipient of the Nordic Council's Literature Prize (1970).[100]
- Lisa Simon, 64, American director, producer and production assistant (Sesame Street, Wonder Pets, Blue Jasmine).[101]
- Marjorie Townsend, 85, American electrical engineer.[102]
- Dick Wood, 79, American football player (New York Jets).[103]
5
- Bauyrzhan Baimukhammedov, 67, Kazakh football player and coach.[104]
- Barbara Bergmann, 87, American feminist economist.[105]
- Fredric Brandt, 65, American dermatologist, suicide by hanging.[106]
- Juan Carlos Cáceres, 79, Argentine tango musician and painter, cancer.[107]
- Hugh Delano, 81, American sports journalist.[108]
- Richard Dysart, 86, American actor (L.A. Law, Being There, The Thing), Emmy winner (1992), cancer.[109]
- Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi, 84, Indian politician.[110]
- Ramnath Dhakal, 52, Nepalese politician, swine flu.[111]
- Maurice Fenner, 86, English cricketer.[112]
- Victor Gotbaum, 93, American labor leader, heart attack.[113]
- Tony Hutton, 82, British Royal Navy officer, organized the refugee evacuation effort following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.[114]
- Sid Ali Kouiret, 82, Algerian actor.[115]
- Naken Kyrykbaev, 39, Kazakh footballer (Taraz).[116]
- Howard Ladd, 93, American electrical engineer and entrepreneur.[117]
- Richard LaSalle, 97, American film composer.[118]
- Anne-Claude Leflaive, 59, French winemaker, cancer.[119]
- Norman B. Leventhal, 97, American property developer.[120]
- Don Looney, 98, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers).[121]
- Akira Machida, 78, Japanese judge, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (2002–2006).[122]
- Sargy Mann, 77, British painter.[123]
- Gordon Moyes, 76, Australian radio evangelist and politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (2002–2011).[124]
- Louis Miles Muggleton, 92, South African-born British physicist.[125]
- John Patton, 84, American politician.[126]
- Claudio Prieto, 80, Spanish composer.[127]
- Jehan Rajab, 81, Kuwaiti author.[128]
- Steve Rickard, 85, New Zealand professional wrestler.[129]
- Lon Simmons, 91, American sports broadcaster.[130]
- Rockne Tarkington, 83, American actor (Danger Island, The Great White Hope, The Ice Pirates).[131]
- Gardner C. Taylor, 96, American preacher and civil rights activist.[132]
- Julie Wilson, 90, American singer and actress, stroke complications.[133]
- Yacoub Zaiadeen, 95, Jordanian politician.[134]
6
- Brady L. Adams, 70, American politician.[135]
- Theodosios Balafas, 91, Greek Olympic pole vaulter (1948, 1952).[136]
- Hardijs Baumanis, 47, Latvian diplomat, Ambassador to Azerbaijan (since 2010) and Lithuania.[137]
- Giovanni Berlinguer, 90, Italian politician, MEP (2004–2009).[138]
- James Best, 88, American actor (The Dukes of Hazzard, Ride Lonesome, The Twilight Zone), pneumonia.[139]
- Ray Charles, 96, American musician (The Perry Como Show, The Muppet Show,Three's Company), cancer.[140]
- Paul Dearing, 73, Australian Olympic silver medallist field hockey player (1968) and bronze medallist (1964).[141]
- Edmund DeJarnette, 77, American diplomat.[142]
- Milton Delugg, 96, American composer.[143]
- Walter H. Haas, 97, American astronomer.[144]
- David L. Kaplan, 91, American-born Canadian professor and conductor.[145]
- Eugène Moke Motsüri, 99, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa (1970–1991).[146]
- Rie Muñoz, 93, American artist, stroke.[147]
- Romualdas Ozolas, 76, Lithuanian politician, signatory of the 1990 Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.[148]
- John Papit, 86, American football player (Washington Redskins, Green Bay Packers), stroke.[149]
- Art Powell, 78, American football player (Oakland Raiders).[150]
- Ben Powers, 64, American actor (Good Times), liver cancer.[151]
- Frank Sawyer, 63, American politician.[152]
- John David Sinclair, 72, American scientist.[153]
- Dollard St. Laurent, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks).[154]
- Dave Ulliott, 61, English professional poker player, colon cancer.[155]
- Alan Wilson, 94, English cricketer (Lancashire).[156]
7
- Patrick H. Adkins, 67, American fantasy author.[157]
- Tim Babcock, 95, American politician, Governor of Montana (1962–1969).[158]
- Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum, 87, Iraqi Shi'a Islamic leader and politician.[159]
- José Capellán, 34, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers, Detroit Tigers), heart attack.[160]
- Harry Dowd, 76, English footballer (Manchester City).[161]
- Eugene Louis Faccuito, 90, American dancer and choreographer.[162]
- Stan Freberg, 88, American comedian and voice actor (Looney Tunes, Lady and the Tramp, Garfield and Friends), pneumonia.[163]
- Edward Gallenstein, 92, American wood carver and magazine editor (Chip Chats).[164]
- Jean Germain, 67, French politician, Mayor of Tours (1995–2014), suicide by gunshot.[165]
- Richard Henyekane, 31, South African footballer, traffic collision.[166]
- Kardam, Prince of Turnovo, 52, Bulgarian royal, lung infection.[167]
- Stanley Kutler, 80, American historian.[168]
- Geoffrey Lewis, 79, American actor (High Plains Drifter, Maverick, The Lawnmower Man), heart attack.[169]
- Boonkua Lourvanij, 84, Thai Olympic shooter.[170]
- Betty Lucas, 90, Australian actress (Prisoner, Taurus Rising, Richmond Hill).[171]
- Dickie Owen, 88, British actor (Zulu, The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang).[172]
