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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.
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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]
- Christopher Collett, 81, British accountant, lord mayor of London.[25]
- Michael Crawford, 92, English cricketer.[26]
- Gitte Dæhlin, 56, Norwegian sculptor.[27]
- Preeti Ganguly, 59, Indian actress, cardiac arrest.[28]
- Michael A. Gorman, 62, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (2003–2005), POEMS syndrome.[29]
- Tom Hendry, 83, Canadian playwright, founder of Manitoba Theatre Centre.[30]
- Hiroshi Kato, 77, Japanese aikido master.[31]
- Israel Keyes, 34, American alleged serial killer, suicide by hanging and lacerations.[32]
- Ehsan Naraghi, 86, Iranian sociologist and writer, Director of UNESCO's Youth Division (1980–1996), long illness.[33]
- Sylvester Odhiambo, Kenyan football coach (Muhoroni Youth F.C.).[34]
- Décio Pignatari, 85, Brazilian poet, essayist and translator, respiratory failure.[35]
- Azumir Veríssimo, 77, Brazilian footballer.[36]
- Szymon, 23, Australian musician, suicide.[37]
3
- Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil, 74, Iraqi-born Lebanese Syrian Catholic hierarch, Archbishop-Procurator in Rome (since 1986).[38]
- Leo Rajendram Antony, 85, Sri Lankan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa (1974–1983).[39]
- Amir Mahmud Anvar, 67, Iranian literary academic and poet.[40]
- Tommy Berggren, 62, Swedish footballer.[41]
- Ivan Boboshko, 83, Soviet football player and coach.[42]
- Georgy Borisenko, 90, Soviet correspondence chess grandmaster and chess theoretician.[43]
- Kuntal Chandra, 28, Bangladeshi cricketer, strangulation.[44]
- Bill Donckers, 61, American football player, lymphoma.[45]
- Christopher Erhardt, 53, American video game producer and academic.[46]
- Peter Johnson Sr., 91, American trial lawyer and political power broker, pulmonary fibrosis.[47]
- Fyodor Khitruk, 95, Russian animator and animation director (The Story of a Crime).[48]
- Mohamed Mahroof, 62, Sri Lankan politician, MP for Colombo (2000–2010).[49]
- Diego Mendieta, 32, Paraguayan footballer, viral infection.[50]
- Carlomagno Meneses, 85, Peruvian Olympic boxer.[51]
- Eileen Moran, 60, American visual effects producer (The Lord of the Rings, Avatar, King Kong), cancer.[52]
- King G. Porter, 91, American politician, member of the Tennessee State Senate.[53]
- Sir Geoffrey Shakerley, 80, British photographer.[54]
- Janet Shaw, 46, Australian Paralympic bronze medal-winning (2004) cyclist and author, cancer.[55]
- Jeroen Willems, 50, Dutch actor and singer, cardiac arrest.[56]
4
- Alfredo Abon Lee, 85, Cuban military officer.[57]
- Narmada Akka, Indian communist, shot.[58]
- Grady Allen, 66, American football player (Atlanta Falcons), cardiac arrest.[59]
- José Alves da Costa, 73, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Corumbá (1991–1999).[60]
- Vasily Belov, 80, Russian writer, poet and dramatist.[61]
- Philippe Bena, 60, French Olympic fencer.[62]
- Jean Bollack, 89, French philosopher, philologist and literary critic.[63]
- Jack Brooks, 89, American politician, member of US House of Representatives (1953–1995) and Texas House of Representatives (1949–1953).[64]
- Miguel Calero, 41, Colombian footballer, cerebral thrombosis.[65]
- Rozina Cambos, 60, Israeli actress (The Human Resources Manager), leukemia.[66]
- James B. Cardwell, 90, American bureaucrat, complications of a broken hip.[67]
- Besse Cooper, 116, American supercentenarian, world's oldest person.[68]
- Tony Deane-Drummond, 95, British army major general.[69]
- Massimo Giustetti, 86, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Pinerolo (1974–1975), Mondovi (1975–1986) and Biella (1986–2001).[70]
- Jonathan Harvey, 73, English composer, motor neurone disease.[71]
- Helen Johnson Houghton, 102, British racehorse trainer.[72]
- Eamon Kelly, 65, Irish criminal, shot.[73]
- Peter Kiesewetter, 67, German modern classical composer.[74]
- Miroslav Klůc, 90, Czech Olympic ice hockey (1956) forward and coach, member of Czech Ice Hockey Hall of Fame, stroke.[75]
- Larry Lawrence, 63, American football player (Oakland Raiders, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Edmonton Eskimos), edema.[76]
- Paul Marcotte, 84, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (2005–2007).[77]
- Branislav Milinković, 52, Serbian diplomat, ambassador to NATO and Austria, suicide by jumping.[78]
- Robert Monclar, 82, French Olympic basketball player.[79]
- Hilmar Moore, 92, American politician, longest-serving mayor in the United States, complications of a fall.[80]
- Tony Sweeney, 81, Irish sports writer and historian, heart attack.[81]
- Michael Till, 77, British Anglican priest, Dean of Winchester (1996–2005).[82]
- Ken Trickey, 79, American basketball coach (Oral Roberts University).[83]
- Gerrit van Dijk, 73, Dutch animator, long illness.[84]
- John Ward, 64, American football player (Minnesota Vikings), cancer.[85]
5
- Allah Bachayo Khoso, 77, Pakistani artist and Alghoza player.[86]
- Sammy Arena, 81, American singer, multiple organ failure.[87]
- Petrine Archer-Straw, 55, British art historian, sickle-cell disease.[88]
- Erwin Bischofberger, 76, Swedish Jesuit and medical practitioner.[89]
- Dave Brubeck, 91, American jazz pianist ("Take Five") and composer ("Blue Rondo à la Turk"), heart failure.[90]
- MC Buffalo, 41, Croatian rapper, stroke.[91]
- Carlos Francisco Chang Marín, 90, Panamanian painter, musician, journalist, and writer.[92]
- Evgeny Chubarov, 77, Russian painter, sculptor, and graphic artist.[93]
- Chen Wencong, 42, Singaporean actor, writer and producer, pneumonia.[94]
- Eduardo J. Corso, 92, Uruguayan journalist and lawyer.[95]
- Wilhelmus Demarteau, 95, Dutch-born Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Banjarmasin (1954–1983).[96]
- Enebeli Elebuwa, 66, Nigerian actor, stroke.[97]
- Peter Feltus, 70, American philatelist.[98]
- Francesco Fonti, 64, Italian criminal.[99]
- Kazbek Gekkiyev, 28, Russian journalist, shooting.[100]
- Frigyes Hollósi, 71, Hungarian actor.[101]
