Deaths in December 2012
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The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2012.
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.
December 2012
1
- Ahmed Taib El Alj, 84, Moroccan writer.[1]
- Raymond Ausloos, 82, Belgian football player.[2]
- Jovan Belcher, 25, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs), suicide by gunshot.[3]
- José Bénazéraf, 90, French film director and producer.[4]
- Arthur Chaskalson, 81, South African judge, Chief Justice (2001–2005), leukaemia.[5]
- John Crigler, 76, American basketball player (University of Kentucky).[6]
- Steve Fox, 54, English footballer, cancer.[7]
- Chuck Gavin, 78, American football player.[8]
- Dee Harvey, 47, American R&B singer.[9]
- Rick Majerus, 64, American college basketball coach (University of Utah, Saint Louis University), heart failure.[10]
- Ezroy Millwood, 70, Jamaican transport businessman.[11]
- Gerard Parker, 76, American Cherokee tribal leader, Principal Chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (1995).[12]
- Rubén Pellanda, 65, Argentine politician.[13]
- Ed Price, 94, American politician, member of the Florida Senate (1958–1966).[14]
- Ray Rosso, 96, Italian-born American football coach, natural causes.[15]
- Marcia Russell, 72, New Zealand journalist and news presenter.[16]
- Edouard Saouma, 86, Lebanese civil servant, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (1976–1993).[17]
- Bhim Bahadur Tamang, 78, Nepali politician, stroke.[18]
- Phil Taylor, 95, English footballer and coach (Liverpool).[19]
- Vidal Vega, 48, Paraguayan peasant leader, shooting.[20]
- Yoshinori Watanabe, 71, Japanese yakuza, fifth godfather of the Yamaguchi-gumi.[21]
- Reinhold Weege, 62, American television writer and producer (Barney Miller, Night Court), natural causes.[22]
- James R. Whelan, 79, American publisher (The Washington Times), multiple organ failure.[23]
2
- Ron Auchettl, 66, Australian footballer.[24]
- Michael Crawford, 92, English cricketer.[25]
- Gitte Dæhlin, 56, Norwegian sculptor.[26]
- Preeti Ganguly, 59, Indian actress, cardiac arrest.[27]
- Michael A. Gorman, 62, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (2003–2005), POEMS syndrome.[28]
- Tom Hendry, 83, Canadian playwright, founder of Manitoba Theatre Centre.[29]
- Hiroshi Kato, 77, Japanese aikido master.[30]
- Israel Keyes, 34, American alleged serial killer, suicide by hanging and lacerations.[31]
- Ehsan Naraghi, 86, Iranian sociologist and writer, Director of UNESCO's Youth Division (1980–1996), long illness.[32]
- Sylvester Odhiambo, Kenyan football coach (Muhoroni Youth F.C.).[33]
- Décio Pignatari, 85, Brazilian poet, essayist and translator, respiratory failure.[34]
- Azumir Veríssimo, 77, Brazilian footballer.[35]
- Szymon, 23, Australian musician, suicide.[36]
3
- Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil, 74, Iraqi-born Lebanese Syrian Catholic hierarch, Archbishop-Procurator in Rome (since 1986).[37]
- Leo Rajendram Antony, 85, Sri Lankan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa (1974–1983).[38]
- Amir Mahmud Anvar, 67, Iranian literary academic and poet.[39]
- Tommy Berggren, 62, Swedish footballer.[40]
- Ivan Boboshko, 83, Soviet football player and coach.[41]
- Georgy Borisenko, 90, Soviet correspondence chess grandmaster and chess theoretician.[42]
- Kuntal Chandra, 28, Bangladeshi cricketer, strangulation.[43]
- Bill Donckers, 61, American football player, lymphoma.[44]
- Christopher Erhardt, 53, American video game producer and academic.[45]
- Peter Johnson Sr., 91, American trial lawyer and political power broker, pulmonary fibrosis.[46]
- Fyodor Khitruk, 95, Russian animator and animation director (The Story of a Crime).[47]
- Mohamed Mahroof, 62, Sri Lankan politician, MP for Colombo (2000–2010).[48]
- Diego Mendieta, 32, Paraguayan footballer, viral infection.[49]
- Carlomagno Meneses, 85, Peruvian Olympic boxer.[50]
- Eileen Moran, 60, American visual effects producer (The Lord of the Rings, Avatar, King Kong), cancer.[51]
- King G. Porter, 91, American politician, member of the Tennessee State Senate.[52]
- Sir Geoffrey Shakerley, 80, British photographer.[53]
- Janet Shaw, 46, Australian Paralympic bronze medal-winning (2004) cyclist and author, cancer.[54]
- Jeroen Willems, 50, Dutch actor and singer, cardiac arrest.[55]
4
- Alfredo Abon Lee, 85, Cuban military officer.[56]
- Narmada Akka, Indian communist, shot.[57]
- Grady Allen, 66, American football player (Atlanta Falcons), cardiac arrest.[58]
- José Alves da Costa, 73, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Corumbá (1991–1999).[59]
- Vasily Belov, 80, Russian writer, poet and dramatist.[60]
- Philippe Bena, 60, French Olympic fencer.[61]
- Jean Bollack, 89, French philosopher, philologist and literary critic.[62]
- Jack Brooks, 89, American politician, member of US House of Representatives (1953–1995) and Texas House of Representatives (1949–1953).[63]
- Miguel Calero, 41, Colombian footballer, cerebral thrombosis.[64]
- Rozina Cambos, 60, Israeli actress (The Human Resources Manager), leukemia.[65]
- James B. Cardwell, 90, American bureaucrat, complications of a broken hip.[66]
- Besse Cooper, 116, American supercentenarian, world's oldest person.[67]
- Tony Deane-Drummond, 95, British army major general.[68]
- Massimo Giustetti, 86, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Pinerolo (1974–1975), Mondovi (1975–1986) and Biella (1986–2001).[69]
- Jonathan Harvey, 73, English composer, motor neurone disease.[70]
- Helen Johnson Houghton, 102, British racehorse trainer.[71]
- Eamon Kelly, 65, Irish criminal, shot.[72]
- Peter Kiesewetter, 67, German modern classical composer.[73]
- Miroslav Klůc, 90, Czech Olympic ice hockey (1956) forward and coach, member of Czech Ice Hockey Hall of Fame, stroke.[74]
- Larry Lawrence, 63, American football player (Oakland Raiders, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Edmonton Eskimos), edema.[75]
- Paul Marcotte, 84, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (2005–2007).[76]
- Branislav Milinković, 52, Serbian diplomat, ambassador to NATO and Austria, suicide by jumping.[77]
- Robert Monclar, 82, French Olympic basketball player.[78]
- Hilmar Moore, 92, American politician, longest-serving mayor in the United States, complications of a fall.[79]
