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Deaths in January 2016
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The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2016.
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 2016
1
- Gerald M. Ackerman, 87, American art historian and educator.[1]
- Natasha Aguilar, 45, Costa Rican swimmer, silver and bronze medalist at the 1987 Pan American Games, complications from a stroke.[2]
- George Alexandru, 58, Romanian theater and film actor, complications from an abdominal infection.[3]
- Fazu Aliyeva, 83, Russian Avar poet and journalist, heart failure.[4]
- Lennie Bluett, 96, American actor (Gone with the Wind, Mighty Joe Young, A Star is Born).[5]
- Dale Bumpers, 90, American politician, Governor of Arkansas (1971–1975), Senator from Arkansas (1975–1999).[6]
- Antonio Carrizo, 89, Argentine broadcaster.[7]
- Delia Córdova, 62, Peruvian Olympic volleyball player.[8]
- Jacques Deny, 99, French mathematician.[9]
- Brian Johns, 79, Australian company director, managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1995–2000), cancer.[10]
- Gilbert Kaplan, 74, American conductor and businessman, cancer.[11]
- Helmut Koester, 89, German-born American history professor.[12]
- Tony Lane, 71, American art director (Rolling Stone), brain cancer.[13]
- Mark B, 45, British hip-hop record producer.[14]
- Gilberto Mendes, 93, Brazilian composer.[15]
- John Coleman Moore, 92, American mathematician.[16]
- Homa Nategh, 81, Iranian educator and historian.[17]
- Mike Oxley, 71, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio's 4th congressional district (1981–2007), lung cancer.[18]
- Ian Pieris, 82, Sri Lankan cricketer (Cambridge University Cricket Club).[19]
- Jim Ross, 89, Scottish-born Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).[20]
- Anil Salgaocar, 75, Indian executive and politician.[21]
- Fred Wiedersporn, 84, German Olympic gymnast.[22]
- Vilmos Zsigmond, 85, Hungarian-American cinematographer (Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Deer Hunter, McCabe & Mrs. Miller), Oscar winner (1978).[23]
2
- Faris al-Zahrani, 38, Saudi al-Qaeda member, execution by beheading.[24]
- Mieke Andela-Baur, 92, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives.[25]
- Marcel Barbeau, 90, Canadian painter and sculptor.[26]
- Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan, 91, Indian politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (1996–2012), complications from a stroke.[27]
- Vicente Camacho, 86, Northern Mariana Islands businessman and politician, member of the Marianas Political Status Commission.[28]
- Michel Delpech, 69, French singer-songwriter and actor, throat cancer.[29]
- Leonard Evans, 86, Canadian politician, complications from a heart attack.[30]
- Tim Francis, 87, New Zealand diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (1988–1991), Administrator of Tokelau (1984–1988), cancer.[31]
- Brad Fuller, 62, American video game composer (Marble Madness, Tetris, Blasteroids), Director of Engineering for Atari (1993–1996), pancreatic cancer.[32]
- Maria Garbowska-Kierczyńska, 93, Polish actress.[33]
- Matt Hobden, 22, English cricketer (Sussex), fall.[34]
- Matthiew Klinck, 37, Canadian film director and producer (Hank and Mike), stabbed.[35]
- Thomas Johnstone McWiggan, 97, British aviation engineer.[36]
- Gisela Mota Ocampo, 33, Mexican politician, Mayor of Temixco (2016), member of the Chamber of Deputies (2012–2015), shot.[37]
- Nimr al-Nimr, 56, Saudi Shia religious leader, execution by beheading.[38]
- John Reid, 87, Australian Anglican prelate, Bishop of South Sydney (1972–1993).[39]
- Rino Salviati, 93, Italian singer, guitarist and actor.[40]
- Kaneko Shigeji, 84, Japanese boxer, OPBF featherweight champion (1953 - 1958), pneumonia.[41]