- Ignatius IV of Antioch, 92, Syrian Orthodox patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch (since 1979), stroke.[102]
- Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII, 57, Japanese kabuki star, acute respiratory distress syndrome.[103]
- Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, 103, Australian philanthropist, widow of Sir Keith Murdoch, mother of Rupert Murdoch.[104]
- Yves Niaré, 35, French Olympic (2008) shot putter, traffic collision.[105]
- Oscar Niemeyer, 104, Brazilian architect, respiratory infection.[106]
- Eileen Pollock, 86, American television writer and producer (Dynasty, The Colbys).[107]
- Kaisa Sere, 58, Finnish computer scientist.[108]
- Doug Smith, 75, Scottish footballer and administrator (Dundee United).[109]
- Felix Weinberg, 84, Czech-born British physicist.[110]
6
- Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó, 51, Equatorial Guinean politician, Prime Minister (2004–2006), heart attack.[111]
- Mike Boyette, 71, American professional wrestler, heart disease.[112]
- Jan Carew, 92, Guyanese writer and academic.[113]
- Ed Cassidy, 89, American musician (Spirit), cancer.[114]
- Liz Chadwick, 69, English golfer.[115]
- Eta Cohen, 96, English violin teacher and author.[116]
- Arnold C. Cooper, 79, American academic.[117]
- Bim Diederich, 90, Luxembourgish road bicycle racer.[118]
- David Favrholdt, 81, Danish philosopher.[119]
- Keitani Graham, 32, Micronesian Olympic (2012) Greco-Roman wrestler, heart attack.[120]
- Alice Harden, 64, American politician, Mississippi State Senator (since 1988).[121]
- Karine Kazinian, 57, Armenian diplomat, Ambassador to the United Kingdom (since 2011), complications during surgery.[122]
- Jeffrey Koo Sr., 79, Taiwanese businessman and billionaire, chairman for Chinatrust Financial Holding Company.[123]
- Huw Lloyd-Langton, 61, British guitarist (Hawkwind, Widowmaker), throat cancer.[124]
- Reginald Norby, 78, Norwegian diplomat, Ambassador to France (1994–1998).[125]
- O-Six, 6, Yellowstone National Park gray wolf, shot.[126]
- Pulpit, 18, American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1997 Fountain of Youth Stakes and Blue Grass Stakes.[127]
- Giovanni Sostero, 48, Italian astronomer, heart attack.[128]
- Pedro Vaz, 49, Uruguayan diplomat and lawyer, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2009–2010), Ambassador to Chile (since 2010), heart attack.[129]
7
- Abu-Zaid al Kuwaiti, 46, Kuwaiti al-Qaeda leader, drone strike.[130]
- Duggan Anderson, 88, Australian football player (Swan Districts Football Club).[131]
- Olga Beaver, 70, Czech-American mathematician.[132]
- Marie Bennigsen-Broxup, 68, British orientalist.[133]
- Mikelis Brizga, 101, Australian businessman.[134]
- P. J. Carey, 59, American baseball coach (Colorado Rockies).[135]
- Chen Wen-yu, 88, Taiwanese horticulturist.[136]
- Thomas Cornell, 75, American artist and professor, cancer.[137]
- Armando Costa, 63, Canadian soccer coach and player.[138]
- Gilbert Durand, 91, French academic.[139]
- Ernest England, 85, Australian cricketer.[140]
- Ammar El Sherei, 64, Egyptian musical composer and performer, heart ailment.[141]
- Denis Houf, 80, Belgian footballer (Standard Liège).[142]
- William F. House, 89, American physician, developer of the cochlear implant, cancer.[143]
- Irene Hughes, 92, American psychic.[144]
- Nikola Ilić, 27, Serbian basketball player, cancer.[145]
- Armand Van De Kerkhove, 97, Belgian footballer
- Roelof Kruisinga, 90, Dutch politician, Minister of Defence (1977–1978).[146]
- Art Larsen, 87, American tennis player.[147]
- Jeni Le Gon, 96, American dancer and actress (Amos 'n' Andy).[148]
- Rusty Mills, 49, American animator (Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, The Replacements), colon cancer.[149]
- Ralph Parr, 88, American fighter pilot, Korean War flying ace.[150]
- Marty Reisman, 82, American table tennis player, complications of heart and lung ailments.[151]
- Saul Steinberg, 73, American businessman and corporate raider.[152]
- Govindasamy Suppiah, 83, Singaporean football referee, diabetes.[153]
- Joseph R. Weisberger, 92, American judge, Chief Justice of Rhode Island Supreme Court (1993–2001).[154]
8
- Hermelindo Alberti, 87, Argentine sprinter.[155]
- Barry Altman, 63, American businessman, cancer.[156]
- Jerry Brown, 25, American football player (Dallas Cowboys), traffic collision.[157]
- Mary Griggs Burke, 96, American art collector, largest private collector of Japanese art outside Japan.[158]
- Arnold Dean, 82, American radio sports host and personality.[159]
- Vernice Ferguson, 84, American nurse and healthcare executive.[160]
- John Gowans, 78, British religious leader and musician, General of The Salvation Army (1999–2002).[161]
- Jagannathan, 74, Indian actor.[162]
- Yvonne Kennedy, 67, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (since 1979).[163]
- Johnny Lira, 61, American lightweight boxer, liver disease.[164]
- Ambrose Madtha, 57, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Titular Archbishop of Naissus, Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d'Ivoire (since 2008), traffic collision.[165]
- Charles Martin, 81, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives and Alabama Senate.[166]
- Khan Sarwar Murshid, 88, Bangladeshi educationist and intellectual, complications from stroke.[167]
- Walter Newman, 91, American civic leader and army veteran.[168]
- Bill Prest, 86, Australian politician, Queensland MLA for Port Curtis (1976–1992).[169]
- Hal Schaefer, 87, American jazz musician and vocal coach (Marilyn Monroe) involved in the Wrong-Door Raid.[170]
- Isaiah Shavitt, 87, Polish–born American theoretical chemist.[171]
- Mark Strizic, 84, Australian photographer.[172]
9
- Barbara Alby, 66, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1993–1998).[173]
- Håkon E. Andersen, 87, Norwegian bishop.[174]
- Mathews Barnabas, 88, Indian Metropolitan of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.[175]
- Michael Bürsch, 70, German politician.[176]
- Ailsa Craig, 95, Australian journalist.[177]
- Anna Czóbel, 94, Hungarian cinematographer.[178]
- Biswajit Das, 24, Bangladeshi tailor, murdered.[179]
