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The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2011.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
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December 2011
1
- Solomon Abera, 43, Eritrean journalist.[1]
- Shingo Araki, 72, Japanese animation artist and character designer (Yu-Gi-Oh!, Galaxy Express 999).[2]
- Eric Arnott, 82, British eye surgeon.[3]
- Arthur Beetson, 66, Australian rugby league footballer, first Indigenous Australian to captain a national team in any sport, heart attack.[4]
- Andrei Blaier, 78, Romanian film director and screenwriter, after long illness.[5]
- Martina Davis-Correia, 44, American civil rights activist, breast cancer.[6]
- Ragnhild Hveger, 90, Danish swimmer, Olympic silver medalist (1936).[7]
- Ted Lapka, 91, American football player (Washington Redskins).[8]
- François Lesage, 82, French embroidery designer.[9]
- Bill McKinney, 80, American actor (Deliverance, The Outlaw Josey Wales, First Blood), esophageal cancer.[10]
- Mr. Ebbo, 37, Tanzanian rapper, leukemia.[11]
- Purificacion Quisumbing, 77, Filipino human rights advocate, Chairperson of Commission on Human Rights (2002–2008), multiple myeloma.[12]
- Louis Silverstein, 92, American artist and graphic designer.[13]
- Alan Sues, 85, American comic (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In), heart attack.[14]
- Hippolyte Van den Bosch, 85, Belgian footballer.[15]
- Christa Wolf, 82, German writer.[16]
- Elisabeth Young-Bruehl, 65, American psychoanalyst, biographer of Hannah Arendt, pulmonary embolism.[17]
2
- Robert Lawrence Balzer, 99, American wine journalist.[18]
- Bruno Bianchi, 56, French cartoonist and animator (Heathcliff and The Catillac Cats), co-creator of Inspector Gadget.[19]
- Laurent Fuahea, 84, Tongan-born Wallisian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Wallis et Futuna (1974–2005).[20]
- Chiyono Hasegawa, 115, Japanese supercentenarian, nation's oldest person and world's second oldest living person.[21]
- Pavle Jurina, 56, Croatian handball player and coach.[22]
- Christopher Logue, 85, British poet.[23]
- David Montgomery, 84, American historian, brain hemorrhage.[24]
- Artur Quaresma, 94, Portuguese footballer.[25]
- Patrick Sheridan, 89, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of New York (1990–2001).[26]
- Bill Tapia, 103, American ukulelist.[27]
- Howard Tate, 72, American soul singer.[28]
3
- Jalal Alamgir, 40, Bangladeshi academic, drowning.[29]
- Dev Anand, 88, Indian actor, cardiac arrest.[30]
- James A. Barclay, 88, Scottish Canadian engineer and executive, golfer, and golf historian, natural causes.[31]
- Louky Bersianik, 81, Canadian novelist.[32]
- Philip "Fatis" Burrell, 57, Jamaican record producer, stroke.[33]
- Ernst-Jürgen Dreyer, 77, German writer.[34]
- Sabri Godo, 82, Albanian politician, writer and scriptwriter, founder and president of the Republican Party of Albania, lung cancer.[35]
- Karl-Axel Karlsson, 72, Swedish Olympic sport shooter (1972, 1976).[36]
- Sam Loxton, 90, Australian cricketer (The Invincibles), Australian rules footballer and politician, Victorian MLA for Prahran (1955–1979).[37]
- Larry Rickles, 41, American Emmy Award-winning producer (Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project), son of Don Rickles, pneumonia.[38]
- Rafael Rodríguez Barrera, 74, Mexican politician, Governor of Campeche (1973–1979), President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (1992–1993).[39]
- Rob Schroeder, 85, American racing driver.[40]
- Heinrich Sonne, 94, German Waffen-SS member, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.[41]
4
- Ahmed Haji Abdirahman, 54, Somali cleric, preacher, and Islamic scholar known for his contributions to Dawah, Assassinated by Al-Shabab.[42]
- Mary Ellen Avery, 84, American pediatrician.[43]
- Antonio Barone, 72, Italian physicist.[44]
- Allan Cameron, 94, Scottish soldier and curler.[45]
- Ambika Charan Choudhury, 81, Indian writer.[46]
- Marion Dougherty, 88, American casting director (Full Metal Jacket, Batman, Midnight Cowboy).[47]
- Patricia C. Dunn, 58, American businesswoman, Chairman of Hewlett-Packard (2005–2006), ovarian cancer.[48]
- Adam Hanuszkiewicz, 87, Polish actor and theatre director.[49]
- Matti Yrjänä Joensuu, 63, Finnish crime fiction writer.[50]
- Besim Kabashi, 35, Albanian kickboxer, heart attack.[51]
- Dimitris Kaligeris, 62, Greek footballer (Panathinaikos F.C., Kalamata F.C.), traffic collision.[52]
- Alamein Kopu, 68, New Zealand politician, List MP (1996–1999).[53]
