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Deaths in January 2015
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The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2015.
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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January 2015
1
- Barbara Atkinson, 88, British actress (Z-Cars).[1]
- Staryl C. Austin, 94, American air force brigadier general.[2]
- Ulrich Beck, 70, German sociologist, heart attack.[3]
- Fiona Cumming, 77, British television director (Doctor Who).[4]
- Eric Cunningham, 65, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP for Wentworth North (1975–1984).[5]
- Mario Cuomo, 82, American politician, Governor of New York (1983–1994), heart failure.[6]
- Donna Douglas, 82, American actress (The Beverly Hillbillies, Frankie and Johnny, The Twilight Zone), pancreatic cancer.[7]
- Matthew Franjola, 72, American journalist (Associated Press) and photographer.[8]
- Jeff Golub, 59, American guitarist, progressive supranuclear palsy.[9]
- Jack Howell, 88, British physician.[10]
- Omar Karami, 80, Lebanese politician, Prime Minister (1990–1992, 2004–2005).[11]
- Bill Keating, 70, American football player (Denver Broncos, Miami Dolphins) and attorney.[12]
- Tore Helge Larsen, 69, Norwegian harness racer, cancer.[13]
- Géry Leuliet, 104, French Roman Catholic prelate, world's oldest Catholic bishop, Bishop of Amiens (1963–1985).[14]
- Boris Morukov, 64, Russian physician and cosmonaut, STS-106 mission specialist.[15]
- Kjell Noreik, 85, Norwegian physician.[16]
- Mrunalini Devi Puar, 83, Indian educator, Chancellor of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (since 1988).[17]
- Ninón Sevilla, 93, Cuban-born Mexican actress (Aventurera, La usurpadora), heart attack.[18]
- William Lloyd Standish, 84, American federal judge, District Court Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania (1987–2002).[19]
- Manasa Vaniqi, 62, Fijian civil servant and lieutenant colonel, Permanent Secretary for Sugar (since 2009).[20]
- Miller Williams, 84, American poet, Alzheimer's disease.[21]
2
- Per-Olof Åstrand, 92, Swedish physiologist.[22]
- James A. Barlow, 91, American politician, member of the Wyoming House of Representatives (1983–1987).[23]
- Charles Baur, 85, French politician, President of the Regional Council of Picardy (1976–1978, 1985–2004).[24]
- Noel Cobb, 76, American-born British philosopher, psychologist and author.[25]
- Ferdinand T. Day, 96, American civil rights activist and educator.[26]
- Little Jimmy Dickens, 94, American country music singer ("May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose"), cardiac arrest.[27]
- Baldina Di Vittorio, 94, Italian politician.[28]
- Danny Dunton, 90, English speedway rider and promoter.[29]
- Maurice Fontaine, 95, French politician.[30]
- Bob Gilmore, 53, British musicologist.[31]
- Vasant Gowarikar, 81, Indian scientist and ISRO chairman, dengue and urinary tract infection.[32]
- Basil Hansen, 88, Australian Olympic ice hockey player (1960).[33]
- Lloyd House, 83, American politician, member of the Arizona House of Representatives (1967–1968).[34]
- Lam Pou-chuen, 63, Hong Kong dubbing artist (Doraemon), diabetes.[35]
- Suzanne Lapointe, 80, Canadian singer and actress, lymphoma.[36]
- Abu Anas al-Libi, 50, Libyan al-Qaeda member in United States custody, liver cancer.[37]
- John McQuilten, 65, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Ballarat (1999–2006).[38]
- Seiko Mikami, 53, Japanese artist, cancer.[39]
- Derek Minter, 82, British Grand Prix motorcycle and short-circuit road racer.[40]
- Arthur Neu, 81, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Iowa (1973–1979), member of the Iowa Senate (1967–1973).[41]
- Tihomir Novakov, 85, Serbian-born American physicist.[42]
- Billy O'Neill, 85, Irish sportsman.[43]
- István Pásztor, 89, Hungarian Olympic cyclist (1952).[44]
- Dan Poulin, 57, Canadian ice hockey player (Minnesota North Stars), cancer.[45]
- Arpád Račko, 84, Hungarian-born Slovak sculptor.[46]
- Vincent Cartledge Reddish, 88, Scottish astronomer, Astronomer Royal for Scotland (1975–1980).[47]
- Kristian Sundtoft, 77, Norwegian politician.[48]
3
- Jamal Uddin Ahmad, 85, Bangladeshi politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1977–1982).[49]
- Daniel Albright, 69, American academic.[50]
- Martin Anderson, 78, American economist and political adviser.[51]
- Adunni Bankole, 55, Nigerian businesswoman, heart attack.[52]
- Henry A. Bent, 88, American physical chemist.[53]
- Edward Brooke, 95, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts (1967–1979).[54]
- Bryan Caldwell, 54, American football player (Houston Oilers), Hodgkin's lymphoma.[55]
- Paulinus Costa, 78, Bangladeshi Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Dhaka (2005–2011), heart attack.[56]
- Maher Hathout, 79, Egyptian-born American Islamic leader, cancer.[57]
- Dwight Hooker, 86, American photographer (Playboy) and architect.[58]
- Bill Jessup, 85, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).[59]
- Rueben Philip Job, 86, American United Methodist prelate, Bishop of the Iowa episcopal area (1984–1992).[60]
- Ivan Jullien, 80, French jazz trumpeter.[61]
- Muath al-Kasasbeh, 26, Jordanian fighter pilot and ISIS hostage, burned alive.[62]
- Roger Kitter, 65, British actor ('Allo 'Allo!) and entertainer, cancer.[63]
- Olga Knyazeva, 60, Russian fencer, Olympic champion (1976).[64]
- Doug Luke, 85, English photographer.[65]
- Willy Ovesen, 90, Norwegian civil servant.[66]
- Gene-Ann Polk, 88, American physician.[67]
- David Purves, 90, Scottish environmental scientist and writer.[68]
- Terence Ranger, 85, British historian.[69]
- Jaime Romero Móran, 21, Mexican gymnast, shot.[70]
- Allie Sherman, 91, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles) and coach (New York Giants).[71]
- Jouko Törmänen, 60, Finnish ski jumper, Olympic champion (1980).[72]
4
- Chang Sung-hwan, 94, South Korean lieutenant general and diplomat, Chief of Staff of the Air Force (1962–1964), natural causes.[73]
- Elisabetta Catalano, 70, Italian fine-art photographer.[74]
- Pino Daniele, 59, Italian singer and songwriter, heart attack.[75]
- Chitresh Das, 70, Indian dancer, instructor and choreographer, aneurysm.[76]
- Al Delugach, 89, American Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, mesothelioma.[77]
- Lance Diamond, 69, American singer, heart complications.[78]
- Jay Furman, 72, American real estate developer, cancer.[79]
- He Zhenliang, 85, Chinese politician and diplomat.[80]
- Dan Held, 53, Canadian ice hockey player.[81]
- Gene Kemp, 88, British children's author (The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler).[82]
- Haroldo Lara, 80, Brazilian Olympic swimmer (1952, 1956).[83]
- Azizullah Lodin, 75–76, Afghan politician.[84]
- Donald MacLeod, 76, Canadian Olympic cross-country skier.[85]
- John McPhee, 77, Scottish footballer (Blackpool, Motherwell).[86]
- Stu Miller, 87, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Baltimore Orioles).[87]
- Juan Isidro Moreno, 90, Dominican Republic poet.[88]
- Hasan Hazer Moshar, 91, Iranian artist.[89]