- Jeanne Gervais, 90, Ivorian politician.[180]
- Anat Gov, 58, Israeli playwright and screenwriter, colorectal cancer.[181]
- Hiromori Kawashima, 90, Japanese sports administrator.[182]
- Ivan Ljavinec, 89, Ukrainian-born Czech Byzantine Catholic hierarch, Apostolic Exarch in the Czech Republic (1996–2003).[183]
- Sir Patrick Moore, 89, British astronomer and broadcaster (The Sky at Night), sepsis.[184]
- Alex Moulton, 92, British engineer and inventor (Moulton Bicycle).[185]
- Béla Nagy Abodi, 94, Hungarian painter.[186]
- André Nelis, 77, Belgian Olympic silver (1956) and bronze (1960) medal-winning sailor, cancer.[187]
- Ataa Oko, abt. 93, Ghanaian fantasy coffin artist.[188]
- Jenni Rivera, 43, American-born Mexican banda and norteño singer, plane crash.[189]
- Charles Rosen, 85, American pianist and author, cancer.[190]
- Riccardo Schicchi, 59, Italian pornographer, chronic kidney disease caused by type 2 diabetes.[191]
- Norman Joseph Woodland, 91, American inventor, co-creator of the bar code.[192]
10
- Iajuddin Ahmed, 81, Bangladeshi politician, President (2002–2009), heart and kidney disease.[193]
- Vladimir Bakulin, 73, Kazakhstani Olympic silver medal-winning (1968) wrestler.[194]
- Ashwini Bhatt, 76, Indian novelist.[195]
- Cliff Brown, 60, American football player (Notre Dame).[196]
- Antonio Cubillo, 82, Spanish politician, founder of Canary Islands Independence Movement.[197]
- Lisa Della Casa, 93, Swiss soprano.[198]
- Marla English, 77, American actress.[199]
- Ralph Frese, 86, American canoe maker and conservationist.[200]
- Ed Grady, 89, American actor (The Notebook, Dawson's Creek).[201]
- Albert O. Hirschman, 97, German-born American economist.[202]
- Hungargunn Bear It'n Mind, 9, Hungarian Vizsla, the Best in Show at Crufts in 2010.[203]
- Harry Iauko, Vanuatuan politician, MP for Tanna (2008–2012), complications of pneumonia.[204]
- Ibn Bey, 28, British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.[205]
- Jacques Jullien, 83, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Beauvais (1978–1984), and Archbishop of Rennes (1985–1998).[206]
- Patricia Kennedy, 96, Australian stage, film, and television actress (My Brilliant Career, Return to Eden).[207]
- Ciarán Maher, 50, Irish Gaelic football player.[208]
- Roy Miles, 77, British art dealer.[209]
- Bob Munden, 70, American entertainer, heart failure.[210]
- Shoichi Ozawa, 83, Japanese actor and folk art researcher.[211]
- Paul Rauch, 82, American television producer (Another World, One Life to Live, Santa Barbara), complications of blood clots.[212]
- Tommy Roberts, 70, British fashion designer.[213]
- John Small, 66, American football player (Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions).[214]
- Felix Stehling, 87, American restaurateur, co-founder of Taco Cabana, dementia.[215]
- Erwin Tomash, 91, American businessman (Dataproducts), Alzheimer's disease.[216]
- Birdsall S. Viault, 80, American academic.[217]
- Reginald James Wallace, 93, British civil servant, last Governor of the Gilbert Islands (1978–1979).[218]
11
- Angélica M. Arambarri, 67, Argentine botanist and mycologist.[219]
- Emilia Pisani Belserene, 89, American astronomer.[220]
- Toni Blankenheim, 90, German opera singer.[221]
- Lou Castagnola, 76, American athlete.[222]
- Vincent J Coates, 87, American engineer.[223]
- Gennadiy Dulnev, 85, Russian academic.[224]
- Semiha Es, 100, Turkish photographer.[225]
- Antonie Hegerlíková, 89, Czech actress, Thalia Award winner (2004).[226]
- William B. Hopkins, 90, American politician, member of Virginia Senate (1960–1980), majority leader (1976–1980).[227]
- Pedro Reginaldo Lira, 97, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San Francisco in Argentina (1961–1965), and Auxiliary Bishop of Salta (1967–1978).[228]
- B. B. Nimbalkar, 92, Indian cricketer.[229]
- Dindi Gowa Nyasulu, 68, Malawian politician, leader of AFORD, brain tumor.[230]
- Manuel Pardo, 56, American serial killer, execution by lethal injection.[231]
- Gérard Rasquin, 85, Luxembourgish Olympic sprinter.[232]
- Ravi Shankar, 92, Indian musician, complications from heart surgery.[233]
- Walter Francis Sullivan, 84, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Richmond (1974–2003), liver cancer.[234]
- Galina Vishnevskaya, 86, Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist.[235]
- Colleen Walker, 56, American golfer, won du Maurier Classic (1997), breast cancer.[236]
- Mendel Weinbach, 79, Polish-born Israeli rabbi.[237]
12
- Joe Allbritton, 87, American businessman, broadcaster and publisher.[238]
- Fazlul Haque Amini, 67, Bangladeshi Muslim scholar.[239]
- W. Rex Black, 92, American politician, member of the Utah Senate (1973–1997).[240]
- Cynthia Bolbach, 64, American lawyer, cancer.[241]
- Ray Briem, 82, American radio host (KABC), cancer.[242]
- Eddie "Guitar" Burns, 84, American Detroit blues musician, heart failure.[243]
- Manas Chakraborty, 70, Indian singer.[244]
- Ron Cooper, 80, British bicycle frame maker.[245]
- Alfred Delcourt, 83, Belgian football referee.[246]
- Richard Eyre, 83, British Anglican priest, Dean of Exeter (1981–1996).[247]
- Chris Fokma, 85, Dutch sculptor and ceramist.[248]
- Laurie Gallagher, 88, Australian footballer.[249]
- Else Marie Jakobsen, 85, Norwegian textile artist.[250]
- Walt Kirk, 88, American basketball player (Fort Wayne Pistons, Milwaukee Hawks).[251]
- Don Medford, 95, American television director (Baretta, Dynasty, The F.B.I., The Fugitive).[252]
- N. M. Mohan, 63, Indian comic book writer and editor, heart attack.[253]
- Thomas Naylor, 76, American economist.[254]
- Uri Possen, 70, American economist.[255]
- Manju Bharat Ram, 66, Indian educationalist, cancer.[256]
- Augustin Sagna, 92, Senegalese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ziguinchor (1966–1995).[257]
- Nityanand Swami, 85, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand (2000–2001).[258]
- David Tait, 25, English rugby player, fall from building.[259]
13
- Willie Ackerman, 73, American drummer (Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn, Louis Armstrong).[260]
- Andreu Alfaro, 83, Spanish sculptor.[261]