- Jim Malosky, 82, American football coach (Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs), respiratory failure.[54]
- Solange Pierre, 48, Dominican Republic human rights advocate, winner of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award (2006), heart attack.[55]
- RJ Rosales, 37, Filipino-born Australian singer and actor.[56]
- Sócrates, 57, Brazilian footballer, septic shock.[57]
- Hubert Sumlin, 80, American blues guitarist, heart failure.[58]
- Andrei Tverdokhlebov, 71, Soviet dissident.[59]
5
- Dan Biggers, 80, American actor (In the Heat of the Night, Glory, Elizabethtown).[60]
- Michel Descombey, 81, French choreographer.[61]
- Paul M. Doty, 91, American scientist.[62]
- Tetsuzo Fuyushiba, 75, Japanese politician, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (2006–2008), acute pneumonia.[63]
- Peter Gethin, 71, British Formula One driver (1970–1974).[64]
- Jorge Hourton, 85, French-born Chilean Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Temuco (1992–2001).[65]
- Anatoly Klebanov, 59, Soviet Olympic water polo player.[66]
- Gennady Logofet, 69, Russian footballer.[67]
- Joe Lonnett, 84, American baseball player and coach.[68]
- Dan Mills, 80, American animator (Family Guy, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe).[69]
- Daisy Myers, 86, African-American educator.[70]
- Pusuke, 26, Japanese dog, world's oldest known living dog at time of death.[71]
- Bill Stits, 80, American football player (Detroit Lions, San Francisco 49ers, New York Giants), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[72]
- Darrell K. Sweet, 77, American artist.[73]
- Georges Talbourdet, 60, French cyclist.[74]
- Violetta Villas, 73, Belgian-born Polish singer.[75]
- Celia, Viscountess Whitelaw of Penrith, 94, British ATS volunteer, philanthropist/charity worker and horticulturist.[76]
6
- Günter Altner, 75, German interdisciplinary scientist.[77]
- Giancarlo Badessi, 83, Italian actor, heart attack.[78]
- John Banks, 89, American Negro league baseball player.[79]
- Brent Darby, 30, American basketball player (Ohio State University), blood clots.[80]
- Tony Fell, 79, British music publisher.[81]
- Ron Fletcher, 90, American dancer and pilates teacher, heart failure.[82]
- Dobie Gray, 71, American singer ("The 'In' Crowd", "Drift Away"), cancer.[83]
- Barbara Orbison, 61, German-born American record producer and music publisher, widow of Roy Orbison, pancreatic cancer.[84]
- Paul Ramírez, 25, Venezuelan footballer, stroke.[85]
- Lawrie Tierney, 52, Scottish footballer.[86]
7
- Pearse Cahill, 95, Irish aviation pioneer.[87]
- Peter Croker, 89, English footballer (Charlton Athletic).[88]
- Teresa Hsu, 113, Chinese-born Singaporean social worker and supercentenarian.[89]
- Tom Kennedy, 63, American film trailer producer.[90]
- Nuno Viriato Tavares de Melo Egídio, 89, Portuguese general, Governor of Macau (1979–1981).[91]
- Harry Morgan, 96, American actor (M*A*S*H, Dragnet, December Bride), pneumonia.[92]
- Elizabeth Ann Ray, 98, American USAF officer.[93]
- Jerry Robinson, 89, American comic book artist (Batman), co-creator of Robin and The Joker.[94]
- T. A. Springer, 85, Dutch mathematician.[95]
8
- Gilbert Adair, 66, Scottish author, film critic and journalist, brain haemorrhage.[96]
- Mihai Botez, 89, Romanian Olympic gymnast.[97]
- Peter Brown, 77, English footballer.[98]
- Robert Brown, 61, American politician, Georgia State Senator (1991–2011), suicide by gunshot.[99]
- Lewis Bush, 42, American football player (San Diego Chargers, Kansas City Chiefs), apparent heart attack.[100]
- Sir Zelman Cowen, 92, Australian constitutional lawyer and academic, 19th Governor-General of Australia (1977–1982).[101]
- Vinko Cuzzi, 72, Croatian footballer.[102]
- Ladislas de Hoyos, 72, French journalist and news anchor (TF1).[103]
- Đơn Dương, 54, Vietnamese-born American actor (We Were Soldiers), heart failure and brain hemorrhage.[104]
- Gene Huff, 82, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (1967–1971) and State Senator (1971–1994), lung disease.[105]
- Peggy Makins, 95, British agony aunt.[106]
- Giorgio Mariani, 65, Italian footballer.[107]
- Minoru Miki, 81, Japanese composer.[108]
- Andrew Pataki, 84, American Eastern Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Parma for Ruthenian (1984–1995) and Passaic for Ruthenian (1995–2007).[109]
- Joe Restic, 85, American NCAA and CFL football coach (Harvard Crimson, Hamilton Tiger-Cats).[110][failed verification]
- Charles Ritcheson, 86, American historian and diplomat.[111]
- Nakdimon Rogel, 86, Israeli journalist and broadcaster, author of the Nakdi Report.[112]
