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Deaths in August 2014
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The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2014.
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.
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August 2014
1
- Gretta Bader, 83, American portrait and bust sculptor, heart failure.[1]
- Valyantsin Byalkevich, 41, Belarusian football player and coach, aneurysm.[2]
- Godwin Chepkurgor, 45, Kenyan journalist, offered Bill Clinton dowry to marry Chelsea Clinton, injuries sustained in an elephant charge.[3]
- Chung Eun-yong, 91, South Korean policeman, instigated United States admission of role in No Gun Ri Massacre.[4]
- Norman Cornish, 94, English artist.[5]
- Rod de'Ath, 64, Welsh drummer (Rory Gallagher).[6]
- Jürgen Degenhardt, 83, German songwriter, actor, director and author, cancer.[7]
- Karen X. Gaylord, 92, American actress (The Three Stooges).[8]
- Don George, 80, American football player (BC Lions).[9]
- Catherine Gregg, 96, American philanthropist and environmentalist, First Lady of New Hampshire (1953–1955), restored the Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion.[10]
- Michael Johns, 35, Australian singer-songwriter (American Idol), blood clot.[11]
- Jan Roar Leikvoll, 40, Norwegian author.[12]
- Hossein Maadani, 43, Iranian volleyball player and coach, pancreatic failure.[citation needed]
- Charles T. Payne, 89, American soldier.[13]
- Saeed Saleh, 74, Egyptian actor (Madrast Al-Mushaghebeen).[14]
- Mike Smith, 59, British television and radio presenter (BBC Radio 1), complications from heart surgery.[15]
2
- Wolf-Dieter Ahlenfelder, 70, German Bundesliga referee.[16]
- Mariana Alarcón, 27, Argentine human rights activist.[17]
- James Anguilo, 74, Italian-American criminal.[18]
- Luciano Borgognoni, 62, Italian Olympic cyclist.[19]
- Brian Buckley, 78, Australian VFL football player (Carlton).[20]
- Chelsea Clark, 31, Canadian athlete, neuroblastoma.[21]
- Rosetta Hightower, 70, American R&B singer (The Orlons).[22]
- Ed Joyce, 81, American television executive, President of CBS News (1983–1985).[23]
- June Krauser, 88, American Hall of Fame swimmer, swimming official and rules writer, Parkinson's disease.[24]
- Eroni Kumana, 93, Solomon Islander fisherman, rescued John F. Kennedy after PT-109 sinking.[25]
- Billie Letts, 76, American novelist (Where the Heart Is), pneumonia.[26]
- Kate O'Hanlon, 83–84, British nurse.[27]
- Sir Alan Peacock, 92, British economist.[28]
- Barbara Prammer, 60, Austrian politician, Women's Affairs and Consumer Protection Minister (1997–2000), President of the National Council (since 2006), pancreatic cancer.[29]
- Sue Richards, 56, Canadian artist.[30]
- James Thompson, 49, American-born Finnish crime writer.[31]
- Pete Van Wieren, 69, American sports broadcaster (Atlanta Braves), cutaneous B-cell lymphoma.[32]
- Olga Voronets, 88, Russian mezzo-soprano folk singer.[33]
3
- Daladier Arismendi, 39, Colombian singer, stabbed.[34]
- George Ashe, 81, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP for Durham West (1977–1987), Mayor of Pickering (1973–1977), Parkinson's disease.[35]
- Miangul Aurangzeb, 86, Pakistani politician, Governor of Balochistan (1997–1999) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (1999).[36]
- Charles Calhoun Jr., 83, American politician and judge, member of the Texas Senate.[37]
- Fernando Casimiro, 83, Portuguese Olympic sprinter.[38]
- Andrew Chatwood, 82, Canadian administrator and politician, heart failure.[39]
- Edward Clancy, 90, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Sydney (1983–2001).[40]
- Tony Clunn, 68, British army officer and archaeologist, rediscovered Kalkriese site of Varus's defeat by Arminius.[41]
- Cec Creedon, 92, Australian politician.[42]
- Dorothy Salisbury Davis, 98, American crime fiction writer, recipient of the Grand Master Award (1985).[43]
- Kenny Drew Jr., 56, American jazz pianist and composer.[44]
- Robert H. Ellsworth, 85, American art dealer.[45]
- Helmut Faeder, 79, German footballer (Hertha BSC, Hertha Zehlendorf).[46]
- Emmanuel Farber, 95, Canadian-American physician.[47]
- Christian Frémont, 72, French politician, chief of staff (Nicolas Sarkozy), Representative of the French Co-Prince of Andorra (2008–2012).[48]
- Yvette Giraud, 97, French singer and actress.[49]
- Wimper Guerrero, 32, Ecuadorian footballer, heart attack.[50]
- Jess Marlow, 84, American news broadcaster (KNBC, KCBS), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[51]
- James McClure, 88, Northern Irish politician, chairman of the Democratic Unionist Party.[52]
- Richard Newman, 89, Australian cricketer.[53]
- Steve Post, 70, American radio broadcaster (WNYC), colon and lung cancer.[54]
- Charles Simeons, 92, British politician, MP for Luton (1970–1974).[55]
- David Smail, 76, British clinical psychologist.[56]
- Benedito de Ulhôa Vieira, 93, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Uberaba (1978–1996).[57]
- Lydia Yu-Jose, 70, Filipino political scientist, non-Hodgkin lymphoma.[58]
4
- Ashraf Abbasi, 91, Pakistani politician.[59]
- James Brady, 73, American government official and gun control advocate, White House Press Secretary (1981–1989).[60]
- Hugh Calkins, 90, American lawyer and educator.[61]
- Rich Ceisler, 58, American stand-up comedian, Guillain–Barré syndrome.[62]
- Chester Crandell, 68, American politician, member of the Arizona House of Representatives (2011–2013) and Senate (since 2013), horseriding fall.[63]
- Julieka Ivanna Dhu, 22, Australian detainee, sepsis and pneumonia.[64]
- Barbara DeGenevieve, 67, American artist, cancer.[65]
- Irma Elizondo Ramírez, 68, Mexican politician, MP for Coahuila (since 2012), heart attack.[66]
- Bonar Hardie, 89, British Olympic sailor.[67]
- George Hilton, 89, American historian, heart failure.[68]
- Jake Hooker, 61, Israeli-born American pop musician (Arrows), co-writer ("I Love Rock 'n' Roll") and producer.[69]
- Erich E. Kunhardt, 65, Dominican-born American physicist.[70]
- Walter Massey, 85, Canadian actor (Arthur, Lassie, The Greatest Game Ever Played).[71]
- Rodolfo Motta, 70, Argentine football player and coach.[72]
- Rafael Santa Cruz, 53, Peruvian cajon musician and actor, heart attack.[73]
- Walter J. Sullivan, 91, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1951–1953), Mayor of Cambridge, heart failure.[74]
- Peter A. Vellucci, 71–72, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.[75]
- Bill Wall, 83, American basketball executive.[76]
5
- Dmitri Anosov, 77, Russian mathematician.[77]
- Arvind Apte, 79, Indian cricketer, prostate cancer.[78]
- Joyce Baird, 85, Scottish medical researcher, Alzheimer's disease.[79]
- Diann Blakely, 57, American poet, lung disorder.[80]
- Elfriede Brüning, 103, German writer.[81]