- Tony Sweeney, 81, Irish sports writer and historian, heart attack.[80]
- Michael Till, 77, British Anglican priest, Dean of Winchester (1996–2005).[81]
- Ken Trickey, 79, American basketball coach (Oral Roberts University).[82]
- Gerrit van Dijk, 73, Dutch animator, long illness.[83]
- John Ward, 64, American football player (Minnesota Vikings), cancer.[84]
5
- Allah Bachayo Khoso, 77, Pakistani artist and Alghoza player.[85]
- Sammy Arena, 81, American singer, multiple organ failure.[86]
- Petrine Archer-Straw, 55, British art historian, sickle-cell disease.[87]
- Erwin Bischofberger, 76, Swedish Jesuit and medical practitioner.[88]
- Dave Brubeck, 91, American jazz pianist ("Take Five") and composer ("Blue Rondo à la Turk"), heart failure.[89]
- MC Buffalo, 41, Croatian rapper, stroke.[90]
- Carlos Francisco Chang Marín, 90, Panamanian painter, musician, journalist, and writer.[91]
- Evgeny Chubarov, 77, Russian painter, sculptor, and graphic artist.[92]
- Chen Wencong, 42, Singaporean actor, writer and producer, pneumonia.[93]
- Eduardo J. Corso, 92, Uruguayan journalist and lawyer.[94]
- Wilhelmus Demarteau, 95, Dutch-born Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Banjarmasin (1954–1983).[95]
- Enebeli Elebuwa, 66, Nigerian actor, stroke.[96]
- Peter Feltus, 70, American philatelist.[97]
- Francesco Fonti, 64, Italian criminal.[98]
- Kazbek Gekkiyev, 28, Russian journalist, shooting.[99]
- Frigyes Hollósi, 71, Hungarian actor.[100]
- Ignatius IV of Antioch, 92, Syrian Orthodox patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch (since 1979), stroke.[101]
- Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII, 57, Japanese kabuki star, acute respiratory distress syndrome.[102]
- Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, 103, Australian philanthropist, widow of Sir Keith Murdoch, mother of Rupert Murdoch.[103]
- Yves Niaré, 35, French Olympic (2008) shot putter, traffic collision.[104]
- Oscar Niemeyer, 104, Brazilian architect, respiratory infection.[105]
- Eileen Pollock, 86, American television writer and producer (Dynasty, The Colbys).[106]
- Kaisa Sere, 58, Finnish computer scientist.[107]
- Doug Smith, 75, Scottish footballer and administrator (Dundee United).[108]
- Felix Weinberg, 84, Czech-born British physicist.[109]
6
- Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó, 51, Equatorial Guinean politician, Prime Minister (2004–2006), heart attack.[110]
- Mike Boyette, 71, American professional wrestler, heart disease.[111]
- Jan Carew, 92, Guyanese writer and academic.[112]
- Ed Cassidy, 89, American musician (Spirit), cancer.[113]
- Eta Cohen, 96, English violin teacher and author.[114]
- Arnold C. Cooper, 79, American academic.[115]
- Bim Diederich, 90, Luxembourgish road bicycle racer.[116]
- David Favrholdt, 81, Danish philosopher.[117]
- Keitani Graham, 32, Micronesian Olympic (2012) Greco-Roman wrestler, heart attack.[118]
- Alice Harden, 64, American politician, Mississippi State Senator (since 1988).[119]
- Karine Kazinian, 57, Armenian diplomat, Ambassador to the United Kingdom (since 2011), complications during surgery.[120]
- Jeffrey Koo Sr., 79, Taiwanese businessman and billionaire, chairman for Chinatrust Financial Holding Company.[121]
- Huw Lloyd-Langton, 61, British guitarist (Hawkwind, Widowmaker), throat cancer.[122]
- Reginald Norby, 78, Norwegian diplomat, Ambassador to France (1994–1998).[123]
- O-Six, 6, Yellowstone National Park gray wolf, shot.[124]
- Pulpit, 18, American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1997 Fountain of Youth Stakes and Blue Grass Stakes.[125]
- Giovanni Sostero, 48, Italian astronomer, heart attack.[126]
- Pedro Vaz, 49, Uruguayan diplomat and lawyer, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2009–2010), Ambassador to Chile (since 2010), heart attack.[127]
7
- Abu-Zaid al Kuwaiti, 46, Kuwaiti al-Qaeda leader, drone strike.[128]
- Duggan Anderson, 88, Australian football player (Swan Districts Football Club).[129]
- Olga Beaver, 70, Czech-American mathematician.[130]
- Marie Bennigsen-Broxup, 68, British orientalist.[131]
- Mikelis Brizga, 101, Australian businessman.[132]
- P. J. Carey, 59, American baseball coach (Colorado Rockies).[133]
- Chen Wen-yu, 88, Taiwanese horticulturist.[134]
- Thomas Cornell, 75, American artist and professor, cancer.[135]
- Armando Costa, 63, Canadian soccer coach and player.[136]
- Gilbert Durand, 91, French academic.[137]
- Ernest England, 85, Australian cricketer.[138]
- Ammar El Sherei, 64, Egyptian musical composer and performer, heart ailment.[139]
- Denis Houf, 80, Belgian footballer (Standard Liège).[140]
- William F. House, 89, American physician, developer of the cochlear implant, cancer.[141]
- Irene Hughes, 92, American psychic.[142]
- Nikola Ilić, 27, Serbian basketball player, cancer.[143]
- Armand Van De Kerkhove, 97, Belgian footballer
- Roelof Kruisinga, 90, Dutch politician, Minister of Defence (1977–1978).[144]
- Art Larsen, 87, American tennis player.[145]
- Jeni Le Gon, 96, American dancer and actress (Amos 'n' Andy).[146]
- Rusty Mills, 49, American animator (Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, The Replacements), colon cancer.[147]
- Ralph Parr, 88, American fighter pilot, Korean War flying ace.[148]
- Marty Reisman, 82, American table tennis player, complications of heart and lung ailments.[149]
- Saul Steinberg, 73, American businessman and corporate raider.[150]
- Govindasamy Suppiah, 83, Singaporean football referee, diabetes.[151]
- Joseph R. Weisberger, 92, American judge, Chief Justice of Rhode Island Supreme Court (1993–2001).[152]
8
- Hermelindo Alberti, 87, Argentine sprinter.[153]
- Barry Altman, 63, American businessman, cancer.[154]
- Jerry Brown, 25, American football player (Dallas Cowboys), traffic collision.[155]
- Mary Griggs Burke, 96, American art collector, largest private collector of Japanese art outside Japan.[156]
- Arnold Dean, 82, American radio sports host and personality.[157]
- Vernice Ferguson, 84, American nurse and healthcare executive.[158]
- John Gowans, 78, British religious leader and musician, General of The Salvation Army (1999–2002).[159]
- Jagannathan, 74, Indian actor.[160]
- Yvonne Kennedy, 67, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (since 1979).[161]