- Jack Parr, 78, American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals).[90]
- Natalino Pescarolo, 85, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Fossano (1992–2005) and Cuneo (1999–2005).[91]
- Hank Peters, 90, American baseball executive (Baltimore Orioles), complications from a stroke.[92]
- Ahuti Prasad, 57, Indian actor, colon cancer.[93]
- Ives Roqueta, 78, French Occitan author.[94]
- Eli Sagan, 87, American clothing manufacturer, cultural anthropology author and Nixon Enemy.[95]
- Stuart Scott, 49, American sports journalist (SportsCenter), appendix cancer.[96]
- Michele Serros, 48, American novelist and poet, adenocarcinoma of the salivary gland.[97]
- Mário Simas, 92, Portuguese Olympic swimmer.[98]
- Nelson Torno, 87, Argentine Olympic sports shooter.[99]
- Upendra Trivedi, 78, Indian actor and director.[100]
- Richard D. Veltri, 79, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives.[101]
- René Vautier, 86, French film director (Avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès).[102]
- Bernard Williams, 72, British film producer (A Clockwork Orange, Daredevil, Flash Gordon), cancer.[103]
- Edmund Wnuk-Lipiński, 70, Polish academic.[104]
- János Zsombolyai, 75, Hungarian cinematographer, film director and screenwriter.[105]
5
- Joy Ali, 36, Fijian middleweight boxer, suicide.[106]
- Philippe Baillet, 74, French Olympic basketball player.[107]
- Allan Beard, 95, British civil servant.[108]
- Jean-Pierre Beltoise, 77, French Formula One racing driver, winner of the 1972 Monaco Grand Prix, stroke.[109]
- Al Bendich, 85, American civil rights attorney.[110]
- Khan Bonfils, 42, English actor (Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Batman Begins, Skyfall).[111]
- Jim Burton, 53, Canadian ice hockey player (Hershey Bears) and coach, heart attack.[112]
- Jack Calmes, 71, American inventor, executive and musician.[113]
- Eylül Cansın, 24, Turkish transgender woman, suicide by jumping.[114]
- Bobby Carter, 75, American politician, member of the Tennessee Senate (1995–2002).[115]
- William R. Catton Jr., 88, American environmental sociologist.[116]
- Arthur E. Chase, 84, American politician, member of the Massachusetts Senate (1991–1995).[117]
- Albert Firth, 77, English rugby league player (Wakefield Trinity).[118]
- Antonio Fuertes, 85, Spanish footballer (Valencia, Elche).[119]
- Vadim Glovatsky, 45, Kazakhstani Olympic ice hockey player (1998), (Metallurg Magnitogorsk).[120]
- Joe Haines, 91, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1981–1999).[121]
- Ken Hale, 75, English football player and manager.[122]
- Niels Hansen, 90, German diplomat.[123]
- Milton Hebald, 97, American sculptor.[124]
- Martin Joseph, 65, Trinidadian politician, Minister of National Security (2003–2010), drowned.[125]
- Mustafa Kamal, 81, Bangladeshi judge, Chief Justice (1999), heart disease.[126]
- Anthony Ledwith, 81, British chemist.[127]
- Earl MacNaughton, 95, Canadian physicist.[128]
- Bernard Joseph McLaughlin, 102, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Buffalo (1968–1988).[129]
- Harold Murphy, 76, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1993–2003).[130]
- Ganesh Patro, 69, Indian playwright and screenwriter, cancer.[131]
- Alfons Peeters, 71, Belgian footballer.[132]
- Joan Peters, 78, American author (From Time Immemorial), complications from a stroke.[133]
- King Sporty, 71, Jamaican-American reggae musician.[134]
- Geoff Truett, 79, English footballer (Crystal Palace).[135]
6
- Ivor Abrahams, 79, British sculptor and ceramicist.[136]
- Anton Amann, 58, Austrian chemist.[137]
- Else M. Barth, 86, Norwegian philosopher.[138]
- Vlastimil Bubník, 83, Czech ice hockey player and footballer, Olympic bronze medalist (1964).[139]
- Buffalo Tiger, 94, American politician, Chairman of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida (1962–1985).[140]
- Joseph Djida, 69, Cameroonian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ngaoundéré (since 2000).[141]
- Johannes de Villiers Graaff, 86, South African economist.[142]
- Lawrence Gushee, 83, American musicologist.[143]
- Jean Hendriks, 89, Dutch politician, member of the Senate (1981–1991).[144]
- Francesca Hilton, 67, American actress and socialite, stroke.[145]
- Ron Hovey, 82, Australian football player (Geelong).[146]
- Arthur Jackson, 96, American sports shooter.[147]
- Sir John Mason, 91, British meteorologist.[148]
- George H. McKee, 91, American air force lieutenant general.[149]
- Lance Percival, 81, British actor (That Was the Week That Was, The Beatles) and singer ("Shame and Scandal in the Family").[150]
- Gilberto Perez, 71, Cuban-born American professor of film studies.[151]
- Sanford E. Reisenbach, 82, American marketing executive (Warner Bros.).[152]
- Patricia Roppel, 76, American historian and teacher, specialist in the history of Southeast Alaska, cancer.[153]
- Thunder Rumble, 26, American Thoroughbred racehorse, complications from colic.[154]
- Alexandru Segal, 67, Romanian-born Brazilian economist and chess player.[155]
7
- Subhas Anandan, 67, Indian-born Singaporean lawyer, heart failure.[156]
- José Arias, 92, Spanish Olympic alpine skier (1948).[157]
- Tim Arson, 38, American professional wrestler (WWC, ECW).[158]
- Ricardo Bueno Fernández, 74, Spanish politician, member of the Senate (1977–1979, 1993–2000) and Congress of Deputies (2000–2004).[159]
- John Burritt, 80, American Olympic biathlete.[160]
- Ingvar Eriksson, 70, Swedish Olympic swimmer.[161]
- Gilbert Finn, 94, Canadian businessman, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (1987–1994).[162]
- Michael Fisher, 68, British solicitor, cancer.[163]
- Tadeusz Konwicki, 88, Polish writer and filmmaker.[164]
- Mompati Merafhe, 78, Botswanan lieutenant general and politician, Vice President (2008–2012).[165]
- Arch A. Moore Jr., 91, American politician, Governor of West Virginia (1969–1977, 1985–1989).[166]
- J. P. Parisé, 73, Canadian ice hockey player (Minnesota North Stars), lung cancer.[167]
- Jethro Pugh, 70, American football player (Dallas Cowboys).[168]
- Archie Radebe, 55, South African footballer (AmaZulu) and coach.[169]
- B. S. Abdur Rahman, 87, Indian business executive and philanthropist (B. S. Abdur Rahman University).[170]
- David Rolfe, 50, Australian Paralympic swimmer, complications relating to heart surgery.[171]
- Julio Scherer García, 88, Mexican journalist, septic shock.[172]
- Herb Simpson, 94, American baseball player (Seattle Steelheads).[173]
- Rod Taylor, 84, Australian actor (The Time Machine, The Birds, 101 Dalmatians, Inglourious Basterds), heart attack.[174]
- Nancy Thomas, 96, British television producer (Monitor).[175]
- Notable French people killed in the Charlie Hebdo shooting:[176]
- Cabu, 76, cartoonist
- Elsa Cayat, 54, psychoanalyst and columnist
- Charb, 47, caricaturist and journalist
- Philippe Honoré, 73, cartoonist
- Bernard Maris, 68, economist and journalist
- Tignous, 57, cartoonist
- Georges Wolinski, 80, cartoonist
8
- Argila, 92, Spanish footballer.[177]
- William E. Boeing Jr., 92, American businessman.[178]
- Andraé Crouch, 72, American gospel singer, heart attack.[179]
