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Deaths in February 2017
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The following is a list of notable deaths in February 2017.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
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February 2017
1
- E. Ahamed, 78, Indian politician, Minister of External Affairs (2004–2014), heart attack.[1]
- Anne Arrasmith, 70, American artist and curator.[2]
- Keith Barber, 72, British geographer.[3]
- Asim Basu, 81, Indian theatre director, lung infection.[4]
- David Peter Battaglia, 86, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1977–1995).[5]
- Lars-Erik Berenett, 74, Swedish actor (Jordskott, Skilda världar).[6]
- Albano Bortoletto Cavallin, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Guarapuava (1986–1992) and Archbishop of Londrina (1992–2006), surgical complications.[7]
- Mark Brownson, 41, American baseball player (Colorado Rockies).[8]
- Desmond Carrington, 90, British actor (Emergency – Ward 10) and broadcaster.[9]
- Robert Dahlqvist, 40, Swedish rock singer and guitarist (The Hellacopters, Dundertåget), drowning as a result of a seizure.[10]
- Constantin Dinulescu, 85, Romanian footballer (AS Progresul București).[11]
- Sandy Gandhi, 59, Indian-born Australian comedian.[12]
- Stig Grybe, 88, Swedish actor (Charlie Strapp and Froggy Ball Flying High).[13]
- Cor van der Hoeven, 95, Dutch footballer (Ajax).[14]
- William Melvin Kelley, 79, American novelist, complications from kidney failure.[15]
- Basilio Lami Dozo, 88, Argentine military officer.[16]
- Carter Manny, 98, American architect.[17]
- Sir Ken Morrison, 85, British businessman, president of Morrisons.[18]
- Oskar A. Munch, 88, Norwegian businessman (ABB Group).[19]
- Bernardine Portenski, 67, New Zealand long-distance runner, ovarian cancer.[20]
- Alma Redlinger, 92, Romanian painter.[21]
- Edward Tipper, 95, American World War II veteran (Easy Company), depicted in Band of Brothers.[22]
- Étienne Tshisekedi, 84, Congolese politician, Prime Minister (1991, 1992–1993, 1997), pulmonary embolism.[23]
- Antoon Verschoot, 91, Belgian bugler.[24]
- Esther K. Walling, 76, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1983–1989), cancer.[25]
- A. N. Yiannopoulos, 88, Greek-born American legal academic.[26]
2
- Gordon Aikman, 31, British ALS campaigner, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[27]
- José Antonio Alonso, 56, Spanish politician, Minister of the Interior (2004–2006) and Defence (2006–2008), lung cancer.[28]
- Alvin Baldus, 90, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district (1975–1981) and the Wisconsin State Assembly (1966–1975, 1989–1997).[29]
- Atsuko Betchaku, 56, Japanese pacifist and educator.[30]
- Angelo Bissessarsingh, 34, Trinidadian historian and author, pancreatic cancer.[31]
- William J. Campbell, 85, American lieutenant general.[32]
- Tom Drake, 86, American wrestler and politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (1960–1992), Speaker (1983–1987).[33]
- John Hilton, 74, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, Detroit Lions), fall.[34]
- Bertram Kostant, 88, American mathematician.[35]
- Max Lüscher, 93, Swiss psychotherapist.[36]
- George Maderos, 83, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).[37]
- Predrag Matvejević, 84, Bosnian-Croatian writer and literature professor.[38]
- Peter McArthur, 79, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Ringwood (1976–1982).[39]
- Perry McGriff, 79, American football player and politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (2000–2002).[40]
- Shunichiro Okano, 85, Japanese football player, manager (national team) and sports executive, lung cancer.[41]
- Miltos Papapostolou, 81, Greek football player and manager (AEK Athens, national team).[42]
- Ruan Posheng, 100, Chinese politician, member of the National People's Congress (1979–1988).[43]
- Jeff Sauer, 73, American ice hockey coach (Wisconsin Badgers), pancreatic cancer.[44]
- Seymour Jonathan Singer, 92, American cell biologist.[45]
- Su Hongjun, 76, Chinese astronomer.[46]
- Gonzalo Taboada, 88, Spanish Olympic bobsledder (1956).[47]
3
- Dritëro Agolli, 85, Albanian writer, pulmonary disease.[48]
- Zoya Bulgakova, 102, Russian actress.[49]
- Donald Campbell, 90, American sprinter.[50]
- Earl H. Carroll, 91, American federal judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona (1980–1994).[51]
- Carmelo Cassati, 92, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (1990–1999).[52]
- Marjorie Corcoran, 66, American particle physicist, traffic collision.[53]
- Anthony French, 96, British-American physicist, contributor to the Manhattan Project.[54]
- Joseph Green, 82, American academic and theatre producer.[55]
- Joe Grima, 80, Maltese politician and broadcaster (Radio Malta).[56]
- Yoshiro Hayashi, 89, Japanese politician, Minister of Finance (1992–1993), multiple organ failure.[57]
- John M. Hayes, 76, American geochemist, pulmonary fibrosis.[58]
- Roy Heenan, 81, Canadian lawyer and academic, founder of Heenan Blaikie.[59]
- Colin Hutton, 90, English rugby league player (Widnes, Hull F.C.), manager and executive (Hull Kingston Rovers).[60]
- Hassan Joharchi, 48, Iranian actor, liver disease.[61]
- Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva, 66, Brazilian trade unionist, First Lady (2003–2010), stroke.[62]
- Richard Lyon, 93, American admiral and politician, Mayor of Oceanside, California (1992–2000).[63]
- Shumon Miura, 91, Japanese Third Generation author, pneumonia.[64]
- Benny Perrin, 57, American football player (St. Louis Cardinals), suicide by gunshot.[65]
- Qin Huasun, 81, Chinese diplomat, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations (1995-2000).[66]
- Lou Rowan, 91, Australian Test cricket umpire.[67]
- Lorenzo Servitje, 98, Mexican businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Grupo Bimbo.[68]
- Martin Gotthard Schneider, 86, German theologian, cantor and church music composer.[69]
- Bob Stewart, 66, Canadian ice hockey player (California Golden Seals, St. Louis Blues).[70]
- Don Trousdell, 79, American artist.[71]
- John Waggener, 91, American major general.[72]
- Michael Whinney, 86, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Southwell (1985–1988).[73]
4
- Neil Betts, 90, Australian rugby union player (Queensland, Wallabies).[74]
- Antonio Casale, 84, Italian actor (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Le salamandre).[75]