- Richard F. Post, 96, American physicist.[173]
- Maria Luisa Poumaillou, 61, Venezuelan-born French fashion consultant.[174]
- James B. Rhoads, 86, American public servant, Archivist of the United States (1968–1979).[175]
- Eve Shelnutt, 73–74, American poet.[176]
- Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty, 78, Indian judge.[177]
- Donald Smith, 81, English cricket player (Cheshire).[178]
- Rich Szaro, 67, Polish-born American football player (New Orleans Saints, New York Jet).[179]
- Janet Turner, 78, British architectural lighting designer.[180]
- Torrey Ward, 36, American basketball coach, plane crash.[181]
- Naomi Wilzig, 80, American writer and museum owner (World Erotic Art Museum Miami).[182]
8
- Jean-Louis Crémieux-Brilhac, 98, French resistance member, civil servant and historian.[183]
- Abraham Eraly, 80, Indian historian and magazine editor.[184]
- Harry K. Fukuhara, 95, American army officer.[185]
- Nagore E. M. Hanifa, 89, Indian politician and playback singer.[186]
- Willie Honicutt, 82, American Negro league baseball player.[187]
- Graham Howarth, 99, English entomologist.[188]
- Rayson Huang, 94, Chinese chemist, vice-chancellor of the University of Hong Kong (1972–1986).[189]
- Jayakanthan, 80, Indian Tamil author.[190]
- Sergei Lashchenko, 27, Ukrainian kickboxer, shot.[191]
- David Laventhol, 81, American newspaper editor and publisher, Parkinson's disease.[192]
- Nan Inger Östman, 92, Swedish children's book author.[193]
- Billy Ronson, 58, English footballer (Blackpool).[194]
- Giorgio Salvini, 94, Italian physicist and politician, Minister of university, Scientific Research and Technology (1995–1996).[195]
- Hermann Schweppenhäuser, 87, German philosopher.[196]
- Joel Shankle, 82, American hurdler, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).[197]
- Joel Spira, 88, American inventor (solid-state lamp dimmer), co-founder of Lutron Electronics Company, heart attack.[198]
- Hilde Stavik, 52, Norwegian long-distance runner, cancer.[199]
- Udugama Sri Buddharakkitha Thero, 85, Sri Lankan Buddhist monk.[200]
- Ion Trewin, 71, British editor, publisher and author.[201]
- Lars Tunbjörk, 59, Swedish photographer.[202]
- Jean-Claude Turcotte, 78, Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Montreal (1990–2012).[203]
- Ole Wackström, 82, Finnish Olympic racing cyclist (1968, 1972).[204]
9
- Paul Almond, 83, Canadian filmmaker (The Act of the Heart, Journey, Isabel) and television director (Seven Up!), heart disease.[205]
- Betty Tackaberry Blake, 94, American WWII aviator.[206]
- Nina Companeez, 77, French film director.[207]
- Alexander Dalgarno, 87, British physicist.[208]
- Ivan Doig, 75, American author, multiple myeloma.[209]
- Moira Gemmill, 55, British design director (Victoria and Albert Museum), traffic collision.[210]
- Jurgen Gothe, 70, German-born Canadian radio broadcaster (DiscDrive).[211]
- Charles Hamel, 84, American congressional aide and oil industry whistleblower.[212]
- Ray Harm, 87, American artist, prostate cancer.[213]
- Stan Hochman, 86, American sportswriter.[214]
- Ghulam Rasool Kar, 94, Indian politician.[215]
- Kuo Ting-tsai, 78, Taiwanese politician, MLY (1993–2002), complications of cancer.[216]
- Bob McLean, 67, Australian winemaker, liver cancer.[217]
- Hrushikesh Moolgavkar, 94, Indian air chief marshal and Chief of Air Staff (1976–1978).[218]
- Vera Pap, 59, Hungarian actress.[219]
- Ron Payne, 89, Australian politician, member of the South Australian House of Assembly for Mitchell (1970–1989).[220]
- Elmo Noel Joseph Perera, 82, Sri Lankan Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop (1992–1995) and Bishop of Galle (1995–2004).[221]
- Narra Raghava Reddy, 92, Indian politician.[222]
- Hans Ring, 86, Swedish Olympic athlete.[223]
- Margaret Rule, 86, British archaeologist.[224]
- João Alves dos Santos, 58, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Paranaguá (since 2006).[225]
- Rafael Soriano, 94, Cuban painter.[226]
- Alex Soto, 49, Puerto Rican actor and drag queen, heart attack.[227]
- Rogvold Sukhoverko, 74, Russian film and voice actor.[228]
- Johan B. Steen, 81, Norwegian biologist.[229]
- Tut Taylor, 91, American bluegrass musician (The Great Dobro Sessions).[230]
- John Toohey, 85, Australian jurist, High Court Justice (1987–1998).[231]
- Tsien Tsuen-hsuin, 105, Chinese-born American sinologist, professor, and librarian.[232]
- Sascha Weidner, 40, German artist, heart failure.[233]
10
- Andrzej Ajnenkiel, 84, Polish historian.[234]
- Richie Benaud, 84, Australian cricket captain and television commentator, skin cancer.[235]
- Ed Bender, 84, American football player and coach.[236]
- Raúl Héctor Castro, 98, Mexican-born American politician and diplomat, Governor of Arizona (1975–1977), Ambassador to El Salvador (1964–1968), Bolivia (1968–1969) and Argentina (1977–1980).[237]
- John Cule, 95, Welsh physician.[238]
- David Dank, 76, American politician, member of Oklahoma House of Representatives (since 2007), heart attack.[239]
- Peter de Giles, 88, British Olympic rower.[240]
- Desmond Digby, 82, New Zealand-born Australian theatre designer, children's book illustrator and painter.[241]
- Waltraud Falk, 85, German economist.[242]
- Eduardo Gauggel Medina, 48, Honduran lawyer and politician, MP (since 2014), shot.[243]
- Eduardo Gauggel Rivas, 61, Honduran lawyer and politician, member of the Supreme Court (1994–1998), shot.[243]