- Marilyn Burns, 65, American actress (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre).[82]
- Ruth Sacks Caplin, 93, American screenwriter (Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont), heart ailment.[83]
- Scott Ciencin, 51, American adaption novelist (Godzilla, Kim Possible, Buffy the Vampire Slayer), blood clot.[84]
- John Crawford III, 22, American murder victim, shot.[85]
- Michael A. B. Deakin, 74-75, Australian mathematician and mathematics educator.[86]
- Hans V. Engström, 65, Swedish actor (Rederiet), liver failure.[87]
- Yakov Etinger, 84, Russian historian and political activist.[88]
- Harold J. Greene, 55, American military officer, Army commanding general of NSRDEC, shot.[89]
- Dave Hereora, 57, New Zealand politician, Labour Party list MP (2002–2008).[90]
- Edward Leffingwell, 72, American art critic and curator.[91]
- Khalil Morsi, 67, Egyptian actor.[92]
- Joe McManemin, 91, New Zealand athletics coach and sports administrator.[93]
- Angéla Németh, 68, Hungarian javelin thrower, Olympic (1968) and European (1969) champion.[94]
- Richard Olson, 85, American politician, Mayor of Des Moines, Iowa (1972–1979), traffic collision.[95]
- Vladimir Orlov, 77, Russian novelist.[96]
- Chapman Pincher, 100, British journalist and historian.[97]
- Rodrigo de Triano, 25, English thoroughbred, Cartier Champion Three-year-old Colt (1992), pneumonia.[98]
- Yoshiki Sasai, 52, Japanese biologist (RIKEN), apparent suicide by hanging.[99]
- Pran Kumar Sharma, 75, Indian cartoonist (Chacha Chaudhary), colon cancer.[100]
- Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, 87, American naval officer and physician, Surgeon General (1969–1973), complications from a stroke.[101]
- Ronnie Stonham, 87, British army officer and broadcasting adviser.[102]
- Emanuel Tanay, 86, American physician and Holocaust survivor, prostate cancer.[103]
6
- James L. Adams, 92, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1955–1974).[104]
- Ralph Bryans, 72, Northern Irish Grand Prix motorcycle racer, World Champion (1965).[105]
- Aloha Dalire, 64, American hula dancer, first Miss Aloha Hula winner (1971).[106]
- Imre Bajor, 57, Hungarian actor, brain tumor.[107]
- Ghaleb Barakat, 86, Jordanian diplomat and politician, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities (1967–1972).[108]
- Clem Comly, 59, American baseball researcher and author.[109]
- Julien Fourgeaud, 34, French entrepreneur, base jumping collision.[110]
- Brent Galloway, 70, American linguist.[111]
- Ananda W. P. Guruge, 85, Sri Lankan diplomat and academic.[112]
- John Woodland Hastings, 87, American biochemist, pioneer in antibiotics research, pulmonary fibrosis.[113]
- Stephen Heinemann, 75, American neuroscientist, complications from kidney failure.[114]
- Macarthur Job, 88, Australian aviation writer and air safety consultant.[115]
- Norman Lane, 94, Canadian Olympic bronze medallist* sprint canoer (1948*, 1952).[116]
- Li Hu, 40, Chinese HIV activist, complications from AIDS.[117]
- Ken Lucas, 73, American professional wrestler (NWA).[118]
- Frank Shipway, 79, British conductor.[119]
- Andrey Stenin, 33, Russian photojournalist.[120]
- Smita Talwalkar, 59, Indian film actress, producer (Tu Tithe Mee) and director, ovarian cancer.[121]
- Dharmesh Tiwari, 63, Indian actor (Mahabharat), cardiac arrest.[122]
- Jimmy Walsh, 83, British footballer.[123]
- David Weidman, 93, American animation background artist (The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo, Wacky Races) and silkscreen artist (Mad Men).[124]
7
- Claude Bertrand, 97, Canadian neurosurgeon.[125]
- Robin Brunyee, 75, English sprinter.[126]
- Dick Collver, 78, Canadian politician.[127]
- Cristina Deutekom, 82, Dutch coloratura soprano opera singer, fall.[128]
- Víctor Fayad, 59, Argentine politician, Mayor of Mendoza (since 2007), mediastinum cancer.[129]
- Walter R. Hanson, 83, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1971–1982).[130]
- Mary Healy, 60, American zoo executive, CEO and director of the Sacramento Zoo, cerebral aneurysm and heart attack.[131]
- Mitsuo Higashinaka, 90, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives for Osaka's 2nd District (1969–2000), lung cancer.[132]
- William Jones, 89, Uruguayan Olympic rower.[133]
- Michael Kerrigan, 61, British television director (Doctor Who, Coronation Street).[134]
- Suruli Manohar, Indian comic actor, cancer.[135]
- Perry Moss, 88, American football coach (Montreal Alouettes, Orlando Predators) and player (Green Bay Packers), complications from a neuromuscular disease.[136]
- Alberto Pérez Zabala, 89, Spanish footballer.[137]
- Harold Poole, 70, American bodybuilder.[138]
- Syed Rahim, 85, Indian cricketer.[139]
- Henry Stone, 93, American record company executive and record producer (TK Records).[140]
- Ayman Taha, Palestinian militant and spokesman (Hamas).[141]
- Ekanath K. Thakur, 73, Indian politician and finance executive, MP for Maharashtra (2002–2008), chairman of Saraswat Bank, cancer.[142]
- Voytek, 89, Polish-born British television director and production designer.[143]
- Sir Denys Williams, 84, Barbadian judge, member and Chief Judge of the Supreme Court, Acting Governor-General (1995–1996).[144]
8
- Martin V. B. Bostetter, 86, American judge.[145]
- Luciano Bux, 78, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi (2000–2011).[146]
- Edmund Collins, 83, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Darwin (1986–2007).[147]
- Menahem Golan, 85, Israeli director and producer (Operation Thunderbolt, The Delta Force, Masters of the Universe), recipient of the Israel Prize (1999).[148]
- Charles Keating, 72, English Emmy Award-winning actor (All My Children, Another World), lung cancer.[149]
- Viktor Kopyl, 54, Ukrainian footballer (Karpaty Lviv, Volyn Lutsk).[150]
- Leonardo Legaspi, 78, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Caceres (1983–2012), Rector of University of Santo Tomas, lung cancer.[151]
- Danny Murphy, 58, American actor (There's Something About Mary, Me, Myself & Irene), cancer.[152]
- J. J. Murphy, 86, Northern Irish actor (Mickybo and Me, Angela's Ashes, Game of Thrones).[153]
- Arthur Olsen, 100, American politician, member of the Nevada Assembly.[154]
- Simon Scott, 47, British artist and musician.[155]
- Peter Sculthorpe, 85, Australian composer (Kakadu).[156]
- Åke W. Sjöberg, 90, Swedish assyriologist.[157]
- Michael K. Smith, 48, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1995–2011), heart attack.[158]
- Red Wilson, 85, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).[159]
9
- J. F. Ade Ajayi, 85, Nigerian academic and historian of Africa.[160]
- Andriy Bal, 56, Ukrainian football player (Soviet national team) and coach (national team), blood clot.[161]
- Michael Brown, 18, American student, shot.