- Johnny Lira, 61, American lightweight boxer, liver disease.[162]
- Ambrose Madtha, 57, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Titular Archbishop of Naissus, Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d'Ivoire (since 2008), traffic collision.[163]
- Charles Martin, 81, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives and Alabama Senate.[164]
- Khan Sarwar Murshid, 88, Bangladeshi educationist and intellectual, complications from stroke.[165]
- Walter Newman, 91, American civic leader and army veteran.[166]
- Bill Prest, 86, Australian politician, Queensland MLA for Port Curtis (1976–1992).[167]
- Hal Schaefer, 87, American jazz musician and vocal coach (Marilyn Monroe) involved in the Wrong-Door Raid.[168]
- Isaiah Shavitt, 87, Polish–born American theoretical chemist.[169]
- Mark Strizic, 84, Australian photographer.[170]
9
- Barbara Alby, 66, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1993–1998).[171]
- Håkon E. Andersen, 87, Norwegian bishop.[172]
- Mathews Barnabas, 88, Indian Metropolitan of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.[173]
- Michael Bürsch, 70, German politician.[174]
- Anna Czóbel, 94, Hungarian cinematographer.[175]
- Biswajit Das, 24, Bangladeshi tailor, murdered.[176]
- Jeanne Gervais, 90, Ivorian politician.[177]
- Anat Gov, 58, Israeli playwright and screenwriter, colorectal cancer.[178]
- Hiromori Kawashima, 90, Japanese sports administrator.[179]
- Ivan Ljavinec, 89, Ukrainian-born Czech Byzantine Catholic hierarch, Apostolic Exarch in the Czech Republic (1996–2003).[180]
- Sir Patrick Moore, 89, British astronomer and broadcaster (The Sky at Night), sepsis.[181]
- Alex Moulton, 92, British engineer and inventor (Moulton Bicycle).[182]
- Béla Nagy Abodi, 94, Hungarian painter.[183]
- André Nelis, 77, Belgian Olympic silver (1956) and bronze (1960) medal-winning sailor, cancer.[184]
- Ataa Oko, abt. 93, Ghanaian fantasy coffin artist.[185]
- Jenni Rivera, 43, American-born Mexican banda and norteño singer, plane crash.[186]
- Charles Rosen, 85, American pianist and author, cancer.[187]
- Riccardo Schicchi, 59, Italian pornographer, chronic kidney disease caused by type 2 diabetes.[188]
- Norman Joseph Woodland, 91, American inventor, co-creator of the bar code.[189]
10
- Iajuddin Ahmed, 81, Bangladeshi politician, President (2002–2009), heart and kidney disease.[190]
- Vladimir Bakulin, 73, Kazakhstani Olympic silver medal-winning (1968) wrestler.[191]
- Ashwini Bhatt, 76, Indian novelist.[192]
- Cliff Brown, 60, American football player (Notre Dame).[193]
- Antonio Cubillo, 82, Spanish politician, founder of Canary Islands Independence Movement.[194]
- Lisa Della Casa, 93, Swiss soprano.[195]
- Marla English, 77, American actress.[196]
- Ralph Frese, 86, American canoe maker and conservationist.[197]
- Ed Grady, 89, American actor (The Notebook, Dawson's Creek).[198]
- Albert O. Hirschman, 97, German-born American economist.[199]
- Hungargunn Bear It'n Mind, 9, Hungarian Vizsla, the Best in Show at Crufts in 2010.[200]
- Harry Iauko, Vanuatuan politician, MP for Tanna (2008–2012), complications of pneumonia.[201]
- Ibn Bey, 28, British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.[202]
- Jacques Jullien, 83, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Beauvais (1978–1984), and Archbishop of Rennes (1985–1998).[203]
- Patricia Kennedy, 96, Australian stage, film, and television actress (My Brilliant Career, Return to Eden).[204]
- Ciarán Maher, 50, Irish Gaelic football player.[205]
- Roy Miles, 77, British art dealer.[206]
- Bob Munden, 70, American entertainer, heart failure.[207]
- Shoichi Ozawa, 83, Japanese actor and folk art researcher.[208]
- Paul Rauch, 82, American television producer (Another World, One Life to Live, Santa Barbara), complications of blood clots.[209]
- Tommy Roberts, 70, British fashion designer.[210]
- John Small, 66, American football player (Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions).[211]
- Felix Stehling, 87, American restaurateur, co-founder of Taco Cabana, dementia.[212]
- Erwin Tomash, 91, American businessman (Dataproducts), Alzheimer's disease.[213]
- Birdsall S. Viault, 80, American academic.[214]
- Reginald James Wallace, 93, British civil servant, last Governor of the Gilbert Islands (1978–1979).[215]
11
- Angélica M. Arambarri, 67, Argentine botanist and mycologist.[216]
- Emilia Pisani Belserene, 89, American astronomer.[217]
- Toni Blankenheim, 90, German opera singer.[218]
- Lou Castagnola, 76, American athlete.[219]
- Gennadiy Dulnev, 85, Russian academic.[220]
- Semiha Es, 100, Turkish photographer.[221]
- Antonie Hegerlíková, 89, Czech actress, Thalia Award winner (2004).[222]
- William B. Hopkins, 90, American politician, member of Virginia Senate (1960–1980), majority leader (1976–1980).[223]
- Pedro Reginaldo Lira, 97, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San Francisco in Argentina (1961–1965), and Auxiliary Bishop of Salta (1967–1978).[224]
- B. B. Nimbalkar, 92, Indian cricketer.[225]
- Dindi Gowa Nyasulu, 68, Malawian politician, leader of AFORD, brain tumor.[226]
- Manuel Pardo, 56, American serial killer, execution by lethal injection.[227]
- Gérard Rasquin, 85, Luxembourgish Olympic sprinter.[228]
- Ravi Shankar, 92, Indian musician, complications from heart surgery.[229]
- Walter Francis Sullivan, 84, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Richmond (1974–2003), liver cancer.[230]
- Galina Vishnevskaya, 86, Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist.[231]
- Colleen Walker, 56, American golfer, won du Maurier Classic (1997), breast cancer.[232]
- Mendel Weinbach, 79, Polish-born Israeli rabbi.[233]
12
- Joe Allbritton, 87, American businessman, broadcaster and publisher.[234]
- Fazlul Haque Amini, 67, Bangladeshi Muslim scholar.[235]
- W. Rex Black, 92, American politician, member of the Utah Senate (1973–1997).[236]
- Cynthia Bolbach, 64, American lawyer, cancer.[237]
- Ray Briem, 82, American radio host (KABC), cancer.[238]
- Eddie "Guitar" Burns, 84, American Detroit blues musician, heart failure.[239]
- Manas Chakraborty, 70, Indian singer.[240]
- Ron Cooper, 80, British bicycle frame maker.[241]
- Alfred Delcourt, 83, Belgian football referee.[242]
- Richard Eyre, 83, British Anglican priest, Dean of Exeter (1981–1996).[243]