- Ray Graves, 96, American football player and coach.[244]
- Ronald Hambleton, 97, English-born Canadian broadcaster and music critic (Toronto Star).[245]
- Bárbara Heliodora, 91, Brazilian theatre critic.[246]
- Lauren Hill, 19, American college basketball player, pediatric cancer advocate, brain cancer.[247]
- Fred Iger, 90, American comic book publisher (DC Comics).[248]
- Dorothy Jelicich, 87, New Zealand politician, MP for Hamilton West (1972–75).[249]
- Jin Youzhi, 96, Chinese royal.[250]
- Rustin R. Kimsey, 79, American prelate, Episcopal Bishop of Eastern Oregon.[251]
- Judith Malina, 88, German-born American actress (Dog Day Afternoon, Awakenings, The Addams Family) and director, lung disease.[252]
- Keith McCormack, 74, American singer and songwriter ("Sugar Shack"), stroke.[253]
- Sarnoff A. Mednick, 87, American psychologist, complications from Parkinson's disease and dementia.[254]
- Bobby Moore, 56, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants).[255]
- Jim Mutscheller, 85, American football player (Baltimore Colts), kidney failure.[256]
- William S. Powell, 95, American historian.[257]
- Rocco Quattrocchi, 88, American politician, member of the Rhode Island Senate and House of Representatives.[258]
- Rose Francine Rogombé, 72, Gabonese politician, Acting President (2009).[259]
- Norman Sheppard, 93, British chemist.[260]
- Ray Treacy, 68, Irish footballer (Charlton Athletic).[261]
- Andy Tyson, 46, American mountaineer, plane crash.[262]
- Peter Walsh, 80, Australian politician, Minister for Finance (1984–1990), Senator for Western Australia (1974–1993).[263]
11
- Charlie Beasley, 69, American basketball player.[264]
- Martin Tore Bjørndal, 70, Norwegian diplomat.[265]
- Nico Frijda, 87, Dutch psychologist.[266]
- Jimmy Gunn, 66, American football player (Chicago Bears), heart failure.[267]
- Guy Hannen, 90, British WWII army officer and auctioneer.[268]
- Helen Anne Henderson, 68, Canadian journalist and disability rights activist, complications from cancer.[269]
- Peter Jones, 95, British WWII army officer.[270]
- Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, 62, Bangladeshi politician and convicted war criminal, execution by hanging.[271]
- Sheila Kitzinger, 86, British natural childbirth activist.[272]
- Janusz Kurczab, 77, Polish Olympic fencer (1960), mountaineer and expedition leader.[273]
- François Maspero, 83, French writer and translator.[274]
- Seiichi Nakajima, 96, Japanese inventor.[275]
- Viv Nicholson, 79, British football pools winner, complications of a stroke and dementia.[276]
- Ken Prewitt, 68, American radio news anchor, complications from brain cancer.[277]
- Heino Pulli, 77, Finnish ice hockey player.[278]
- Hanut Singh, 81, Indian army officer.[279]
- Tekena Tamuno, 83, Nigerian history professor.[280]
- Elizabeth Templeton, 69, Scottish theologian.[281]
- Kyle Testerman, 80, American politician, Mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee (1972–1975, 1984–1987).[282]
- Levi Watkins, 70, American heart surgeon, complications from a heart attack and a stroke.[283]
12
- Ibrahim Sulayman Muhammad Arbaysh, 35, Saudi Arabian suspected terrorist, drone attack.[284]
- Aleksey Bochkov, 45, Russian Olympic cyclist (1992).[285]
- Paulo Brossard, 90, Brazilian jurist and politician, Minister of Justice (1986–1989), justice of the Supreme Federal Court (1989–1994).[286]
- Jože Ciuha, 90, Slovenian painter.[287]
- Patrice Dominguez, 65, French tennis player.[288]
- Bill Etches, 93, British WWII army officer (St Nazaire Raid).[289]
- Doug Gregory, 92, British Royal Air Force officer and stunt pilot, hit by car.[290]
- Claude Lanthier, 82, Canadian politician, MP for Lasalle (1984–1988).[291]
- André Mba Obame, 57, Gabonese politician.[292]
- Vernon E. Peeples, 85, American politician.[293]
- Mario Wallenda, 74, American highwire artiste (The Flying Wallendas).[294]
13
- Bruce Alger, 96, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 5th district (1955–1965), heart ailment.[295]
- Brice Bosnich, 78, Australian chemist.[296]
- Gerald Calabrese, 90, American politician and basketball player (Syracuse Nationals).[297]
- Ronnie Carroll, 80, Northern Irish singer and political candidate.[298]
- Noël De Pauw, 72, Belgian cyclist.[299]
- Tony Eldridge, 91, British Royal Navy officer (Chariot manned torpedo).[300]
- Eduardo Galeano, 74, Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist, lung cancer.[301]
- Claire Gordon, 74, British actress (Konga, Beat Girl), brain tumour.[302]
- Günter Grass, 87, German novelist (The Tin Drum), Nobel Prize laureate (1999), lung infection.[303]
- Mária Gulácsy, 73, Hungarian fencer, Olympic silver medalist (1968).[304]
- Neal Horsley, 70, American anti-abortion activist.[305]
- Pat King, 68, Irish Gaelic football player and coach.[306]
- Thelma Coyne Long, 96, Australian Hall of Fame tennis player.[307]
- Joselyn Alejandra Niño, c. 20, Mexican suspected assassin, shot.[308]
- Neal Nitz, 61, American politician.[309]
- Anna-Lisa Ohlsson, 89, Swedish Olympic sprint canoeist (1952).[310]
- Bob Pinkalla, 86, American ten-pin bowler, heart failure.[311]
- Elizabeth Brown Pryor, 64, American author and historian, traffic collision.[312]
- Antônio Alberto Guimarães Rezende, 89, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Caetité (1981–2002).[313]