- Manuel Caldeira, 87, Portuguese footballer.[162]
- Arthur G. Cohen, 84, American real estate developer (Crowne Plaza Hotel, Royalton Hotel, One Worldwide Plaza, Olympic Tower).[163]
- Mary A. Conroy, 82, American politician, hepatitis.[164]
- Jerome Ehlers, 55, Australian actor (Quigley Down Under, The Marine, The Great Raid), cancer.[165]
- Obi Henry Ezeagwuna II, Nigerian royal, traditional leader of Issele-Uku, traffic collision.[166]
- J. E. Freeman, 68, American actor (Miller's Crossing, Alien Resurrection, Wild at Heart).[167]
- Charles Gelatt, 96, American businessman and philanthropist.[168]
- Trevor Boots Harris, 69, Jamaican entertainment journalist and broadcaster, heart attack.[169]
- Wayne Ison, 90, American aircraft designer (Team Mini-Max).[170]
- Merle G. Kearns, 76, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (2001–2005) and Senate (1991–2000).[171]
- Alexander Kwapong, 87, Ghanaian academic, Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana.[172]
- Dave Lloyd, 77, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Philadelphia Eagles).[173]
- Khayelihle Mathaba, South African royal and politician, KwaZulu-Natal MLA, chieftain of the eMacambini, traffic collision.[174]
- Yasuyuki Nakai, 60, Japanese baseball player (Yomiuri Giants), esophageal cancer.[175]
- Ed Nelson, 85, American actor (Gunsmoke, Murder, She Wrote, Peyton Place), heart failure.[176]
- George Nicholaw, 86, American radio executive (KNX).[177]
- Henry Pease, 69, Peruvian politician and political scientist, member of DCC (1992–1995) and Congress (1995–2006), cardiac arrest as a complication from cancer.[178]
- Stanley Reiter, 89, American economist.[179]
- Norris Stubbs, 65, Bahamian Olympic sprinter.[180]
- Emigdio Vasquez, 75, American muralist and pictorial artist, pneumonia.[181]
- Myrtle Young, 90, American potato chip collector, heart failure.[182]
10
- Constantin Alexandru, 60, Romanian wrestler, Olympic silver medalist (1980).[183]
- Gabriel Acosta Bendek, 83, Colombian politician, Senator (1994–2010), heart attack.[184]
- Peter Chippindale, 69, British newspaper journalist (The Guardian) and author.[185]
- Jim Command, 85, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).[186]
- Carlos Espejo, 90, Argentine Olympic swimmer.[187]
- Graham Gedye, 85, New Zealand cricketer (national team).[188]
- Frederick Jacob Reagan Heebe, 91, American senior judge, member (since 1966) and Chief Judge (1972–1992) of the U.S. District Court for Eastern Louisiana.[189]
- Stanley Hochman, 89, American book publisher and editor.[190]
- John Kearney, 89, American sculptor.[191]
- Princess Lalla Fatima Zohra, 85, Moroccan royal.[192]
- Dotty Lynch, 69, American television journalist and editor (CBS News), melanoma.[193]
- Metakse, 88, Armenian poet, writer and translator.[194]
- Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw, 101, British mathematician and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (1975–1976), mentor and advisor to Margaret Thatcher.[195]
- Ann Rowan, 85, Irish actress (The Riordans, Father Ted).[196]
- Shree Krishna Shrestha, 47, Nepalese actor, pneumonia.[197]
- Ima Wells, 77, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (1993).[198]
- Bob Wiesler, 83, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Washington Senators).[199]
11
- Nadezhda Andreyeva, 55, Russian Soviet alpine skier.[200]
- Raquel Barros, 94, Chilean folklorist, fall.[201]
- Vladimir Beara, 85, Yugoslav football player (national team) and manager, Olympic silver medalist (1952).[202]
- Jean-Claude Brisville, 92, French writer, playwright, novelist and author for children.[203]
- Djalma Cavalcante, 57, Brazilian football player and coach, heart attack.[204]
- Armando Círio, 98, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Cascavel (1978–1995).[205]
- Vol Dooley, 87, American police sheriff.[206]
- Martin Erler, 93-94, German philatelist.[207]
- Sir Leonard Figg, 90, British diplomat, Ambassador to Ireland (1980–1983).[208]
- Raymond Gravel, 61, Canadian Québécois Roman Catholic priest and politician, MP for Repentigny (2006–2008), lung cancer.[209]
- Morkos Hakim, 83, Egyptian Coptic Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Sohag (1982–2003).[210]
- Sam Hall, 77, American Olympic silver-medalist diver (1960), politician and mercenary, member of the Ohio House of Representatives.[211]
- Liz Holzman, 61, American animation designer, producer and director (DuckTales, Animaniacs, The Smurfs), cancer.[212]
- Reshamlal Jangade, 90, Indian politician, MP for Bilaspur (1952–1961, 1989–1991), Madhya Pradesh MLA (1950–1952).[213]
- Maibam Kunjo, 73, Indian politician.[214]
- Rolf Larsen, 79, American judge, member of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court (1978–1994), only justice ever impeached by Pennsylvania Senate, lung cancer.[215]
- Simon Leys, 78, Belgian diplomat, Australian sinologist and author (Chinese Shadows), cancer.[216]
- Marion Milne, 79, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (1995–2001).[217]
- Stelio Nardin, 74, Italian footballer (Napoli).[218]
- Dame Julia Polak, 75, Argentinian-born British pathologist.[219]
- Kika Szaszkiewiczowa, 97, Polish artist, writer and blogger.[220]
- Franca Tamantini, 82, Italian actress.[221]
- Joe Viskocil, 61, American visual effects artist (Independence Day, Star Wars, The Terminator), Oscar winner (1997), complications from liver and kidney failure.[222]
- Robin Williams, 63, American actor (Good Will Hunting, Aladdin, Mork & Mindy) and comedian, Oscar winner (1998), suicide by hanging.[223]
12
- Carlos Abella y Ramallo, 80, Spanish diplomat, Ambassador to Kenya (1987–1991) and the Holy See (1996–2004).[224]
- Lauren Bacall, 89, American actress (Key Largo, The Mirror Has Two Faces, Written on the Wind), Tony winner (1970, 1981), stroke.[225]
- Purdy Crawford, 82, Canadian corporate lawyer and financier, CEO and chairman of Imasco, Allstream Inc. and Canada Trust.[226]
- Velva Darnell, 75, American country singer.[227]
- Daroji Eramma, 83-84, Indian folk singer.[228]
- Frank Eisenberg, 70, German Olympic athlete.[229]
- Samuel Olatunde Fadahunsi, 94, Nigerian civil engineer.[230]
- Jean Favier, 82, French historian, director of National Archives, president of the National Library.[231]
- Pierino Gelmini, 89, Italian Roman Catholic priest.[232]
- Hugh Harding, 88, Maltese judge.[233]
- Javad Heyat, 89, Iranian surgeon and journalist.[234]
- Newt Hudson, 86, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1982–2002).[235]