- Chris Fokma, 85, Dutch sculptor and ceramist.[244]
- Laurie Gallagher, 88, Australian footballer.[245]
- Else Marie Jakobsen, 85, Norwegian textile artist.[246]
- Walt Kirk, 88, American basketball player (Fort Wayne Pistons, Milwaukee Hawks).[247]
- Don Medford, 95, American television director (Baretta, Dynasty, The F.B.I., The Fugitive).[248]
- N. M. Mohan, 63, Indian comic book writer and editor, heart attack.[249]
- Thomas Naylor, 76, American economist.[250]
- Uri Possen, 70, American economist.[251]
- Manju Bharat Ram, 66, Indian educationalist, cancer.[252]
- Augustin Sagna, 92, Senegalese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ziguinchor (1966–1995).[253]
- Nityanand Swami, 85, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand (2000–2001).[254]
- David Tait, 25, English rugby player, fall from building.[255]
13
- Willie Ackerman, 73, American drummer (Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn, Louis Armstrong).[256]
- Andreu Alfaro, 83, Spanish sculptor.[257]
- Donnie Andrews, 58, American criminal, inspiration for Omar Little on The Wire, complications of heart surgery.[258]
- Jaco de Bakker, 73, Dutch theoretical computer scientist.[259]
- Balthazar Bigirimana, 54-55, Burundian politician and diplomat.[260]
- Ian Black, 88, Scottish footballer.[261]
- Jan Blaha, 74, Czech Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop (1967–2012).[262]
- John Bradley, 87, American racer.[263]
- Alan Colquhoun, 91, English architect, historian, critic and teacher.[264]
- Gil Friesen, 75, American music and film executive, President of A&M Records (1965–1990), leukemia.[265]
- Jack Hanlon, 96, American child actor (Our Gang, The Shakedown, The General).[266]
- Maurice Herzog, 93, French climber and politician, Minister of Youth and Sport (1958–1963).[267]
- Natalya Kustinskaya, 74, Russian actress (Three Plus Two, Ivan Vasilievich Changes Profession), complications from pneumonia.[268]
- Moshe Lazar, 84, American academic.[269]
- Newton Edward Miller, 93, American politician, member of the New Jersey House of Representatives (1981–1989).[270]
- Midori Miura, 64, Japanese translator of Russian, cancer.[271]
- T. Shanmugham, 92, Indian footballer and coach, respiratory ailment.[272]
- Rob Talbot, 89, New Zealand politician, MP for Ashburton (1966–1969, 1978–1987) and South Canterbury (1969–1978).[273]
- Abdesslam Yassine, 84, Moroccan political figure, complications of influenza.[274]
14
- Joseph Abiodun Adetiloye, 82, Nigerian Anglican prelate, Primate of the Church of Nigeria (1986–1999).[275]
- Leon Abrams, 89, British surgeon.[276]
- Claude Abravanel, 88, Swiss pianist and composer.[277]
- Richard Baum, 72, American China watcher.[278]
- Avrelija Cencič, 48, Slovenian university professor.[279]
- Alida Chelli, 69, Italian actress, cancer.[280]
- Ertuğ Ergin, 42, Turkish singer.[281]
- John Graham, 89, British army major general.[282]
- Edward Jones, 62, American politician, North Carolina State Senator (since 2007), pancreatic cancer.[283]
- Kenneth Kendall, 88, British television broadcaster (BBC News, Treasure Hunt), complications of a stroke.[284]
- Klaus Köste, 69, German Olympic champion (1972) gymnast, heart failure.[285]
- Hazel McIsaac, 79, Canadian politician, Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly member for St. George's (1975–1982), Alzheimer's disease.[286]
- Jitka Senecká, 72, Czech Olympic volleyball player.[287]
- Marion Stokes, 83, American television producer and civil rights activist.[288]
- Shōmei Tōmatsu, 82, Japanese photographer.[289]
- Victoria Leigh Soto, 27, American elementary school teacher, shot.[290]
15
- Mohammad Amin, 84, Indian historian.[291]
- Yury Anisimov, 74, Soviet Olympic sailor.[292]
- Owoye Andrew Azazi, 60, Nigerian general, National Security Adviser (2010–2012), helicopter crash.[293]
- Jamala al-Baidhani, 35, Yemeni activist, respiratory disease.[294]
- Dick Hafer, 85, American jazz saxophonist.[295]
- Bob Johnston, 83, Australian rules footballer (Melbourne).[296]
- C. Louis Kincannon, 72, American bureaucrat, Director of the U.S. Census Bureau (2002–2008), cancer.[297]
- Vincent Lafko, 67, Slovak Olympic silver medallist handball player (1972).[298]
- Bob Odell, 90, American football player, kidney disease.[299]
- Páidí Ó Sé, 57, Irish Gaelic football player and manager, suspected heart attack.[300]
- Bobby Jack Oliver, 76, American football player.[301]
- Ralph Pampena, 78, American police officer, Pittsburgh Police Chief (1987–1990), cancer.[302]
- Jeffrey Potter, 94, American author.[303]
- John Anderson Strong, 97, Scottish physician and academic.[304]
- Takeshi Urata, 65, Japanese astronomer.[305]
- Patrick Yakowa, 64, Nigerian politician, Governor of Kaduna State (since 2010), helicopter crash.[306]
- Olga Zubarry, 83, Argentine film actress.[307]
16
- Charlesia Alexis, 78, Chagossian singer and activist.[308]
- Axel Anderson, 83, German-born Puerto Rican actor.[309]
- Robert W. Bazley, 87, American four-star general.[310]
- James Walker Benét, 98, American journalist, veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, son of William Rose Benét.[311]
- Petar Bozhilov, 49, Bulgarian canoer.[312]
- Sheila Casey (née McKinley), 71, Scottish singer, cancer.[313]
- John Chen Shi-zhong, 94, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Suifu (since 1985).[314]
- Peter Clarke, 77, British cartoonist.[315]
- Doyle Conner, 83, American politician, member of Florida House (1950–1960), Speaker (1958–1960), Florida Commissioner of Agriculture (1961–1991).[316]
- Febo Conti, 85, Italian television and radio presenter.[317]
- Duaine Counsell, 92, American football and baseball coach.[318]
- Robert Derleth, 90, American football player, complications of a stroke.[319]
- Andrzej Dłużniewski, 73, Polish sculptor.[320]
- George Duggan, 100, New Zealand Marist priest and writer.[321]
- Elwood V. Jensen, 92, American medical researcher, pneumonia.[322]
- Laurier LaPierre, 83, Canadian broadcaster and politician, Senator from Ontario (2001–2004).[323]
- Iñaki Lejarreta, 29, Spanish Olympic (2008) mountain biker, traffic collision.[324]
- Avraham Mor, 77, Israeli actor and voice actor, cancer.[325]
- Adam Ndlovu, 42, Zimbabwean footballer, traffic collision.[326]
- Enrique Oltuski, 82, Cuban politician and revolutionary, respiratory failure.[327]