- Rex Robinson, 89, British actor (Doctor Who, Yes Minister, Only Fools and Horses).[314]
- Haanii Shivraj, 29, Malaysian actress, cancer.[315]
- Serhiy Sukhobok, 50, Ukrainian journalist, shot.[316]
- Herb Trimpe, 75, American comic book artist (The Incredible Hulk, Thor, The Defenders), co-creator of Wolverine, heart attack.[317]
14
- Norman H. Bangerter, 82, American politician, Governor of Utah (1985–1993), stroke.[318]
- Klaus Bednarz, 72, German journalist and writer.[319]
- Homaro Cantu, 38, American chef, suicide by hanging.[320]
- Sheldon Galbraith, 92, Canadian figure skating coach.[321]
- Aref Gholizadeh, 77, Iranian international footballer.[322]
- Ameril Umbra Kato, 68, Filipino warlord, leader of Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, heart attack.[323]
- Kō Kojima, 87, Japanese manga artist, cerebral hemorrhage.[324]
- M. Joseph Manning, 90, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1967–1997).[325]
- Zsuzsa Nádor, 87, Hungarian Olympic swimmer.[326]
- Leslie Peterson, 91, Canadian lawyer and politician, Attorney General of British Columbia (1968–1972).[327]
- Gordon Preston, 89, English mathematician.[328]
- Majid Rahnema, 91, Iranian diplomat and politician.[329]
- Mark Reeds, 55, Canadian ice hockey player (St. Louis Blues, Hartford Whalers) and coach (Ottawa Senators), pneumonia.[330]
- Meir Rosenne, 84, Israeli lawyer and diplomat, Ambassador to France (1979–1983) and United States (1983–1987).[331]
- Kevin Rosier, 53, American super heavyweight kickboxing champion and mixed martial artist (UFC), heart attack.[332]
- Vilas Sarang, 73, Indian author.[333]
- Howie Schumm, 75, Canadian football player (Edmonton Eskimos).[334]
- Elie A. Shneour, 89, French-born American neurochemist.[335]
- Arnold Schütz, 80, German footballer (Werder Bremen).[336]
- Percy Sledge, 74, American R&B singer ("When a Man Loves a Woman"), liver cancer.[337]
- Alex Stevens, 79, American actor and stunt performer (Dark Shadows, Superman, Goodfellas).[338]
- Buddy Temple, 73, American businessman and politician.[339]
- Roberto Tucci, 93, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, President of Vatican Radio (1985–2001), Cardinal-Priest of S. Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio (since 2001).[340]
- Jacques Vernier, 91, French Olympic long-distance runner.[341]
- Kathrine Sorley Walker, 95, English ballet critic.[342]
- David Ward-Steinman, 78, American composer and music professor.[343]
15
- Sidney Abbott, 77, American feminist activist, fire.[344]
- Kinya Aikawa, 80, Japanese actor (Speed Racer, Naruhodo! The World), lung cancer.[345]
- Zaur Ardzinba, 65, Abkhazian politician.[346]
- Joseph A. Bennett, 47, British actor (The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles), suicide by hanging.[347]
- Paul Clark, 67, American poker player.[348]
- Jonathan Crombie, 48, Canadian actor (Anne of Green Gables), brain haemorrhage.[349]
- Claude Desusclade, 95, French Olympic swimmer.[350]
- Margaret Harrison, 96, Scottish peace campaigner.[351]
- Billy Ray Hearn, 85, American record label chairman, heart disease.[352]
- John Howard, 94, American optical physicist.[353]
- Oleg Kalashnikov, 52, Ukrainian politician, shot.[354]
- Felice Leonardo, 100, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti (1957–1991).[355]
- Alexander Nadson, 88, Belarusian religious leader, Apostolic Visitor for Belarusian Greek-Catholic faithful abroad (since 1986).[356]
- Luis Ortega Álvarez, 62, Spanish judge, member of the Constitutional Court of Spain (since 2011), heart attack.[357]
- Govindbhai Patel, 72, Indian filmmaker, cancer.[358]
- Margo Reed, 73, American jazz musician, complications from dementia.[359]
- Mykola Storozhenko, 86, Ukrainian painter.[360]
- Barbara Strauch, 63, American author and reporter (The New York Times), breast cancer.[361]
- Surya Bahadur Thapa, 88, Nepalese politician, Prime Minister (1955, 1963–1964, 1965–1969, 1979–1983, 1997–1998, 2003–2004), respiratory failure.[362]
- Rosemary Tonks, 85, English poet and author.[363]
- Gunilla Wolde, 75, Swedish writer and illustrator.[364]
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- Ron Bailey, 88, New Zealand politician, MP for Heretaunga (1960–1981).[365]
- Driss Bamous, 73, Moroccan Olympic footballer (1964).[366]
- Valery Belousov, 66, Russian ice hockey player and coach.[367]
- Bull Benini, 93, Italian-born American soldier.[368]
- Ollie Brown, 71, American baseball player (San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants), mesothelioma.[369]
- Attaphol Buspakom, 53, Thai football player and coach, blood infection.[370]
- Oles Buzina, 45, Ukrainian journalist, shot.[371]
- Bhola Nath Chalise, 63, Nepalese economist, kidney ailments.[372]
- Alden G. Glauch, 95, American air force major general.[373]
- Tommy Graham, 72, Scottish politician.[374]
- Stanislav Gross, 45, Czech politician, Prime Minister (2004–2005), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[375]
- Johnny Kemp, 55, Bahamian singer ("Just Got Paid"), fall.[376]
- Heino Kleiminger, 76, German footballer (F.C. Hansa Rostock, East Germany national team), cancer.[377]
- Eduard Koblmueller, 69, Austrian mountaineer, hypothermia.[378]
- Nimal Mendis, 81, Sri Lankan singer and songwriter.[379]
- Tommy Preston, 82, Scottish footballer (Hibernian).[380]
- Lee Remmel, 90, American public relations director (Green Bay Packers).[381]
- Smuggler, 12, American Thoroughbred racehorse, complications from foaling.[382]