- Donnie Andrews, 58, American criminal, inspiration for Omar Little on The Wire, complications of heart surgery.[262]
- Jaco de Bakker, 73, Dutch theoretical computer scientist.[263]
- Balthazar Bigirimana, 54-55, Burundian politician and diplomat.[264]
- Ian Black, 88, Scottish footballer.[265]
- Jan Blaha, 74, Czech Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop (1967–2012).[266]
- John Bradley, 87, American racer.[267]
- Kumkum Chatterjee, 54, Indian American historian.[268]
- William C. Coleman Jr., 87, American politician.[269]
- Alan Colquhoun, 91, English architect, historian, critic and teacher.[270]
- Gil Friesen, 75, American music and film executive, President of A&M Records (1965–1990), leukemia.[271]
- Jack Hanlon, 96, American child actor (Our Gang, The Shakedown, The General).[272]
- Maurice Herzog, 93, French climber and politician, Minister of Youth and Sport (1958–1963).[273]
- Natalya Kustinskaya, 74, Russian actress (Three Plus Two, Ivan Vasilievich Changes Profession), complications from pneumonia.[274]
- Moshe Lazar, 84, American academic.[275]
- Newton Edward Miller, 93, American politician, member of the New Jersey House of Representatives (1981–1989).[276]
- Midori Miura, 64, Japanese translator of Russian, cancer.[277]
- T. Shanmugham, 92, Indian footballer and coach, respiratory ailment.[278]
- Rob Talbot, 89, New Zealand politician, MP for Ashburton (1966–1969, 1978–1987) and South Canterbury (1969–1978).[279]
- Abdesslam Yassine, 84, Moroccan political figure, complications of influenza.[280]
14
- Joseph Abiodun Adetiloye, 82, Nigerian Anglican prelate, Primate of the Church of Nigeria (1986–1999).[281]
- Leon Abrams, 89, British surgeon.[282]
- Claude Abravanel, 88, Swiss pianist and composer.[283]
- Richard Baum, 72, American China watcher.[284]
- Avrelija Cencič, 48, Slovenian university professor.[285]
- Alida Chelli, 69, Italian actress, cancer.[286]
- Ertuğ Ergin, 42, Turkish singer.[287]
- John Graham, 89, British army major general.[288]
- Edward Jones, 62, American politician, North Carolina State Senator (since 2007), pancreatic cancer.[289]
- Kenneth Kendall, 88, British television broadcaster (BBC News, Treasure Hunt), complications of a stroke.[290]
- Klaus Köste, 69, German Olympic champion (1972) gymnast, heart failure.[291]
- Hazel McIsaac, 79, Canadian politician, Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly member for St. George's (1975–1982), Alzheimer's disease.[292]
- Jitka Senecká, 72, Czech Olympic volleyball player.[293]
- Marion Stokes, 83, American television producer and civil rights activist.[294]
- Shōmei Tōmatsu, 82, Japanese photographer.[295]
- Victoria Leigh Soto, 27, American elementary school teacher, shot.[296]
15
- Mohammad Amin, 84, Indian historian.[297]
- Yury Anisimov, 74, Soviet Olympic sailor.[298]
- Owoye Andrew Azazi, 60, Nigerian general, National Security Adviser (2010–2012), helicopter crash.[299]
- Jamala al-Baidhani, 35, Yemeni activist, respiratory disease.[300]
- Dick Hafer, 85, American jazz saxophonist.[301]
- Bob Johnston, 83, Australian rules footballer (Melbourne).[302]
- C. Louis Kincannon, 72, American bureaucrat, Director of the U.S. Census Bureau (2002–2008), cancer.[303]
- Vincent Lafko, 67, Slovak Olympic silver medallist handball player (1972).[304]
- Bob Odell, 90, American football player, kidney disease.[305]
- Páidí Ó Sé, 57, Irish Gaelic football player and manager, suspected heart attack.[306]
- Bobby Jack Oliver, 76, American football player.[307]
- Ralph Pampena, 78, American police officer, Pittsburgh Police Chief (1987–1990), cancer.[308]
- Jeffrey Potter, 94, American author.[309]
- John Anderson Strong, 97, Scottish physician and academic.[310]
- Takeshi Urata, 65, Japanese astronomer.[311]
- Patrick Yakowa, 64, Nigerian politician, Governor of Kaduna State (since 2010), helicopter crash.[312]
- Olga Zubarry, 83, Argentine film actress.[313]
16
- Charlesia Alexis, 78, Chagossian singer and activist.[314]
- Axel Anderson, 83, German-born Puerto Rican actor.[315]
- Robert W. Bazley, 87, American four-star general.[316]
- James Walker Benét, 98, American journalist, veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, son of William Rose Benét.[317]
- Petar Bozhilov, 49, Bulgarian canoer.[318]
- Sheila Casey (née McKinley), 71, Scottish singer, cancer.[319]
- John Chen Shi-zhong, 94, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Suifu (since 1985).[320]
- Peter Clarke, 77, British cartoonist.[321]
- Doyle Conner, 83, American politician, member of Florida House (1950–1960), Speaker (1958–1960), Florida Commissioner of Agriculture (1961–1991).[322]
- Febo Conti, 85, Italian television and radio presenter.[323]
- Duaine Counsell, 92, American football and baseball coach.[324]
- Robert Derleth, 90, American football player, complications of a stroke.[325]
- Andrzej Dłużniewski, 73, Polish sculptor.[326]
- George Duggan, 100, New Zealand Marist priest and writer.[327]
- Elwood V. Jensen, 92, American medical researcher, pneumonia.[328]
- Laurier LaPierre, 83, Canadian broadcaster and politician, Senator from Ontario (2001–2004).[329]
- Iñaki Lejarreta, 29, Spanish Olympic (2008) mountain biker, traffic collision.[330]
- Avraham Mor, 77, Israeli actor and voice actor, cancer.[331]
- Adam Ndlovu, 42, Zimbabwean footballer, traffic collision.[332]
- Enrique Oltuski, 82, Cuban politician and revolutionary, respiratory failure.[333]
- Nikolai Parshin, 83, Russian football player and manager.[334]
- Jim Patterson, 84, Scottish footballer.[335]
- Brian Sampson, 71, Australian rules football player.[336]
- Fan Vavřincová, 95, Czech author and screenwriter (Eva tropí hlouposti, Taková normální rodinka).[337]
- Josh Weston, 39, American gay porn actor, AIDS-related causes.[338]
- Jake Adam York, 40, American poet, stroke.[339]
17
- Charlie Adam, 50, Scottish footballer, suicide.[340]
- Richard Adams, 65, Filipino-born American gay rights activist, cancer.[341]
- Tony Charlton, 83, Australian sports broadcaster, bowel cancer.[342]
- Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy, 60, Nigerian-born British artist, cancer.[343]