- Nikolai Parshin, 83, Russian football player and manager.[328]
- Jim Patterson, 84, Scottish footballer.[329]
- Brian Sampson, 71, Australian rules football player.[330]
- Fan Vavřincová, 95, Czech author and screenwriter (Eva tropí hlouposti, Taková normální rodinka).[331]
- Josh Weston, 39, American gay porn actor, AIDS-related causes.[332]
- Jake Adam York, 40, American poet, stroke.[333]
17
- Charlie Adam, 50, Scottish footballer, suicide.[334]
- Richard Adams, 65, Filipino-born American gay rights activist, cancer.[335]
- Tony Charlton, 83, Australian sports broadcaster, bowel cancer.[336]
- Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy, 60, Nigerian-born British artist, cancer.[337]
- Wayne Ducheneaux, 76, American Native leader.[338]
- Manfred Feist, 82, German politician and party functionary.[339]
- Jack Frazer, 80, Canadian politician.[340]
- James Gower, 90, American Catholic priest and peace activist, co-founder of the College of the Atlantic.[341]
- Jesse Hill, 86, American civil rights leader and businessman.[342]
- Daniel Inouye, 88, American politician, Senator from Hawaii (since 1963), President pro tempore (since 2010), Medal of Honor recipient, respiratory failure.[343]
- Peter Kenen, 80, American academic, emphysema.[344]
- Arnaldo Mesa, 45, Cuban Olympic silver medal-winning (1996) boxer, stroke.[345]
- Frank Pastore, 55, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds), injuries from a traffic collision.[346]
- Midge Richardson, 82, American magazine editor (Seventeen), natural causes.[347]
- Sir Colin Spedding, 87, British biologist and agricultural scientist.[348]
- Carroll S. Walsh Jr., 91, American judge, New York Supreme Court (1978–1990), heart failure.[349]
18
- Skippy Baxter, 93, American figure skater.[350]
- Leman Çıdamlı, 80, Turkish actress, lung cancer.[351]
- Gabrielle Clerk, 89, Canadian psychologist.[352]
- Spencer Cox, 44, American HIV/AIDS activist, AIDS-related causes.[353]
- Joseph T. Doyle, 81, American judge and politician, cancer.[354]
- Sigmund Eisner, 92, American academic.[355]
- Albert Elias, 41, American sports agent.[356]
- Georgi Kaloyanchev, 87, Bulgarian actor (The Tied Up Balloon, Where Are You Going?).[357]
- Koko, 7, Australian canine actor (Red Dog), heart disease.[358]
- Ben Luján, 77, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (since 1975), Speaker (since 2001), lung cancer.[359]
- Frank Macchiarola, 71, American educator, New York City Schools Chancellor (1978–1983), liver cancer.[360]
- Bessie Moody-Lawrence, 71, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1993–2007), brain cancer.[361]
- Mustafa Ould Salek, 76, Mauritanian army officer and politician, Chairman of the Military Committee for National Recovery (1978–1979).[362]
- Keith Reilly, 77, Canadian curler.[363]
- Camil Samson, 77, Canadian politician, MNA for Rouyn-Noranda (1970–1981).[364]
- George Showell, 78, English footballer, ruptured stomach aortic artery.[365]
- Danny Steinmann, 70, American film director (Friday the 13th: A New Beginning, Savage Streets, The Unseen).[366]
- Jim Whalen, 69, American football player (New England Patriots).[367]
- Kevin Williams, 42, American football player.[368]
- Sir Marcus Worsley, 5th Baronet, 87, English politician, MP for Keighley (1959–1964) and Chelsea (1966–1974).[369]
- Muriel T. Yacavone, 92, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1970–1982).[370]
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- Bud Alper, 82, American sound engineer (Blade Runner, Rocky, The Crow).[371]
- Inez Andrews, 83, American gospel singer (The Caravans), cancer.[372]
- Mauricio García Araujo, 81, Venezuelan economist.[373]
- Bob Armstrong, 64, Australian policeman, cancer.[374]
- Sir Lawrie Barratt, 85, English businessman (Barratt Developments).[375]
- Robert Bork, 85, American legal scholar, jurist, and 1987 Supreme Court nominee, heart disease.[376]
- Alan Cowey, 77, British biochemist.[377]
- Paul Crauchet, 92, French actor.[378]
- Ian Crewes, 74, Australian footballer.[379]
- Garniss Curtis, 93, American geophysicist.[380]
- Colin Davis, 79, British racing driver, winner of 1964 Targa Florio.[381]
- Les Devonshire, 86, English footballer.[382]
- Pecker Dunne, 79, Irish musician.[383]
- Krzysztof Etmanowicz, 53, Polish football manager.[384]
- Daniel Gasman, 79, American historian.[385]
- Konrad Hischier, 77, Swiss Olympic skier.[386]
- Georges Jobé, 51, Belgian motocross rider, five-time FIM World Motocross Champion, leukemia.[387]
- Douglas Leiterman, 85, Canadian producer and journalist (This Hour Has Seven Days).[388]
- Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, 68, Israeli lieutenant general, Chief of Staff (1995–1998) and politician, Minister of Transportation and Tourism, cancer.[389]
- Larry Morris, 79, American football player (Chicago Bears, Los Angeles Rams), after long illness.[390]
- Keiji Nakazawa, 73, Japanese manga artist and writer (Barefoot Gen), lung cancer.[391]
- George O'Donnell, 83, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).[392]
- Virginia Starcher, 82, American politician, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1986–1990).[393]
- Peter Struck, 69, German politician, member of the Bundestag (1980–2009), Minister of Defence (2002–2005), heart attack.[394]
- Piet de Visser, 81, Dutch politician.[395]
20
- George Almones, 50, American basketball player, heart failure.[396]
- Mohammad Awad, 73, Jordanian footballer.[397]
- Bill Bell, 100, British army officer and lawyer.[398]
- Don Campbell, 87, Canadian ice hockey player.[399]
- Daniel Cazés, 73, Mexican anthropologist.[400]
- Stan Charlton, 83, English footballer (Leyton Orient, Arsenal).[401]
- Leslie Claudius, 85, Indian Olympic champion (1948, 1952, 1956, 1960) field hockey player, cirrhosis of the liver.[402]
- Richard Crandall, 64, American scientist, leukemia.[403]
- Niall FitzGerald, 81, Irish football player.[404]
- Robert Juniper, 83, Australian artist.[405]
- Eagle Keys, 89, American-born Canadian CFL football player (Montreal Alouettes, Edmonton Eskimos) and coach (Saskatchewan Roughriders).[406]
- Larry L. King, 83, American writer and playwright (Best Little Whorehouse in Texas), emphysema.[407]
- Chick Maggioli, 90, American football player.[408]
- Jimmy McCracklin, 91, American blues musician, diabetes and hypertension.[409]