- Marjorie Elliott Sypher, 89, Canadian-born Costa Rican First Lady (1974–1978).[383]
- Giuseppe Zigaina, 91, Italian neorealist painter and author.[384]
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- Renato Altissimo, 74, Italian politician, Minister of Health (1979–1980, 1981–1983), Minister of Trade and Industry (1983–1986).[385]
- Steve Beck, 58, English executive, chairman of York City F.C. (2003–2004).[386]
- Brian Couzens, 82, British music industry executive (Chandos Records).[387]
- David Duax, 71, American politician, complications from a brain aneurysm.[388]
- Mariano Gago, 66, Portuguese physicist and politician, cancer.[389]
- Francis George, 78, American Roman Catholic Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago (1997–2014), President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops (2007–2010), bladder cancer.[390]
- Peter Graham, 60, English cricketer.[391]
- Robert P. Griffin, 91, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate from Michigan (1966–1977) and House of Representatives from Michigan's 9th district (1957–1966).[392]
- Jaroslav Holík, 72, Czech ice hockey player, world champion (1972).[393]
- Viktor Korshunov, 85, Russian actor, People's Artist of the USSR.[394]
- Tore Bernitz Pedersen, 80, Norwegian cartoonist.[395]
- Hannes Lindemann, 92, German sailor.[396]
- Phil Lundgren, 75, British Olympic boxer.[397]
- Ray Nemec, 85, American baseball researcher and historian.[398]
- Scotty Probasco, 86, American businessman and philanthropist.[399]
- Don Quayle, 84, American broadcast journalist, President of NPR (1970–1973).[400]
- Jack Rieley, 72, American record producer and band manager (The Beach Boys).[401]
- Jeremiah J. Rodell, 93, American brigadier general and priest.[402]
- Keith Shackleton, 92, British painter and television presenter.[403]
- S. K. Sharma, 62, Indian cricket umpire.[404]
- Ann Stepan, 71, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1991–1993), lymphoma.[405]
- A. Alfred Taubman, 91, American real estate developer, philanthropist and football team owner (Michigan Panthers).[406]
- Greg Woodcroft, 44, Canadian wrestler.[407]
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- Armen Arslanian, 54, Lebanese Olympic cyclist.[408]
- Sir Christopher Bayly, 69, British historian.[409]
- Glen Bortell, 100, American politician.[410]
- Walter Conahan, 87, American politician, member of the South Dakota Senate (1983–1989), cancer.[411]
- Francesco Dapiran, 94, Italian Olympic rower (1948).[412]
- Gunnar Gravdahl, 87, Norwegian politician, Mayor of Bærum (1989–1992).[413]
- Joe Hutter, 77, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives.[414]
- Joseph Lechleider, 82, American inventor (DSL).[415]
- Sir Roger Lobo, 91, Macanese-born Hong Kong businessman and politician, senior unofficial member of the Legislative Council (1980–1985), moved "Lobo Motion" (1984), cancer.[416]
- Mario Pirani, 89, Italian journalist (la Repubblica), economist, and writer.[417]
- William Schultz, 76, New Zealand rugby league player (Eastern Suburbs, national team).[418]
- Laverne Torczon, 79, American football player.[419]
- Leonid Vladimirsky, 94, Russian book illustrator.[420]
- Erwin Waldner, 82, German footballer (VfB Stuttgart, SPAL Ferrara).[421]
- L. Jean Willoughby, 89, American politician.[422]
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- Richard Anthony, 77, Egyptian-born French singer.[423]
- Sir Raymond Carr, 96, British historian.[424]
- Haney Catchings, 66, American football coach (Prairie View A&M, Tuskegee), cancer.[425]
- Uche Chukwumerije, 75, Nigerian politician, Senator for Abia North (since 2003), lung cancer.[426]
- William Price Fox, 89, American novelist.[427]
- Lothar Friedrich, 84, German cyclist.[428]
- Eva Galambos, 87, American politician, Mayor of Sandy Springs, Georgia (2005–2014), cancer.[429]
- Freddie Gray, 25, American police suspect, severed spinal cord.[430]
- Margot Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading, 96, British aristocrat.[431]
- Aliaskhab Kebekov, 43, Dagestani-Russian Islamist leader, Emir of the Caucasus Emirate (since 2014), shot.[432]
- Ebenezer Laing, 83, Ghanaian botanist and geneticist.[433]
- Sandra Mackey, 77, American journalist (Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal).[434]
- István Marton, 72, Hungarian politician.[435]
- Roy Mason, Baron Mason of Barnsley, 91, British politician, MP for Barnsley (1953–1983) and Barnsley Central (1983–1987), Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1976–1979).[436]
- Scott Mason, 55, American radio personality.[437]
- Tom McCabe, 60, Scottish politician, Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform (2004–2007).[438]
- Tony Morelli, 58, Canadian stunt performer (The X-Files, Smallville, Rise of the Planet of the Apes).[439]
- Hiroyuki Nishimoto, 88, Japanese voice actor (Moomin), aortic dissection.[440]
- Theodosia Okoh, 92, Ghanaian flag designer and sports administrator.[441]
- Michael J. D. Powell, 78, British mathematician.[442]
- Else Repål, 85, Norwegian politician.[443]
- Oktay Sinanoğlu, 80, Turkish scientist.[444]
- Bernard Stollman, 85, American record label founder (ESP-Disk), colon and spine cancer.[445]
- Elio Toaff, 99, Italian rabbi, Chief Rabbi of Rome (1951–2002).[446]
- Betty Willis, 91, American graphic designer (Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign).[447]