- Anthony Harbord-Hamond, 11th Baron Suffield, 89, British soldier and aristocrat.[113]
9
- Alf R. Bjercke, 90, Norwegian business magnate.[114]
- Jacques Debary, 97, French actor.[115]
- Pushpa Hans, 94, Indian playback singer and actress.[116]
- Davida Karol, 94, Israeli actress.[117]
- João Pereira dos Santos, 93, Brazilian martial artist (Capoeira).[118]
- Len Phillips, 89, English footballer (Portsmouth, England).[119]
- Richard J. Rabbitt, 76, American politician, Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives (1973–1977), heart failure.[120]
- Roy Tattersall, 89, British Test cricketer.[121]
- Myra Taylor, 94, American jazz singer.[122]
10
- Cary D. Allred, 64, American politician, member of the North Carolina Senate (1980–1984) and North Carolina House of Representatives (1994–2009).[123]
- Jean Baucus, 94, American author, historian and arts patron, mother of Max Baucus.[124]
- Hamilton Bobby, 44, Indian footballer, heart attack.[125]
- Alan D.B. Clarke, 89, British psychologist.[126]
- John Gower, 70, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1973–1979).[127]
- Vida Jerman, 72, Croatian actress, lung cancer.[128]
- Albert Overhauser, 86, American physicist.[129]
- Stephen Schlossberg, 90, American union leader.[130]
- Ernst Specker, 91, Swiss mathematician (Kochen–Specker theorem).[131]
- Frank Stephens, 98, Australian surgeon.[132]
11
- Rodolfo Bottino, 52, Brazilian actor (Bambolê, Bebê a Bordo, O Homem do Futuro) and chef, pulmonary embolism.[133]
- Phillip Cottrell, 43, British born New Zealand journalist (BBC Scotland, Radio New Zealand), assaulted.[134]
- Mimi Darwish, 69, Egyptian Olympic footballer (1964).[135]
- John Patrick Foley, 76, American Roman Catholic Cardinal and Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, leukemia.[136]
- Susan Gordon, 62, American child actress (The Five Pennies, My Three Sons, The Twilight Zone), thyroid cancer.[137]
- J. Lynn Helms, 86, American Marine Corps officer, Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (1981–1984), cardiopulmonary failure and pneumonia.[138]
- Mabel Holle, 91, American baseball player (AAGPBL).[139]
- Hans Heinz Holz, 84, German Marxist philosopher.[140]
- Harold Hopkins, 67, Australian actor (Don's Party, Gallipoli, Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities), mesothelioma.[141]
- Eric Howlett, 84, American inventor.[142]
- Ke Yan, 82, Chinese poet and writer.[143]
- Ahmed İhsan Kırımlı, 91, Turkish doctor, politician, poet and philanthropist.[144]
- Leonida Lari, 62, Moldovan-born Romanian writer and politician, member of the Supreme Soviet (1989–1991) and Romanian Parliament (1992–2008), breast cancer.[145]
- Mario Miranda, 85, Indian cartoonist.[146]
- Bonnie Prudden, 97, American rock climber and physical fitness advocate.[147]
- M. S. Reddy, 87, Indian film producer, long illness.[148]
12
- Sunday Bada, 42, Nigerian Olympic sprinter, gold medalist (2000).[149]
- Clyde Conner, 78, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).[150]
- John Gardner, 94, British classical music composer.[151]
- Heini Lohrer, 93, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player (1948).[152]
- Alberto de Mendoza, 88, Argentine actor (Horror Express).[153]
- Mălina Olinescu, 37, Romanian singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1998), suicide by jumping.[154]
- Sir Robert Peliza, 91, Gibraltarian politician, Chief Minister (1969–1972).[155]
- Bert Schneider, 78, American film and television producer (Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, The Monkees), natural causes.[156]
- Merih Sezen, 93, Turkish Olympic fencer (1948).[157]
- Randy Stein, 58, American baseball player.[158]
- Gene Summers, 83, American architect (McCormick Place), liver disease.[159]
13
- David Allen, 74, Northern Irish politician, stroke.[160]
- Nordine Amrani, 33, Belgian-Moroccan terrorist, suicide by gunshot.[161]
- T. J. Bass, 79, American writer.[162]
- Graham Brown, 87, American actor (Malcolm X, The Muppets Take Manhattan), pulmonary failure.[163]
- Kabir Chowdhury, 88, Bangladeshi writer.[164]
- Russell Hoban, 86, American writer.[165]
- Park Tae-joon, 84, South Korean businessman, Prime Minister (2000), breathing difficulties.[166]
- Klaus-Dieter Sieloff, 69, German footballer.[167]
- Erica Wilson, 83, British-born American embroidery designer.[168]
14
- Roy Ash, 93, American businessman and public official, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (1972–1975).[169]
- Graham Booth, 71, British politician, Member of the European Parliament for South West England (2002–2008).[170]