- Kep Enderby, 88, Australian politician and judge, MP (1970–1975), Supreme Court Justice of New South Wales (1982–1992).[180]
- Patsy Garrett, 93, American singer and actress (Benji, Nanny and the Professor, Room 222).[181]
- Jean-Claude Gasigwa, 31, Rwandan tennis player (Davis Cup team).[182]
- Peter Hill, 83, English footballer (Coventry City).[183]
- Jenő Lasztovicza, 53, Hungarian politician, MP (since 1998).[184]
- Curtis Lee, 75, American singer ("Pretty Little Angel Eyes"), cancer.[185]
- Hubert Markl, 76, German biologist.[186]
- Ray McFall, 88, British nightclub owner (The Cavern Club).[187]
- Roy McKie, 93, American illustrator.[188]
- Richard Meade, 76, British equestrian, three-time Olympic champion, cancer.[189]
- Remo Pianezzi, 87, Swiss cyclist.[190]
- Henryk Podlewski, 94, Polish psychiatrist.[191]
- Leif Rantala, 67, Finnish linguist.[192]
- Erbey Satterfield, 75, American politician, member of the Utah House of Representatives.[193]
- Egil Toreng, 92, Norwegian newspaper editor and politician.[194]
- Nelson Townsend, 73, American athletic director (Florida A&M), heart attack.[195]
9
- Angelo Anquilletti, 71, Italian footballer (A.C. Milan, national team).[196]
- Jasodhara Bagchi, 77, Indian feminist critic and academic.[197]
- Amedy Coulibaly, 32, French jihadist, shot.[198]
- Harry A. DeMaso, 93, American politician, member of the Michigan Senate (1967–1986).[199]
- Samuel Goldwyn Jr., 88, American film producer (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, The Preacher's Wife), heart failure.[200]
- Ah Chew Goo, 96, American basketball player and coach (University of Hawaii).[201]
- Jack Greenwood, 88, American hurdler.[202]
- Michel Jeury, 80, French science fiction author.[203]
- Sonny Karnofsky, 92, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles).[204]
- Robert V. Keeley, 85, American diplomat, Ambassador to Mauritius (1976–1978), Zimbabwe (1980–1984) and Greece (1985–1989), stroke.[205]
- Sarah Kemp, 77, Australian actress (Sons and Daughters), lung cancer.[206]
- Chuck Locke, 82, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles).[207]
- Frans Molenaar, 74, Dutch fashion designer, complications from a fall.[208]
- Józef Oleksy, 68, Polish politician, Prime Minister (1995–1996), cancer.[209]
- Bud Paxson, 79, American media executive, co-founder of the Home Shopping Network, founder of Pax TV.[210]
- Peder Pedersen, 69, Danish track cyclist, Olympic champion (1968).[211]
- Abdul Rahman Ya'kub, 87, Malaysian politician, Chief Minister of Sarawak (1970–1981).[212]
- Whitney Reed, 82, American tennis player.[213]
- James L. Reveal, 73, American botanist.[214]
- Robert Scott, 73, American author.[215]
- Iqbal Shaikh, 80, Pakistani cricketer.[216]
- Bud Sherman, 88, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1969–1984), member of the House of Commons (1965–1968).[217]
- Miroslav Soviš, 60, Czech Olympic biathlete.[218]
- Paul M. Starnes, 80, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1972–1990).[219]
- Richard Swalin, 85–86, American metallurgist.[220]
- Roy Tarpley, 50, American basketball player (Dallas Mavericks).[221]
- Dottie Thomas, 92, American hematologist.[222]
- Christian Vannequé, 65, French sommelier and restaurateur.[223]
- Sharon Zukowski, 59-60, American author (The Hour of the Knife).[224]
10
- John Angus, 66, New Zealand children's rights advocate, children's commissioner (2009–2011).[225]
- Jorgelina Aranda, 72, Argentine model and actress (Il Gaucho).[226]
- Robert Berner, 79, American geologist and geochemist.[227]
- Walter Berns, 95, American constitutional law and political philosophy professor.[228]
- Frans Bolweg, 64, Dutch sailor and coach.[229]
- Brian Clemens, 83, British screenwriter (Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde) and television producer (The Avengers, The Professionals).[230]
- Abed Daoudieh, 94, Jordanian politician, Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Minister (1984).[231]
- George Dickerson, 81, American actor (Blue Velvet, Hill Street Blues).[232]
- James R. Dixon, 86, American herpetologist.[233]
- Tim Drummond, 74, American bassist (Bob Dylan, Neil Young).[234]
- Pierre-André Fournier, 71, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Rimouski (since 2008).[235]
- Elemér Hankiss, 86, Hungarian sociologist.[236]
- Maeve Hillery, 91, Irish physician.[237]
- Jim Hogan, 81, Irish Olympic long-distance runner, European champion (1966).[238]
- Harry V. Jaffa, 96, American political philosophy professor.[239]
- Annis Jensen, 93, American roller derby skater.[240]
- Frederik H. Kreuger, 86, Dutch high voltage scientist.[241]
- Junior Malanda, 20, Belgian footballer (VfL Wolfsburg, national under-21 team), traffic collision.[242]
- Marko Marin, 84, Slovenian theatre director and art historian.[243]
- Slobodan Martinović, 70, Serbian chess player.[244]
- Roger Moyer, 80, American politician, Mayor of Annapolis, Maryland (1965–1973), Parkinson's disease.[245]
- Yoko Nagae Ceschina, 82, Japanese classical music philanthropist.[246]
- Taylor Negron, 57, American comedian and actor (Angels in the Outfield, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Bio-Dome), liver cancer.[247]
- Margit Nünke, 84, German fashion model, actress and beauty queen.[248]
- Ged Peck, 67, English musician.[249]
- Hugh Peery, 83, American Olympic wrestler.[250]
- George Probert, 87, American jazz musician and music editor.[251]
- Francesco Rosi, 92, Italian film director (The Mattei Affair, Christ Stopped at Eboli, Salvatore Giuliano).[252]
- Francis Simard, 67, Canadian revolution activist and criminal, aneurysm.[253]
- Edward B. Singleton, 94, American pediatric radiologist.[254]
- Hans Stoiber, 96, Austrian poet.[255]
- Robert Stone, 77, American novelist (Dog Soldiers), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.[256]
- Denis Tsygurov, 43, Russian professional ice hockey player (Buffalo Sabres, Los Angeles Kings).[257]
- Inge Vermeulen, 30, Brazilian-born Dutch field hockey player (national team), European champion (2009).[258]
- Roger Wosahlo, 67, English footballer (Peterborough), cancer.[259]
- Renae Youngberg, 81, American baseball player (Grand Rapids Chicks).[260]
11
- Felix Badcock, 79-80, British rower.[261]
- Jenő Buzánszky, 89, Hungarian footballer (Dorogi FC, national team), Olympic champion (1952), last living member of the Golden Team.[262]
- Gary Dighton, 46, British Olympic cyclist, suicide.[263]
- Doriemus, 24, New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse, Melbourne Cup winner (1995), euthanised following paddock accident.[264]
- Anita Ekberg, 83, Swedish-Italian actress (La Dolce Vita, Paris Holiday, Back from Eternity).[265]
- Chashi Nazrul Islam, 73, Bangladeshi filmmaker (Ora Egaro Jon).[266]
- Chic Littlewood, 84, British-born New Zealand television personality and actor (King Kong, 30 Days of Night).[267]
- Jacqueline Martel, 88, French Olympic alpine skier.[268]
- Albert McPherson, 87, English football player (Walsall) and coach (West Bromwich Albion).[269]
- Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle, 96, American professor emeritus (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine) and neuroscientist.[270]