- Casimir Witucki, 86, American football player (Washington Redskins).[448]
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- Gilberto Almeida, 86, Ecuadorian painter.[449]
- Gary Brain, 72, New Zealand timpanist and conductor.[450]
- Doug Buffone, 70, American football player (Chicago Bears) and radio host.[451]
- Cláudio Cunha, 68, Brazilian actor.[452]
- Hassan El-Shazly, 71, Egyptian footballer (Tersana, national team).[453]
- Pedro Eugênio, 65, Brazilian politician, MP (1998–2014), complications from surgery.[454]
- Peter Howell, 96, British actor (Emergency – Ward 10, Shadowlands, The Prisoner).[455]
- Nobuo Kaiho, 73, Japanese Olympic basketball player.[456]
- Albert Kalonji, 85, Congolese politician, King of South Kasai.[457]
- Gábor Kucsera, 65, Hungarian Olympic swimmer.[458]
- Aharon Lichtenstein, 81, French-born American-Israeli rabbi, recipient of the Israel Prize (2014).[459]
- Bob Maloubier, 92, French secret agent.[460]
- Pete Mills, 72, American football player (Buffalo Bills).[461]
- Frederic Morton, 90, Austrian-born American writer.[462]
- Eugene W. Peirce Jr., 84, American politician.[463]
- Bob St. Clair, 84, American Hall of Fame football player (San Francisco 49ers).[464]
- Ibrahim Yusri, 65, Egyptian actor (The Terrorist), kidney failure.[465]
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- M. H. Abrams, 102, American literary critic.[466]
- Mykola Bahrov, 77, Ukrainian academician and politician.[467]
- Steve Byrnes, 56, American sports announcer (NASCAR on Fox), head and neck cancer.[468]
- Gideon Eilat, 91, Israeli soldier.[469]
- Betsy von Furstenberg, 83, German-born American actress (As the World Turns) and baroness, Alzheimer's disease.[470]
- Jerry Grisham, 73, American politician, cancer.[471]
- Edan Milton Hughes, 80, American art dealer and author.[472]
- Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov, 49, Tajik-Russian film director (Luna Papa).[473]
- Ferenc Konrád, 70, Hungarian water polo player, Olympic bronze (1968), silver (1972) and gold (1976) medalist.[474]
- Ellen Kort, 79, American poet.[475]
- Jim McCarthy, 90, Irish rugby union player (national team).[476]
- Sergey Mikhalyov, 67, Russian ice hockey coach, traffic collision.[477]
- John Moshoeu, 49, South African footballer (Kaizer Chiefs, Giant Blackpool, national team), African Cup of Nations champion (1996), cancer.[478]
- Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, 88, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Odisha (1980–1989, 1995–1999), Governor of Assam (2009–2014), heart attack.[479]
- Robert P. Patterson Jr., 91, American federal judge.[480]
- Borisav Pisić, 66, Bosnian Yugoslav Olympic hurdler (1980).[481]
- Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters, 95, Canadian WWII tank commander.[482]
- Abdel Rahman el-Abnudi, 76, Egyptian poet.[483]
- Derek Vonberg, 93, British physicist.[484] (death announced on this date)
- Dave Walker, 73, English footballer (Burnley, Southampton).[485]
- Elizabeth Weaver, 74, American judge, Michigan Supreme Court Justice (1995–2010), Chief Justice (1991–2001).[486]
- Ron Wright, 76, American professional wrestler.[487]
- Cindy Yang, 24, Taiwanese model and actress (First of May), suicide by helium inhalation.[488]
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- Hugh Alan Anderson, 81, Canadian politician.[489]
- Dick Balharry, 77, British conservationist, cancer.[490]
- Peter B. Best, 76, British marine mammal expert.[491]
- Dorothy Custer, 103, American comedian.[492]
- Yoichi Funado, 71, Japanese novelist, thymic cancer.[493]
- Régis Ghesquière, 65, Belgian Olympic decathlete (1972), heart attack.[494]
- Alasdair Graham, 85, Canadian politician, Senator for Nova Scotia (1972–2004).[495]
- Nagare Hagiwara, 62, Japanese actor, traffic collision.[496]
- Imtiaz Alam Hanfi, 86, Pakistani banker.[497]
- Ronny Lee, 88, American guitarist and writer.[498]
- Audree Norton, 88, American actress.[499]
- Bernard Penfold, 98, British army major general, general manager of the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club (1972–1979).[500]
- Aideen O'Kelly, 74, Irish actress.[501]
- Páll Skúlason, 69, Icelandic philosopher.[502]
- Gennadi Vengerov, 55, Belarusian-born Soviet actor (Enemy at the Gates), lung and bone cancer.[503]
- Irene Woodall, 69, American magazine editor.[504]
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- Afzaal Ahmed, 66, Pakistani cricketer and umpire.[505]
- Aziz Asli, 77, Iranian footballer (Persepolis).[506]
- Dick Barone, 82, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).[507]
- Desmond Boal, 85, Northern Irish lawyer and politician, MP for Belfast Shankill (1960–1972).[508]
- Frana Cardno, 74, New Zealand politician, Mayor of Southland District (1992–2013), bile duct cancer.[509]
- Sir Philip Carter, 87, British football director (Everton).[510]
- Richard Corliss, 71, American film critic (Time), stroke.[511]
- Alexander Eliot, 95, American writer.[512]
- Marie Herbst, 86, American politician, Mayor of Vernon, Connecticut (1979–1986), member of the Connecticut Senate (1987–1992).[513]
- George Horner, 91, Czech-born American pianist and physician.[514]
- Ray Jackson, 74, Australian aboriginal activist and Wiradjuri elder.[515]
- Pierre Claude Nolin, 64, Canadian politician, Speaker of the Senate (since 2014), pancreatic cancer.[516]