- Stanley Siegel, 79, American talk show host, pneumonia.[42]
- Fateh Singh, 51, Indian sports shooter and army officer, shot.[43]
- Mirko Vujačić, 91, Montenegrin Olympic athlete.[44]
- Frances Cress Welsing, 80, American psychiatrist and author, complications from a stroke.[45]
- Leonard White, 99, British television producer (The Avengers, Armchair Theatre) and actor.[46]
- Sabri Yirmibeşoğlu, 87, Turkish military officer, Secretary-General of the National Security Council (1988–1990), kidney failure.[47]
3
- Klaas Bakker, 89, Dutch footballer (Ajax).[48]
- Robert H. B. Baldwin, 95, American businessman (Morgan Stanley), pneumonia.[49]
- Leonard Berkowitz, 89, American social psychologist.[50]
- Paul Bley, 83, Canadian jazz pianist.[51]
- Gary Flakne, 81, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1963–1973).[52]
- Amby Fogarty, 82, Irish footballer (Sunderland, Hartlepool, Cork Celtic) and manager (Cork Hibernians, Galway Rovers).[53]
- C. B. Forgotston, 70, American lawyer and political blogger, suicide by gunshot.[54]
- Cristina Grado, 76, Italian actress and voice actress.[55]
- Demmus Hentze, 92, Faroese politician, Finance Minister (1975–1981).[56]
- John McDade Howell, 93, American academic and university chancellor (East Carolina University).[57]
- Shankar Prasad Jaiswal, 83, Indian politician.[58]
- Alberto Iniesta Jiménez, 92, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (1972–1998).[59]
- Raymond W. Lessard, 85, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Savannah (1973–1995).[60]
- Gomer Lloyd, 68, British Olympic bobsledder.[61]
- Raghu Nandan Mandal, 63, Indian politician.[62]
- Andy Maurer, 67, American football player (Atlanta Falcons, Minnesota Vikings, Denver Broncos), cancer.[63]
- Peter Naur, 87, Danish computer science pioneer, Turing Award winner.[64]
- Georg Nees, 89, German academic and artist.[65]
- Bill Plager, 70, Canadian ice hockey player (St. Louis Blues).[66]
- Peter Powell, 83, English kite maker, stroke.[67]
- Tommy Sale, 97, English rugby league player (Leigh, Widnes).[68]
- Igor Sergun, 58, Russian military officer, Director of the GRU (since 2011).[69]
- Ted Stanley, 84, American philanthropist and businessman (Danbury Mint).[70]
4
- Tom Allin, 28, English cricketer (Warwickshire), suicide by jumping.[71]
- Frank Armitage, 91, Australian-born American painter and animator (Mary Poppins, Lady and the Tramp, The Jungle Book).[72]
- Jan Aronsson, 84, Swedish footballer (Degerfors IF).[73]
- Robert Balser, 88, American animator (Yellow Submarine, Heavy Metal, The Jackson 5ive), respiratory failure.[74]
- Fernando Barrachina, 68, Spanish footballer (Valencia CF).[75]
- Eugene J. Bedell, 87, American politician.[76]
- Stephen W. Bosworth, 76, American diplomat, Ambassador to South Korea (1997–2001), prostate cancer.[77]
- John A. Busterud, 94, American politician.[78]
- Colin Butler, 102, British entomologist.[79]
- Rūsiņš Mārtiņš Freivalds, 73, Latvian computer scientist and mathematician, heart attack.[80]
- Michel Galabru, 93, French actor (The Judge and the Assassin, La Cage aux Folles, Belle Époque).[81]
- Long John Hunter, 84, American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter.[82]
- S. H. Kapadia, 68, Indian judge, Chief Justice (2010–2012).[83]
- Jorge Lepra, 73, Uruguayan diplomat and politician, heart failure.[84]
- Maja Maranow, 54, German actress (Beloved Sisters), breast cancer.[85]
- Achim Mentzel, 69, German musician and television presenter.[86]
- Red Parker, 84, American football coach (The Citadel, Clemson, Ole Miss).[87]
- Donald J. Parsons, 93, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Quincy (1973–1988).[88]
- Marjorie Pizer, 95, Australian poet.[89]
- Joseph Ritz, 86, American author and playwright.[90]
- John Roberts, 69, Welsh footballer (Arsenal, Birmingham, Wrexham).[91]