- Luigi Carpaneda, 86, Italian Olympic fencer, gold medalist (1956).[171]
- Boris Chertok, 99, Soviet and Russian rocket designer.[172]
- Pedro Febles, 53, Venezuelan footballer and manager.[173] (Spanish)
- Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck, 75, German Olympic rower, gold medalist (1960).[174]
- Thomas C. Kelly, 80, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Louisville (1981–2007).[175]
- Arthur King, 84, Canadian boxer.[176]
- Carol Murphy, 79, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1993–2002).[177]
- Mark Francis Schmitt, 88, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Marquette (1978–1992).[178]
- Don Sharp, 90, Australian-born British film director (Hammer horror).[179]
- Joe Simon, 98, American comic book writer (Captain America, Fighting American, Prez).[180]
- Billie Jo Spears, 73, American country music singer ("Blanket on the Ground"), cancer.[181]
- George Whitman, 98, American bookstore proprietor (Shakespeare and Company), complications of a stroke.[182]
- James A. Zimble, 78, American Navy officer, Surgeon General of the United States Navy (1987–1991).[183]
15
- Eduardo Barreto, 57, Uruguayan comic book artist (Batman, Superman, Martian Manhunter).[184]
- Emmett L. Bennett, Jr., 93, American classicist whose cataloging of Linear B led to its decipherment.[185]
- Bob Brookmeyer, 81, American jazz valve trombonist, cardiopulmonary arrest.[186]
- Adriano Capuzzo, 84, Italian Olympic equestrian Adriano Capuzzo Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
- Andy Carey, 80, American baseball player (New York Yankees).[187]
- Walter Giller, 84, German actor.[188]
- Christopher Hitchens, 62, British writer (God Is Not Great) and commentator (Vanity Fair), esophageal cancer.[189]
- Paula Hyman, 65, American professor of modern Jewish history (Yale University).[190]
- Ricardo Ibarra, 61, Argentine Olympic rower (1972, 1976, 1984).[191]
- Guy Ignolin, 75, French professional cyclist.[192]
- Gadzhimurat Kamalov, 46, Russian journalist, shot.[193]
- Herbert Kesel, 80, German Olympic rower.[194]
- Malik Nur Khan, 88, Pakistani air marshal, Chief of Air Staff (1965–1969) and Governor of West Pakistan (1969–1970).[195]
- Frank X. McDermott, 87, American politician, President of the New Jersey Senate (1967–1973).[196]
- James M. Quigley, 93, American politician, Representative from Pennsylvania (1955–1957; 1959–1961).[197]
- Jason Richards, 35, New Zealand race car driver (V8 Supercars), adrenocortical carcinoma.[198]
- Carmen Rupe, 75, New Zealand transsexual entertainer, kidney failure.[199]
- Fevzi Şeker, 49, Turkish wrestler, heart attack.[200]
- Mario Tovar González, 78, Mexican Olympic wrestler (1952–1968), respiratory complications.[201]
16
- Ulf Aas, 92, Norwegian illustrator.[202]
- Franghiz Ahmadova, 83, Azerbaijani operatic soprano and music teacher.[203]
- Robert Easton, 81, American dialect coach and actor (Working Girl, Pete's Dragon, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country).[204]
- Dan Frazer, 90, American actor (Kojak, As the World Turns), cardiac arrest.[205]
- Alice Glenn, 89, Irish politician, TD for Dublin Central (1981–1982; 1982–1987).[206]
- Chubee Kagita, 54, Japanese politician, heart failure.[207]
- Henry Kitchener, 3rd Earl Kitchener, 92, British soldier and aristocrat.[208]
- Mark Kopytman, 82, Ukrainian-born Israeli composer.[209]
- Bert Muhly, 88, American politician and academic, Mayor of Santa Cruz, California (1974–1975), heart failure.[210]
- Patrick V. Murphy, 91, American police chief, New York City Police Commissioner (1970–1973), heart attack.[211]
- Michele O'Callaghan, 48, American makeup artist, cancer.[212]
- Shimshon Rozen, 59, Israeli air force officer, plane crash.[213]
- Te Paekiomeka Joy Ruha, 80, New Zealand Māori leader.[214]
- Keith W. Wilcox, 90, American architect and politician, member of LDS priesthood.[215]
- Nicol Williamson, 75, Scottish actor (Inadmissible Evidence, Spawn, Excalibur), esophageal cancer.[216]
17
- Michael Gower Coleman, 72, South African Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Port Elizabeth (1986–2011).[217]
- Eva Ekvall, 28, Venezuelan TV news anchor and model, Miss Venezuela 2000, breast cancer.[218]
- Cesária Évora, 70, Cape Verdean singer, heart failure.[219]
- Maurice Huggett, 66, English nightclub proprietor.[220]
- Kim Jong-il, 69 or 70, North Korean Supreme Leader (1994–2011), heart attack.[221]
- Harley Sewell, 80, American football player (Detroit Lions, Los Angeles Rams).[222]
- Marian Wohlwender, 89, American AAGPBL baseball player.[223]
- Erica Parsons, 13, American murder victim.