- Futatsuryū Jun'ichi, 64, Japanese sumo wrestler, lung cancer.[236]
- Abel Laudonio, 75, Argentine actor and boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1960), stroke.[237]
- Gordon Mackenzie, 77, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics) and coach.[238]
- Arlene Martel, 78, American actress (Star Trek, Hogan's Heroes, The Twilight Zone), heart attack.[239]
- Kongō Masahiro, 65, Japanese sumo wrestler, pneumonia.[240]
- Lida Moser, 93, American photographer.[241]
- Frederick Gale Ruffner Jr., 88, American publisher.[242]
- Kazimierz Trampisz, 85, Polish Olympic footballer.[243]
13
- Hani Abbadi, Jordanian politician, member of the House of Representatives (1993–1997).[244]
- Bernard Blum, 75, French agricultural scientist, heart attack.[245]
- Steve Brook, 80, British-born Australian satirical writer.[246]
- Frans Brüggen, 79, Dutch musician.[247]
- Eduardo Campos, 49, Brazilian politician, Minister of Science and Technology (2004–2005), Governor of Pernambuco (2007–2014), 2014 presidential candidate, plane crash.[248]
- Columba Domínguez, 85, Mexican actress (Pueblerina).[249]
- Martino Finotto, 80, Italian racing driver.[250]
- Edith Flagg, 94, Romanian-born American fashion designer, pioneer in the use of polyester.[251]
- Werner Franz, 92, German cabin boy (LZ 129 Hindenburg) and skating coach.[252]
- Frank W. Hirschi, 89, American politician, member of the Idaho House of Representatives (1960–1996).[253]
- Buddy Jones, 77, American bluegrass musician.[254]
- Alan Landsburg, 81, American screenwriter, film producer (Jaws 3-D), racehorse owner and official, chairman of the California Horse Racing Board.[255]
- Fanny Morweiser, 74, German writer.[256]
- Joel J. Nobel, 79, American physician.[257]
- James J. Schiro, 68, American executive (PricewaterhouseCoopers), multiple myeloma.[258]
- Rainer Schubert, 72, German Olympic hurdler.[259]
- Dorothy Schwieder, 80, American biographer and historian, lymphoma.[260]
- Süleyman Seba, 88, Turkish football player and sport executive, president of Beşiktaş J.K., respiratory tract infection.[261]
- Jack Shallcrass, 91, New Zealand author, educator, and humanist.[262]
- Robert Bruce Smith IV, 69, American music expert, writer, historian, and poet, traffic collision.[263]
- Terence Todman, 88, American diplomat, Ambassador to Chad, Guinea, Costa Rica, Spain, Denmark and Argentina.[264]
- Kurt Tschenscher, 85, German football referee.[265]
- Frank Udvari, 90, Canadian Hall of Fame NHL referee.[266]
- Tom Veen, 72, Dutch politician, member of the States of Gelderland (1974–1981) and Senate of the Netherlands (1979–1983).[267]
14
- Kaija Aarikka, 85, Finnish designer.[268]
- Paul Aldread, 67, English footballer.[269]
- Mariana Briski, 48, Argentine actress, breast and lung cancer.[270]
- Emile Capgras, 88, Martinican politician, President of the Regional Council (1992–1998).[271]
- Pedro Caino, 58, Argentine Olympic cyclist.[272]
- Rory Chappell, 55, South African tennis player.[273]
- John Cinicola, 85, American basketball coach (Duquesne Dukes), cancer.[274]
- Madeleine Collinson, 62, Maltese actress.[275]
- Leonard Fein, 80, American Jewish activist, academic, editor (Moment), columnist (Forward) and author, founder of MAZON and Moment.[276]
- Vernon F. Gallagher, 99, American Roman Catholic priest.[277]
- Gregory Grossman, 93, Soviet-born American economist and scholar.[278]
- Ada Haug Grythe, 79, Norwegian journalist.[279]
- Géza Gulyás, 85, Hungarian footballer (Ferencváros).[280]
- Javier Guzmán, 69, Mexican footballer (Cruz Azul, national team), diabetes.[281]
- George V. Hansen, 83, American politician, member of the U.S. House for Idaho's 2nd district (1965–1969, 1975–1985).[282]
- Peter M. Harman, 70, British historian.[283]
- Josef Kapín, 69, Czech Olympic boxer.[284]
- Stephen Lee, 58, American actor (The Negotiator, Nash Bridges, WarGames), heart attack.[285]
- George Linton, 57, Barbadian cricketer (national team) and coach.[286]
- Rivka Bertisch Meir, 72, Argentine-American psychologist, mental health counselor, and psychotherapist.[287]
- Rick Parashar, 50, American record producer (Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog, Alice in Chains), blood clot.[288]
- Mervyn Susser, 92, South African activist and epidemiologist.[289]
15
- Jay Adams, 53, American skateboarder, heart attack.[290]
- Licia Albanese, 105, Italian-born American operatic soprano.[291]
- John Blake Jr., 67, American jazz violinist, multiple myeloma.[292]
- Pierre Bussières, 81, Canadian politician.[293]
- James Cama, 56, American martial artist and teacher.[294]
- Jim Carrigan, 84, American senior judge, member of the U.S. District Court for Colorado (1979–1995) and the Colorado Supreme Court (1976–1979).[295]
- Timothy Cathcart, 20, Northern Irish rally driver, race collision.[296]
- Chen Kuei-miao, 81, Taiwanese politician, member of the Legislative Yuan (1990–1998), co-founder of the New Party.[297]
- Piet de Ruiter, 75, Dutch politician and editor, member of the House of Representatives (1971–1976).[298]
- Jan Ekier, 100, Polish pianist, composer and competition judge, Chopin authority, a winner of the Chopin Competition (1937), recipient of the Order of the White Eagle (2010).[299]
- Barbara Funkhouser, 84, American newspaper journalist and journalism academic, editor of the El Paso Times (1980–1986).[300]
- James Freeman Gilbert, 83, American geophysicist.[301]
- Sylvia Hassenfeld, 93, American activist and philanthropist.[302]
- Ken Hawley, 87, British industrial historian.[303]
- Lynn Hovland, 98, American football player and coach.[304]
- Sulejman Kupusović, 63, Bosnian film director.[305]
- Jerry Lumpe, 81, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees).[306]
- Amitava Nandy, 71, Indian politician, MP for Dum Dum (2004–2009), cancer.[307]
- Svein Nymo, 61, Norwegian violinist and composer.[308]
- Bruno Petroni, 72, Italian footballer.[309]
- Ferdinando Riva, 84, Swiss footballer.[310]
- Joseph T. Walsh, 84, American judge, member of the Delaware Supreme Court (1985–2003), cancer.[311]
- Dare Wilson, 95, British army major general (SAS), Military Cross recipient.[312]
16
- Patrick Aziza, 66, Nigerian military officer and political leader, Military Governor of Kebbi (1991–1992), cancer.[313]
- Kevin Barry, 78, New Zealand rugby union player (Thames Valley, national team).[314]
- Besim Bokshi, 83, Albanian poet, linguist and philologist.[315]
- Fannie Mae Clackum, 85, American soldier.