- Andres Rodriguez, 31, Venezuelan equestrian competitor, silver medalist at the 2015 Pan American Games, traffic collision.[92]
- Leo Rucka, 84, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).[93]
- Gavriel Salomon, 77, Israeli educational psychologist.[94]
- Alexander O. Shirley, 88, British Virgin Islands civil servant and cricketer, Accountant General (1967–1987), namesake of the A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground.[95]
- Antonio Soto Díaz, 66, Puerto Rican politician, member of the Puerto Rico Senate (2009–2011), heart attack.[96]
- Robert Stigwood, 81, Australian band manager (Bee Gees) and film producer (Grease, Saturday Night Fever).[97]
- Edhi Sunarso, 83, Indonesian sculptor (Selamat Datang Monument), heart failure.[98]
- André Turcat, 94, French aviator.[99]
5
- Mamdouh Abdel-Alim, 59, Egyptian actor, heart attack.[100]
- Stanford Anderson, 81, American architectural historian.[101]
- Bob Armstrong, 82, American basketball player (Philadelphia Warriors).[102]
- María Lorenza Barreneche, 89, Argentine socialite, First Lady (1983–1989).[103]
- Pierre Boulez, 90, French composer and conductor.[104]
- Nash Candelaria, 87, American author.[105]
- Agapito Robleda Castro, 83, Honduran politician.[106]
- Patrick Crofton, 80, Canadian politician.[107]
- Christine Lawrence Finney, 47, American painter and animator (Aladdin, The Lion King, Lilo & Stitch).[108]
- John Freebairn, 85, Australian politician, member of the South Australian House of Assembly for Light (1962–1970).[109]
- Percy Freeman, 70, English footballer (Lincoln City, West Bromwich Albion, Reading).[110]
- Albert Gubay, 87, British businessman (Kwik Save).[111]
- Rudolf Haag, 93, German theoretical physicist.[112]
- Lev Nikolayevich Korolyov, 89, Russian computer scientist.[113]
- Jean-Paul L'Allier, 77, Canadian politician, member of the National Assembly of Quebec (1970–1976), Mayor of Quebec City (1989–2005).[114]
- George MacIntyre, 76, American football player and coach (Vanderbilt).[115]
- Tancrède Melet, 32, French tightrope walker and base jumper, fall.[116]
- Gerry O'Malley, 87, Irish Gaelic footballer (Roscommon).[117]
- Uche Okeke, 82, Nigerian artist.[118]
- Antônio Pompêo, 62, Brazilian actor.[119]
- Michael Purcell, 70, Australian rugby union player.[120]
- Jay Ritchie, 79, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds).[121]
- Anatoly Roshchin, 83, Russian heavyweight wrestler, Olympic champion (1972).[122]
- Elizabeth Swados, 64, American composer and writer (Runaways), complications from surgery.[123]
- Keith Thiele, 94, New Zealand WW2 pilot.[124]
- Alex Timpson, 69, British children's rights activist.[125]
- Hanna-Marie Weydahl, 93, Norwegian pianist.[126]
6
- Nancy Abelmann, 56, American anthropologist.[127]
- Robert D. Acland, 74, American surgeon (Acland's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy).[128]
- Maliheh Afnan, 81, Palestinian-born artist.[129]
- Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros, 87, Cuban trumpeter, prostate cancer.[130]
- Ladislav Bačík, 82, Czech Olympic swimmer.[131]
- Douglas Greer, 94, American actor (Our Gang).[132]
- Pat Harrington Jr., 86, American actor (One Day at a Time, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, The Inspector), complications from a brain haemorrhage.[133]
- Florence King, 80, American writer.[134]
- Serena Sinclair Lesley, 89, American journalist.[135]
- Christy O'Connor Jnr, 67, Irish golfer.[136]
- Silvana Pampanini, 90, Italian actress (The Road a Year Long, The City Stands Trial, A Husband for Anna).[137]
- Ioannis Petridis, 84, Greek politician, MP for Pieria (1985–1989).[138]
- Sol Polansky, 89, American diplomat, Ambassador to Bulgaria (1987–1990).[139]
- Qian Min, 100, Chinese politician.[140]
- Marion Studholme, 88, English soprano and music teacher.[141]