- Wayne Ducheneaux, 76, American Native leader.[344]
- Manfred Feist, 82, German politician and party functionary.[345]
- Jack Frazer, 80, Canadian politician.[346]
- James Gower, 90, American Catholic priest and peace activist, co-founder of the College of the Atlantic.[347]
- Jesse Hill, 86, American civil rights leader and businessman.[348]
- Daniel Inouye, 88, American politician, Senator from Hawaii (since 1963), President pro tempore (since 2010), Medal of Honor recipient, respiratory failure.[349]
- Peter Kenen, 80, American academic, emphysema.[350]
- Arnaldo Mesa, 45, Cuban Olympic silver medal-winning (1996) boxer, stroke.[351]
- Frank Pastore, 55, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds), injuries from a traffic collision.[352]
- Midge Richardson, 82, American magazine editor (Seventeen), natural causes.[353]
- Sir Colin Spedding, 87, British biologist and agricultural scientist.[354]
- Carroll S. Walsh Jr., 91, American judge, New York Supreme Court (1978–1990), heart failure.[355]
18
- Skippy Baxter, 93, American figure skater.[356]
- Leman Çıdamlı, 80, Turkish actress, lung cancer.[357]
- Gabrielle Clerk, 89, Canadian psychologist.[358]
- Spencer Cox, 44, American HIV/AIDS activist, AIDS-related causes.[359]
- Joseph T. Doyle, 81, American judge and politician, cancer.[360]
- Sigmund Eisner, 92, American academic.[361]
- Albert Elias, 41, American sports agent.[362]
- Georgi Kaloyanchev, 87, Bulgarian actor (The Tied Up Balloon, Where Are You Going?).[363]
- Koko, 7, Australian canine actor (Red Dog), heart disease.[364]
- Ben Luján, 77, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (since 1975), Speaker (since 2001), lung cancer.[365]
- Frank Macchiarola, 71, American educator, New York City Schools Chancellor (1978–1983), liver cancer.[366]
- Bessie Moody-Lawrence, 71, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1993–2007), brain cancer.[367]
- Mustafa Ould Salek, 76, Mauritanian army officer and politician, Chairman of the Military Committee for National Recovery (1978–1979).[368]
- Keith Reilly, 77, Canadian curler.[369]
- Camil Samson, 77, Canadian politician, MNA for Rouyn-Noranda (1970–1981).[370]
- George Showell, 78, English footballer, ruptured stomach aortic artery.[371]
- Danny Steinmann, 70, American film director (Friday the 13th: A New Beginning, Savage Streets, The Unseen).[372]
- Jim Whalen, 69, American football player (New England Patriots).[373]
- Kevin Williams, 42, American football player.[374]
- Sir Marcus Worsley, 5th Baronet, 87, English politician, MP for Keighley (1959–1964) and Chelsea (1966–1974).[375]
- Muriel T. Yacavone, 92, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1970–1982).[376]
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- Bud Alper, 82, American sound engineer (Blade Runner, Rocky, The Crow).[377]
- Inez Andrews, 83, American gospel singer (The Caravans), cancer.[378]
- Mauricio García Araujo, 81, Venezuelan economist.[379]
- Bob Armstrong, 64, Australian policeman, cancer.[380]
- Sir Lawrie Barratt, 85, English businessman (Barratt Developments).[381]
- Robert Bork, 85, American legal scholar, jurist, and 1987 Supreme Court nominee, heart disease.[382]
- Ken Chaney, 73, Canadian-born American jazz pianist, natural causes.[383]
- Alan Cowey, 77, British biochemist.[384]
- Paul Crauchet, 92, French actor.[385]
- Ian Crewes, 74, Australian footballer.[386]
- Garniss Curtis, 93, American geophysicist.[387]
- Colin Davis, 79, British racing driver, winner of 1964 Targa Florio.[388]
- Les Devonshire, 86, English footballer.[389]
- Pecker Dunne, 79, Irish musician.[390]
- Krzysztof Etmanowicz, 53, Polish football manager.[391]
- Daniel Gasman, 79, American historian.[392]
- Konrad Hischier, 77, Swiss Olympic skier.[393]
- Georges Jobé, 51, Belgian motocross rider, five-time FIM World Motocross Champion, leukemia.[394]
- Douglas Leiterman, 85, Canadian producer and journalist (This Hour Has Seven Days).[395]
- Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, 68, Israeli lieutenant general, Chief of Staff (1995–1998) and politician, Minister of Transportation and Tourism, cancer.[396]
- Larry Morris, 79, American football player (Chicago Bears, Los Angeles Rams), after long illness.[397]
- Keiji Nakazawa, 73, Japanese manga artist and writer (Barefoot Gen), lung cancer.[398]
- George O'Donnell, 83, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).[399]
- Virginia Starcher, 82, American politician, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1986–1990).[400]
- Peter Struck, 69, German politician, member of the Bundestag (1980–2009), Minister of Defence (2002–2005), heart attack.[401]
- Piet de Visser, 81, Dutch politician.[402]
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- George Almones, 50, American basketball player, heart failure.[403]
- Mohammad Awad, 73, Jordanian footballer.[404]
- Bill Bell, 100, British army officer and lawyer.[405]
- Don Campbell, 87, Canadian ice hockey player.[406]
- Daniel Cazés, 73, Mexican anthropologist.[407]
- Stan Charlton, 83, English footballer (Leyton Orient, Arsenal).[408]
- Leslie Claudius, 85, Indian Olympic champion (1948, 1952, 1956, 1960) field hockey player, cirrhosis of the liver.[409]
- Richard Crandall, 64, American scientist, leukemia.[410]
- Niall FitzGerald, 81, Irish football player.[411]
- Robert Juniper, 83, Australian artist.[412]
- Eagle Keys, 89, American-born Canadian CFL football player (Montreal Alouettes, Edmonton Eskimos) and coach (Saskatchewan Roughriders).[413]
- Larry L. King, 83, American writer and playwright (Best Little Whorehouse in Texas), emphysema.[414]
- Chick Maggioli, 90, American football player.[415]
- Jimmy McCracklin, 91, American blues musician, diabetes and hypertension.[416]
- Victor Merzhanov, 93, Russian classical pianist.[417]
- Erich Peters, 92, Swedish Olympic gymnast.[418]
- Albert Renaud, 92, Canadian ice hockey player.[419]
- Thelma Reston, 75, Brazilian actress (Entranced Earth), breast cancer.[420]
- Kamil Sönmez, 65, Turkish singer and actor, State Artist, cerebral hemorrhage.[421]
- Dennis Stevens, 79, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers, Everton).[422]