- Bernard F. Fisher, 87, American air force officer, Medal of Honor recipient.[316]
- Liam Flood, 71, Irish bookmaker and poker player.[317]
- Adrián Gaona, 40, Mexican journalist, murdered.[318] (death announced on this date)
- David Glass, 77, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1977–1981).[319]
- Raul Goco, 84, Filipino jurist and diplomat, Solicitor General (1992–1996), Ambassador to Canada, pneumonia and renal failure.[320]
- Mustafa Hussein, 79, Egyptian cartoonist and journalist, cancer.[321]
- Deirdre Eberly Lashgari, 73, American literary critic and editor.[322]
- Andy MacMillan, 85, Scottish architect [323]
- Mike Matarazzo, 48, American bodybuilder, heart problems.[324]
- Njoroge Mungai, 88, Kenyan politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (1969–1974).[325]
- Vsevolod Nestayko, 84, Ukrainian children's writer.[326]
- Shaken Niyazbekov, 75, Kazakhstani artist, designed the national flag.[327]
- Mario Oriani-Ambrosini, 53, Italian-born South African politician, MP (since 2009), lung cancer.[328]
- Peter Scholl-Latour, 90, German newspaper and television journalist, Middle East correspondent and author.[329]
- Fernand St Germain, 86, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Rhode Island's 1st district (1961–1989).[330]
- Tsang Shu-ki, 64, Hong Kong economist and social activist (Meeting Point).[331]
17
- Abdullah Yeop Noordin, 74, Malaysian football player.[332]
- Emilia Castro de Barish, 98, Costa Rican diplomat.[333]
- Rosalba Rincon Castell, 79, Colombian fencing coach.[334]
- Dragoljub Čirić, 78, Serbian chess player.[335]
- Sammy Conn, 52, Scottish footballer (Airdrieonians, Falkirk), motor neurone disease.[336]
- Christian Cuch, 70, French cyclist.[337]
- Caterina De Nave, 67, New Zealand television and film producer (Shortland Street).[338]
- Ger van Elk, 73, Dutch artist.[339]
- Cliff Frazier, 61, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs) and actor (North Dallas Forty, House Party), lung cancer.[340]
- Michael A. Hoey, 79, British producer, director and screenwriter (Fame, Falcon Crest).[341]
- Ricardo Izurieta, 71, Chilean military officer, Army Commander-in-chief (1998–2002).[342]
- Børre Knudsen, 76, Norwegian minister and anti-abortion activist.[343]
- Pierre Lagaillarde, 83, French politician, a founder of the OAS.[344]
- Wolfgang Leonhard, 93, German historian, last living member of the Ulbricht Group.[345]
- Rebecca Lepkoff, 98, American photographer.[346]
- Marie Little, 81, Australian sport administrator.[347]
- Sophie Masloff, 96, American politician, Mayor of Pittsburgh (1988–1994).[348]
- Miodrag Pavlović, 85, Serbian poet, writer and critic.[349]
- David Russell, 75, South African Anglican prelate, Bishop of Grahamstown (1987–2004).[350]
- Nicholas Russell, 6th Earl Russell, 45, British aristocrat and disability rights campaigner, thrombosis.[351]
- Joanie Spina, 61, American magician.[352]
- Eliaba James Surur, 83, Sudanese politician.[353]
- Dick Teed, 88, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).[354]
- Pierre Vassiliu, 76, Swiss-born French singer.[355]
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- Suzie d'Auvergne, 71, Saint Lucian barrister and jurist, High Court judge (1990–2004).[356]
- Drew Bernstein, 51, American punk, goth, fetish fashion designer and musician, suicide.[357]
- Ricardo Cabot Boix, 97, Spanish Olympic field hockey player.[358]
- Enoch Callaway, 90, American psychiatrist.[359]
- Per Engebretsen, 67, Norwegian civil servant.[360]
- Gordon Faber, 83, American politician.[361]
- Frank Fossella, 88, American politician.[362]
- Sam Galbraith, 68, British politician, MP and MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden.[363]
- James Alexander Gordon, 78, British radio broadcaster (BBC Radio 5 Live).[364]
- Elmer Gray, 91, American baseball scout.[365]
- Lawrence N. Guarino, 92, American Air Force colonel, prisoner of war.[366]
- Drew Hutton, 60, Canadian politician.[367]
- Hashim Khan, 100, Pakistani squash player, heart failure.[368]
- Jim Jeffords, 80, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Vermont's at-large district (1975–1989), Senator for Vermont (1989–2007).[369]
- Levente Lengyel, 81, Hungarian chess player.[370]
- Hans-Joachim Merker, 84, German physician and anatomist.[371]
- Jean Nicolay, 76, Belgian footballer, winner of the Belgian Golden Shoe (1963).[372]
- Paul Nguyên Thanh Hoan, 74, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Phan Thiêt (2001–2009).[373]
- Don Pardo, 96, American radio and television announcer (Saturday Night Live, Jeopardy!).[374]
- Nobuyuki Sekiyama, 80, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives for Niigata's 1st district (1983–1996), stomach cancer.[375]
- Doug Williams, 91, Australian footballer (Carlton).[376]
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- Ameyo Adadevoh, 57, Nigerian physician, Ebola virus disease.[377]
- Samih al-Qasim, 75, Palestinian Druze poet and journalist, cancer.[378]
- Elaine M. Alphin, 58, American author.[379]
- Carlos Arango, 86, Colombian footballer.[380]
- Joginder Singh Bakshi, 81, Indian lieutenant general.[381]
- Mercedes Baptista, 93, Brazilian ballet dancer and choreographer, diabetes.[382]
- M. J. Bayarri, 57, Spanish statistician.[383]
- Jacques Beaulieu, 82, Canadian physicist.[384]
- Simin Behbahani, 87, Iranian writer and poet.[385]
- Manuel da Costa, 68, Portuguese Olympic equestrian.[386]
- Richard Dauenhauer, 72, American poet, historian and translator, expert on Tlingit history and language, pancreatic cancer.[387]
- Linda Dégh, 94, Hungarian-born American folklorist and academic.[388]
- Joe Edwards, 59, American politician.[389]
- Francisco García Escalero, 66, Spanish serial killer.[390]
- James Foley, 40, American photojournalist, beheading.[391] (death reported on this date)
- Tom Forehand, 67, American politician, cancer.[392]
- Yves Fortier, 100, Canadian geologist.[393]
- Sam Foster, 82, British politician, MLA for Fermanagh and South Tyrone (1998–2003).[394]
- Hayk Ghazaryan, 83, Armenian historian.[395]
- Bob Glading, 94, New Zealand golfer, winner of New Zealand Open (1946, 1947).[396]
- Brian G. Hutton, 79, American actor (King Creole) and film director (Kelly's Heroes, Where Eagles Dare), complications from a heart attack.[397]
- Grantland Johnson, 65, American politician.[398]
- Gladys Keating, 91, American civic activist and politician.[399]
- Kåre Kolberg, 78, Norwegian composer.[400]