- Nivaria Tejera, 86, Cuban poet and novelist, pancreatic cancer.[142]
- Labhshankar Thakar, 80, Indian author.[143]
- Robert D. Timm, 94, American politician.[144]
- Yves Vincent, 94, French actor.[145]
- Zbigniew Zychowicz, 62, Polish politician, Marshal of West Pomeranian Voivodeship (1999–2000).[146]
7
- Oscar Ray Bolin, 53, American serial killer, execution by lethal injection.[147]
- Brahim Chergui, 94, Algerian militant.[148]
- Patrick Connolly, 88, Irish lawyer, Attorney General (1982).[149]
- André Courrèges, 92, French fashion designer.[150]
- Robert M. Cundick, 89, American organist and composer.[151]
- Paddy Doherty, 89, Northern Irish civil rights activist.[152]
- Michael J. Egan, 89, American politician.[153]
- Bill Foster, 86, American college basketball coach (Rutgers, Utah, Duke, South Carolina).[154]
- Joaquín Gamboa Pascoe, 93, Mexican trade union leader and politician.[155]
- Robert Goossens, 88, French jeweller.[156]
- Alwin Albert Hafner, 85, Malagasy Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Morombe (1989–2000).[157]
- Alan Haven, 80, English jazz organist.[158]
- John Johnson, 68, American basketball player (Cleveland Cavaliers, Houston Rockets, Seattle SuperSonics), NBA Champion (1979).[159]
- Kitty Kallen, 94, American singer ("Little Things Mean a Lot").[160]
- Judith Kaye, 77, American lawyer, Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals (1993–2008), cancer.[161]
- István Komáromi, 72, Hungarian politician, MP (1994–1998).[162]
- Richard Libertini, 82, American actor (Fletch, All of Me, Popeye), cancer.[163]
- Cristian Moisescu, 68, Romanian politician, Mayor of Arad (1992–1996).[164]
- William H. O'Dell, 77, American politician, member of the South Carolina Senate (since 1989).[165]
- Houshang Ostovar, 88, Iranian composer.[166]
- Jit Samaroo, 65, Trinidadian Steelpan musician and arranger.[167]
- Ashraf Pahlavi, 96, Persian princess, President of the Women's Organization of Iran (1967–1979).[168]
- Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, 79, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (2002–2005, since 2015), Minister of Home Affairs (1989–1990), multiple organ failure.[169]
- Troy Shondell, 76, American singer, complications from Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.[170]
- Sergey Shustikov, 45, Russian football player (Torpedo Moscow) and manager (Solyaris Moscow).[171]
- Sergei Simonov, 23, Russian ice hockey player (HC Lipetsk), complications after spleen surgery.[172]
- Anton Srholec, 86, Slovak writer and priest, lung cancer.[173]
- Anna Synodinou, 88, Greek politician and actress (The 300 Spartans).[174]
- János György Szilágyi, 97, Hungarian historian.[175]
- Yeow Chai Thiam, 62, Malaysian politician, cancer.[176]
- Jesús María Ramón Valdés, 77, Mexican politician.[177]
- Sir Christopher Wallace, 73, British army lieutenant general, Commandant Royal College of Defence Studies (2001–2005), amyloidosis.[178]
- Hansrudi Wäscher, 87, German comics artist.[179]
- Valerio Zanone, 79, Italian politician, Secretary of Italian Liberal Party (1976–1985) and Mayor of Turin (1990–1991).[180]
8
- Hamdy Ahmed, 82, Egyptian actor (Al-Kahira 30, Al-Ard, Al Asfour).[181]
- Horst Boog, 88, German historian.[182]
- Otis Clay, 73, American R&B and soul singer ("Tryin' to Live My Life Without You", "The Only Way Is Up"), heart attack.[183]
- Maria Teresa de Filippis, 89, Italian racing driver, first woman to race in Formula One (Maserati, Behra-Porsche).[184]
- Oscar Fritschi, 76, Swiss politician.[185]
- Ida Gaskin, 96, Welsh-born New Zealand teacher and quiz show contestant.[186]
- Alessandro Ghinami, 92, Italian politician, President of Sardinia (1979–1980).[187]
- M. O. Joseph, 86, Indian film producer.[188]
- Medea Jugeli, 90, Georgian gymnast, Olympic champion (1952).[189]