- Jerome Whitehead, 56, American basketball player, gastrointestinal hemorrhage.[423]
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- Sultan Ahmed, 74, Bangladeshi Navy admiral.[424]
- Vivian Anderson, 91, American baseball player (Milwaukee Chicks).[425]
- Boyd Bartley, 92, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).[426]
- Jarl Borssén, 75, Swedish actor and comedian.[427]
- Thomas Bryant, 79, South African cricketer.[428]
- Margarita Costa Tenorio, 61, Spanish biologist.[429]
- Curtis Crider, 82, American racing driver.[430]
- Jishu Dasgupta, 53, Indian film and television producer, cardiac arrest.[431]
- Lee Dorman, 70, American bass guitarist (Iron Butterfly, Captain Beyond), natural causes.[432]
- David Lomon, 94, British military veteran, member of the International Brigade.[433]
- 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.[434]
- Thomas W. McGee, 88, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1963–1991) and Speaker (1975–1984).[435]
- Lotoala Metia, Tuvaluan politician, Minister for Finance, after long illness.[436]
- Seiso Moyo, 56, Zimbabwean politician, MP for Nketa, heart attack.[437]
- Daphne Oxenford, 93, English television and radio actress (Listen with Mother, Coronation Street).[438]
- Basil Robinson, 93, English-born Canadian cricketer.[439]
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- Peter Anker, 85, Norwegian art historian and critic.[440]
- Bashir Ahmad Bilour, 69, Pakistani politician, bombing.[441]
- Paul Borowski, 75, German Olympic silver medallist sailor (1972).[442]
- Chuck Cherundolo, 96, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers), heart failure.[443]
- Charles Cleveland, 61, American basketball player.[444]
- Wattie Dick, 85, Scottish footballer (Accrington Stanley).[445]
- Neil Doolan, 79, Australian football player.[446]
- Ryan Freel, 36, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds), suicide by gunshot.[447]
- Emidio Greco, 74, Italian film director and screenwriter.[448]
- Willy Blok Hanson, 98, Javanese-born Canadian dancer.[449]
- Rip Hawk, 82, American professional wrestler.[450]
- George Hazlett, 89, Scottish footballer.[451]
- Gary Johnson, 74, American baseball player and manager.[452]
- Květa Legátová, 93, Czech writer, novel filmed as Želary.[453]
- Barbara Lett-Simmons, 85, American politician.[454]
- Lim Keng Yaik, 73, Malaysian politician.[455]
- Bill McBride, 67, American politician, Democratic Party nominee for Governor of Florida (2002), heart attack.[456]
- Gerald Melling, 69, British-born New Zealand architect and writer.[457]
- Cliff Osmond, 75, American actor (Irma la Douce, The Fortune Cookie, Kiss Me, Stupid), pancreatic cancer.[458]
- Robert Pew, 89, American businessman and philanthropist, CEO and Chairman of Steelcase.[459]
- Bolesław Proch, 60, Polish speedway rider, heart attack.[460]
- Arthur Quinlan, 92, Irish journalist (The Irish Times).[461]
- Robert Stevenson, 96, American musicologist.[462]
- Arkady Vorobyov, 88, Soviet weightlifter, Olympic champion under-90 kg (1956, 1960).[463]
- Marva Whitney, 68, American singer, complications of pneumonia.[464]
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- Jerry Araos, 68, Filipino sculptor, landscape artist, and activist.[465]
- Eduardo Arnosi, 88, Argentine music critic and writer.[466]
- Emilio Ciolli, 79, Italian cyclist.[467]
- Abe Deutschendorf, 77, American politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (1994–2006).[468]
- Dennis Greenland, 75, British soil scientist.[469]
- Jean Harris, 89, American convicted murderer, killer of Scarsdale Diet doctor Herman Tarnower.[470]
- Sylvia Hyman, 95, American ceramic artist.[471]
- Eduardo Maiorino, 33, Brazilian MMA fighter, heart attack.[472]
- Judy Nerat, 64, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (2009–2011), cancer.[473]
- John Quimby, 77, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1962–1974), complications of pneumonia.[474]
- Mike Scaccia, 47, American heavy metal guitarist (Ministry, Rigor Mortis, Revolting Cocks), heart attack.[475]
- Pedro Toledo, 69, Puerto Rican public official, Superintendent of the Puerto Rico Police Department (1993–2001, 2005–2009), cardiac arrest.[476]
- Cristian Tudor, 30, Romanian footballer, cirrhosis.[477]
- Klemens von Klemperer, 96, German-born American historian.[478]
- Evelyn Ward, 89, American television actress, mother of David Cassidy, Alzheimer's disease.[479]
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- Anand Abhyankar, 48, Indian actor, traffic collision.[480]
- Hugh Aitken, 88, American composer.[481]
- Vilen Barskyi, 92, Ukrainian Soviet and German artist.[482]
- Richard Rodney Bennett, 76, English film composer (Nicholas and Alexandra, Murder on the Orient Express, Four Weddings and a Funeral), BAFTA winner (1975).[483]
- Capital Steez, 19, American rapper, suicide by jumping.[484]
- Frank Christian, 60, American singer-songwriter.[485]
- Ray Collins, 76, American singer (The Mothers of Invention), cardiac arrest.[486]
- Brad Corbett, 75, American baseball owner (Texas Rangers, 1974–1980).[487]
- Guy Dodson, 75, New Zealand biochemist.[488]
- Charles Durning, 89, American actor (Evening Shade, Rescue Me, Dog Day Afternoon).[489]
- Kimio Eto, 88, Japanese musician.[490]
- Earl Evans, 57, American basketball player.[491]
- Carolina Griño-Aquino, 89, Filipino judge, Supreme Court (1988–1993) and Court of Appeals.[492]
- Douglas Hamilton, 65, British journalist, drowned.[493]
- Lee Hartman, 82, American animator (The Mickey Mouse Club, Sleeping Beauty) and actor (Night of the Living Dead), complications from dementia.[494]
- Jack Klugman, 90, American actor (Quincy, M.E., The Odd Couple, 12 Angry Men), Emmy winner (1964, 1971, 1973), prostate cancer.[495]
- Alexander Leaf, 92, American physician and research scientist.[496]
- Xavier Mabille, 79, Belgian historian and political scientist.[497]
- Dennis O'Driscoll, 58, Irish poet.[498]
- Elwyn Richardson, 87, New Zealand educator.[499]
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- Seeta bint Fahd Al Damir, 90, Saudi royal.[500]