18
- Doe Avedon, 86, American actress (The High and the Mighty) and model, pneumonia.[224]
- Cor Bakker, 93, Dutch cyclist.[225]
- Jean Boucher, 85, Canadian politician, Member of Parliament for Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie (1953–1958).[226]
- Henry E. Catto, Jr., 81, American public servant and diplomat, complications of leukemia.[227]
- Jeremy Doyle, 28, Australian wheelchair basketball player, Paralympic gold medalist (2009), bladder cancer.[228]
- Václav Havel, 75, Czech playwright and politician, President of Czechoslovakia (1989–1992) and the Czech Republic (1993–2003).[229]
- Warren Hellman, 77, American investor, founder of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festivals, complications from leukemia treatment.[230]
- Evans Knowles, 97, Canadian politician, Member of Parliament for Norfolk (1957–1962).[231]
- Ralph MacDonald, 67, American percussionist and songwriter, lung cancer.[232]
- Ted Markland, 78, American actor.[233]
- Donald Neilson, 75, English serial killer.[234]
- Vaso Radić, 88, Yugoslav/Bosnian politician, mayor of Sarajevo (1963-1965).[235]
- John Rex, 86, South African-born British sociologist.[236]
- Johnny Silvo, 75, British folk and blues singer.[237]
- Brian Sparkes, 70, Canadian biochemist.[238]
- Ronald Wolfe, 89, British sitcom writer (The Rag Trade, On the Buses), complications from a fall.[239]
- Marijan Žužej, 77, Croatian Olympic silver medal-winning (1956) water polo player.[240]
- Lorenzo de Rodas, 81, Spanish-Mexican actor.[241]
19
- George Athor, 49, South Sudanese rebel leader, shot.[242]
- Thomas H. Campbell III, 79, American politician.[243]
- Gerard Louis Goettel, 83, American senior judge of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.[244]
- Luciano Magistrelli, 73, Italian Olympic footballer (1960), heart attack.[245]
- Kathleen Malach, 85, American AAGPBL baseball player.[246]
- Héctor Núñez, 75, Uruguayan footballer, after long illness.[247]
- William G. Robinson, 85, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.[248]
- Ron Smith, 70, American radio host (WBAL), pancreatic cancer.[249]
20
- Robert Ader, 79, American psychologist, co-founder of psychoneuroimmunology.[250]
- Hana Andronikova, 44, Czech writer and playwright, cancer.[251]
- Sean Bonniwell, 71, American guitarist, singer and songwriter (The Music Machine), lung cancer.[252]
- Howard P. Boyd, 97, American naturalist.[253]
- Hugh Carless, 86, British diplomat and explorer.[254]
- Jack Goldman, 90, American physicist, chief scientist at Xerox Corporation.[255]
- Khalifa Kambi, 56, Gambian politician, Deputy Minister of Agriculture (since 2010).[256]
- George Lundy, 64, American priest and academic, President of Wheeling Jesuit University (2000–2003), stroke.[257]
- Yoshimitsu Morita, 61, Japanese film director (The Family Game), liver failure.[258]
- Tushar Ranganath, 37, Indian film director (Gulama), heart attack.[259]
- Barry Reckord, 85, Jamaican playwright.[260]
- Leopold Unger, 89, Polish journalist.[261]
- Kenchappa Varadaraj, 89, Indian Olympic footballer (1948).[262]
- Václav Zítek, 79, Czech opera singer.[263]
21
- Ann-Mari Adamsson, 77, Swedish actor.[264]
- Patrick Bashford, 82, Polish-born British professor of classical guitar.[265]
- Bud Bloomfield, 75, American baseball player.[266]
- Francis Braganza, 89, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Baroda (1987–1997).[267]
- John Chamberlain, 84, American sculptor.[268]
- P. K. Iyengar, 80, Indian nuclear scientist.[269]
- Alastair Maitland, 95, British diplomat.[270]
- Werner Otto, 102, German entrepreneur (Otto GmbH).[271]
- Olavi Rokka, 86, Finnish Olympic modern pentathlete, bronze medalist (1952).[272]
- Yevhen Rudakov, 69, Russian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1972) football goalkeeper.[273]
- Robert Simons, 89, English cricketer (Hertfordshire).[274]
- Jonathan Stephenson, 61, English-born Northern Irish politician.[275]
- Roberto Szidon, 70, Brazilian classical pianist, heart attack.[276]