- Adyar K. Lakshman, 80, Indian dancer.[401]
- Geoffrey Leech, 78, British linguist.[402]
- Candida Lycett Green, 71, British author, pancreatic cancer.[403]
- Jackie Mayo, 89, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).[404]
- George Munroe, 92, American basketball player (St. Louis Bombers, Boston Celtics).[405]
- Dinu Patriciu, 64, Romanian businessman and politician, liver disease.[406]
- Tom Pevsner, 87, German-born British film producer (GoldenEye, Julia).[407]
- Henry Plée, 91, French karate master.[408]
- Odessa Sathyan, 56, Indian documentary filmmaker, pancreatic cancer.[409]
- David St John Thomas, 84, English publisher and writer.[410]
- Deborah Sussman, 83, American graphic designer and artist, breast cancer.[411]
- Walter Thirring, 87, Austrian physicist.[412]
- Maruxa Vilalta, 81, Mexican playwright and theatre director.[413]
- Gershon Yankelewitz, 104, Belarusian-born American rabbi.[414]
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- Eric Barber, 72, Irish footballer (Shelbourne).[415]
- Laurie Baymarrwangga, 96-97, Australian Aboriginal traditional owner.[416]
- Tamás Beck, 85, Hungarian politician, Minister of Trade (1988–1990).[417]
- Anton Buslov, 30, Russian blogger and magazine columnist (The New Times).[418]
- Lois Mai Chan, 80, American librarian, professor and author.[419]
- Boris Dubin, 67, Russian sociologist and translator.[420]
- Joseph J. Fauliso, 98, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (1980–1991).[421]
- Morteza Hosseini Fayaz, 85, Iraqi Twelver Marja'.[422]
- Ken Griffiths, 69, New Zealand-born British photographer, complications from motor neuron disease.[423]
- Christian Guilbert, 86, French Olympic rower.[424]
- Herm Hedderick, 84, American basketball player (New York Knicks).[425]
- B. K. S. Iyengar, 95, Indian yogi, founder of Iyengar Yoga, heart attack and renal failure.[426]
- Nafe Katter, 86, American actor and stage director.[427]
- Buddy MacMaster, 89, Canadian fiddler.[428]
- Margaret Marks, 96, New Zealand cricketer.[429]
- Aiko Miyawaki, 84, Japanese sculptor, pancreatic cancer.[430]
- Rudy Ortiz, 51, Guatemalan military officer, head of the military, helicopter crash.[431]
- José Luis Saldívar, 60, Mexican football player (Monterrey) and coach (Cruz Azul), cardiac arrest.[432]
- Sava Stojkov, 89, Serbian painter.[433]
- Edmund Szoka, 86, American Roman Catholic prelate, cardinal, Archbishop of Detroit (1981–1990), President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State (1997–2006).[434]
- Jan Thorstensen, 81, Norwegian Olympic alpine skier (1956).[435]
- Andrew F. Wissemann, 86, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Western Massachusetts.[436]
21
- Raed al Atar, c. 40, Palestinian militant (Hamas), missile strike.[437]
- Gerry Anderson, 69, British broadcaster (BBC Northern Ireland).[438]
- Helen Bamber, 89, British psychotherapist.[439]
- Don Clark, 96, English footballer (Bristol City).[440]
- Robert E. Connick, 97, American professor emeritus (UC Berkeley).[441]
- Mohammad Dabbas, 86–87, Jordanian politician, Minister of Finance (1976–1979).[442]
- Joan Erbe, 87, American artist.[443]
- Peter Handrinos, 42, American author.[444]
- Robert Hansen, 75, American convicted serial killer.[445]
- Glyn Jenkins, 87, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council (1970–1982).[446]
- John Macklin, 66, British Hispanist.[447]
- Steven R. Nagel, 67, American astronaut, melanoma.[448]
- Jean Redpath, 77, Scottish folk singer-songwriter, cancer.[449]
- Albert Reynolds, 81, Irish politician, Taoiseach (1992–1994).[450]
- Mary Thomas, 70, American Pima politician, first female Governor of the Gila River Indian Community (1994–2000).[451]
- Verna Vels, 81, South African screenwriter and programme director.[452]
22
- Abu Mosa, Islamic State press officer, air strike.[453]
- John Fellows Akers, 79, American businessman, President (1983–1989) and CEO (1985–1993) of IBM.[454]
- U. R. Ananthamurthy, 81, Indian writer, cardiac arrest and renal failure.[455]
- Lekhraj Bachani, 85, Indian politician, member of the Rajya Sabha (2000–2006).[456]
- Donald A. Beattie, 83, American aerospace scientist.[457]
- John Binienda, 67, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (since 1986), diabetes and kidney disease.[458]
- Jean Sutherland Boggs, 92, Canadian art historian, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (1979–1982).[459]
- Winifred Dawson, 85, English librarian and biographer, stroke.[460]
- Sir Philip Dowson, 90, British architect.[461]
- Bohumila Grögerová, 93, Czech poet, recipient of the Magnesia Litera (2009).[462]
- Jack Harris, 91, Australian golf player.[463]
- Stella K. Hershan, 99, Austrian-American novelist.[464]
- Franz Hillenkamp, 78, German scientist.[465]
- Richard Holden, 67, American highway patrolman.[466]
- Peter Hopkirk, 83, British journalist and author (The Great Game).[467]
- Jean-Marie Joubert, 82, French Olympic cyclist.[468]
- Emmanuel Kriaras, 107, Greek lexicographer and philologist, heart attack.[469]
- Pete Ladygo, 86, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).[470]
- Noella Leduc, 80, American baseball player (AAGPBL).[471]
- Helen Mason, 99, New Zealand potter.[472]
- Nariman Mehta, 94, Indian-born American pharmacologist.[473]
- Roy Andrew Miller, 89, American linguist.[474]
- Renato Mori, 79, Italian actor and voice actor. (La Piovra)[475]
- Douglas Sang Hue, 82, Jamaican cricket umpire.[476]
- John Satterwhite, 71, American Olympic shooter (1976).[477]
- Amy Shuman, 89, American baseball player.[478]
- Adel Smith, 54, Italian Muslim activist.[479]
- John Sperling, 93, American businessman, founder of the University of Phoenix.[480]
- John S. Waugh, 85, American chemist and professor (MIT), recipient of the Irving Langmuir Award (1976) and the Wolf Prize in Chemistry (1983).[481]
- Ed Whitaker, 76, American stock car team owner.[482]
23
- Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, 24, Cameroonian footballer (Douala AC, Perak FA, JS Kabylie), head injury from projectile.[483]
- Jaime Giraldo Ángel, 84, Colombian politician and psychologist, Minister of Justice (1990–1991).[484]
- Sally Buck, 83, American baseball team part-owner (Philadelphia Phillies).[485]
- Jack Edwards, 83, Australian football player (North Melbourne).[486]
- Dursun Ali Eğribaş, 81, Turkish Olympic wrestler (1956).[487]
- Inga Juuso, 68, Norwegian singer and actress.[488]