- Erico Aumentado, 72, Filipino politician, member of the House of Representatives for Bohol (since 2010), pneumonia.[501]
- Jerzy Bereś, 82, Polish artist.[502]
- Sir Neville Bosworth, 94, British politician, Lord Mayor of Birmingham (1969–1970).[503]
- Augusto Bracca, 94, Venezuelan songwriter, respiratory arrest.[504]
- Frank Calabrese Sr., 75, American mafia hitman (Family Secrets), suspected heart disease.[505]
- Dona Canô, 105, Brazilian woman, the mother of Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethânia.[506]
- Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre, 83, British aristocrat.[507]
- Jane Dixon, 75, American Episcopal prelate, Suffragan Bishop of Washington (1992–2002).[508]
- Peter Ebert, 94, German opera director.[509]
- Şerafettin Elçi, 74, Kurdish lawyer, politician, government minister and statesman, cancer.[510]
- Halfdan Hegtun, 94, Norwegian radio personality and politician.[511]
- Edward Hughes, 92, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Metuchen (1987–1997), cancer.[512]
- John Josephs, 88, English cricketer (Leicestershire).[513]
- Henry Ford Kamel, 51, Ghanaian politician, MP for Buem (since 2004).[514]
- Joe Krivak, 77, American football coach (University of Maryland), leukemia.[515]
- Mahmoud Larnaout, 67, Tunisian actor.[516]
- Rudolf Müller, 81, German Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Görlitz (1994–2006).[517]
- Othmar Schneider, 84, Austrian Olympic champion (1952) Alpine skier and marksman.[518]
- Turki bin Sultan Al Saud, 53, Saudi royal, Deputy Minister of Culture and Information (since 2011), heart attack.[519]
- Lynn Watters, 96, Canadian Olympic sailor.[520]
- Jože Zidar, 85, Slovenian Olympic ski jumper.[521]
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- Abdul Ghafoor Ahmed, 85, Pakistani politician and educator.[522]
- Gerry Anderson, 83, British producer, writer and director (Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons), Alzheimer's disease.[523]
- Fontella Bass, 72, American singer ("Rescue Me"), complications from a heart attack.[524]
- Paul T. Bateman, 93, American number theorist.[525]
- Elizabeth Brewster, 90, Canadian poet and academic.[526]
- John Dwight Canaday, 67, American serial killer, natural causes.[527]
- Chu Ting-shun, 84, Taiwanese folk musician and yueqin player.[528]
- Les Garnider, 89, Australian footballer.[529]
- Anton Geiser, 88, Yugoslav-born Nazi concentration camp guard.[530]
- Fred Gerard, 88, French jazz trumpeter and composer[531]
- E. Porter Hatcher Jr., 76, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (1987–1999).[532]
- Hugh Lambie, 95, Australian Olympic rower.[533]
- Gerald McDermott, 71, American filmmaker and author.[534]
- Jean Perrot, 92, French archaeologist.[535]
- Irving Saraf, 80, Polish producer, editor and director (In the Shadow of the Stars, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[536]
- Henri Strzelecki, 87, Polish-born British fashion designer, co-founder of Henri Lloyd.[537]
- Ibrahim Tannous, 83, Lebanese military commander.[538]
- Rebecca Tarbotton, 39, Canadian-born American environmental activist, director of Rainforest Action Network, drowning.[539]
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- Zuleika Alambert, 90, Brazilian writer, feminist, and politician.[540]
- Peter Anderson, 62, New Zealand cricketer.[541]
- Bernie Baxter, 83, Australian rules football player.[542]
- Valentin Boreyko, 79, Russian Olympic champion (1960) rower.[543]
- Harry Carey Jr., 91, American actor (Gremlins, Tombstone, The Searchers), natural causes.[544]
- Lloyd Charmers, 74, Jamaican singer and record producer, heart attack.[545]
- Mahmudul Karim Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician.[546]
- Beatriz da Costa, 38, German artist, cancer.[547]
- Maurice Paul Delorme, 93, French Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (1975–1994).[548]
- Beth Finch, 91, American politician, first female Mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina (1975–1981).[549]
- Hamid Ghodse, 74, Iranian-born British academic, expert in substance abuse and dependence, lung cancer.[550]
- Sohrab Hossain, 90, Bangladeshi singer, exponent of Nazrul Sangeet.[551]
- Ken Jones, 68, English footballer (Bradford Park Avenue, Southampton).[552]
- Paul Khoarai, 79, Mosotho Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Leribe (1970–2009).[553]
- Jorma Kortelainen, 80, Finnish Olympic silver medalist (1956) cross-country skier and rower, sepsis.[554]
- Tingye Li, 81, Chinese-born American physicist.[555]
- 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.[556]
- Benny McLaughlin, 84, American footballer.[557]
- Jesco von Puttkamer, 79, German-born American aerospace engineer and NASA manager.[558]
- Albert Riederer, 67, American judge and civic leader, Missouri Court of Appeals (1997–1999), cancer.[559]
- Archie Roy, 88, Scottish astronomer and paranormal expert, pneumonia.[560]
- Jim Sandoval, 54, American baseball historian.[561]
- Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., 78, American general, Commander-in-Chief of United States Central Command (1988–1991), complications from pneumonia.[562]
- Noriko Sengoku, 90, Japanese actress (Seven Samurai).[563]
- Takashi Taniguchi, 65, Japanese voice actor (Bokurano, One Piece, Xenoblade Chronicles).[564]
- Mlađa Veselinović, 97, Serbian actor.[565]
- Salt Walther, 65, American racecar driver.[566]
- Ivar Ytreland, 86, Norwegian politician.[567]
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- Nicholas Ambraseys, 83, Greek engineering seismologist.[568]
- Fyodor Arkhipenko, 91, Soviet-Belarusian pilot.[569]
- Bogdan Baltazar, 73, Romanian banker, press secretary for Prime Minister Petre Roman, cancer.[570]
- Martin G. Barnes, 64, American politician, first African American mayor of Paterson, New Jersey (1997–2002).[571]
- Richard Lee Beasley, 82, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1960–1966), father of David M. Beasley.[572]
- Steve Bryles, 55, American politician, member of the Arkansas Senate (2001–2011), cancer.[573]
- John Carol Case, 89, British baritone.[574]
- Emilio Charles Jr., 56, Mexican professional wrestler, kidney failure.[575]