- Gunaram Khanikar, 66, Indian herbalist.[190]
- Diana Mitchell, 83, Zimbabwean political activist and writer.[191]
- German Moreno, 82, Philippine television host (That's Entertainment, Walang Tulugan with the Master Showman, GMA Supershow) and actor, cardiac arrest.[192]
- Royal Parker, 86, American television personality, heart failure.[193]
- Paddy Reid, 91, Irish rugby union and league player.[194]
- Red Simpson, 81, American country singer-songwriter ("I'm a Truck"), complications from a heart attack.[195]
- Brett Smiley, 60, American singer-songwriter.[196]
- Piet Steenkamp, 90, Dutch politician, President of the Senate (1983–1991).[197]
- Risto Syrjänen, 90, Finnish Olympic hurdler.[198]
- Carlos Milcíades Villalba Aquino, 91, Paraguayan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones (1978–1999).[199]
9
- Barbara Allyne Bennet, 76, American actress (Mac and Me, The Office).[200]
- Myra Carter, 86, American actress (Three Tall Women, 8mm), pneumonia.[201]
- Merab Chigoev, 65, South Ossetian politician, Prime Minister (1998–2001), traffic collision.[citation needed]
- Lawrence H. Cohn, 78, American surgeon, stroke.[202]
- Cielito del Mundo, 80, Filipino singer, actress and politician, heart attack.[203]
- Henri Delerue, 76, French Olympic racewalker.[204]
- Hamada Emam, 68, Egyptian footballer (Zamalek SC).[205]
- Peter Gavin Hall, 64, Australian statistician, leukemia.[206]
- John Harvard, 77, Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (2004–2009).[207]
- Gareth Hoskins, 48, Scottish architect, complications from a heart attack.[208]
- Johnny Jordan, 94, English footballer (Tonbridge).[209]
- Mike McGinnity, 74, English football chairman (Coventry City).[210]
- Robert Naegele, 90, German actor (The NeverEnding Story II, The Old Fox, Waller's Last Trip).[211]
- Umberto Raho, 93, Italian actor (The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, The Last Man on Earth, Superfantagenio).[212]
- Lance Rautzhan, 63, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers), cancer.[213]
- José María Rivas, 57, Salvadoran footballer (national team), leukemia.[214]
- Gianni Rondolino, 83, Italian film critic and historian, founder of the Turin Film Festival.[215]
- Paul-Marie François Rousset, 94, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Saint-Étienne (1971–1987).[216]
- Angus Scrimm, 89, American actor (Phantasm, Alias, John Dies at the End), prostate cancer.[217]
- Beau St. Clair, 63, American film producer (The Thomas Crown Affair, The November Man, Laws of Attraction), ovarian cancer.[218]
- St Jovite, 26, American-bred Irish-trained racehorse, winner of the 1992 Irish Derby and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.[219]
- Ed Stewart, 74, British TV and radio broadcaster (Top of the Pops, Crackerjack), stroke.[220]
- Vicente Troudart, 64, Panamanian baseball umpire.[221]
- Peggy Willis-Aarnio, 67, American ballet choreographer.[222]
- Zelimkhan Yaqub, 65, Azerbaijani poet.[223]
10
- Abbas Bahri, 61, Tunisian mathematician and professor (Rutgers University).[224]
- Jerry Beach, 74, American blues musician.[225]
- Wim Bleijenberg, 85, Dutch footballer (Ajax, national team).[226]
- David Bowie, 69, English singer-songwriter, musician ("Heroes", "Space Oddity") and actor (Labyrinth), six-time Grammy winner, liver cancer.[227]
- Bård Breivik, 67, Norwegian sculptor, cancer.[228]
- Alton Brown, 90, American baseball player (Washington Senators).[229]
- Ann Z. Caracristi, 94, American cryptographer, Deputy Director of the NSA (1980–1982), complications from dementia.[230]
- Charles Congden Carpenter, 94, American naturalist.[231]
- Teofil Codreanu, 74, Romanian footballer (Rapid București).[232]
- Jeanne Córdova, 67, German-born American LGBT activist, brain cancer.[233]