- Umanosuke Ueda, 71, Japanese professional wrestler and actor, respiratory failure.[277]
- Jean-Pierre Urkia, 93, French-born Laotian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Paksé (1967–1975).[278]
- Yuval Zamir, 48, Israeli actor, voice actor, director and singer, diabetes.[279]
22
- Per Berlin, 90, Swedish Olympic silver (1952) and bronze (1956) medal-winning wrestler.[280]
- Richard Bessière, 88, French author.[281]
- Emanuel Bosák, 87, Czech sports official.[282]
- Bettye Danoff, 88, American golfer, founding member of the LPGA.[283]
- William Duell, 88, American singer and actor (1776, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Police Squad!).[284]
- Bennie Ellender, 86, American college football coach (Arkansas State, Tulane), Alzheimer's disease.[285]
- Michael von Grünau, 67, Canadian psychologist and neurophysiologist.[286]
- Vasant Ranjane, 74, Indian cricketer.[287]
- Rogelio Sánchez González, 90, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Colima (1972–1980).[288]
- Marion Segal Freed, 77, American film producer, editor and screenwriter.[289]
- Zithulele Sinqe, 48, South African Olympic long-distance runner, car accident.[290]
- Ernest A. Watkinson, 99, Canadian politician.[291]
23
- Merrill Kenneth Albert, 88, American author and trial lawyer, heart disease.[292]
- Denise Darcel, 87, French actress, aneurysm.[293]
- Neil Davids, 56, English footballer.[294]
- Cees van Dongen, 79, Dutch motorcycle road racer.[295]
- Evelyn Handler, 78, American academic, President of the University of New Hampshire (1980–1983) and Brandeis University (1983–1991), traffic collision.[296]
- Bill Klatt, 64, American ice hockey player (Minnesota Fighting Saints), leukemia.[297]
- Francis Nigel Lee, 77, British-born American theologian, motor neurone disease.[298]
- Tripuraneni Maharadhi, 82, Indian screenwriter.[299]
- Aydın Menderes, 65, Turkish politician, son of Adnan Menderes.[300]
- Norayr Musheghyan, 76, Armenian wrestler, coach and public activist, world champion (1958).[301]
- Abdur Razzaq, 69, Bangladeshi politician.[302]
- Bruce Ruxton, 85, Australian veterans' representative and advocate, President of the Victorian RSL (1979–2002).[303]
- Muhammad Afzal Zullah, 83, Pakistani jurist, Chief Justice (1990–1993).[304]
24
- Monte Amundsen, 81, American opera and musical singer.[305]
- M. Salah Baouendi, 74, Tunisian-born American mathematician.[306]
- Armando Brambilla, 69, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Rome (since 1994).[307]
- Sergio Buso, 61, Italian footballer and coach.[308]
- Peggy R. Cook, 73, American politician.[309]
- José Andrés Corral Arredondo, 65, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Parral (since 1992), heart attack.[310]
- Bernard Gert, 77, American philosopher.[311]
- Johannes Heesters, 108, Dutch actor and singer, stroke.[312]
- István Jutasi, 82, Hungarian Olympic sailor Olympedia – István Jutasi
- Marvin Knopp, 78, American mathematician.[313]
- Zsuzsi Mary, 64, Hungarian pop singer, suicide by drug overdose.[314]
- Jody Rainwater, 92, American bluegrass musician and radio personality, heart disease.[315]
- John N. Ross, 91, Irish politician.[316]
- Lynn Samuels, 69, American radio personality (Sirius XM).[317]
- Walter Söhne, 98, German agronomist.[318]
- Henri Sitek, 82, Polish-French cyclist.[319]
- Vitaly Tseshkovsky, 67, Russian chess Grandmaster.[320]
25
- Alhaj Mutalib Baig, Afghan politician, suicide bombing.[321]
- Israel Baker, 92, American violinist and concertmaster, stroke.[322]
- Giorgio Bocca, 91, Italian essayist and journalist.[323]
- Ben Breedlove, 18, American Internet personality, cardiac arrest.[324]
- Sue Carroll, 58, British journalist, pancreatic cancer.[325]
- Adrienne Cooper, 65, American klezmer and Yiddish vocalist, adrenal cancer.[326]
- Satyadev Dubey, 75, Indian actor, playwright and director.[327]
- Thomas Finnegan, 86, Irish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Killala (1987–2002).[328]
- Seán French, 80, Irish politician, Lord Mayor of Cork (1976) and TD (1967–1982).[329]