- Fritz Pott, 75, German football player and coach.[271]
- Bruno Visintin, 82, Italian boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1952).[272]
- Ryszard Zub, 80, Polish fencer, Olympic silver (1956, 1960) and bronze (1964) medalist.[273]
12
- John Bayley, 89, British literary critic and writer.[274]
- Bonnie Christensen, 63, American children's book author and illustrator, ovarian cancer.[275]
- Germán Cobos, 87, Spanish actor.[276]
- Trevor Colbourn, 87, Australian educator and academic, President of the University of Central Florida (1978–1989).[277]
- James Naanman Daman, 58, Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jalingo (2000–2007) and Shendam (since 2007).[278]
- Stephen Gold, 58, British computer journalist, complications from heart surgery.[279]
- Sandor Gombay, 76, Swiss Olympic fencer.[280]
- Robert Gover, 85, American author.[281]
- Keiko Hanagata, 79, Japanese voice actress.[282]
- John Hill, 69, American game designer, heart failure.[283]
- Horrie Kessey, 87, Australian rugby footballer.[284]
- Akira Kinoshita, 78, Japanese photographer.[285]
- Carl Long, 79, American baseball player.[286]
- William C. Martel, 59, American political scientist, cancer.[287]
- A. J. Masters, 64, American singer and songwriter, prostate cancer.[288]
- Paul Morgan, 40, Welsh rugby union and league player.[289]
- Elena Obraztsova, 75, Russian mezzo-soprano.[290]
- Alex Omes, 43, American nightlife impresario, co-founder of Ultra Music Festival.[291]
- John Paice, 83, Australian rules footballer (Carlton).[292]
- V. B. Rajendra Prasad, 82, Indian film producer and director.[293]
- Gabriel Ramushwana, 73, South African general, Head of State of Venda (1990–1994), colon cancer.[294]
- Ed Skinner, 78, American politician and attorney, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1969–1973).[295]
- Bill Thompson, 70, American talent manager, heart attack.[296]
- Darrell Winfield, 85, American rancher and model, Marlboro Man (1968–1989).[297]
- David Wyatt, 65, American politician, cancer.[298]
13
- Robert Boon, 98, Dutch-born American actor (Queen of Blood, Verboten!, The Twilight Zone).[299]
- Chuck Burr, 91, American football executive, general manager for the Miami Dolphins.[300]
- Tony Ciprian, 82, New Zealand television sports presenter and producer.[301]
- Doug Cunningham, 69, American football player (Ole Miss Rebels, San Francisco 49ers).[302]
- Robert Dotson, 91, American flatfoot dancer.[303]
- Kinuko Emi, 91, Japanese painter, heart failure.[304]
- Ralph Faudree, 75, American mathematician.[305]
- Frank Glazer, 99, American pianist and composer.[306]
- Sir Jack Hayward, 91, English businessman, property developer and philanthropist, president of Wolverhampton Wanderers.[307]
- Mark Juddery, 43, Australian author and journalist, cancer.[308]
- H. Wesley Kenney, 89, American television director and producer (General Hospital, All in the Family, The Young and the Restless), cardiac arrest.[309]
- Pearl King, 96, British psychanalyst.[310]
- Mike Marqusee, 61, American-born writer and activist, multiple myeloma.[311]
- Frank Mazzola, 79, American film actor and editor (Rebel Without a Cause, Casablanca, The Hunchback of Notre Dame).[312]
- Hara Patnaik, 56, Indian actor and film director, cancer.[313]
- Ronnie Ronalde, 91, British music hall singer and siffleur.[314]
- Isabel Rosado, 107, Puerto Rican independence activist (Puerto Rican Nationalist Party).[315]
- John H. Rubel, 94, American defense electronics executive.[316]
- Trevor Ward-Davies, 70, English pop bassist (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich).[317]
- Jane Wilson, 90, American painter.[318]
- Keith Wright, 73, Australian politician and convicted child rapist, MP for Capricornia (1984–1993).[319]
- Hillel Zaks, 85, Polish-born Israeli rabbi.[320]
14
- Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi, 71, Israeli rabbi.[321]
- Bob Boyd, 84, American basketball coach (USC Trojans).[322]
- Jerry Dempsey, 81, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1992–2006).[323]
- Bill Dodd, 78, English footballer (Burnley F.C.).[324]
- Lotte Hass, 86, Austrian model and underwater diver.[325]
- Val Holten, 87, Australian cricketer.[326]
- Jerzy Holzer, 84, Polish historian.[327]
- Danny Malloy, 84, Scottish footballer (Cardiff City, Dundee).[328]
- Willy Pfister, 86, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player.[329]
- Susanto Pudjomartono, 71, Indonesian newspaper editor and diplomat, second chief editor of The Jakarta Post (1991–2003), Ambassador to Russia (2003–2008).[330]
- Lester J. Reed, 90, American biochemist.[331]
- Nélida Romero, 88, Argentine actress.[332]
- Darren Shahlavi, 42, English actor (Night at the Museum, Watchmen, Ip Man 2) and martial artist, heart attack.[333]
- Obrad Sretenović, 79, Croatian Olympic boxer.[334]
- Layne Tom Jr., 87, American actor (Charlie Chan series).[335]
- Warren Weinstein, 73, American economist, USAID contractor kidnapped by al-Qaeda, drone strike.[336]
- Robert E. White, 88, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Paraguay (1977–1980) and El Salvador (1980–1981).[337]
- Zhang Wannian, 86, Chinese general.[338]
15
- Charles Kennedy, 8th Marquess of Ailsa, 58, Scottish peer, hereditary chief of Clan Kennedy.[339]
- Bai Jinian, 88, Chinese politician, party chief of Shaanxi Province.[340]
- Jean-Claude Baker, 71, French-born American restaurateur, suicide.[341]
- Ludmila Brožová-Polednová, 93, Czech prosecutor, participated in the show trial of Milada Horáková.[342]
- Arnaldo Calveyra, 85, Argentine poet and novelist, heart attack.[343]
- Eugene E. Covert, 88, American aeronautics engineer.[344]
- Ervin Drake, 95, American songwriter ("It Was a Very Good Year", "I Believe", "Good Morning Heartache"), bladder cancer.[345]
- Kim Fowley, 75, American record producer, band manager (The Runaways), impresario and musician, bladder cancer.[346]
- Alan Hirschfield, 79, American film executive, CEO of Columbia Pictures (1973–1978), Chairman of 20th Century Fox (1982–1986).[347]
- Mirko Holbus, 74, Serbian Olympic ice hockey player.[348]
- Anwarul Iqbal, 64, Bangladeshi politician and police chief, cardiac arrest.[349]
- Ethel Lang, 114, British supercentenarian.[350]
- Karel Lichtnégl, 78, Czech football player.[351]
- Jean Lindenmann, 90, Swiss virologist and immunologist, co-discoverer of interferon.[352]
- Rimma Markova, 89, Russian actress.[353]
- Ray Nagel, 87, American football player (UCLA Bruins) and coach (Utah Utes, Iowa Hawkeyes).[354]
- Chikao Ohtsuka, 85, Japanese voice actor (Lupin III, Sonic the Hedgehog, One Piece), ischemic heart failure.[355]
- Raoul Pantin, 71, Trinidadian journalist, playwright, and screenwriter (Bim), survivor of the Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt.[356]
- Robert S. Pirie, 80, American lawyer.[357]
- Ignacio Posada, 79, Colombian Olympic fencer.[358]
- Harvey Sweetman, 93, New Zealand World War II pilot.[359]
- Rameshwar Thakur, 88, Indian politician, Governor of Odisha (2004–2006), Andhra Pradesh (2006–2007) and Karnataka (2007–2009).[360]
- Walter Westbrook, 93, South African artist.[361]