- Carolyn Denning, 88, American pediatrician, stroke.[234]
- Michael Galeota, 31, American actor (The Jersey, Bailey Kipper's P.O.V., Bushwhacked), heart disease and hypertension.[235]
- Hernán Gamboa, 69, Venezuelan musician (Serenata Guayanesa), cancer.[236]
- Ulrich Hahnen, 63, German politician, Deputy of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia (since 2010), cancer.[237]
- Ralph Hauenstein, 103, American philanthropist and businessman.[238]
- Alex Hickman, 90, Canadian judge and politician.[239]
- Francis Thomas Hurley, 88, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Anchorage (1976–2001), Bishop of Juneau (1971–1976).[240]
- George Jonas, 80, Hungarian-born Canadian writer (Vengeance), Parkinson's disease.[241]
- Kalevi Lehtovirta, 87, Finnish Olympic footballer (1952).[242]
- Anthony Mellows, 79, British barrister and academic, Lord Prior of the Order of St John (2008–2014).[243]
- Connie Mhone, 47, Malawian netball player and coach.[244]
- Bob Oatley, 87, Australian yachtsman (Wild Oats XI) and winemaker (Rosemount).[245]
- Arthur S. Obermayer, 84, American entrepreneur and philanthropist, cancer.[246]
- Dick Spady, 92, American businessman (Dick's Drive-In).[247]
- John Stokes, 70, British Army soldier and mountaineer.[248]
- The Wolfman, 80, Hungarian-born Canadian professional wrestler (WWWF).[249]
- Cornelis Zitman, 89, Dutch-born Venezuelan sculptor.[250]
- Yusuf Zuayyin, 84, Syrian politician, Prime Minister (1965, 1966–1968).[251]
11
- Budi Anduk, 47, Indonesian actor (Opera Van Java) and comedian, pneumonia.[252]
- Reginaldo Araújo, 38, Brazilian footballer, heart attack.[253]
- Elizabeth Aston, 67, English author, pancreatic cancer.[254]
- Sylvan Barnet, 89, American literary critic, cancer.[255]
- Robert Coates, 87, Canadian politician, MP (1957–1988).[256]
- Sir Kenneth Corfield, 91, British camera engineer, inventor of the Corfield Periflex.[257]
- John Easter, 70, English squash player and cricketer, World Championship silver medallist (1973).[258]
- Berge Furre, 78, Norwegian politician and historian.[259]
- Monte Irvin, 96, American Hall of Fame baseball player (Newark Eagles, New York Giants, Chicago Cubs), winner of the 1954 World Series.[260]
- Yevgeny Kotlov, 66, Russian Soviet ice hockey player (Dynamo Moscow).[261]
- Albert Onyembo Lomandjo, 84, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kindu (1966–1978).[262]
- Stanley Mann, 87, Canadian screenwriter (The Collector, Conan the Destroyer, Firestarter).[263]
- John B. Mansbridge, 98, American art director (Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Tron, The Apple Dumpling Gang).[264]
- David Margulies, 78, American actor (Ghostbusters, The Sopranos, Conversations with My Father).[265]
- Chuck Pitcock, 57, American football player (Tampa Bay Bandits).[266]
- János Radványi, 93, Hungarian-born American political scientist and diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (1962–1967).[267]
- Don Strauch, 89, American politician, Mayor of Mesa, Arizona (1980–1984), member of the Arizona House of Representatives (1987–1988), complications from a fall.[268]
- Gunnel Vallquist, 97, Swedish writer and translator (In Search of Lost Time).[269]
12
- Hilda Antes, 86, German Olympic sprinter.[270]
- Gian Bazzi, 84, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player (1952).[271]
- Robert Black, 68, Scottish serial killer and kidnapper, heart attack.[272]
- James L. Browning Jr., 83, American prosecutor, fall.[273]
- Ivan Bukavshin, 20, Russian chess Grandmaster, stroke.[274]
- Rose Chibambo, 86, Malawian politician, Deputy Minister for Hospitals, Prisons and Social Welfare (1963–1964), heart attack.[275]
- Marian Czapla, 69, Polish painter.[276]
- Gastón Guzmán, 83, Mexican mycologist and anthropologist, heart attack.[277]