- Jack Fulbeck, 95, American poet and academic.[330]
- Habib Galhia, 70, Tunisian boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1964).[331]
- Andrew Geller, 87, American architect, kidney failure.[332]
- Lex Gigeroff, 49, Canadian writer, actor and producer (Lexx), heart attack.[333]
- Khalil Ibrahim, 53–54, Sudanese Darfuri rebel leader, air strike.[334]
- Sir Roger Jowell, 69, British social statistician.[335]
- John Christoffel Kannemeyer, 72, South African writer, authority on Afrikaans literature.[336]
- Christophe Laigneau, 46, French footballer (Stade Lavallois).[337]
- Alexander Melnikov, 81, Soviet and Russian politician.[338]
- Sir Moses Pitakaka, 66, Solomon Islander politician, Governor-General (1994–1999).[339]
- George Robb, 85, English footballer (Tottenham Hotspur F.C.), dementia.[340]
- Ferenc Schmidt, 70, Hungarian politician.[341]
- Jim Sherwood, 69, American musician (The Mothers of Invention).[342]
- Simms Taback, 79, American author, graphic artist and illustrator.[343]
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- Kennan Adeang, 69, Nauruan politician, President (1986).[344]
- Houston Antwine, 72, American football player (Boston/New England Patriots, Philadelphia Eagles), AFL All-Star (1963–1968), heart failure.[345]
- Pedro Armendáriz, Jr., 71, Mexican actor (Zorro series), cancer.[346]
- Sarekoppa Bangarappa, 79, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Karnataka (1990–1992).[347]
- Joe Bodolai, 63, American comedy writer (Saturday Night Live) and producer, suicide by poisoning.[348]
- Sean Collins, 59, American surfer and surf forecaster (Surfline), heart attack.[349]
- Fred Fono, 49, Solomon Islander politician, Deputy Prime Minister (2006) and MP for Central Kwara'ae (1997–2010).[350]
- John Mackintosh Howie, 75, Scottish mathematician.[351]
- Kiyonori Kikutake, 83, Japanese architect.[352]
- Barbara Lea, 82, American jazz singer and actress, Alzheimer's disease.[353]
- Lloyd Madden, 93, American football player.[354]
- Wilhelm Noller, 92, German Luftwaffe member, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.[355]
- Sam Rivers, 88, American jazz musician and composer, pneumonia.[356]
- James Rizzi, 61, American pop artist.[357]
- Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff, 81, American-born Georgian aristocrat, New York City highway commissioner, esophageal cancer.[358]
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- Frank Bourke, 89, Australian football player.[359]
- Catê, 38, Brazilian footballer, car accident.[360]
- Sir Clifford Darling, 89, Bahamian politician, Governor-General (1992–1995).[361]
- Sir Michael Dummett, 86, British philosopher.[362]
- Helen Frankenthaler, 83, American artist.[363]
- Julia Sampson Hayward, 77, American tennis player, won Australian Open doubles and mixed doubles (1963).[364]
- Rusty Hevelin, 89, American science fiction fanzine publisher.[365]
- Mykola Koltsov, 75, Russian-born Ukrainian footballer and youth trainer.[366]
- Ante Čedo Martinić, 51, Croatian actor (Ruža vjetrova), stomach cancer.[367]
- Meral Menderes, 78, Turkish opera singer.[368]
- Thinley Norbu, 81, Tibetan Buddhist writer and teacher.[369]
- Sir Iwan Raikes, 90, British vice admiral and naval secretary.[370]
- Betty Jane Rhodes, 90, American actress (The Arizona Raiders, Sweater Girl).[371]
- Martino Scarafile, 84, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Castellaneta (1985–2003).[372]
- Thomas Michael Shanahan, 77, American senior judge of the District Court for the District of Nebraska.[373]
- Dan Terry, 87, American jazz trumpeter and big band leader.[374]
- Anne Tyng, 91, American architect.[375]
- Dennis Utter, 72, American politician, Nebraska State Senator (since 2009).[376]
- Johnny Wilson, 82, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (Detroit Red Wings).[377]
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- James Earl Baumgartner, 68, American mathematician.[378]
- Bruce Fine, 74, American sports team part-owner.[379]
- Larry Hamilton, 60, American blues singer and songwriter.[380]