- Dewey Crump, 70, American politician.[76]
- García de Andoin, 83, Spanish football player and manager.[77]
- Gervase de Peyer, 90, British clarinetist.[78]
- John Dickson, 72, New Zealand poet.[79]
- John Gay, 92, American screenwriter (Run Silent, Run Deep, Separate Tables).[80]
- Basil Hetzel, 94, Australian medical researcher, iodine deficiency campaigner.[81]
- Hans van der Hoek, 83, Dutch footballer (Feyenoord).[82]
- John Howes, 92, American professor of Asian studies.[83]
- Steve Lang, 67, Canadian bass guitarist (April Wine), complications from Parkinson's disease.[84]
- Margaret Mungherera, 59, Ugandan physician, President of the World Medical Association (2013–2014), cancer.[85]
- Sir Kenneth Newman, 90, British police officer, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police (1982–1987).[86]
- Ivor Noël Hume, 89, British archaeologist (Wolstenholme Towne).[87]
- David Phillips, 60, American cinematographer (The Basketball Diaries, Saturday Night Live).[88]
- Tim Piazza, 19, American student, injuries sustained in a hazing.[89]
- Bano Qudsia, 88, Pakistani writer (Raja Gidh).[90]
- Noel Simms, 82, Jamaican reggae percussionist and singer, lung cancer.[91]
- Marc Spitz, 47, American writer (We Got the Neutron Bomb, Bowie: A Biography) and music journalist (Spin).[92]
- Georgy Taratorkin, 72, Russian stage and film actor.[93]
- Yang Shiming, 92, Chinese thermodynamicist.[94]
5
- Irma Adelman, 86, Romanian-born American economist.[95]
- Rahila Al Riyami, Omani politician.[96]
- García de Andoin, 83, Spanish football player and manager (Espanyol).[97]
- David Axelrod, 85, American arranger, composer and producer, lung cancer.[98]
- Ron Billingsley, 71, American football player (San Diego Chargers, Houston Oilers).[99]
- Ray Christensen, 92, American sportscaster (WCCO), upper respiratory infection.[100]
- Betty Collette, 86, American veterinary pathologist.[101]
- Glen Dudbridge, 78–79, British sinologist.[102]
- Sonny Geraci, 70, American singer (The Outsiders, Climax).[103]
- Gila Goldstein, 69, Italian-born Israeli actress, singer and transgender rights activist, stroke.[104]
- Luis Gómez-Montejano, 94, Spanish football executive, President of Real Madrid (2006).[105]
- Björn Granath, 70, Swedish actor (Madicken, Pelle the Conqueror, The American).[106]
- Carroll Izard, 93, American psychologist.[107]
- Kálmán Katona, 69, Hungarian politician.[108]
- Thomas Lux, 70, American poet, lung cancer.[109]
- Gopalkrishna P. Nayak, 89, Indian writer.[110]
- James Sankowski, 67, American ceramic artist.[111]
- Suranjit Sengupta, 71, Bangladeshi politician, MP (since 1979).[112]
- Harry Sullivan, 84, Australian VFL footballer (Carlton, Collingwood).[113]
6
- Ivar Aronsson, 88, Swedish rower, Olympic silver medalist (1956).[114]
- Boy Asistio, 80, Filipino politician, Mayor of Caloocan (1980–1986, 1988–1995).[115]
- Len Bosman, 93, Australian politician, member of the Australian House of Representatives for St George (1963–1969).[116]
- Bill Britton, 82, Canadian football player (BC Lions, Calgary Stampeders).[117]
- Irwin Corey, 102, American comedian (The Steve Allen Show) and actor.[118]
- David Culver, 92, Canadian businessman (Alcan).[119]
- Christine Dolce, 35, American model, liver failure.[120]
- Marc Drogin, 80, American writer and illustrator.[121]
- Raymond Clare Edwards, 96, Canadian politician.[122]
- José Gea Escolano, 87, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ibiza (1976–1987) and Mondoñedo-Ferrol (1987–2005).[123]
- Neil Gehrels, 64, American astronomer, pancreatic cancer.[124]
- Stan Jones, 67, American politician, member of the Indiana House of Representatives (1974–1990).[125]
- Inge Keller, 93, German actress (The Last Year, Aimée & Jaguar, Lola and Billy the Kid).[126]
- Djelloul Khatib, 80, Algerian independence activist and politician.[127]
- Alec McCowen, 91, English actor (A Night to Remember, Frenzy, Gangs of New York).[128]
- Frances Prince, 79, American politician.[129]
- Ted Proud, 86, British postal historian.[130]
- Vacys Reimeris, 95, Lithuanian poet.[131]
- Luis Santamarina, 74, Spanish Olympic bicycle racer (1964) .[132]
- Roy Forge Smith, 87, British production designer (Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Ghost Whisperer, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles).[133]
- Raymond Smullyan, 97, American mathematician and philosopher.[134]
- Deborah Lynn Steinberg, 55, American-British academic, author, educator and sociologist, breast cancer.[135]
- Albert Stubblebine, 87, American major general.[136]
- Roger Walkowiak, 89, French racing cyclist, Tour de France winner (1956).[137]
- Joost van der Westhuizen, 45, South African rugby union player (Bulls, Blue Bulls, national team), motor neuron disease.[138]
- Ritchie Yorke, 73, Australian music journalist, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.[139]
7
- Svend Asmussen, 100, Danish jazz violinist.[140]
- Matt Baker, 61, American horse trainer and jockey.[141]
- Pat Beard, 69, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1983–1994), complications from exposure to Agent Orange.[142]
- Sam Blackwell, 86, American politician.[143]
- Valeriu Bularca, 85, Romanian wrestler, Olympic silver medalist (1964).[144]
- Andrew Davison, 37, American football player (New York Jets, Dallas Cowboys).[145]
- Sotsha Dlamini, 76, Swazi politician, Prime Minister (1986–1989), fall.[146]
- Smail Hamdani, 86, Algerian politician, Prime Minister (1998–1999).[147]
- Richard Hatch, 71, American actor (Battlestar Galactica, The Streets of San Francisco, All My Children), pancreatic cancer.[148]
- Michael Henshall, 88, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Warrington (1976–1996).[149]
- Huang Mulan, 110, Chinese secret agent.[150]
- Loukianos Kilaidonis, 73, Greek singer-songwriter, respiratory infection.[151]
- Martti Laitinen, 87, Finnish footballer.[152]
- Sidney H. Liebson, 96, American scientist.[153]
- Luis Alberto Luna Tobar, 93, Ecuadorian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Cuenca (1981–2000).[154]
- Norah McClintock, 59, Canadian author, ovarian cancer.[155]
- Miho Nakayama, 78, Japanese comedian.[156]
- Nilawan Pintong, 101, Thai writer.[157]
- Gianfranco Plenizio, 76, Italian composer and conductor (Hotel Rwanda).[158]
- Antonín Přidal, 81, Czech writer and translator.[159]
- Hans Rosling, 68, Swedish academic, professor of International Health and co-founder of the Gapminder Foundation, pancreatic cancer.[160]