- Frank Porretta, 84, American tenor and musical theater actor.[517]
- Paul Ryan, 69, American actor, television host and correspondent (Entertainment Tonight), leukemia.[518]
- Jim Steffen, 78, American football player (Detroit Lions, Washington Redskins).[519]
- E. M. Subramaniam, 67, Indian Carnatic percussionist.[520]
- Sawyer Sweeten, 19, American actor (Everybody Loves Raymond), suicide by gunshot.[521]
- Francis Tsai, 48, American concept artist (Spider-Man, TMNT, The Bourne Conspiracy), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[522]
- Sixto Valencia Burgos, 81, Mexican comic artist (Memín Pinguín, MAD).[523]
- Guillermo Zúñiga Martínez, 72, Mexican academic and politician, Mayor of Xalapa (1988–1991), MP for Veracruz (1994–1997).[524]
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- Władysław Bartoszewski, 93, Polish politician and resistance fighter, Auschwitz concentration camp prisoner, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1995, 2000–2001).[525]
- Ken Birch, 81, British footballer (Bangor City).[526]
- Thomas Joseph Connolly, 92, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Baker (1971–1999).[527]
- Theodore Curtis, 74, American politician.[528]
- Rustum Ghazaleh, 61, Syrian military officer, head injury.[529]
- Ismail Hussain, 65, Indian politician, MP for Barpeta (2009–2014), cancer.[530]
- Horst-Peter Kretschmer, 59, German Olympic ice hockey player (1980, 1988).[531]
- Valentine Lamb, 76, British journalist (The Irish Field).[532]
- Frankie Lee, 73, American blues singer-songwriter.[533]
- Benjamin F. Logan, 87, American electrical engineer and bluegrass musician, heart attack.[534]
- Sabeen Mahmud, 39, Pakistani human rights activist, shot.[535]
- Michael Mustill, Baron Mustill, 83, British judge, barrister and peer.[536]
- Herbert Ninaus, 78, Austrian-born Australian international footballer.[537]
- Claudia Paz, 95, Chilean actress.[538]
- Max Rojas, 74, Mexican poet.[539]
- Raymond Roussin, 75, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Gravelbourg (1995–1998) and Victoria (1999–2004), Archbishop of Vancouver (2004–2009).[540]
- Success Express, 30, American Thoroughbred racehorse.[541]
- Sid Tepper, 96, American songwriter ("Red Roses for a Blue Lady").[542]
- George C. Young, 98, American lawyer and judge, heart attack.[543]
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- Karl-Otto Alberty, 81, German actor.[544]
- Colin Bloomfield, 33, British radio presenter (BBC Radio Derby), skin cancer.[545]
- Sujit Bose, 80, Indian cricketer.[546]
- Arthur Brittenden, 90, British newspaper editor (Daily Mail).[547]
- Wilfred Brown, 85, Australian cricketer.[548]
- Edward Coke, 7th Earl of Leicester, 78, British nobleman.[549]
- Jim Fanning, 87, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs) and manager (Montreal Expos).[550]
- Paolo Galletti, 78, Italian Olympic swimmer (1956, 1960).[551]
- Jiří Hledík, 86, Czech footballer (FC Hradec Králové).[552]
- Doug Kerslake, 65, Canadian ice hockey player (Edmonton Oilers).[553]
- Otakar Krámský, 55, Czech racing driver, triple European hillclimb champion (1995, 1997, 1998), training collision.[554]
- Don Mankiewicz, 93, American screenwriter (Star Trek, Ironside, Profiles in Courage), heart failure.[555]
- Ben Molar, 99, Argentine composer and musical producer.[556]
- Mike Phillips, 59, American basketball player (Kentucky Wildcats, FC Barcelona), fall.[557]
- Alfred Schreyer, 92, Ukrainian-born Polish fiddler and singer.[558]
- Christine Stewart, 74, Canadian politician, Secretary of State (1993–1997) and Minister of the Environment (1997–1999).[559]
- Richard West, 84, British journalist and author.[560]
- Notable deaths consequent to the April 2015 Nepal earthquake:
- Dan Fredinburg, 33, American executive, head of privacy at Google.[561]
- Matthias Kuhle, 67, German geographer.[562]
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- John M. Alberts, 82, American politician.[563]
- David Alt, 81, American geologist.[564]
- Masudur Rahman Baidya, 46, Indian swimmer, heart attack.[565]
- Talal Akbar Bugti, 63, Pakistani tribal leader and politician, heart attack.[566]
- Edward T. Chambers, 85, American activist, director of the Industrial Areas Foundation (1972–2009), heart failure.[567]
- Hojatollah Khatib, 61, Iranian sports administrator (Persepolis), cancer.[568]
- Izatullo Khayoyev, 78, Tajik politician, vice-president (1990–1991), Prime Minister (1991–1992).[569]
- Jayne Meadows, 95, American actress (I've Got a Secret, Undercurrent, Song of the Thin Man).[570]
- Józef Paczyński, 95, Polish WWII prisoner, barber of Rudolf Hoss.[571]
- Marcel Pronovost, 84, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs).[572]
- Bill Valentine, 82, American baseball umpire.[573]
- Wang Guozhen, 58, Chinese poet, liver cancer.[574]
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- Jay Appleton, 95, British geographer.[575]
- Jean Bengué, 72, Central African basketball player and politician.[576]
- Randy Bennett, 51, Canadian swimming coach, cancer.[577]
- Suzanne Crough, 52, American actress (The Partridge Family), arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia.[578]
- David Fletcher, 90, English cricketer (Surrey).[579]
- Gene Fullmer, 83, American professional boxer, two-time middleweight world champion.[580]
- Verne Gagne, 89, American professional wrestler, trainer and promoter (AWA), Hall of Fame (2004, 2006).[581]