- Charlotte Kerr, 84, German film director and producer.[381]
- Razia Khan, 75, Bangladeshi writer and educationist.[382]
- Don Mueller, 84, American baseball player (New York Giants, Chicago White Sox), MLB All-Star (1954, 1955).[383]
- Hasan Mutlucan, 85, Turkish folk singer.[384]
- Lucia Rikaki, 50, Greek stage, film and television director, cancer.[385]
- Jon Roberts, 63, American drug trafficker, cancer.[386]
- Myron Roderick, 77, American Olympic wrestler (1956) and coach.[387]
- Kaye Stevens, 79, American singer and actress, breast cancer and blood clots.[388]
- Teruo Sugihara, 74, Japanese golfer, prostate cancer.[389]
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- Ivan Andonov, 77, Bulgarian film director and actor.[390]
- Paul Antaki, 84, Egyptian Melkite Catholic hierarch, Auxiliary Archbishop of Antioch (1968–2001).[391]
- Rosman García, 32, Venezuelan baseball player (Texas Rangers), traffic collision.[392]
- Leopold Hawelka, 100, Austrian coffee house owner (Café Hawelka).[393]
- John Robert Holmes, 84, Canadian politician, MP for Lambton—Kent (1972–1980).[394]
- Ron Howells, 84, Welsh footballer.[395]
- Ken Johnson, 80, English footballer.[396]
- Aamir Hayat Khan Rokhri, 55, Pakistani politician, heart attack.[397]
- Svein Krøvel, 65, Norwegian cinematographer.[398]
- Tyron Perez, 26, Filipino actor (StarStruck), shot.[399]
- Amichand Rajbansi, 69, South African politician, Minister without portfolio (1984–1988), Leader of the Minority Front (since 1994).[400]
- Bob Wasserman, 77, American police chief and politician, Mayor of Fremont, California (2004–2011), respiratory complications.[401]
- Milton Wong, 72, Canadian businessman and philanthropist, pancreatic cancer.[402]
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- Ted Beard, 90, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago White Sox).[403]
- Garnet Campbell, 84, Canadian curler.[404]
- Mike Colalillo, 86, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.[405]
- Dezső Garas, 77, Hungarian actor.[406]
- Mona Guérin, 77, Haitian writer and playwright.[407]
- Muhammad Hamidullah Khan, 74, Bangladeshi politician.[408]
- Sir Robert Horton, 72, British businessman.[409]
- Kim Geun-tae, 64, South Korean politician, Minister of Health and Welfare (2004–2006), pneumonia and kidney failure.[410]
- Richard Lainhart, 58, American artist and composer, complications after surgery.[411]
- Ricardo Legorreta, 80, Mexican architect, UIA Gold Medal recipient, cancer.[412]
- Ronald Searle, 91, British cartoonist (St Trinian's School, Molesworth).[413]
- Doug Sellars, 50, Canadian television executive (Fox Sports Media Group, CBC Sports), heart attack.[414]
- Vasily Starodubtsev, 80, Russian politician, Governor of Tula Oblast (1997–2005), member of the Gang of Eight (1991).[415]
- Eleanor Ross Taylor, 91, American poet.[416]
- Mirko Tremaglia, 85, Italian politician, Minister without portfolio (2001–2006).[417]
- Eva Zeisel, 105, Hungarian-born American ceramic artist and designer.[418]
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- Kanati Allen, 64, American Olympic gymnast.[419]
- Murray Barnes, 57, Australian soccer player (Sydney Hakoah), national captain (1980–1981).[420]
- Celia Dale, 99, British crime writer.[421]
- Alfonso Gómez-Lobo, 71, Chilean-born American academic, professor of metaphysics and moral philosophy (Georgetown University).[422]
- Roy Greenwood, 80, English footballer (Crystal Palace F.C.).[423]
- Sir David Hirst, 86, British jurist.[424]
- Rex Jackson, 83, Australian politician and convicted criminal, New South Wales MLA for Bulli (1955–1971) and Heathcote (1971–1986).[425]
- Penny Jordan, 65, British romantic novelist.[426]
- Jerzy Kluger, 90, Polish businessman, bronchitis.[427]
- Stanley Kwan, 86, Hong Kong banker, creator of the Hang Seng Index, heart failure.[428]
- Glenn Lord, 80, American editor.[429]
- Michael Mann, 87, British Anglican prelate, Dean of Windsor (1976–1989).[430]
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