- John Salt, 75, British Anglican bishop, Diocese of St Helena (1999–2011).[161]
- Tzvetan Todorov, 77, Bulgarian-French philosopher.[162]
- Richard B. Wright, 79, Canadian novelist (Clara Callan).[163]
8
- Ljubiša Beara, 77, Bosnian military officer and convicted war criminal.[164]
- Timothy Behrens, 79, British painter.[165]
- Claudia Belk, 79, American judge and lawyer.[166]
- Don Busath, 86, American photographer.[167]
- Alvin C. Bush, 93, American politician.[168]
- Viktor Chanov, 57, Ukrainian footballer, beaten.[169]
- Richard DuFour, 69, American educational researcher, cancer.[170]
- Georges El-Murr, 86, Lebanese-born Jordanian Melkite Catholic hierarch, Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia (1992–2007) and Patriarchal Exarch of Iraq (1997–2004).[171]
- Giorgio Giacomelli, 87, Italian diplomat.[172]
- Kjell Heggelund, 84, Norwegian writer and editor.[173]
- Arthur Hyman, 95, American academic.[174]
- Sir Elihu Lauterpacht, 88, British lawyer.[175]
- Sir Peter Mansfield, 83, English physicist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2003).[176]
- Rina Matsuno, 18, Japanese pop singer (Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku), lethal arrhythmia.[177]
- Brendan McGahon, 80, Irish politician, TD (1982–2002).[178]
- Patrick Mumbure Mutume, 73, Zimbabwean Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Mutare (since 1979).[179]
- Mohamud Muse Hersi, Somali politician, 79–80, President of Puntland (2005–2009).[180]
- Ólöf Nordal, 50, Icelandic politician, Minister of the Interior (2014–2017), cancer.[181]
- Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, 45, British socialite and television presenter, perforated ulcer and peritonitis.[182]
- José Luis Pérez de Arteaga, 66, Spanish music critic, musicologist and journalist.[183]
- Tom Raworth, 78, British poet and publisher.[184]
- Tony Särkkä, 44, Swedish multi-instrumentalist (Abruptum, Ophthalamia).[185]
- Alan Simpson, 87, British comedy scriptwriter (Hancock's Half Hour, Comedy Playhouse, Steptoe and Son), lung disease.[186]
- Steve Sumner, 61, English-born New Zealand footballer (Christchurch United, Manurewa, national team), prostate cancer.[187]
- Mikhail Tolstykh, 36, Ukrainian DPR separatist commander (War in Donbas), rocket launcher explosion.[188]
- Yoshio Tsuchiya, 89, Japanese actor (Seven Samurai, The Human Vapor, Funeral Parade of Roses).[189]
- Jan Vansina, 87, Belgian historian and professor (University of Wisconsin–Madison).[190]
- Sir John Wells, 91, British politician, MP (1959–1987), complications from a fall.[191]
9
- Serge Baguet, 47, Belgian racing cyclist, colon cancer.[192]
- Walter Brasch, 71, American journalist.[193]
- Donald Leslie Brothers, 93, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1958–1972).[194]
- Chen Hsing-ling, 92, Taiwanese military officer, head of the Air Force and Armed Forces.[195]
- Marcel Dandeneau, 85, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1975–1979), cancer.[196]
- Radu Gabrea, 79, Romanian film director (Călătoria lui Gruber) and screenwriter.[197]
- Claude Geffré, 91, French Roman Catholic theologian.[198]
- Barbara Gelb, 91, American biographer, playwright and journalist.[199]
- Kenneth Harrap, 85, British biochemist.[200]
- Piet Keizer, 73, Dutch footballer (Ajax, national team), lung cancer.[201]
- Josefina Leiner, 88, Mexican actress.[202]
- Packy, 54, American-born Asian elephant, euthanized.[203]
- Simon Porter, 66, English cricket player and administrator (Oxfordshire).[204]
- André Salvat, 96, French Army colonel.[205]
- Warren Unna, 93, American journalist (The Washington Post), congestive heart failure.[206]
10
- Wiesław Adamski, 69, Polish sculptor, stroke.[207]
- Roger Boas, 95, American politician, chief administrative officer of San Francisco (1977–1986).[208]
- Albert Boscov, 87, American businessman (Boscov's), pancreatic cancer.[209]
- Edward Bryant, 71, American science fiction and horror writer.[210]
- Miles Cahn, 95, American businessman, co-founder of Coach, Inc.[211]
- H. R. Crawford, 78, American real estate developer and politician, prostate cancer.[212]
- Robert K. Dodge, 88, American politician.[213]
- Peter Farrer, 90, English author and cross-dresser.[214]
- Maxine Grimm, 102, American religious figure (Latter-day Saints).[215]
- Larry Hickman, 81, American football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Green Bay Packers).[216]
- Max Hooper, 82, English naturalist.[217]
- Mike Ilitch, 87, American businessman (Little Caesars, Detroit Red Wings, Detroit Tigers).[218]
- Dahlov Ipcar, 99, American painter and author.[219]
- Piet Keizer, 73, Dutch footballer (AFC Ajax).[220]
- Ben Martin, 86, American photographer, complications from pulmonary fibrosis.[221]
- Hal Moore, 94, American lieutenant general and author (We Were Soldiers Once... And Young).[222]
- Yuriy Poyarkov, 80, Ukrainian volleyball player, Olympic champion (1964, 1968).[223]
- Royal Delta, 9, American racehorse, foaling complications.[224]
- Bob Sweetan, 76, Canadian professional wrestler.[225]
- Charles Truman, 67, British art historian.[226]
- Wang Lin, 64, Chinese qigong master, multiple organ failure.[227]
- Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, 78, Japanese swimmer, Olympic silver medalist (1956, 1960), pneumonia.[228]
11
- Danièle Djamila Amrane-Minne, 77, French-Algerian political activist, academic and writer.[229]
- Bruno A. Boley, 92, Italian-born American engineer.[230]
- Joe Bonnar, 68, English rugby league player.[231]
- Trish Doan, 31, South Korean-Canadian bass guitarist (Kittie).[232]
- Jeremy Geathers, 30, American arena football player (Spokane Shock, Orlando Predators), traffic collision.[233]
- Chavo Guerrero Sr., 68, American professional wrestler (NWA, AWA, WWE), liver cancer.[234]
- Eivind Hjelmtveit, 90, Norwegian cultural administrator (Riksteatret, Oslo Kino).[235]
- Knut Kleve, 90, Norwegian philologist.[236]
- Vasily Kudinov, 47, Russian handball player, Olympic champion (1992, 2000).[237]
- Allan Juel Larsen, 85, Danish Olympic cyclist.[238]
- Howard Leeds, 97, Canadian-born American television producer and writer (The Brady Bunch, Silver Spoons, Diff'rent Strokes).[239]
- Harvey Lichtenstein, 87, American arts administrator (Brooklyn Academy of Music), complications from a stroke.[240]
- Kurt Marti, 96, Swiss poet and theologian.[241]
- Fab Melo, 26, Brazilian basketball player (Boston Celtics).[242]
- M. Mike Miller, 87, American travel writer and politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1971–1987).[243]