- Victor Merzhanov, 93, Russian classical pianist.[410]
- Erich Peters, 92, Swedish Olympic gymnast.[411]
- Albert Renaud, 92, Canadian ice hockey player.[412]
- Thelma Reston, 75, Brazilian actress (Entranced Earth), breast cancer.[413]
- Kamil Sönmez, 65, Turkish singer and actor, State Artist, cerebral hemorrhage.[414]
- Dennis Stevens, 79, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers, Everton).[415]
- Jerome Whitehead, 56, American basketball player, gastrointestinal hemorrhage.[416]
21
- Sultan Ahmed, 74, Bangladeshi Navy admiral.[417]
- Vivian Anderson, 91, American baseball player (Milwaukee Chicks).[418]
- Boyd Bartley, 92, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).[419]
- Jarl Borssén, 75, Swedish actor and comedian.[420]
- Thomas Bryant, 79, South African cricketer.[421]
- Margarita Costa Tenorio, 61, Spanish biologist.[422]
- Curtis Crider, 82, American racing driver.[423]
- Jishu Dasgupta, 53, Indian film and television producer, cardiac arrest.[424]
- Lee Dorman, 70, American bass guitarist (Iron Butterfly, Captain Beyond), natural causes.[425]
- David Lomon, 94, British military veteran, member of the International Brigade.[426]
- Shane McEntee, 56, Irish politician, TD for Meath (2005–2007) & Meath East (since 2007); Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (since 2011), suicide.[427]
- Thomas W. McGee, 88, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1963–1991) and Speaker (1975–1984).[428]
- Lotoala Metia, Tuvaluan politician, Minister for Finance, after long illness.[429]
- Seiso Moyo, 56, Zimbabwean politician, MP for Nketa, heart attack.[430]
- Daphne Oxenford, 93, English television and radio actress (Listen with Mother, Coronation Street).[431]
- Basil Robinson, 93, English-born Canadian cricketer.[432]
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- Peter Anker, 85, Norwegian art historian and critic.[433]
- Bashir Ahmad Bilour, 69, Pakistani politician, bombing.[434]
- Paul Borowski, 75, German Olympic silver medallist sailor (1972).[435]
- Chuck Cherundolo, 96, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers), heart failure.[436]
- Charles Cleveland, 61, American basketball player.[437]
- Wattie Dick, 85, Scottish footballer (Accrington Stanley).[438]
- Neil Doolan, 79, Australian football player.[439]
- Ryan Freel, 36, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds), suicide by gunshot.[440]
- Emidio Greco, 74, Italian film director and screenwriter.[441]
- Willy Blok Hanson, 98, Javanese-born Canadian dancer.[442]
- Rip Hawk, 82, American professional wrestler.[443]
- George Hazlett, 89, Scottish footballer.[444]
- Gary Johnson, 74, American baseball player and manager.[445]
- Květa Legátová, 93, Czech writer, novel filmed as Želary.[446]
- Barbara Lett-Simmons, 85, American politician.[447]
- Lim Keng Yaik, 73, Malaysian politician.[448]
- Bill McBride, 67, American politician, Democratic Party nominee for Governor of Florida (2002), heart attack.[449]
- Gerald Melling, 69, British-born New Zealand architect and writer.[450]
- Cliff Osmond, 75, American actor (Irma la Douce, The Fortune Cookie, Kiss Me, Stupid), pancreatic cancer.[451]
- Robert Pew, 89, American businessman and philanthropist, CEO and Chairman of Steelcase.[452]
- Bolesław Proch, 60, Polish speedway rider, heart attack.[453]
- Arthur Quinlan, 92, Irish journalist (The Irish Times).[454]
- Robert Stevenson, 96, American musicologist.[455]
- Arkady Vorobyov, 88, Soviet weightlifter, Olympic champion under-90 kg (1956, 1960).[456]
- Marva Whitney, 68, American singer, complications of pneumonia.[457]
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- Jerry Araos, 68, Filipino sculptor, landscape artist, and activist.[458]
- Eduardo Arnosi, 88, Argentine music critic and writer.[459]
- Emilio Ciolli, 79, Italian cyclist.[460]
- Abe Deutschendorf, 77, American politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (1994–2006).[461]
- Dennis Greenland, 75, British soil scientist.[462]
- Jean Harris, 89, American convicted murderer, killer of Scarsdale Diet doctor Herman Tarnower.[463]
- Sylvia Hyman, 95, American ceramic artist.[464]
- Eduardo Maiorino, 33, Brazilian MMA fighter, heart attack.[465]
- Judy Nerat, 64, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (2009–2011), cancer.[466]
- John Quimby, 77, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1962–1974), complications of pneumonia.[467]
- Mike Scaccia, 47, American heavy metal guitarist (Ministry, Rigor Mortis, Revolting Cocks), heart attack.[468]
- Pedro Toledo, 69, Puerto Rican public official, Superintendent of the Puerto Rico Police Department (1993–2001, 2005–2009), cardiac arrest.[469]
- Cristian Tudor, 30, Romanian footballer, cirrhosis.[470]
- Klemens von Klemperer, 96, German-born American historian.[471]
- Evelyn Ward, 89, American television actress, mother of David Cassidy, Alzheimer's disease.[472]
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- Anand Abhyankar, 48, Indian actor, traffic collision.[473]
- Hugh Aitken, 88, American composer.[474]
- Vilen Barskyi, 92, Ukrainian Soviet and German artist.[475]
- Richard Rodney Bennett, 76, English film composer (Nicholas and Alexandra, Murder on the Orient Express, Four Weddings and a Funeral), BAFTA winner (1975).[476]
- Capital Steez, 19, American rapper, suicide by jumping.[477]
- Frank Christian, 60, American singer-songwriter.[478]
- Ray Collins, 76, American singer (The Mothers of Invention), cardiac arrest.[479]
- Brad Corbett, 75, American baseball owner (Texas Rangers, 1974–1980).[480]
- Guy Dodson, 75, New Zealand biochemist.[481]
- Charles Durning, 89, American actor (Evening Shade, Rescue Me, Dog Day Afternoon).[482]
- Kimio Eto, 88, Japanese musician.[483]
- Earl Evans, 57, American basketball player.[484]
- Carolina Griño-Aquino, 89, Filipino judge, Supreme Court (1988–1993) and Court of Appeals.[485]
- Douglas Hamilton, 65, British journalist, drowned.[486]
- Lee Hartman, 82, American animator (The Mickey Mouse Club, Sleeping Beauty) and actor (Night of the Living Dead), complications from dementia.[487]
- Jack Klugman, 90, American actor (Quincy, M.E., The Odd Couple, 12 Angry Men), Emmy winner (1964, 1971, 1973), prostate cancer.[488]
- Alexander Leaf, 92, American physician and research scientist.[489]