- Bob Wilson, 85, American sportscaster (Boston Bruins).[362]
- Joseph Mukasa Zuza, 59, Malawian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mzuzu (since 1995), traffic collision.[363]
16
- Miriam Akavia, 87, Israeli writer.[364]
- Sir Ian Athfield, 74, New Zealand architect, pneumonia.[365]
- Mohamed Olow Barrow, Somali politician.[366]
- Andrew Benson, 97, American biologist.[367]
- José Carrasco, 71, Peruvian politician, Minister of Energy and Mines (1988–1989) and member of the Congress (2006–2011), lung cancer.[368]
- Vivaldo Frota, 86, Brazilian politician, Governor of Amazonas (1990–1991).[369]
- Ted Harrison, 88, British-born Canadian painter.[370]
- Pedro María Iguaran, 74, Spanish footballer (Real Sociedad).[371]
- Patrick Journoud, 50, French Olympic athlete (1988).[372]
- Stuart Loory, 82, American journalist and media executive (CNN), lung cancer.[373]
- Ray Lumpp, 91, American basketball player (New York Knicks), Olympic champion (1948).[374]
- Luis Marsans, 84, Spanish painter.[375]
- Louis Martin, 78, Jamaican-born British weightlifter, Olympic silver (1964) and bronze (1960) medallist.[376]
- Ghelubhai Nayak, 91, Indian political activist.[377]
- Walter Peregoy, 89, American animator (The Jungle Book, Sleeping Beauty, Mary Poppins, The Sword in the Stone).[378]
- Tony Ridler, 59, Welsh darts player.[379]
- Faith Seidenberg, 91, American attorney and civil rights activist.[380]
- Yao Beina, 33, Chinese singer, breast cancer.[381]
17
- Bruno Ballarini, 77, Italian footballer (Calcio Como).[382]
- Walter Bauza, 75, Argentine Olympic sports shooter.[383]
- Joseph Brannigan, 83, American politician, member of the Maine Senate (2006–2012).[384]
- Marie Foucher-Creteau, 89, French Olympic swimmer.[385]
- Ken Furphy, 83, English footballer and manager (Watford).[386]
- George W. Grace, 93, American linguist.[387]
- Gobinda Halder, 84, Indian lyricist and composer, kidney failure.[388]
- Faten Hamama, 83, Egyptian actress (The Angel of Mercy, Wajh al-Qamar).[389]
- Don Harron, 90, Canadian comedian, actor and author (Hee Haw, The Big Revue), cancer.[390]
- Charles Lee Harrison, 93, American lieutenant colonel.[391]
- Martha Whitmore Hickman, 89, American author.[392]
- Kazumasa Hirai, 76, Japanese manga author (8 Man, Genma Taisen, Wolf Guy).[393]
- Fritz C. Holte, 89, Norwegian economist.[394]
- Justin Kili, 61, Papua New Guinean journalist and media personality.[395]
- Rebecca D. Lockhart, 46, American politician, Speaker of the Utah House of Representatives (since 2011), Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease.[396]
- Henry Manne, 86, American law and economics academic.[397]
- Roderick McDonald, 69, American basketball player (Utah Stars).[398]
- Terence Miller, 96, British palaeontologist.[399]
- Origa, 44, Russian singer (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex), lung cancer.[400]
- Peter Partner, 90, British historian.[401]
- David E. Paulson, 83, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly for the 28th District (1978–1986).[402]
- Frank Pesci, 86, American politician.[403]
- Greg Plitt, 37, American fitness trainer (Work Out) and actor (Grudge Match, Terminator Salvation, Bobby), hit by train.[404]
- Theodore Sourkes, 95, Canadian biochemist and neuropsychopharmacologist.[405]
- Bill Sykes, 75, English author and chaplain.[406]
18
- Mohammad Ali Allahdadi, 52, Iranian army general, airstrike.[407]
- Vinay V. Deodhar, 66, Indian mathematician.[408]
- Maurice Dumas, 87, Canadian politician, MP for Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel (1993–2000).[409]
- Cynthia Layne, 51, American jazz singer, cancer.[410]
- Grazia Livi, 84, Italian author and journalist, Viareggio Prize winner.[411]
- D. C. McNeil, 87, Canadian politician.[412]
- Alberto Nisman, 51, Argentine prosecutor (AMIA bombing), apparent suicide by gunshot.[413]
- Paul O'Grady, 54, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1988–1996), cancer.[414]
- Muna Obiekwe, 36, Nigerian actor, kidney disease.[415]
- Dorothy Barnes Pelote, 85, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1993–2003).[416]
- Pietro Pianta, 74, Italian footballer.[417]
- June Randall, 87, British script supervisor (The Spy Who Loved Me, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining).[418]
- Piet van der Sanden, 90, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1971–1972, 1973–1989), member of the European Parliament (1973–1974).[419]
- Milt Schoon, 92, American basketball player (Sheboygan Red Skins).[420]
- Harish Chandra Srivastava, 90, Indian politician.[421]
- Yasuaki Taiho, 51, Taiwanese-born Japanese baseball player (Chunichi Dragons, Hanshin Tigers), acute myeloid leukemia.[422]
- Dallas Taylor, 66, American drummer (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young), complications of viral pneumonia and kidney disease.[423]
- Christine Valmy, 88, Romanian-born American cosmetologist.[424]
- Tony Verna, 81, American television producer, invented instant replay, leukemia.[425]
- Kjell Arnljot Wig, 90, Norwegian media personality.[426]
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- John Bilezikjian, 66, Armenian oud musician, kidney disease.[427]
- Rose Marie Brown, 95, American beauty pageant contestant, Miss Virginia (1939).[428]
- Justin Capră, 81, Romanian inventor.[429]
- Mickey Demos, 83, Greek urologist, lawyer, and boxer.[430]
- Gordon Dickson, 83, Canadian Olympic marathon runner (1960).[431]
- Charles W. Edwards, 80, American politician.[432]
- Adam Yahiye Gadahn, 36, American al-Qaeda operative, drone strike.[433]
- Vera Gornostayeva, 85, Russian pianist and piano teacher.[434]
- Michel Guimond, 61, Canadian politician, MP for Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord (1993–2011), heart failure.[435]
- José María Hernández González, 88, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Chilapa (1983–1989) and Netzahualcóyotl (1989–2003).[436]
- Oscar Hayes, 47, American gospel musician.[437]
- Arthit Kamlang-ek, 89, Thai general, Supreme Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces (1983–1986).[438]
- Vladimir Kesarev, 84, Russian footballer (Dynamo Moscow).[439]
- Ed Kinley, 83, Canadian politician, Nova Scotia MLA (1997–1998).[440]
- Anne Kirkbride, 60, British actress (Coronation Street), breast cancer.[441]
- Rajni Kothari, 85, Indian political scientist.[442]
- Robert Manzon, 97, French Formula One driver, last surviving racer from first World Championship.[443]
- Mark Marquess, 89, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins).[444]
- Reinaldo Oliver, 82, Puerto Rican javelin thrower and Olympic athlete (1952, 1956).[445]
- Karl H. Pribram, 95, Austrian-born American neuroscientist and educator, cancer.[446]
- Bob Sadino, 81, Indonesian businessman.[447]
- Ward Swingle, 87, American musician (The Swingle Singers, Les Double Six).[448]
- Bob Symes, 90, British inventor and television presenter.[449]
- Reies Tijerina, 88, American Chicano activist.[450]
- Peter Wallenberg Sr., 88, Swedish financier and industrialist, patriarch of the Wallenberg family.[451]
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- Canserbero, 26, Venezuelan rapper, suicide by jumping.[452]