- Piet Rentmeester, 78, Dutch racing cyclist.[244]
- Jaap Rijks, 97, Dutch Olympic equestrian (1948).[245]
- Jarmila Šuláková, 87, Czech folk singer.[246]
- Jiro Taniguchi, 69, Japanese manga artist (A Distant Neighborhood).[247]
- Juan Ulloa, 82, Costa Rican footballer (Alajuelense, national team).[248]
- Jozef Zlatňanský, 89, Slovak Roman Catholic prelate, Titular Bishop of Mons Faliscus (since 1997) and Secretary of ICCEE (1997–2004).[249]
- Joseph Zoundeiko, c.46-48, Central African warlord, airstrike.[250]
12
- Dave Adolph, 79, American football coach (Cleveland Browns, San Diego Chargers, Los Angeles Raiders), cancer.[251]
- Ákos Ajtony, 72, Hungarian Olympic fencer.[252]
- Sam Arday, 71, Ghanaian football coach (national team).[253]
- Herminio Bautista, 82, Filipino actor and director (Bagets), member of Quezon City Council (1988–1991).[254]
- Jay Bontatibus, 52, American actor (The Young and the Restless, General Hospital), cancer.[255]
- Stacy Bromberg, 60, American woman darts player, world champion (2010), cancer.[256]
- Barbara Carroll, 92, American jazz pianist.[257]
- Sara Coward, 69, British actress (The Archers), breast cancer.[258]
- Damian, 52, British pop singer, cancer.[259]
- Nancy Diamond, 75, Canadian politician, Mayor of Oshawa, Ontario (1991–2003).[260]
- Åsleik Engmark, 51, Norwegian actor and comedian.[261]
- Héctor Fautario, 92, Argentine Air Force officer.[262]
- Al Jarreau, 76, American jazz and R&B singer ("Moonlighting", "Since I Fell for You", "We Are the World"), seven-time Grammy winner, respiratory failure.[263]
- Hamida Khuhro, 80, Pakistani politician, writer, professor and historian.[264]
- Sione Lauaki, 35, Tongan-born New Zealand rugby union player (Chiefs, New Zealand national team), kidney failure.[265]
- Yitzhak Livni, 82, Israeli media executive and writer.[266]
- Alice Ludes, 104, American singer.[267]
- Albert Malbois, 101, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes (1966–1977).[268]
- Anna Marguerite McCann, 83, American archaeologist and art historian.[269]
- Quentin Moses, 33, American football player (Miami Dolphins, Arizona Cardinals), house fire.[270]
- Bobby Murdoch, 81, English footballer (Liverpool).[271]
- Giusto Pio, 91, Italian violinist and songwriter ("I treni di Tozeur").[272]
- Ren Xinmin, 101, Chinese rocket scientist.[273]
- Clint Roberts, 82, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Dakota's 2nd congressional district (1981–1983), COPD.[274]
- David Seals, 69, American author and screenwriter (Powwow Highway).[275]
- Krystyna Sienkiewicz, 81, Polish actress and singer.[276]
13
- Ricardo Arias Calderón, 83, Panamanian politician, vice president (1990–1992).[277]
- Aage Birch, 90, Danish sailor, Olympic silver medalist (1968).[278]
- Edward E. David Jr., 92, American electrical engineer, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology (1970–1973).[279]
- Melvin Defleur, 93, American mass communications scholar.[280]
- Harold Denton, 80, American public servant, Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.[281]
- Raymond Dugrand, 92, French geographer.[282]
- E-Dubble, 34, American rap artist, infection.[283]
- Mostafa El-Abbadi, 88, Egyptian historian, heart failure.[284]
- Fame and Glory, 11, Irish racehorse, winner of the Irish Derby and Ascot Gold Cup, heart attack.[285]
- Paulo Henrique Filho, 52, Brazilian footballer.[286]
- Jan Grabowski, 66, Polish speedway rider.[287]
- Aileen Hernandez, 90, American union organizer and women's rights activist, President of the National Organization for Women (1970–1971).[288]
- Gerald Hirschfeld, 95, American cinematographer (Young Frankenstein, Fail Safe).[289]
- Giorgos Ioannou, 90, Greek artist.[290]
- Kim Jong-nam, 45, North Korean political figure, member of Kim dynasty, poisoned.[291]
- Bruce Lansbury, 87, British-American television producer (Murder, She Wrote, The Wild Wild West, Knight Rider) and screenwriter, complications from Alzheimer's disease.[292]
- Lucky Pulpit, 16, American racehorse, heart attack.[293]
- John Rote, 88, American hockey player.[294]
- J. Glenn Schneider, 81, American educator and politician.[295]
- Salma Siddiqui, 85, Indian novelist.[296]
- Darrell K. Smith, 55, American football player (Toronto Argonauts), cancer.[297]
- Momo Wandel Soumah, 39, Guinean footballer, heart attack.[298]
- Seijun Suzuki, 93, Japanese director and screenwriter.[299]
- Odd Tandberg, 92, Norwegian painter.[300]
- Satya Pal Wahi, 88, Indian corporate executive (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation).[301]
- Rebecca Welles, 89, American actress.[302]
14
- Anne Aaserud, 74, Norwegian art historian.[303]
- Mikhail Agranovich, 86, Russian mathematician.[304]
- B. B. Bhattacharya, 71, Indian economist and professor, cardiac arrest.[305]
- Cipriano Chemello, 71, Italian racing cyclist, Olympic bronze medalist (1968).[306]
- Adrien Duvillard, 82, French Olympic skier (1956, 1960).[307]
- Siegfried Herrmann, 84, German Olympic long-distance runner (1956, 1964).[308]
- Ríkharður Jónsson, 87, Icelandic footballer.[309]
- Jiří Lanský, 83, Czech Olympic high jumper (1960), European championship silver medalist (1954, 1958).[310]
- Elisabeth Lichtenberger, 91, Austrian geographer.[311]
- Molly Mahood, 97, British literary scholar.[312]
- Joseph Neal, 66, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (since 1993).[313]
- Paul Nguyên Van Hòa, 85, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Phan Thiết (1975) and Nha Trang (1975–2009).[314]
- Deanna Summers, 76, American songwriter ("Goodbye Priscilla (Bye Bye Baby Blue)").[315]
- Hans Trass, 88, Estonian botanist.[316]
- Casimir Wang Mi-lu, 74, Chinese clandestine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Qinzhou (1981–2003).[317]
- John Watkinson, 84, New Zealand soil chemist.[318]
- George Herbert Weiss, 86, American mathematician.[319]
- Walter Wheeler, 91, American politician.[320]
15
- Rich Ingold, 53, American arena football player and coach (Washington Commandos, Quad City Steamwheelers, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers).[321]
- Manfred Kaiser, 88, German football player and manager (Wismut Gera).[322]
- Margareta Kjellin, 68, Swedish politician, MP (since 2006), lung cancer.[323]
- Olavi Luoto, 90, Finnish Olympian.[324]
- Stuart McLean, 68, Canadian radio broadcaster (The Vinyl Cafe), melanoma.[325]
- Michèle McQuigg, 69, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1998–2008).[326]