- Xavier Mabille, 79, Belgian historian and political scientist.[490]
- Dennis O'Driscoll, 58, Irish poet.[491]
- Elwyn Richardson, 87, New Zealand educator.[492]
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- Seeta bint Fahd Al Damir, 90, Saudi royal.[493]
- Erico Aumentado, 72, Filipino politician, member of the House of Representatives for Bohol (since 2010), pneumonia.[494]
- Jerzy Bereś, 82, Polish artist.[495]
- Sir Neville Bosworth, 94, British politician, Lord Mayor of Birmingham (1969–1970).[496]
- Augusto Bracca, 94, Venezuelan songwriter, respiratory arrest.[497]
- Frank Calabrese Sr., 75, American mafia hitman (Family Secrets), suspected heart disease.[498]
- Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre, 83, British aristocrat.[499]
- Jane Dixon, 75, American Episcopal prelate, Suffragan Bishop of Washington (1992–2002).[500]
- Peter Ebert, 94, German opera director.[501]
- Şerafettin Elçi, 74, Kurdish lawyer, politician, government minister and statesman, cancer.[502]
- Halfdan Hegtun, 94, Norwegian radio personality and politician.[503]
- Edward Hughes, 92, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Metuchen (1987–1997), cancer.[504]
- John Josephs, 88, English cricketer (Leicestershire).[505]
- Henry Ford Kamel, 51, Ghanaian politician, MP for Buem (since 2004).[506]
- Joe Krivak, 77, American football coach (University of Maryland), leukemia.[507]
- Mahmoud Larnaout, 67, Tunisian actor.[508]
- Rudolf Müller, 81, German Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Görlitz (1994–2006).[509]
- Othmar Schneider, 84, Austrian Olympic champion (1952) Alpine skier and marksman.[510]
- Turki bin Sultan Al Saud, 53, Saudi royal, Deputy Minister of Culture and Information (since 2011), heart attack.[511]
- Lynn Watters, 96, Canadian Olympic sailor.[512]
- Jože Zidar, 85, Slovenian Olympic ski jumper.[513]
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- Abdul Ghafoor Ahmed, 85, Pakistani politician and educator.[514]
- Gerry Anderson, 83, British producer, writer and director (Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons), Alzheimer's disease.[515]
- Fontella Bass, 72, American singer ("Rescue Me"), complications from a heart attack.[516]
- Paul T. Bateman, 93, American number theorist.[517]
- Elizabeth Brewster, 90, Canadian poet and academic.[518]
- Chu Ting-shun, 84, Taiwanese folk musician and yueqin player.[519]
- Les Garnider, 89, Australian footballer.[520]
- Anton Geiser, 88, Yugoslav-born Nazi concentration camp guard.[521]
- Fred Gerard, 88, French jazz trumpeter and composer[522]
- E. Porter Hatcher Jr., 76, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (1987–1999).[523]
- Hugh Lambie, 95, Australian Olympic rower.[524]
- Gerald McDermott, 71, American filmmaker and author.[525]
- Jean Perrot, 92, French archaeologist.[526]
- Irving Saraf, 80, Polish producer, editor and director (In the Shadow of the Stars, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[527]
- Henri Strzelecki, 87, Polish-born British fashion designer, co-founder of Henri Lloyd.[528]
- Ibrahim Tannous, 83, Lebanese military commander.[529]
- Rebecca Tarbotton, 39, Canadian-born American environmental activist, director of Rainforest Action Network, drowning.[530]
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- Zuleika Alambert, 90, Brazilian writer, feminist, and politician.[531]
- Peter Anderson, 62, New Zealand cricketer.[532]
- Bernie Baxter, 83, Australian rules football player.[533]
- Valentin Boreyko, 79, Russian Olympic champion (1960) rower.[534]
- Harry Carey Jr., 91, American actor (Gremlins, Tombstone, The Searchers), natural causes.[535]
- Lloyd Charmers, 74, Jamaican singer and record producer, heart attack.[536]
- Mahmudul Karim Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician.[537]
- Beatriz da Costa, 38, German artist, cancer.[538]
- Maurice Paul Delorme, 93, French Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (1975–1994).[539]
- Beth Finch, 91, American politician, first female Mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina (1975–1981).[540]
- Hamid Ghodse, 74, Iranian-born British academic, expert in substance abuse and dependence, lung cancer.[541]
- Sohrab Hossain, 90, Bangladeshi singer, exponent of Nazrul Sangeet.[542]
- Ken Jones, 68, English footballer (Bradford Park Avenue, Southampton).[543]
- Paul Khoarai, 79, Mosotho Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Leribe (1970–2009).[544]
- Jorma Kortelainen, 80, Finnish Olympic silver medalist (1956) cross-country skier and rower, sepsis.[545]
- Tingye Li, 81, Chinese-born American physicist.[546]
- Edgar May, 83, Swiss-born American politician and Pulitzer prize-winning (1961) journalist, member of Vermont House of Representatives (1973–1983) and Senate (1983–1991), stroke.[547]
- Benny McLaughlin, 84, American footballer.[548]
- Jesco von Puttkamer, 79, German-born American aerospace engineer and NASA manager.[549]
- Albert Riederer, 67, American judge and civic leader, Missouri Court of Appeals (1997–1999), cancer.[550]
- Archie Roy, 88, Scottish astronomer and paranormal expert, pneumonia.[551]
- Jim Sandoval, 54, American baseball historian.[552]
- Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., 78, American general, Commander-in-Chief of United States Central Command (1988–1991), complications from pneumonia.[553]
- Noriko Sengoku, 90, Japanese actress (Seven Samurai).[554]
- Takashi Taniguchi, 65, Japanese voice actor (Bokurano, One Piece, Xenoblade Chronicles).[555]
- Mlađa Veselinović, 97, Serbian actor.[556]
- Salt Walther, 65, American racecar driver.[557]
- Ivar Ytreland, 86, Norwegian politician.[558]
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- Nicholas Ambraseys, 83, Greek engineering seismologist.[559]
- Fyodor Arkhipenko, 91, Soviet-Belarusian pilot.[560]
- Bogdan Baltazar, 73, Romanian banker, press secretary for Prime Minister Petre Roman, cancer.[561]
- Martin G. Barnes, 64, American politician, first African American mayor of Paterson, New Jersey (1997–2002).[562]
- Richard Lee Beasley, 82, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1960–1966), father of David M. Beasley.[563]
- Steve Bryles, 55, American politician, member of the Arkansas Senate (2001–2011), cancer.[564]
- John Carol Case, 89, British baritone.[565]