- Frank Henderson, 92, American politician, member of the Idaho House of Representatives (2004–2014).[582]
- Guy LeBlanc, 54, Canadian keyboard player (Nathan Mahl, Camel), kidney cancer.[583]
- Andrew Lesnie, 59, Australian cinematographer (The Lord of the Rings, Babe, I Am Legend), Oscar winner (2002), heart attack.[584]
- Harvey R. Miller, 82, American lawyer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[585]
- Marty Napoleon, 93, American jazz pianist.[586]
- Lionel Repka, 80, Canadian ice hockey player (Fort Wayne Komets), liver cancer.[587]
- Alexander Rich, 90, American biologist.[588]
- Inês Etienne Romeu, 72, Brazilian political prisoner.[589]
- Abraham Rotstein, 86, Canadian economist.[590]
- Rolf Smedvig, 62, American classical trumpeter (Empire Brass), heart attack.[591]
- Chris Turner, 64, English football player and manager (Peterborough).[592]
- John Wimpenny, 92, English aeronautical engineer.[593]
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- Antônio Abujamra, 82, Brazilian actor and director.[594]
- Marcia Brown, 96, American writer and children's books illustrator.[595]
- Duri Camichel, 32, Swiss ice hockey player (EV Zug), traffic collision.[596]
- George Corrin, 92, American graphic designer.[597]
- Glenn Dennis, 90, American ufologist.[598]
- Jack Ely, 71, American singer ("Louie Louie").[599]
- René Féret, 69, French actor and director (Solemn Communion).[600]
- Ashura Hara, 68, Japanese professional wrestler, pneumonia.[601]
- Keith Harris, 67, British ventriloquist (Orville the Duck, Cuddles the Monkey), cancer.[602]
- Michael J. Ingelido, 98, American Air Force major general, stroke.[603]
- Ian Mackersey, 90, New Zealand filmmaker and author.[604]
- Yoshihiko Osaki, 76, Japanese swimmer, Olympic silver medalist (1960), pneumonia.[605]
- Vicente Piccio Jr., 83, Filipino Air Force major general.[606]
- Einar Thorsteinn, 73, Icelandic architect.[607]
- James Watson, 78, British novelist.[608]
- Xu Guangxian, 94, Chinese chemist.[609]
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- Charles Benton, 84, American public digital media promoter, CEO of the Benton Foundation, cancer.[610]
- Carlos Calderón Fajardo, 69, Peruvian journalist and novelist.[611]
- Giovanni Canestri, 96, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Cagliari (1984–1987) and Genoa (1987–1995).[612]
- Daniel During, 83, South African cricketer.[613]
- Gopulu, 90, Indian cartoonist (Ananda Vikatan).[614]
- Nicholas Gruner, 72, Canadian Roman Catholic priest, promoter of the message of Our Lady of Fatima, heart attack.[615]
- John G. Heyburn II, 66, American federal judge, Chief District Court Judge for the Western District of Kentucky (2001–2008), liver cancer.[616]
- Paul Hudak, 62, American professor of computer science, leukemia.[617]
- Milap Chand Jain, 86, Indian judge and politician, Governor of Rajasthan (1990).[618]
- Gary Liddell, 60, Scottish footballer (Grimsby Town, Heart of Midlothian).[619]
- Valmir Louruz, 71, Brazilian football manager (Juventude, Pelotas).[620]
- François Michelin, 88, French businessman, CEO of Michelin (1955–1999).[621]
- Vardan Militosyan, 64, Armenian Olympic silver medallist weightlifter (1976).[622]
- Wayne Minshew, 78, American sportswriter (Atlanta Braves).[623]
- Saburo Nakao, 77–78, Japanese Olympic wrestler.[624]
- Jean Nidetch, 91, American businesswoman, founder of Weight Watchers.[625]
- Calvin Peete, 71, American golfer, Tournament Players champion (1985).[626]
- Philip Perlman, 95, American businessman and actor (Cheers).[627]
- Joe Pikula, 70, Canadian football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats).[628]
- Barbara Reynolds, 100, English scholar, lexicographer and translator.[629]
- Brian Sedgemore, 78, British politician, fall.[630]
- Dan Walker, 92, American politician, Governor of Illinois (1973–1977), heart failure.[631]
- Notable convicted drug traffickers executed by Indonesian firing squad:[632]
- Andrew Chan, 31, Australian (Bali Nine)
- Rodrigo Gularte, 42, Brazilian
- Myuran Sukumaran, 34, Australian (Bali Nine)
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- Lennart Bodström, 87, Swedish politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (1982–1985).[633]
- Sharon Callahan, 63, American Olympic athlete.[634]
- Bold Pilot, 22, Turkish thoroughbred racehorse.[635]
- Halina Daniec, 66, Polish Olympic gymnast.[636]
- Peter Dobkin Hall, 69, American author and historian, traffic collision.[637]
- David Fonseca, 60, Belizean politician, Mayor of Belize City (1999–2006), suicide by gunshot.[638]
- Adrian Gibson, 79, Australian politician, MP for Denison (1964–69).[639]
- Steven Goldmann, 53, Canadian music video and film director, cancer.[640]
- Rutger Gunnarsson, 69, Swedish bassist (ABBA, Elton John).[641]
- Ben E. King, 76, American soul and R&B singer ("Stand by Me"), coronary heart disease.[642]
- Armond Lebowitz, 88, American film editor (Q, The Incident, The Ambulance).[643]
- Gregory Mertens, 24, Belgian footballer, heart attack.[644]
- Patachou, 96, French singer and actress.[645]
- William Pfaff, 86, American author and columnist, heart attack.[646]
- Ronald Senator, 89, British composer, house fire.[647]
- Sky Classic, 28, Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse.[648]
- Nigel Terry, 69, British actor (The Lion in Winter, Excalibur, Troy), emphysema.[649]
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