- Roy Proverbs, 84, English footballer (Gillingham).[327]
- Gelek Rimpoche, 77, Tibetan-born American Buddhist teacher.[328]
- José Solé, 87, Mexican stage actor and director.[329]
- Tadeusz Swietochowski, 84, Polish-American historian.[330]
- Loren Wiseman, 65, American game designer (Game Designers' Workshop), heart attack.[331]
16
- Cordelia Agbebaku, 55, Nigerian academic administrator.[332]
- Josef Augusta, 70, Czech ice hockey player and coach, Olympic silver medalist (1976), pancreatic cancer.[333]
- William Beck, 87, American Olympic skier.[334]
- Dick Bruna, 89, Dutch author and illustrator (Miffy).[335]
- Les Cocker, 77, English footballer (Wolverhampton).[336]
- Teresa del Conde, 82, Mexican art historian and critic.[337]
- Norman Thomas di Giovanni, 83, American editor and translator.[338]
- Ross Greenberg, 60, American journalist and antivirus pioneer, pneumonia and multiple sclerosis.[339]
- Bengt Gustavsson, 89, Swedish football player and manager.[340]
- Hamish Hardie, 88, British Olympic sailor.[341]
- Isahak Isahakyan, 83, Armenian banker, chairman of the Central Bank (1986–1994).[342]
- Jannis Kounellis, 80, Greek-Italian artist.[343]
- Elsa Marston, 83, American author.[344]
- Osmond P. Martin, 86, Belizean Roman Catholic Prelate, Bishop of Belize City-Belmopan (1983–2006).[345]
- Dimitris Mytaras, 83, Greek painter.[346]
- Pericoma Okoye, 81–82, Nigerian singer.[347]
- Ali Osman, 58–59, Sudanese composer and conductor.[348]
- Richard Pankhurst, 89, British academic.[349]
- Peter Richardson, 85, English cricketer (Worcestershire, Kent, national team).[350]
- Krishnaraj Sriram, 43, Indian cricketer, cardiac arrest.[351]
- George Steele, 79, American professional wrestler (WWF) and actor (Ed Wood), renal failure.[352]
- Jerome Tuccille, 80, American writer and activist.[353]
- Wang Ben-hu, 63, Taiwanese television presenter, cancer.[354]
- Duke Washington, 83, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles), pneumonia.[355]
- Ep Wieldraaijer, 89, Dutch politician, member of House of Representatives (1963–1974).[356]
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- Alan Aldridge, 73, British graphic designer (The Who, Elton John).[357]
- Ernest Ambler, 93, British-American physicist.[358]
- Charles L. Bartlett, 95, American journalist (Chattanooga Times), Pulitzer Prize winner (1956), heart ailment.[359]
- Evangelos Basiakos, 63, Greek politician, MP (since 1989), heart attack.[360]
- Nicole Bass, 52, American bodybuilder and professional wrestler (WWF, ECW, XPW), stroke.[361]
- Peter Belt, 87, British inventor.[362]
- David Braine, 76, British philosopher.[363]
- Helmut Brenner, 60, Austrian musicologist.[364]
- P. Michael Conneally, 85, American geneticist.[365]
- Lars Engberg, 74, Danish politician, Lord Mayor of Copenhagen (2004–2005).[366]
- Tore Eriksson, 79, Swedish biathlete, Olympic bronze medalist (1968).[367]
- Just Faaland, 95, Norwegian economist.[368]
- Warren Frost, 91, American actor (Twin Peaks, Matlock, Seinfeld).[369]
- Börge Hellström, 59, Swedish writer (Roslund/Hellström), cancer.[370]
- Tomislav Ivančić, 78, Croatian Roman Catholic theologian and academic.[371]
- Cecil J. Kempf, 89, American military officer, Chief of United States Navy Reserve (1983–1987).[372]
- Emmanuelle Khanh, 79, French stylist and fashion designer, pancreatic cancer.[373]
- Kim Ji-young, 78, South Korean actress (Silenced, Arahan, Too Beautiful to Lie).[374]
- Louis Quatorze, 24, American thoroughbred racehorse and sire, heart attack.[375]
- Theodore J. Lowi, 85, American political scientist.[376]
- Robert H. Michel, 93, American politician, U.S Representative from Illinois's 18th district (1957–1995), pneumonia.[377]
- Leonard Myers, 38, American football player (New England Patriots), cancer.[378]
- Isarapong Noonpakdee, 83, Thai army officer, Commander of the Royal Thai Army (1992).[379]
- Michael Novak, 83, American Roman Catholic theologian, complications from colon cancer.[380]
- Russ Prior, 67, Canadian Olympic weightlifter (1976), world championship bronze medalist (1976).[381]
- Tom Regan, 78, American philosopher and animal rights advocate, pneumonia.[382]
- Andrew Schneider, 74, American journalist (Pittsburgh Press, Seattle Post-Intelligencer), Pulitzer Prize winner (1986, 1987), heart failure.[383]
- Hank Searls, 94, American author and screenwriter.[384]
- Ved Prakash Sharma, 61, Indian writer, lung cancer.[385]
- Peter Skellern, 69, English singer-songwriter, brain cancer.[386]
- Niki Stajković, 57, Austrian Olympic diver (1972,1976,1980,1988,1992), European championship silver medalist (1987), heart failure.[387]
- James Stevenson, 87, American illustrator and author.[388]
- Su Qiang, 85, Chinese inorganic chemist.[389]
- Thomas Sweeney, 87, Australian rugby union player.[390]
- Michael Tuchner, 82, British film and theatre director.[391]
- Marko Veselica, 81, Croatian politician, economist and convicted dissident.[392]
- Tony Vinson, 81, Australian social scientist.[393]
- Sir Nicholas Wall, 71, English judge, President of the Family Division (2010–2012).[394]
- Magnus Wenninger, 97, American mathematician and author.[395]
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- Omar Abdel-Rahman, 78, Egyptian Muslim leader and convicted terrorist.[396]
- Victor Arbekov, 74, Russian motocross racer, world champion (1965).[397]
- Kelvin Belcher, 55, American tennis player.[398]
- Jambuwantrao Dhote, 77, Indian politician, cardiac arrest.[399]
- Nick Dupree, 34, American disability rights activist, sepsis and cardiac failure.[400]
- Lyla Elliott, 82, Australian politician, member of the Western Australian Legislative Council (1971–1986), cancer.[401]
- Gene Hatfield, 91, American artist.[402]
- Roger Hynd, 75, Scottish football player (Rangers, Birmingham City) and manager (Motherwell).[403]
- Kris Kaspersky, 40, Russian computer security researcher, injuries sustained in skydiving accident.[404]
- Ivan Koloff, 74, Canadian professional wrestler (WWF, NWA), liver cancer.[405]
- Erland Kops, 80, Danish badminton player, European championship silver medalist (1970).[406]
- Tom Larson, 69, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (2011–2016), lung cancer.[407]
- Norma McCorvey, 69, American political activist, plaintiff in U.S. Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade.[408]
- Henk Nienhuis, 75, Dutch football player and manager (Veendam).[409]
- Sir Michael Ogio, 74, Papua New Guinean politician, Governor-General (since 2010).[410]