- Brian Johnson, 59, Australian rugby league player and coach (St. George, Warrington), Alzheimer's disease.[278]
- Ruth Leuwerik, 91, German film actress (The Trapp Family).[279]
- Witold Mańczak, 91, Polish linguist.[280]
- Tommy Mulgrew, 86, British footballer (Southampton).[281]
- Meg Mundy, 101, American actress (Fatal Attraction, All My Children, Ordinary People).[282]
- William Needles, 97, American-Canadian actor.[283]
- Erik Olsson, 85, Swedish Olympic wrestler.[284]
- Milorad Rajović, 61, Serbian footballer.[285]
- Dave Sime, 79, American sprinter and ophthalmologist, Olympic silver medalist (1960), cancer.[286]
- Andrew Smith, 25, American basketball player (Butler Bulldogs, Neptūnas), non-Hodgkin lymphoma.[287]
- John Stevens, 86, British journalist.[288]
- Melania Ursu, 75, Romanian stage and film actress (Flames over Treasures).[289]
- Carolyn D. Wright, 67, American poet, thrombosis.[290]
13
- Luis Arroyo, 88, Puerto Rican baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees), winner of the 1961 World Series, cancer.[291]
- Brian Bedford, 80, British actor (Robin Hood, Nixon, Much Ado About Nothing), cancer.[292]
- William Craig, 97, American philosopher.[293]
- Giorgio Gomelsky, 81, Georgian-born Swiss filmmaker (La Collectionneuse), impresario, band manager (The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds), songwriter and record producer.[294]
- Bern Herbolsheimer, 67, American composer, cancer.[295]
- J. F. R. Jacob, 92, Indian military officer, pneumonia.[296]
- Sir Albert McQuarrie, 98, Scottish politician, MP for East Aberdeenshire (1979–1983) and Banff and Buchan (1983–1987).[297]
- Dick Megugorac, 87, American land speed racer and customizer.[298]
- Conrad Phillips, 90, British television and film actor (The Adventures of William Tell).[299]
- Lawrence Phillips, 40, American football player (University of Nebraska, St. Louis Rams) and convicted felon, suicide by hanging.[300]
- Vladimir Pribylovsky, 59, Russian human rights activist and journalist.[301]
- Addepalli Ramamohana Rao, 80, Indian Telugu poet.[302]
- Mike Salmon, 82, British racing driver.[303]
- Jim Simpson, 88, American sportscaster (NBC Sports).[304]
- Zaharije Trnavčević, 90, Serbian politician, Acting President of the National Assembly (2012).[305]
- G. A. Vadivelu, 90, Indian independence activist and politician.[306]
- Lois Weisberg, 90, American civil servant and socialite.[307]
- Tera Wray, 33, American pornographic actress, suicide.[308]
14
- René Angélil, 73, Canadian entertainment manager (Celine Dion), throat cancer.[309]
- George Carroll, 94, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Richmond, California (1964–1965).[310]
- Franco Citti, 80, Italian actor (The Godfather, Accattone, The Decameron).[311]
- Calvin Greenaway, 67, Antigua and Barbuda Olympic athlete.[312]
- Laurence Guest, 80, British Olympic rower.[313]
- Jim Hannah, 71, American attorney, Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court (2005–2015).[314]
- Al Hart, 88, American radio host (KCBS, KNBR, WOBT).[315]
- Glyn W. Humphreys, 61, British neuropsychologist.[316]
- Anna Lærkesen, 73, Danish ballerina.[317]
- Franco Oppo, 80, Italian composer.[318]
- P. M. K. Raghunath, 65, Indian cricketer.[319]
- Alan Rickman, 69, English actor (Harry Potter, Die Hard, Love Actually), BAFTA winner (1992), pancreatic cancer.[320]
- Shaolin, 44, Brazilian humorist, heart attack.[321]
- Jane Stuart Smith, 90, American operatic soprano, hymnologist, and author[322]
- Robert Banks Stewart, 84, Scottish television writer (Doctor Who, Bergerac, Shoestring), cancer.[323]
- Shigeaki Uchino, 84, Japanese Olympic pentathlete.[324]
- Sergio Vacchi, 90, Italian painter.[325]
- Rajesh Vivek, 66, Indian actor (Lagaan), heart attack.[326]
- Ellen Meiksins Wood, 73, American historian, cancer.[327]