- Annefleur Kalvenhaar, 20, Dutch cross-country cyclist, European Cyclo-cross under-23 champion (2013), race collision.[489]
- Dan Magill, 93, American college tennis coach and sports information director (Georgia Bulldogs).[490]
- Hajo Meyer, 90, German-Dutch physicist and Holocaust survivor.[491]
- William Thomson Newnham, 91, Canadian educationalist, President of Seneca College.[492]
- Adnan Omran, 57–58, Syrian general, landmine.[493]
- Ahti Pekkala, 89, Finnish politician, Speaker of the Parliament (1978–1979), Governor of Oulu Province (1986–1991).[494]
- Jindřich Pokorný, 87, Czech translator.[495]
- Marcel Rigout, 86, French politician.[496]
- Philippine de Rothschild, 80, French winemaker.[497]
- Bobo Sikorski, 87, Canadian football player (BC Lions).[498]
- Birgitta Stenberg, 82, Swedish author, illustrator and translator, hepatocellular carcinoma.[499]
- Jaume Vallcorba Plana, 64, Spanish philologist and publisher.[500]
- Elsa Wiezell, 87, Paraguayan poet.[501]
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- Richard Attenborough, 90, English actor (The Great Escape, Jurassic Park) and film director (Gandhi), Oscar winner (1983).[502]
- Greg Corbett, 41, American banjo player.[503]
- Alexander Monteith Currie, 86, British university administrator.[504]
- Antônio Ermírio de Moraes, 86, Brazilian businessman, CEO of the Votorantim Group, heart failure.[505]
- Aldo Donati, 66, Italian singer, composer and television personality, cerebral hemorrhage.[506]
- Bekir Sıtkı Erdoğan, 88, Turkish poet and songwriter.[507]
- Eduard Giray, 65, German Olympic wrestler.[508]
- Noël Lajoie, 86, French cyclist.[509]
- Douglas McCain, 33, American Islamic militant (ISIS).[510]
- K. Mohan, 89, Indian film producer (Pasamalar).[511]
- Merton Sandler, 88, British chemical pathologist.[512]
- Leonid Stadnyk, 44, Ukrainian farmer, world's tallest man claimant, brain haemorrhage.[513]
- Arthur Wade, 95, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Newcastle (1968–1988).[514]
- Eduardo White, 50, Mozambican writer.[515]
- Enrique Zileri, 83, Peruvian publisher.[516]
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- Maj-Briht Bergström-Walan, 89, Swedish psychologist.[517]
- Anne Borsay, 59, British medical historian.[518]
- John Brandon, 85, American actor (The Bold and the Beautiful, Dynasty, Scarface).[519]
- Csaba Csutorás, 76, Hungarian Olympic sprinter (1960, 1964).[520]
- William Greaves, 87, American documentary filmmaker (Symbiopsychotaxiplasm).[521]
- Ramón Echarren Istúriz, 84, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Canarias (1978–2005).[522]
- Hildur Krog, 92, Norwegian botanist.[523]
- Martin Magga, 60, Solomon Islander politician, MP for Temotu Pele (since 2010).[524]
- Alfredo Martini, 93, Italian cyclist and coach (national team).[525]
- Marcel Masse, 78, Canadian politician, MP for Frontenac (1984–1993), MNA for Montcalm (1966–1973).[526]
- Karl Molitor, 94, Swiss alpine skier, Olympic silver and bronze medalist (1948).[527]
- Lars Mortimer, 68, Swedish comic artist.[528]
- Nico M. M. Nibbering, 76, Dutch chemist.[529]
- Carla Rotolo, 73, American folk music researcher.[530]
- Len Terry, 90, English motorsport engineer, (Lotus, BRM).[531]
- Uziah Thompson, 78, Jamaican percussionist, heart attack.[532]
- Bob Warren, 68, American basketball player.[533]
- Arthur Henry White, 90, American business consultant.[534]
- John Wu Shi-zhen, 93, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Nanchang (1990–2011).[535]
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- Christian Bourquin, 59, French politician, President of the Regional Council of Languedoc-Roussillon (since 2010), cancer.[536]
- Carlos de la Madrid Virgen, 74, Mexican politician, Governor of Colima (1991–1997).[537]
- Simon Featherstone, 56, British diplomat, High Commissioner to Malaysia (2010–2014), Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein (2004–2008).[538]
- Peter Bacon Hales, 63, American historian and photographer, traffic collision.[539]
- Darrell Lynn Judge, 79, American physicist.[540]
- Caroline Kellett, 54, British fashion journalist.[541]
- Sir Douglas Morpeth, 90, British accountant.[542]
- John Joseph Nevins, 82, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Venice in Florida (1984–2007).[543]
- Dalton Paranaguá, 87, Brazilian politician, mayor of Londrina (1969–1973).[544]
- Jim Petrie, 82, British cartoonist (Minnie the Minx).[545]
- Chūsei Sone, 76, Japanese film director (Angel Guts: Red Classroom), pneumonia.[546]
- David E. Sorensen, 81, American Latter-day Saints leader.[547]
- Bob Wilson, 88, American basketball player.[548]
- Masakane Yonekura, 80, Japanese actor and stage director, abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture.[549]
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- Givi Agrba, 77, Abkhazian politician.[550]
- Amadou Balaké, 70, Burkinabé singer.[551]
- Jean-François Beltramini, 66, French footballer.[552]
- Yehezkel Braun, 92, Israeli composer.[553]
- Jim Briscoe, 90, English footballer.[554]
- Al Carrell, 88, American home improvement expert and columnist, pneumonia.[555]
- Frank Corner, 94, New Zealand diplomat.[556]
- Roy Crimmins, 85, English jazz trombonist, composer and arranger.[557]
- Jacques Friedel, 93, French physicist.[558]
- Gábor Gabos, 84, Hungarian pianist.[559]
- Jan Groth, 68, Norwegian singer (Aunt Mary, Just 4 Fun), cancer.[560]
- Bobby Kinloch, 79, Scottish footballer (Hibernian).[561]
- Herbert Lottman, 87, American biographer.[562]
- Richard Luke, 66, Australian rules footballer (South Melbourne).[563]
- Alfredo Chavez Marquez, 92, American federal judge.[564]
- Jimmy Nesbitt, 79, Northern Irish police detective, investigated Shankill Butchers.[565]
- Peret, 79, Spanish singer, guitarist and composer, lung cancer.[566]
- Valeri Petrov, 94, Bulgarian poet, screenwriter (Yo Ho Ho), playwright and translator, stroke.[567]
- Benno Pludra, 88, German children's author.[568]
- Orlando Polmonari, 90, Italian Olympic gymnast (1960).[569]
- Victor J. Stenger, 79, American physicist and author, aortic aneurysm.[570]
- Marjorie Strider, 83, American artist.[571]
- Sandy Wilson, 90, English composer and lyricist (The Boy Friend).[572]
- Xia Peisu, 91, Chinese computer scientist, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[573]
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- Ali al-Sayyed, 29, Lebanese soldier, decapitated.[574] (death announced on this date)
- France Anglade, 72, French actress.