- Nadezhda Olizarenko, 63, Ukrainian track athlete, Olympic champion (1980).[411]
- Samuel Poyntz, 90, Irish prelate, Bishop of Connor (1987–1995).[412]
- John Ross, 90, Austrian-born American chemist.[413]
- Richard Schickel, 84, American film critic (Time), complications from a series of strokes.[414]
- Lawrence F. Snowden, 95, American military officer.[415]
- Pasquale Squitieri, 78, Italian film director and screenwriter (Gang War in Naples, Father of the Godfathers, Il prefetto di ferro).[416]
- Clyde Stubblefield, 73, American drummer (James Brown), kidney failure.[417]
- Sulamani, 17, Irish racehorse, euthanized.[418]
- Alan Thompson, 92, British academic and politician, MP for Dunfermline Burghs (1959–1964).[419]
- Dan Vickerman, 37, South African-born Australian rugby union footballer (Brumbies, Waratahs, national team), suicide.[420]
- Carmen Delgado Votaw, 81, Puerto Rican civil rights activist.[421]
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- Bjarne Arentz, 88, Norwegian Olympic alpine skier.[422]
- Alejandro Atchugarry, 64, Uruguayan lawyer and politician, Minister of Economy and Finance (2002–2003), aneurysm.[423]
- Shibaji Banerjee, 60s, Indian footballer (Mohun Bagan), heart attack.[424]
- Xavier Beulin, 58, French agribusiness executive (Avril), heart attack.[425]
- Charismatic, 20, American racehorse, winner of the 1999 Kentucky Derby and the 1999 Preakness Stakes, pelvic hemorrhage.[426]
- Richard J. Coffee, 92, American politician, Chairman of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee (1977–1981).[427]
- Larry Coryell, 73, American jazz guitarist, heart failure.[428]
- Don Dixon, Baron Dixon, 87, British politician, MP for Jarrow (1979–1997).[429]
- Dean Ehlers, 87, American college basketball coach (Memphis, James Madison).[430]
- Kaci Kullmann Five, 65, Norwegian politician, Storting (1981–1997) and Chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (since 2015), breast cancer.[431]
- Anthony Forbes, 79, British stockbroker (Cazenove).[432]
- Karla M. Gray, 69, American state judge, Associate Justice (1991–2000) and Chief Justice (2001–2008) of the Montana Supreme Court, cancer.[433]
- Darryl Hammond, 49, American arena football player (St. Louis Stampede, Nashville Kats, Georgia Force), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[434]
- Kyoko Hayashi, 86, Japanese author.[435]
- Altamas Kabir, 68, Indian judge, Chief Justice (2012–2013).[436]
- Hillar Kärner, 81, Estonian chess player.[437]
- Jørgen Kieler, 97, Danish physician and World War II resistance member.[438]
- Harry MacPherson, 90, American baseball player (Boston Braves).[439]
- Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe, 90, Tongan royal, Queen Consort (1965–2006), Queen Mother (since 2006).[440]
- Paul McCarthy, 45, Irish footballer (Wycombe Wanderers, Brighton & Hove Albion).[441]
- Igor Shafarevich, 93, Ukrainian-born Russian mathematician.[442]
- Saadi Simawe, 70, Iraqi-born American author.[443]
- Renate Simson, 82, American scholar of African-American literature.[444]
- Danuta Szaflarska, 102, Polish actress.[445]
- Bob White, 81, Canadian trade unionist.[446]
- Chris Wiggins, 86, English-born Canadian voice actor (Babar, Friday the 13th: The Series, The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar).[447]
- Nancy Willard, 80, American writer.[448]
- John S. Wold, 100, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Wyoming's at-large congressional district (1969–1971).[449]
- Marilyn B. Young, 79, American historian.[450]
- Roman Zhuravskyi, 68, Ukrainian footballer (Dynamo Kyiv, Karpaty Lviv).[451]
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- Benjamin F. Bailar, 82, American civil servant, Postmaster General (1975–1978).[452]
- Ilene Berns, 73, American record executive (Bang Records).[453]
- George L. Blackburn, 81, American surgeon, clinician, researcher and author.[454]
- Jaroslava Blažková, 83, Slovak writer.[455]
- Torbjörn Blomqvist, 76, Finnish Olympic sprint canoer.[456]
- Brenda Buttner, 55, American news correspondent (Fox News), cancer.[457]
- Vitaly Churkin, 64, Russian diplomat, Permanent Representative to the United Nations (since 2006), Ambassador to Belgium (1994–1998) and child actor (A Mother's Heart), heart failure.[458]
- Timothy A. Cohn, 59, American hydrologist, mantle cell lymphoma.[459]
- Mildred Dresselhaus, 86, American nanotechnologist.[460]
- José Fernandes Fafe, 90, Portuguese diplomat and writer.[461]
- Jamie Fox, 62, American politician and political strategist, New Jersey Commissioner of Transportation (2014–2015), heart failure.[462]
- Steve Hewlett, 58, British journalist (The Guardian) and radio presenter (The Media Show), oesophageal cancer.[463]
- Huang Feili, 99, Chinese musician and conductor.[464]
- Sofía Ímber, 92, Romanian-born Venezuelan journalist.[465]
- Antony Mitradas, 103, Indian film director.[466]
- Fenton Mole, 91, American baseball player (New York Yankees).[467]
- Leo Murphy, 78, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer.[468]
- Cyril Pavlov, 97, Russian religious leader (Russian Orthodox Church).[469]
- Eric Smith, 97, Australian artist.[470]
- Suthan Suthersan, 60, Sri Lankan-born American environmental engineer.[471]
- André Vlayen, 85, Belgian racing cyclist.[472]
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- Max Angus, 102, Australian painter.[473]
- Kenneth Arrow, 95, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (1972).[474]
- Brunella Bovo, 84, Italian actress (Miracle in Milan, The White Sheik).[475]
- Regina Branner, 85, Austrian Olympic athlete.[476]
- Enzo Carella, 65, Italian singer-songwriter.[477]
- Jeanne Martin Cissé, 90, Guinean teacher and politician.[478]
- Douglas Coe, 88, American evangelical leader.[479]
- Desmond Connell, 90, Irish Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Dublin (1988–2004).[480]
- Ion Croitoru, 53, Canadian professional wrestler (SMW, AWA, WWF) and convicted criminal.[481]
- Frank Delaney, 74, Irish author and journalist.[482]
- Jamal Udeen Al-Harith, 50, British terrorist, suicide bombing.[483] (death announced on this date)
- Sir Cosmo Haskard, 100, Irish-born British colonial administrator, Governor of the Falkland Islands (1964–1970).[484]
- Joy Hruby, 89, Australian actress (Brides of Christ) and television presenter.[485]
- Jean-Pierre Jorris, 91, French stage actor.[486]
- Salome Karwah, 28, Liberian nurse and ebola survivor, co-Time Person of the Year (2014), complications from childbirth.[487]
- Edwin Kessler, 88, American atmospheric scientist.[488]