- Barbara Craddock, 74, American dancer and choreographer.[453]
- James L. Fowler, 84, American military veteran, founded the Marine Corps Marathon.[454]
- Edgar Froese, 70, German musician (Tangerine Dream), pulmonary embolism.[455]
- Melvin Gordon, 95, American business executive, CEO of Tootsie Roll Industries (since 1962).[456]
- Lawrence Hogben, 98, New Zealand meteorologist and naval officer.[457]
- Anatol Hrytskievich, 85, Belarusian historian.[458]
- Graeme Hugo, 68, Australian demographer and geographer, cancer.[459]
- Gustav Kaufmann, 96, Liechtenstein Olympic sport shooter.[460]
- Herman E. Lauhoff, 81, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1974–1981).[461]
- Rose Marie McCoy, 92, American songwriter ("It Hurts Me to My Heart", "Don't Be Angry", "Tryin' to Get to You", "It's Gonna Work Out Fine").[462]
- Gloria D. Miklowitz, 87, American author.[463]
- Oliver Neighbour, 91, British musicologist and librarian.[464]
- Wilfride Piollet, 71, French ballerina and choreographer, cancer.[465]
- Peter Pontiac, 63, Dutch cartoonist, winner of the Stripschapprijs (1997), liver disease.[466]
- Bette Rogge, 92, American radio and television presenter.[467]
- William Roffler, 84, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles), pneumonia.[468]
- Hitoshi Saito, 54, Japanese judoka, Olympic champion (1984, 1988), bile duct cancer.[469]
- Ricardo dos Santos, 24, Brazilian surfer, shot.[470]
- Jerome Van Sistine, 89, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Senate (1977–1993).[471]
- James Walker, 41, Australian television writer (Neighbours), diabetes.[472]
- F. Eugene Yates, 87, American physiologist.[473]
21
- Abudureheman Abulikemu, 36, Chinese boxer.[474]
- George Atkins, 82, American football player (Detroit Lions).[475]
- Patricia Berjak, 75, South African botanist.[476]
- Marcus Borg, 72, American Biblical scholar and theologian (Jesus Seminar), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.[477]
- Leon Brittan, 75, British politician, Home Secretary (1983–1985), Vice-President of the European Commission (1999), cancer.[478]
- Vince Camuto, 78, American footwear designer (Nine West), prostate cancer.[479]
- Emmanuel Carter, 85, Trinidadian politician, President of the Senate (1990–1995), acting President (1990) during the Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt.[480]
- Frieda Dänzer, 84, Swiss Alpine skier, Olympic silver medalist (1956).[481]
- George W. Downs, 68, American political scientist, heart failure.[482]
- George Goodwin, 97, American journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner (1948).[483]
- Harry Gordon, 89, Australian Olympic historian, journalist and newspaper editor.[484]
- Martin Honeysett, 71, British cartoonist.[485]
- Frank Hooley, 91, British politician, MP for Sheffield Heeley (1966–1970, 1974–1983).[486]
- Waldemar Kmentt, 85, Austrian operatic tenor.[487]
- Roy Noble Lee, 99, American judge, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi (1987–1993).[488]
- Johnnie Lewis, 68, Liberian lawyer and politician, Chief Justice (2006–2012).[489]
- Beryl Marshall, 85, Argentine Olympic swimmer.[490]
- Kemal Monteno, 66, Bosnian singer-songwriter, pneumonia and sepsis.[491]
- Keith Rayner, 71, American cognitive psychologist.[492]
- Marshall Schlom, 86, American script supervisor (Psycho, Perry Mason, Rain Man), complications from a fall.[493]
- Chin Shunshin, 90, Japanese author.[494]
- Pauline Yates, 85, English actress (The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin).[495]
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- Don Bryant, 73, American baseball player (Houston Astros).[496]
- Peggy Charren, 86, American children's television activist.[497]
- Stephen A. Czerkas, 63, American paleontologist and sculptor.[498]
- Thomas Figures, 70, American attorney and judge.[499]
- Wendell Ford, 90, American politician, Governor of Kentucky (1971–1974), member of the U.S. Senate (1974–1999), lung cancer.[500]
- Margaret Bloy Graham, 94, Canadian children's book illustrator (Harry the Dirty Dog).[501]
- Joan Hinde, 81, English trumpeter and entertainer.[502]
- René Jodoin, 94, Canadian animation director and producer.[503]
- Yoshiyuki Kuroda, 86, Japanese film director (Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare, Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell, The Invisible Swordsman).[504]
- Tommy Mason, 75, American football player (Minnesota Vikings, Los Angeles Rams).[505]
- Fabrizio de Miranda, 88, Italian structural engineer and university professor.[506]
- Franco Nicolazzi, 90, Italian politician, MP (1963–1990), Secretary of the Italian Democratic Socialist Party (1985–1988).[507]
- Kel O'Shea, 81, Australian rugby league player (Western Suburbs).[508]
- Wayne Quinton, 94, American biomedical engineer.[509]
- Dacia Valent, 51, Somali-born Italian politician, MEP (1989–1994), myocardial infarction.[510]
- Victor Yarnell, 95, Canadian-born American politician.[511]
- Lawrence Paul Zatkoff, 75, American federal judge, cancer.[512]
23
- Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, 90, Saudi royal, King (since 2005), complications from pneumonia.[513]
- Ernie Banks, 83, American Hall of Fame baseball player (Chicago Cubs), heart attack.[514]
- Jalynn Bennett, 71, Canadian consultant and corporate director.[515]
- Betty Jane Diener, 74, American politician, Virginia Secretary of Commerce (1982–1986), pulmonary fibrosis.[516]
- Marc Dufour, 73, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings).[517]
- Prosper Ego, 87, Dutch activist, founder of the Oud-Strijders Legioen.[518]
- Nol Heijerman, 74, Dutch footballer (Sparta).[519]
- Simma Holt, 92, Canadian journalist and politician, MP for Vancouver Kingsway (1974–1979).[520]
- Barrie Ingham, 82, English actor (The Great Mouse Detective, Doctor Who, A Challenge for Robin Hood).[521]
- Nick Koback, 79, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).[522]
- Svein Døvle Larssen, 86, Norwegian newspaper editor.[523]
- Alexander Lastin, 38, Russian chess grandmaster.[524]
- Pedro Lemebel, 62, Chilean writer, laryngeal cancer.[525]
- Les McMahon, 84, Australian politician, member of the Australian House of Representatives for Sydney (1975–1983).[526]
- Bud Miller, 91, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (1971–1986).[527]
- M. S. Narayana, 63, Indian Telugu actor, multiple organ failure.[528]
- Leon Pense, 92, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).[529]
- George E. Schafer, 92, American lieutenant general.[530]
- Jackie Selebi, 64, South African police officer, Commissioner (2000–2009), kidney disease.[531]
- Frank Sims, 93, American baseball broadcaster.[532]
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- Stig Bergling, 77, Swedish secret service officer convicted of treason, Parkinson's disease and lung ailment.[533]
- Robert Bonnaventure, 94, French cyclist.[534]
- Peter Bridges, 89, British Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Southend (1972–1977), Coventry (1977–1983) and Warwick (1983–1990).[535]
- Jerry Bryant, 69, American historian.[536]