- Margaret E. Bailey, 98, American nurse.[575]
- Joe Bethancourt, 68, American folk musician.[576]
- Pierre Brabant, 89, Canadian composer and pianist.[577]
- Yondani Butt, 69, Chinese conductor (music).[578]
- Roberto Cairo, 51, Spanish actor (Cuéntame cómo pasó), lung cancer.[579]
- Roger Clarke, 74, Jamaican politician, Minister of Agriculture (since 2012).[580]
- G. Bradford Cook, 77, American lawyer.[581]
- Glenn Cornick, 67, British bassist (Jethro Tull), heart failure.[582]
- Andrew Cray, 28, American activist and political figure, oral cancer.[583]
- Carlos Alberto Etcheverry, 81, Argentine footballer.[584]
- Hal Finney, 58, American cryptographer and programmer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[585]
- Mary Featherstonhaugh Frampton, 86, British civil servant.[586]
- Hans Hoets, 93, Dutch World War II resistance fighter.[587]
- Hal Hunter, 82, American football coach (California Vulcans).[588]
- Ivan Ivančić, 76, Croatian Yugoslav Olympic shot putter (1972, 1976) and coach.[589]
- Andrew Kay, 95, American computer pioneer.[590]
- Bill Kerr, 92, South African-born Australian actor and comedian (Hancock's Half Hour).[591]
- Jack Kraft, 93, American college basketball coach (Villanova Wildcats, Rhode Island Rams).[592]
- Patrick le Rolland, 71, French Olympic equestrian.[593]
- Hans Möhr, 98, Swiss Olympic equestrian (1960, 1964).[594]
- David Murphy, 93, American CIA officer, heart failure.[595]
- Norihiro Nakajima, 64, Japanese manga artist, colorectal cancer.[596]
- Alan Reynolds, 88, British artist.[597]
- John Anthony Walker, 77, American naval officer, convicted of spying for the Soviet Union.[598]
- Fernando Zunzunegui, 70, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid).[599]
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- Kurt Bachmann, 78, Filipino Olympic basketball player (1960).[600]
- Jane Baker, 91, British television writer (Doctor Who, Space: 1999, Watt on Earth).[601]
- David Bala, 67, Singaporean comedian and actor, heart disease.[602]
- Michael Banda, 84, Sri Lankan socialist activist.[603]
- Brasse Brännström, 69, Swedish actor (Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter), heart attack.[604]
- Octavio Brunetti, 39, Argentine tango pianist.[605]
- Jesse Castete, 80, American football player.[606]
- Shamim Farooqui, 70, Indian poet.[607]
- Sir Jasper Hollom, 96, English banker, Chief Cashier of the Bank of England (1962–1966), Deputy Governor of the Bank of England (1970–1980).[608]
- George L. Little, 63, American costume designer (Apocalypse Now, Jarhead, The Hurt Locker).[609]
- Simon Akwali Okafor, 79, Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Awka (1994–2010).[610]
- Ryūko Seihō, 73, Japanese sumo wrestler and actor, heart attack.[611]
- Eberhard Sengpiel, 73–74, German sound engineer.[612]
- Rosella Towne, 96, American actress (Yes My Darling Daughter).[613]
- Björn Waldegård, 70, Swedish rally driver, world champion (1979), cancer.[614]
30
- Lucien Bahuma, 57, Congolese army officer, heart attack.[615]
- Charles Bowden, 69, American writer.[616]
- Cherlynlavaughn Bradley, 62, American chemist.[617]
- Bipan Chandra, 86, Indian historian.[618]
- Igor Decraene, 18, Belgian cyclist, winner of the UCI Road World Championships – Junior men's time trial (2013), hit by train.[619]
- Shaban Demiraj, 94, Albanian albanologist and linguist.[620]
- Philippe Gurdjian, 69, French car racing promoter (French Grand Prix) and driver (24 Hours of Le Mans).[621]
- Mayumi Inaba, 64, Japanese writer, Tanizaki Prize recipient, pancreatic cancer.[622]
- Shlomo Kalo, 86, Israeli writer.[623]
- Doone Kennedy, 87, Australian politician, first female Lord Mayor of Hobart (1986–1996).[624]
- Victoria Mallory, 65, American singer and actress, pancreatic cancer.[625]
- Kirby McCauley, 72, American literary agent, renal failure.[626]
- Andrew V. McLaglen, 94, British film and television director (McLintock!, Gunsmoke, Rawhide).[627]
- Sir David Mitchell, 86, British politician, MP for Basingstoke (1964–1983) and North West Hampshire (1983–1997).[628]
- Felipe Osterling, 82, Peruvian lawyer and politician, Minister of Justice (1980–1981), Senator (1985–1992).[629]
- Jean-Pierre Perrinelle, 65, French Olympic hurdler.[630]
- Joseph E. Persico, 84, American writer.[631]
- Manuel Pertegaz, 96, Spanish fashion designer.[632]
- Bohumil Prošek, 85, Czech Olympic ice hockey player (1956).[633]
- Ann Zwinger, 89, American natural history author.[634]
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- Abdul Alim, 83, Bangladeshi politician.[635]
- Ștefan Andrei, 83, Romanian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1978–1985).[636]
- Bapu, 80, Indian film director and cartoonist, cardiac arrest.[637]
- Yves Carcelle, 66, French businessman, kidney cancer.[638]
- Bobbie Clarke, 74, British drummer, cancer.[639]
- Kenneth Clarke, Australian field hockey player.[640]
- Flip Fraser, 62, Jamaican-British journalist and playwright.[641]
- Stan Goldberg, 82, American comic book artist (Archie), stroke.[642]
- Josef Hrnčíř, 93, Czech conductor.[643]
- Lajos Kiss, 80, Hungarian canoer, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).[644]
- María Eugenia Llamas, 70, Mexican actress, cardiac arrest.[645]
- Viktor Radev, 77, Bulgarian Olympic basketball player (1956, 1960).[646]
- Peter Stursberg, 101, Canadian writer and broadcaster.[647]
- Carol Vadnais, 68, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, California Golden Seals, New York Rangers), cancer.[648]
- Jonathan Williams, 71, British racing driver.[649]
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