- Long John, 6, American bucking bull.[489]
- Sir Michael Palmer, 88, British Army officer, Defence Services Secretary (1982–1985).[490]
- Graciela Paraskevaidis, 76, Argentine writer and composer.[491]
- Ruth L. Ratny, 89, American journalist and screenwriter, heart failure.[492]
- David Rhoads, 84, American Olympian.[493]
- Garel Rhys, 76, British economist and motor industry academic.[494]
- Setrak Sarkissian, 80–81, Lebanese tabla player.[495]
- Stanisław Skrowaczewski, 93, Polish-American conductor and composer.[496]
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- David Bárcena Ríos, 75, Mexican Olympic pentathlete (1964, 1968), equestrian (1972, 1976), and bronze medallist (1980).[497]
- Ronald Blackwood, 91, Jamaican-born American politician, Mayor of Mount Vernon, New York (1985–1996), first elected black mayor in New York state, Parkinson's disease.[498]
- Tommy Byars, 88, American motorcycle racer.[499]
- Kim Chance, 70, Australian politician and farmer, member of the Western Australian Legislative Council (1992–2009).[500]
- Maurice Chollet, 89, Swiss Olympic basketball player.[501]
- Gordon Gray Currie, 93, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (1982–1986).[502]
- Ricardo Domínguez, 31, Mexican welterweight boxer, colon cancer.[503]
- Eni Faleomavaega, 73, American Samoan politician and attorney, Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives (1989–2015), Lieutenant Governor (1985–1989).[504]
- Sir John Fieldsend, 95, British Zimbabwean judge.[505]
- Trevor D. Ford, 91, British geologist.[506]
- Ed Garvey, 76, American labor attorney, NFLPA executive director and counsel (1970–1983).[507]
- J. Karl Hedrick, 72, American mechanical engineer, lung cancer.[508]
- Clifford Kinvig, 82, British military historian.[509]
- Fritz Koenig, 92, German sculptor, creator of The Sphere at the World Trade Center.[510]
- Nikos Koundouros, 90, Greek film director (O Drakos).[511]
- Roberto Lamarca, 57, Venezuelan actor (Por estas calles), pulmonary illness.[512]
- Marcus Leyrer, 87, Austrian Olympic fencer (1964).[513]
- Ralph A. Loveys, 87, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1983–1989).[514]
- John McCormack, 91, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens).[515]
- Dag Østerberg, 78, Norwegian sociologist, philosopher and musicologist.[516]
- Aleksei Petrenko, 78, Ukrainian-born Russian actor (Agony, World War II: Behind Closed Doors).[517]
- Stephen Rhodes, 66, Irish radio presenter (BBC Three Counties Radio), motor neurone disease.[518]
- George Weedon, 96, British Olympic gymnast (1948, 1952).[519]
- Bill Woodson, 99, American voice actor (This Is Your FBI, Super Friends).[520]
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- Antonio Borghesi, 67, Italian politician.[521]
- Ward Chamberlin, 95, American public broadcasting executive (WETA), dementia.[522]
- Alan Colmes, 66, American political commentator (Fox News), lymphoma.[523]
- Don Cousens, 78, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP (1981–1994), Mayor of Markham, Ontario.[524]
- Bernie Custis, 88, American CFL player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Ottawa Rough Riders), member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.[525]
- Edward Diethrich, 81, American cardiovascular surgeon, brain cancer.[526]
- Bengt Fahlström, 78, Swedish journalist and television presenter, pneumonia.[527]
- Vic Fair, 78, British graphic designer.[528]
- Charles M. Herzfeld, 91, Austrian-born American scientist.[529]
- Alfonso de Jesús Hinojosa Berrones, 92, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ciudad Victoria (1974–1985).[530]
- Derek Ibbotson, 84, British runner, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).[531]
- David Keightley, 84, American sinologist.[532]
- Armin Medosch, 54, Austrian arts journalist, cancer.[533]
- Maurice Mewis, 87, Belgian Olympic wrestler.[534]
- Yashpal Mohanty, 38, Indian cricketer.[535]
- Sabine Oberhauser, 53, Austrian physician and politician, Minister of Health (since 2014) and Women's Affairs (since 2016), abdominal cancer.[536]
- Horace Parlan, 86, American-born Danish jazz pianist.[537]
- Óscar Salas Moya, 80, Bolivian politician and trade unionist, complications from pulmonary fibrosis.[538]
- Ivo Svoboda, 68, Czech politician, Finance Minister (1998–1999).[539]
- Richard Tilghman, 97, American politician.[540]
- David Waddington, Baron Waddington, 87, British politician, Home Secretary (1989–1990), Leader of the House of Lords (1990–1992), Governor of Bermuda (1992–1997).[541]
- Leon Ware, 77, American musician, record producer, and songwriter ("I Want You", "I Wanna Be Where You Are"), complications from prostate cancer.[542]
- Zander Wedderburn, 81, British psychologist.[543]
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- Faye Glenn Abdellah, 97, American nursing researcher and admiral.[544]
- Aldona Aleškevičienė-Statulevičienė, 81, Lithuanian mathematician.[545]
- Araldo Cossutta, 92, American architect.[546]
- Daryl, 61, American magician, suicide by hanging.[547]
- Carl Lodewijk Ebeling, 93, Dutch linguist.[548]
- Nderitu Gachagua, 63, Kenyan politician, Governor of Nyeri County (since 2013), pancreatic cancer.[549]
- Ronald T. Halverson, 80, American religious leader (LDS Church) and politician.[550]
- Fumio Karashima, 68, Japanese jazz pianist, cancer.[551]
- Lee Tsuntung, 100, Chinese Olympic basketball player (1948).[552]
- Gustaw Lutkiewicz, 92, Polish actor (A Year of the Quiet Sun).[553]
- Leigh Markopoulos, 48, German-born American art critic and curator.[554]
- Fred Oldfield, 98, American painter.[555]
- Vito Ortelli, 95, Italian racing cyclist.[556]
- Ren Hang, 29, Chinese photographer, suicide.[557]
- Tom Ryan, 92, Australian football player.[558]
- Miriam Tlali, 83, South African author.[559]
- Xie Xuejin, 93, Chinese geochemist.[560]
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- Hassan Al-Jundi, 78, Moroccan author, playwright and actor (The Message).[561]
- Abdullah Balak, 79, Turkish composer.[562]
- Johnny Boyle, 85, Irish Gaelic footballer.[563]
- Hassan Daaboul, Syrian general, head of military intelligence, bombing.[564]
- Neil Fingleton, 36, English basketball player, actor and stuntman (Game of Thrones, 47 Ronin, Avengers: Age of Ultron), heart failure.[565]
- Shifa Zikri Ibrahim, 30, Iraqi journalist (Rudaw), bombing.[566]
- Jan Hoem, 77, Norwegian demographer.[567]
- Scott Lew, 48, American screenwriter (Sexy Evil Genius, Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[568]