- Jayne Cortez, 76, American poet and performance artist.[576]
- Mark Crispin, 56, American computer programmer.[577]
- John Diehl, 76, American football player.[578]
- Václav Drobný, 32, Czech footballer (Aston Villa, national team), bobsleigh collision.[579]
- Barrie Edgar, 93, English producer (Come Dancing, Gardeners' World), pneumonia.[580]
- Jon Finch, 70, English actor (Frenzy, Kingdom of Heaven, Death on the Nile).[581]
- Arnór Hannibalsson, 78, Icelandic philosopher and professor.[582]
- 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).[583]
- Tommy Keane, 44, Irish association football player.[584]
- Leif Krantz, 80, Swedish television producer and film director.[585]
- Dan Kraus, 89, American basketball player and FBI special agent, cancer.[586]
- Claude-Anne Lopez, 92, American author and scholar, Alzheimer's disease.[587]
- Lord Avie, 34, American thoroughbred racehorse, oldest living Eclipse Award winner (1980).[588]
- Arman Manukyan, 81, Turkish economist and writer, heart disease.[589]
- George Patterson, 92, Scottish missionary.[590]
- Fred Rehm, 91, American basketball player.[591]
- Emmanuel Scheffer, 88, German-born Israeli football coach, coached national team to only World Cup (1970).[592]
- Burdette Solum, 85, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1991–1992, 1998–2004).[593]
- Frankie Walsh, 76, Irish hurler (Waterford GAA).[594]
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- Hugh Adam, 87, Scottish businessperson.[595]
- Aleksandra Akimova, 90, Russian pilot.[596]
- Bob Astles, 88, British-born Ugandan government adviser of Milton Obote and Idi Amin.[597]
- Mike Auldridge, 73, American bluegrass musician (The Seldom Scene), cancer.[598]
- Kevin Betson, 83, Australian footballer.[599]
- Henri Bortoft, 74, British philosopher.[600]
- Chu Chang-kyun, 91, South Korean businessperson.[601]
- Keith Crombie, 73, British music venue owner and promoter.[602]
- Tony Greig, 66, South African cricketer, England captain (1975–1977) and Australian Nine Network television commentator, heart attack.[603]
- Roland Griffiths-Marsh, 89, Australian soldier.[604]
- Patience Latting, 94, American politician, first female Mayor of Oklahoma City (1971–1983).[605]
- Edward Meneeley, 85, American artist.[606]
- Ian Norton, 75, English cricketer.[607]
- Ben Overton, 86, American judge, Supreme Court of Florida (1974–1999), complications following heart surgery.[608]
- William Rees-Mogg, Baron Rees-Mogg, 84, British journalist and life peer, Editor of The Times (1967–1981), oesophageal cancer.[609]
- Salvador Reyes Monteón, 76, Mexican footballer (C.D. Guadalajara, national team).[610]
- Paulo Rocha, 77, Portuguese film director.[611]
- Bruce Stark, 79, American cartoonist (New York Daily News), emphysema.[612]
- Ruth Ann Steinhagen, 83, American stalker, shot Eddie Waitkus, inspiration for The Natural, fall.[613]
- Ignacy Tokarczuk, 94, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Przemyśl (1965–1993).[614]
- Jean Topart, 90, French actor (Fantastic Planet).[615]
- Jeanne Vertefeuille, 80, American CIA official.[616]
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- Muhammad Amir Bijligar, 85, Pakistani religious leader.[617]
- Gerry Brady, 87, Irish sports shooter.[618]
- Catarina Castor, 32, Guatemalan politician, first Ixil woman elected to Congress, plane crash.[619]
- Philip Coppens, 41, American author, cancer.[620]
- Dennis Ferguson, 64, Australian convicted child sex offender.[621]
- Beate Sirota Gordon, 89, Austrian-born American performing arts producer and women's rights advocate, drafted the Constitution of Japan.[622]
- Mike Hopkins, 53, New Zealand sound editor (The Lord of the Rings, Transformers, King Kong), drowned.[623]
- Arend Langenberg, 63, Dutch voice-over and radio presenter, rectal cancer.[624]
- Rita Levi-Montalcini, 103, Italian neurologist and senator for life, Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine (1986), natural causes.[625]
- Göran Nilsson, 66, Swedish cinematographer.[626]
- Gloria Pall, 85, American actress, heart failure.[627]
- Sir Irvine Patnick, 83, British politician, MP for Sheffield Hallam (1987–1997), heart disease.[628]
- Sonam Topgyal, 71, Tibetan politician, Kalön Tripa (Prime Minister) of the Central Tibetan Administration (1997–2001), stomach cancer.[629]
- Andreu Vivó, 34, Spanish artistic gymnast, competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics, heart attack while mountain climbing.[630]
- Carl Woese, 84, American biologist, winner of Leeuwenhoek Medal (1992), National Medal of Science (2000), complications from pancreatic cancer.[631]
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- Elfriede Abbe, 93, American sculptor, wood engraver and botanical illustrator.[632]
- Larry Bowie, 73, American football player (Minnesota Vikings).[633]
- Moisès Broggi, 104, Spanish physician and pacifist.[634]
- Carmen Calleja, 63, Spanish politician.[635]
- Sergio de Castro, 90, French-Argentinian artist.[636]
- Béla Csécsei, 60, Hungarian politician, Mayor of Józsefváros (1993–2009).[637]
- Susana Dalmás, 64, Uruguayan politician, Senator (2010–2012), heart attack.[638]
- Jim Davenport, 54, American journalist (Associated Press), cancer.[639]
- Walter Hekster, 75, Dutch composer, clarinetist and conductor.[640]
- Konstantin Kobets, 73, Russian Soviet-era military commander.[641]
- Alasdair Liddell, 63, British health executive.[642]
- Velta Līne, 89, Latvian actress, Stalin Prize (1948, 1951), People's Artist (1973).[643]
- Annapurna Maharana, 95, Indian revolutionary figure and women's rights activist.[644]
- Jovette Marchessault, 74, Canadian writer and artist.[645]
- Tarak Mekki, 54, Tunisian politician, heart attack.[646]
- Alan Reece, 85, British engineer and businessman.[647]
- James B. Reuter, 96, American-born Filipino Roman Catholic priest and mass media advocate, complications from a stroke.[648]
- Jean-Henri Roger, 63, French film director.[649]
- Günter Rössler, 86, German photographer.[650]
- Yang Teng-kuei, 74, Taiwanese film producer (Fong Sai-yuk, A City of Sadness), stroke.[651]
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