- Link Byfield, 63, Canadian conservative columnist, politician and publisher, oesophageal and liver cancer.[537]
- Julio Canessa, 89, Chilean politician and general, member of the Government Junta (1983–1985), Senator (1998–2006).[538]
- Otto Carius, 92, German World War II tank commander.[539]
- Maria Cerra, 96, American Olympic fencer (1948).[540]
- Aisha Chaudhary, 18, Indian motivational speaker and author, pulmonary fibrosis.[541]
- Howard Clarke, 85, American classicist.[542]
- Toller Cranston, 65, Canadian figure skater, Olympic bronze medallist (1976), heart attack.[543]
- Maria Della Costa, 89, Brazilian actress (Brasileiras e Brasileiros), pulmonary edema.[544]
- Floyd Dunn, 90, American electrical engineer.[545]
- Johan Ferner, 87, Norwegian sailor, Olympic silver medalist (1952).[546]
- Eric Fitzgibbon, 78, Australian politician, member of the House of Representatives for Hunter (1984–1996).[547]
- Joe Franklin, 88, American television and radio talk show host, prostate cancer.[548]
- Wilfrido Garay, 71, Paraguayan footballer.[549]
- Sir David Graaff, 3rd Baronet, 74, South African businessman and winemaker.[550]
- Muhammad Ibrahim Habsade, 62, Somali politician and rebel soldier, diabetes.[551]
- Frances Lennon, 102, British artist.[552]
- Erkki Lyijynen, 89, Finnish Olympic rower.[553]
- Ken McDonald, 86, Australian-British Olympic weightlifter.[554]
- V. S. Raghavan, 90, Indian Tamil actor.[555]
- Alfred H. Savage, 84, Canadian civil servant, manager of the Toronto Transit Commission (1981–1987).[556]
- Joan Serra, 87, Spanish Olympic water polo player (1948, 1952).[557]
- Fred Shank, 74, American nutritionist.[558]
- Daniel R. Simpson, 87, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives and Senate, Lewy body dementia.[559]
- Peter Westervelt, 95, American physicist.[560]
- Toyoko Yoshino, 94, Japanese Olympic athlete.[561]
- Tengku Ampuan Tua Intan Zaharah, 86, Malaysian royal, Raja Permaisuri Agong (1965–1970).[562]
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- Zulkifli Abdhir, 48, Malaysian terrorist and bomb maker, shot.[563]
- Sir Robert Atkinson, 98, British businessman and naval officer.[564]
- Sonny Berger, 92, American baseball player.[565]
- Rose Cabat, 100, American studio ceramicist.[566]
- Mari Ellis, 101, British writer and women's rights activist.[567]
- Theodore A. Farwell, 84, American Olympic skier.[568]
- Pauline Fisk, 66, British author, cancer.[569]
- Demetrio González, 87, Spanish-born Mexican actor (Dos Corazones y un Cielo) and singer, complications from a stroke.[570]
- Pierre Gosnat, 66, French politician, cancer.[571]
- Godfrey Kalimugogo, 71, Ugandan writer.[572]
- John Leggett, 97, American writer, director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, pneumonia.[573]
- Giancarlo Ligabue, 83, Italian palaeontologist (discoverer of Ligabueino), Forza Europa politician and businessman.[574]
- Sarojini Mahishi, 88, Indian translator and politician.[575]
- Richard McBrien, 78, American Roman Catholic priest and theologian.[576]
- Bill Monbouquette, 78, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).[577]
- Don O'Hearn, 86, Canadian ice hockey player.[578]
- John Pick, 93, English poet and novelist.[579]
- Demis Roussos, 68, Egyptian-born Greek singer ("Forever and Ever").[580]
- Ian Towers, 74, English footballer (Burnley, Oldham Athletic).[581]
- Ernst Träger, 88, German judge.[582]
- Richard M. Watt, 81–82, American historian and writer.[583]
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- R. J. Adams, 72, American actor (Rocky IV), heart attack.[584]
- José Luis Allende, 88, Spanish Olympic sailor.[585]
- Henk Bloemers, 69, Dutch footballer (FC Eindhoven).[586]
- Miguel Ángel Cascallana, 66, Spanish Olympic handball player (1972).[587]
- Edwin A. Colvin, 87, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (1975–1982).[588]
- Cleven Goudeau, 83, American greeting card artist.[589]
- Howard Hawkins, 82, American bicycle tool manufacturer (Park Tool).[590]
- Stephen R. Johnson, 63, American television and music video director ("Sledgehammer"), cardiac complications.[591]
- R. K. Laxman, 93, Indian cartoonist, illustrator and humourist, multiple organ failure.[592]
- Neil Levang, 83, American musician (The Lawrence Welk Show).[593]
- Lucjan Lis, 64, Polish cyclist, Olympic silver medalist (1972).[594]
- Lester McCumbers, 93, American fiddler.[595]
- Valery Miloserdov, 63, Russian Olympic dual bronze medallist basketball player (1976, 1980).[596]
- Sidewalk Sam, 75, American artist.[597]
- Lee Spick, 34, English snooker player, liver-related illness.[598]
- Charles Thomas, 82, American sprinter and athletics coach.[599]
- Tom Uren, 93, Australian politician, member of the House of Representatives for Reid (1958–1990).[600]
- Rositsa Yanakieva, 60, Bulgarian politician and chemist, Vice-chairwoman of the National Assembly (since 2014), brain hemorrhage.[601]
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- Wilfred Agbonavbare, 48, Nigerian footballer (Rayo Vallecano, national team), cancer.[602]
- Rafael Corrales Ayala, 89, Mexican politician, MP for Guanajuato (1949–1952, 1979–1982), Governor of Guanajuato (1985–1991).[603]
- Rocky Bridges, 87, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, Washington Senators).[604]
- Harriet Elizabeth Byrd, 88, American politician, member of the Wyoming House of Representatives (1981–1988) and Senate (1988–1992).[605]
- Arturo Carmassi, 89, Italian sculptor and painter.[606]
- Yves Chauvin, 84, Belgian-born French Nobel Prize-winning chemist (2005).[607]
- Roger Cowley, 75, English physicist.[608]
- Suzette Haden Elgin, 78, American science fiction author and linguist.[609]
- Henk Faanhof, 92, Dutch Olympic (1948) and professional road bicycle racer.[610]
- Roy Francis, 92, British naval officer and railway engineer.[611]
- Ebbe Grims-land, 99, Swedish composer and viola player.[612]
- Jordan Gruzen, 80, American architect, bladder cancer.[613]
- Pierre Hernandez, 86, French boxer.[614]
- Warren Hill, 54, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.[615]
- Vladimir-Georg Karassev-Orgusaar, 83, Estonian film director.[616]
- David Landau, 67, British-born Israeli journalist and newspaper editor (Haaretz).[617]
- John T. Myers, 87, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana (1967–1997).[618]
- Ronnie O'Reilly, 63, Irish cricket umpire.[619]
- José Pereira, 84, Indian Sanskrit scholar, historian and artist.[620]
- Joe Rígoli, 78, Argentine actor and comedian (Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez), heart failure.[621]
- Joseph Rotman, 80, Canadian businessman and philanthropist, chancellor of The University of Western Ontario.[622]
- Al Severinsen, 70, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, San Diego Padres).[623]
- Bob Shea, 90, American basketball player (Providence Steamrollers).[624]
- Charles H. Townes, 99, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physics (1964).[625]
- Gunnar Christie Wasberg, 91, Norwegian non-fiction writer.[626]
- Charlie Williams, 67, American baseball player (New York Mets, San Francisco Giants), complications from heart surgery.[627]