- Bobby Lumley, 84, English footballer (Hartlepool United, Charlton Athletic).[569]
- Eric Miller, 75, American record producer (Pablo Records), heart attack.[570]
- Carlos Miloc, 85, Uruguayan football coach (Tigres UANL).[571]
- Toshio Nakanishi, 61, Japanese musician (Plastics), esophageal cancer.[572]
- Elli Norkett, 20, Welsh rugby player (national team), traffic collision.[573]
- Bill Paxton, 61, American actor (Apollo 13, Titanic, Big Love), stroke as a complication from heart surgery.[574]
- Don Payne, 84, American jazz bassist.[575]
- Chez Pazienza, 47, American journalist, author and television producer.[576]
- Jack Pope, 103, American judge, attorney and author, Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court (1982–1985).[577]
- Dorothy P. Rice, 94, American economist, complications from a fall.[578]
- Boaz Vaadia, 65, Israeli-born American sculptor, pancreatic cancer.[579]
- Lloyd Williams, 83, Welsh rugby player (Cardiff, national team).[580]
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- Abu Khayr al-Masri, 59, Egyptian deputy leader of al-Qaeda, drone strike.[581]
- Katalin Berek, 86, Hungarian actress (Adoption).[582]
- Cabral, 16, Polish-born British dressage horse, Paralympic gold winner (2012), euthanized.[583]
- Jay Cronley, 73, American writer (Tulsa World).[584]
- Ludvig Faddeev, 82, Russian theoretical physicist and mathematician (Faddeev equations, Faddeev-Popov ghost).[585]
- Guðjón Finnbogason, 89, Icelandic footballer
- L. R. Ford Jr., 89, American mathematician.[586]
- Eugene Garfield, 91, American linguist.[587]
- Ned Garver, 91, American baseball player (St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics).[588]
- Sunny Hale, 48, American polo player, complications from breast cancer.[589]
- Preben Hertoft, 89, Danish sexologist.[590]
- Louis S. Kahnweiler, 97, American property developer.[591]
- Aristides Kalantzakis, 89, Greek politician, Minister of Labor (1990–1993), Minister of Trade (1980–1981).[592]
- Sir Gerald Kaufman, 86, British politician, MP for Manchester Ardwick (1970–1983) and Manchester Gorton (since 1983), Father of the House (since 2015).[593]
- Stephen Lodge, 74, American screenwriter.[594]
- Jean-Paul Martin du Gard, 89, French Olympic runner (1952, 1956).[595]
- Essa Moosa, 81, South African judge and anti-apartheid activist.[596]
- Abdul Salam, 48–49, Afghan Taliban-recognized Governor of Kunduz, drone strike.[597]
- Mushi Santappa, 93, Indian chemist.[598]
- Irvine Sellar, 82, English property developer (The Shard).[599]
- Ray Stokes, 92, Australian footballer.[600]
- Joseph Wapner, 97, American judge (Los Angeles County Superior Court) and television personality (The People's Court, Judge Wapner's Animal Court), respiratory failure.[601]
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- Lyn Barnett, New Zealand-born Australian pop singer.[602] (body discovered on this date)
- Zvjezdan Cvetković, 56, Croatian football player and manager.[603]
- Marcel De Corte, 87, Belgian footballer (Anderlecht, national team).[604]
- John Harlan, 91, American radio and television personality (Password, Name That Tune).[605]
- Arvo Krikmann, 77, Estonian folklorist and academic.[606]
- Liu Zemin, 72, Chinese politician.[607]
- Syd Lowdon, 81, English rugby league player (Whitehaven, Workington Town, Cumberland).[608]
- Peter Mathews, 65, Irish politician, TD (2011–2016), oesophageal cancer.[609]
- Eigil Nansen, 85, Norwegian human rights activist.[610]
- Carlos Humberto Romero, 92, Salvadoran politician, president (1977–1979).[611]
- P. Shiv Shankar, 87, Indian politician, Governor of Sikkim (1994–1995) and Kerala (1995–1996).[612]
- Sin Kek Tong, 72, Singaporean politician, founder of the Singapore People's Party.[613]
- Sam Summerlin, 89, American foreign correspondent (Associated Press), complications from Parkinson's disease.[614]
- Jórunn Viðar, 98, Icelandic pianist and composer.[615]
- Alex Young, 80, Scottish footballer (Hearts, Everton, national team).[616]
- Eva Maria Zuk, 71, Polish-born Mexican pianist.[617]
- Muhammad Tauseef Ahmed, 24, Pakistani footballer.[618]
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- Yuri Abramovich, 81, Ukrainian-born Russian test pilot.[619]
- Euel Box, 88, American film composer (Benji) and musician.[620]
- John H. Carrington, 82, American politician.[621]
- A. Welford Castleman Jr., 81, American physicist and chemist.[622]
- Walker Connor, 90, American political scientist.[623]
- Simeon Datumanong, 81, Filipino politician.[624]
- Donald Easten, 98, British Army officer, recipient of the Military Cross.[625]
- Leone di Lernia, 78, Italian radio host, singer and composer, liver cancer.[626]
- Peter Feil, 69, Swedish Olympic swimmer (1968).[627]
- Daphne Lorraine Gum, 101, Australian educator.[628]
- Spencer Hays, 80, American art collector.[629]
- Jarle Høysæter, 83, Norwegian television journalist.[630]
- Marian Javits, 92, American arts patron.[631]
- Paul Kangas, 79, American broadcaster (Nightly Business Report), complications from Parkinson's disease and prostate cancer.[632]
- Gabriel Konertz, 62, German Olympic rower (1976).[633]
- Carl Adam Lewenhaupt, 69, Swedish count.[634]
- Ric Marlow, 91, American songwriter ("A Taste of Honey") and actor (Bonanza, Magnum, P.I., Hawaii Five-O).[635]
- James McGrath, 85, Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador (1986–1991), MP (1957–1963, 1968–1986).[636]
- Douglas Milmine, 95, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Paraguay (1973–1985).[637]
- Nicholas Mosley, 93, British novelist and biographer.[638]
- Joseph A. Panuska, 89, American educator, President of the University of Scranton (1982–1998).[639]
- Claude Pascal, 96, French composer.[640]
- Pierre Pascau, 78, Mauritian-Canadian journalist.[641]
- Vladimir Petrov, 69, Russian ice hockey player, Olympic champion (1972, 1976) and silver medalist (1980).[642]
- Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira, 90, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ipameri (1975–1985) and Archbishop of Goiânia (1985–2002).[643]
- Dave Rosenfield, 87, American baseball manager (Norfolk Tides).[644]
- Abdul Salam, 69, Indian politician.[645]
- Elisabeth Waldheim, 94, Austrian political figure, First Lady (1986–1992).[646]
- James Walker, 76, British actor (Nineteen Eighty-Four, Empire of the Sun).[647]
- William Wightman, 87, Canadian politician.[648]
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