- Emilio Charles Jr., 56, Mexican professional wrestler, kidney failure.[566]
- Jayne Cortez, 76, American poet and performance artist.[567]
- Mark Crispin, 56, American computer programmer.[568]
- John Diehl, 76, American football player.[569]
- Václav Drobný, 32, Czech footballer (Aston Villa, national team), bobsleigh collision.[570]
- Barrie Edgar, 93, English producer (Come Dancing, Gardeners' World), pneumonia.[571]
- Jon Finch, 70, English actor (Frenzy, Kingdom of Heaven, Death on the Nile).[572]
- Arnór Hannibalsson, 78, Icelandic philosopher and professor.[573]
- Frank Henderson, 84, American politician and judge, member of the South Dakota Senate (1965–1966, 1969–1970) and Supreme Court of South Dakota (1979–1994).[574]
- Tommy Keane, 44, Irish association football player.[575]
- Leif Krantz, 80, Swedish television producer and film director.[576]
- Dan Kraus, 89, American basketball player and FBI special agent, cancer.[577]
- Claude-Anne Lopez, 92, American author and scholar, Alzheimer's disease.[578]
- Lord Avie, 34, American thoroughbred racehorse, oldest living Eclipse Award winner (1980).[579]
- Arman Manukyan, 81, Turkish economist and writer, heart disease.[580]
- George Patterson, 92, Scottish missionary.[581]
- Fred Rehm, 91, American basketball player.[582]
- Emmanuel Scheffer, 88, German-born Israeli football coach, coached national team to only World Cup (1970).[583]
- Burdette Solum, 85, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1991–1992, 1998–2004).[584]
- Frankie Walsh, 76, Irish hurler (Waterford GAA).[585]
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- Hugh Adam, 87, Scottish businessperson.[586]
- Aleksandra Akimova, 90, Russian pilot.[587]
- Bob Astles, 88, British-born Ugandan government adviser of Milton Obote and Idi Amin.[588]
- Mike Auldridge, 73, American bluegrass musician (The Seldom Scene), cancer.[589]
- Kevin Betson, 83, Australian footballer.[590]
- Henri Bortoft, 74, British philosopher.[591]
- Chu Chang-kyun, 91, South Korean businessperson.[592]
- Keith Crombie, 73, British music venue owner and promoter.[593]
- Tony Greig, 66, South African cricketer, England captain (1975–1977) and Australian Nine Network television commentator, heart attack.[594]
- Roland Griffiths-Marsh, 89, Australian soldier.[595]
- Patience Latting, 94, American politician, first female Mayor of Oklahoma City (1971–1983).[596]
- Edward Meneeley, 85, American artist.[597]
- Ian Norton, 75, English cricketer.[598]
- Ben Overton, 86, American judge, Supreme Court of Florida (1974–1999), complications following heart surgery.[599]
- William Rees-Mogg, Baron Rees-Mogg, 84, British journalist and life peer, Editor of The Times (1967–1981), oesophageal cancer.[600]
- Salvador Reyes Monteón, 76, Mexican footballer (C.D. Guadalajara, national team).[601]
- Paulo Rocha, 77, Portuguese film director.[602]
- Bruce Stark, 79, American cartoonist (New York Daily News), emphysema.[603]
- Ruth Ann Steinhagen, 83, American stalker, shot Eddie Waitkus, inspiration for The Natural, fall.[604]
- Ignacy Tokarczuk, 94, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Przemyśl (1965–1993).[605]
- Jean Topart, 90, French actor (Fantastic Planet).[606]
- Jeanne Vertefeuille, 80, American CIA official.[607]
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- Muhammad Amir Bijligar, 85, Pakistani religious leader.[608]
- Gerry Brady, 87, Irish sports shooter.[609]
- Catarina Castor, 32, Guatemalan politician, first Ixil woman elected to Congress, plane crash.[610]
- Philip Coppens, 41, American author, cancer.[611]
- Dennis Ferguson, 64, Australian convicted child sex offender.[612]
- Beate Sirota Gordon, 89, Austrian-born American performing arts producer and women's rights advocate, drafted the Constitution of Japan.[613]
- Mike Hopkins, 53, New Zealand sound editor (The Lord of the Rings, Transformers, King Kong), drowned.[614]
- Arend Langenberg, 63, Dutch voice-over and radio presenter, rectal cancer.[615]
- Rita Levi-Montalcini, 103, Italian neurologist and senator for life, Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine (1986), natural causes.[616]
- Göran Nilsson, 66, Swedish cinematographer.[617]
- Gloria Pall, 85, American actress, heart failure.[618]
- Sir Irvine Patnick, 83, British politician, MP for Sheffield Hallam (1987–1997), heart disease.[619]
- Sonam Topgyal, 71, Tibetan politician, Kalön Tripa (Prime Minister) of the Central Tibetan Administration (1997–2001), stomach cancer.[620]
- Andreu Vivó, 34, Spanish artistic gymnast, competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics, heart attack while mountain climbing.[621]
- Carl Woese, 84, American biologist, winner of Leeuwenhoek Medal (1992), National Medal of Science (2000), complications from pancreatic cancer.[622]
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- Elfriede Abbe, 93, American sculptor, wood engraver and botanical illustrator.[623]
- Larry Bowie, 73, American football player (Minnesota Vikings).[624]
- Moisès Broggi, 104, Spanish physician and pacifist.[625]
- Carmen Calleja, 63, Spanish politician.[626]
- Sergio de Castro, 90, French-Argentinian artist.[627]
- Béla Csécsei, 60, Hungarian politician, Mayor of Józsefváros (1993–2009).[628]
- Susana Dalmás, 64, Uruguayan politician, Senator (2010–2012), heart attack.[629]
- Jim Davenport, 54, American journalist (Associated Press), cancer.[630]
- Walter Hekster, 75, Dutch composer, clarinetist and conductor.[631]
- Konstantin Kobets, 73, Russian Soviet-era military commander.[632]
- Alasdair Liddell, 63, British health executive.[633]
- Velta Līne, 89, Latvian actress, Stalin Prize (1948, 1951), People's Artist (1973).[634]
- Annapurna Maharana, 95, Indian revolutionary figure and women's rights activist.[635]
- Jovette Marchessault, 74, Canadian writer and artist.[636]
- Tarak Mekki, 54, Tunisian politician, heart attack.[637]
- Alan Reece, 85, British engineer and businessman.[638]
- James B. Reuter, 96, American-born Filipino Roman Catholic priest and mass media advocate, complications from a stroke.[639]
- Jean-Henri Roger, 63, French film director.[640]
- Günter Rössler, 86, German photographer.[641]
- Yang Teng-kuei, 74, Taiwanese film producer (Fong Sai-yuk, A City of Sadness), stroke.[642]
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