- Larry Winters, 58, American professional wrestler and trainer, heart attack.[628]
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- Suraj Abdurrahman, 60, Nigerian army officer.[629]
- Egon Adler, 77, German Olympic silver medallist cyclist (1960).[630]
- Arthur Alarcón, 89, American federal judge.[631]
- Mala Aravindan, 76, Indian Malayalam actor.[632]
- Francis Bennion, 92, British lawyer.[633]
- Alberto Cardaccio, 65, Uruguayan footballer (Danubio, national team), traffic collision.[634]
- Lionel Gilbert, 90, Australian historian, author, curator, lecturer, and biographer.[635]
- Georg Guggemos, 88, German Olympic ice hockey player (1952).[636]
- Don Jones, 91, American artist and art therapist.[637]
- Tommie Manderson, 102, British make-up artist (Willow, Alien, The Killing Fields).[638]
- Beric Morley, 71, British architectural historian.[639]
- Neyko Nenov, 53, Bulgarian major general, Deputy Chief of Defence (since 2014), brain tumor.[640]
- Jaswant Singh Rajput, 88, Indian field hockey player, Olympic champion (1948,1952).[641]
- Steve Sanfield, 77, American poet and author.[642]
- Edward Saylor, 94, American World War II veteran, member of Doolittle's Raiders.[643]
- Katharine Worth, 92, British drama academic.[644]
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- Fernando Alloni, 89, Italian Olympic speed skater.[645]
- Maurizio Arcieri, 72, Italian singer (The New Dada, Krisma).[646]
- Amparo Baró, 77, Spanish actress (7 Vidas, Siete mesas de billar francés), cancer.[647]
- Subhash Ghisingh, 78, Indian politician (Gorkha National Liberation Front), cirrhosis and liver cancer.[648]
- Walter Glechner, 75, Austrian footballer (Rapid Wien, national team).[649]
- Bernice Gordon, 101, American crossword writer (The New York Times), heart failure.[650]
- Terry Hollindrake, 80, English rugby league player.[651]
- Kōno Taeko, 88, Japanese writer and critic, respiratory failure.[652]
- Cedric Kushner, 66, South African-born American boxing promoter, heart attack.[653]
- Noel Lister, 87, British businessman (MFI).[654]
- Howard Madole, 91, American architect.[655]
- Riichirō Manabe, 90, Japanese composer.[656]
- José Martins da Silva, 78, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Porto Velho (1982–1997).[657]
- Will McBride, 84, American photographer.[658]
- Danny McCulloch, 69, English bassist (The Animals), heart failure.[659]
- Colleen McCullough, 77, Australian author (The Thorn Birds), renal failure.[660]
- Rod McKuen, 81, American poet, singer and songwriter ("Jean", "Seasons in the Sun"), respiratory arrest.[661]
- Kel Nagle, 94, Australian golfer, British Open champion (1960).[662]
- Paul Panhuysen, 80, Dutch composer.[663]
- Derek S. Pugh, 84, British psychologist and business theorist.[664]
- Dora Prince, 84, Argentine actress.[665]
- Derek Robertson, 65, Scottish footballer (St. Johnstone), cancer.[666]
- Doris Schoettler-Boll, 70, German artist.[667]
- Tobin Siebers, 62, American scholar.[668]
- Tenkoko Sonoda, 96, Japanese politician, member of the Diet (1946–1952).[669]
- Ole Sørensen, 77, Danish footballer.[670]
- Carla Tichatschek, 74, Italian Olympic figure skater.[671]
- Peter Towe, 92, Canadian diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (1977–1981).[672]
- Alexander Vraciu, 96, American World War II Navy fighter ace, Navy Cross recipient.[673]
- Len Wyatt, 95, New Zealand cricketer.[674]
- Israel Yinon, 59, Israeli conductor.[675]
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- Richard Clark Barkley, 82, American diplomat, Ambassador to East Germany (1988–1990).[676]
- Carl Boldt, 82, American basketball player (San Francisco Dons).[677]
- Ricardo Bressani, 88, Guatemalan food scientist, heart attack.[678]
- Mathilda B. Canter, 90, American psychologist.[679]
- Carl Djerassi, 91, Austrian-American chemist, novelist and playwright, liver and bone cancer.[680]
- Rose Frisch, 96, American biologist.[681]
- Johnny Goodman, 87, British TV producer.[682]
- Kenji Goto, 47, Japanese journalist and ISIS hostage, beheading.[683]
- Harold Hassall, 85, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers).[684]
- John Hopkins, 78, British photographer, activist, and promoter (Notting Hill Carnival, International Times).[685]
- Stuart Inder, 88, Australian journalist and publisher, specialist in Pacific Islands affairs.[686]
- Ülo Kaevats, 67, Estonian philosopher and politician, Secretary of State (1992–1995).[687]
- Jack Kay, 63, American academic and college administrator.[688]
- Geraldine McEwan, 82, British actress (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Agatha Christie's Marple), stroke.[689]
- John McHugh, 84, American politician, Mayor of Toledo, Ohio (1990–1993), cancer.[690]
- Cavendish Morton, 103, British painter.[691]
- Howard Norris, 80, British rugby union player (Wales national team, British Lions).[692]
- Richard Richards, 82, American politician, Chairman of the Republican National Committee (1981–1983).[693]
- Ben Schadler, 90, American basketball player.[694]
- Ezra Sims, 87, American composer.[695]
- Jerry L. Smith, 71, American politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (1972–1980) and Senate (1980–2004).[696]
- José Van Baelen, 87, Belgian Olympic fencer.[697]
- Gerrit Voorting, 92, Dutch professional road bicycle racer, Olympic silver medalist (1948).[698]
- Joe Williams, 73, American football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Ottawa Rough Riders, Toronto Argonauts).[699]
- Than Wyenn, 95, American actor (Imitation of Life, Splash, Being There).[700]
- Zhelyu Zhelev, 79, Bulgarian politician, President (1990–1997).[701]
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- Dexter Adams, 89, English footballer.[702]
- Harith bin Ghazi al-Nadhari, Yemeni militant, drone strike.[703]
- Vasco Bendini, 93, Italian informalist painter.[704]
- Robert Blees, 96, American film and television screenwriter and producer (Cattle Queen of Montana).[705]
- José Manuel Lara Bosch, 68, Spanish media executive, CEO of Grupo Planeta (since 2003) and Atresmedia (since 2012), pancreatic cancer.[706]
- Tomás Bulat, 50, Argentine economist and journalist, traffic collision.[707]
- Earl Christensen, 95, American politician, member of the Wyoming Senate (1959–1984).[708]
- Don Covay, 78, American R&B singer and songwriter ("Chain of Fools").[709]
- Vic Howe, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).[710]
- William Klinger, 42, Croatian historian, shot.[711]
- Udo Lattek, 80, German football coach (Bayern Munich, Borussia Mönchengladbach).[712]
- Freddie Meyers, 82, Canadian football player (Edmonton Eskimos).[713]
- Gabrielle Poulin, 86, Canadian writer.[714]
- Adalberto Arturo Rosat, 81, Italian-born Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of the Territorial Prelature of Aiquile (1986–2009).[715]
- Michael Saward, 82, British Anglican priest and hymnist.[716]
- Lizabeth Scott, 93, American actress (Dead Reckoning), congestive heart failure.[717]
- Sanford Socolow, 86, American journalist (CBS News).[718]
- Richard von Weizsäcker, 94, German politician, President of West Germany (1984–1990) and Germany (1990–1994).[719]
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