- Leonid Zhabotinsky, 77, Ukrainian Soviet weightlifter, Olympic champion (1964, 1968).[328]
15
- Frank Aasand, 66, American curler.[329]
- Francisco X. Alarcón, 61, American poet, cancer.[330]
- Peter Atteslander, 89, Swiss sociologist.[331]
- James Birren, 97, American gerontologist.[332]
- Daniel Bohan, 74, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Regina (since 2005), cancer.[333]
- Robert Darène, 102, French actor (The Cage).[334]
- Robin Fletcher, 93, British academic administrator and field hockey player, Olympic bronze medallist (1952).[335]
- Anil Ganguly, 82, Indian film director (Kora Kagaz, Tapasya).[336]
- Marie L. Garibaldi, 81, American judge, first woman to serve on the New Jersey Supreme Court.[337]
- Dan Haggerty, 74, American actor (The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams), spinal cancer.[338]
- Tunku Alif Hussein, 31, Malaysian royal.[339]
- Pete Huttlinger, 54, American guitarist (John Denver, LeAnn Rimes), stroke.[340]
- Avrom Isaacs, 89, Canadian art dealer.[341]
- Ken Judge, 58, Australian football player (East Fremantle, Hawthorn, Brisbane Bears) and coach (Hawthorn, West Coast Eagles), cancer.[342]
- Andrzej Kotkowski, 75, Polish film director (Olympics 40).[343]
- Peter Kraus, 83, German Olympic athlete.[344]
- Marvin Lipofsky, 77, American glass artist, complications of diabetes.[345]
- P. J. Mara, 73, Irish public affairs consultant, Senator (1977–1981, 1982–1983).[346]
- Rex Morgan, 67, American basketball player (Boston Celtics), throat cancer.[347]
- John J. Pruis, 92, American educator, President of Ball State University (1968–1978).[348]
- Alexandre Reza, 93, Russian-born French jeweler.[349]
- Oleksandr Shevchenko, 78, Ukrainian scientist, jurist and politician, member of the Verkhovna Rada (2012–2014).[350]
- Grzegorz Strouhal, 73, Polish Olympic sport shooter.[351]
- Manuel Velázquez, 72, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid, Rayo Vallecano, Málaga), winner of the 1965–66 European Cup.[352]
- Aristide von Bienefeldt, 56, Dutch writer, cancer.[353]
- Buzzy Wilkinson, 83, American basketball player (Virginia Cavaliers).[354]
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- Joannis Avramidis, 93, Georgian-born Austrian sculptor.[355]
- Joan Balzar, 87, Canadian artist.[356]
- Charles L. Bestor, 91, American composer and academic.[357]
- Theodor Danetti, 89, Romanian stage and film actor.[358]
- Ananda Chandra Dutta, 92, Indian botanist.[359]
- Thor Furulund, 72, Norwegian painter.[360]
- Hubert Giraud, 94, French songwriter.[361]
- Bob Harkey, 85, American racecar driver (USAC).[362]
- Joe Hergert, 79, American football player (Buffalo Bills).[363]
- Georgie Lamon, 81, Swiss politician, shot.[364]
- Gary Loizzo, 70, American singer (The American Breed), pancreatic cancer.[365]
- Ted Marchibroda, 84, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, Chicago Cardinals) and coach (Baltimore Colts, Baltimore Ravens).[366]
- Rudy Migay, 87, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs).[367]
- John Mills, 85, Canadian writer.[368]
- Carmelau Monestime, 86, Haitian-born American activist and radio broadcaster, pioneer of Haitian Creole radio in South Florida.[369]
- Hans-Joachim Reich, 85, German Olympic swimmer.[370]
- Jean-Noël Rey, 66, Swiss businessman, CEO of Swiss Post, shot.[371]
- Lloyd Rudolph, 88, American political scientist.[372]
- Mervyn Sandri, 83, New Zealand cricketer.[373]
- Leonidas B. Young II, 62, American politician, Mayor of Richmond, Virginia (1994–1996).[374]
17
- Reza Ahadi, 53, Iranian football player and coach.[citation needed]
- Peggy Anderson, 77, American author and journalist (The Philadelphia Inquirer).[375]
- Blowfly, 76, American musician and producer, liver cancer.[376]
- Mondli Cele, 26, South African footballer, traffic collision.[377]
- Olamide David, 14, Nigerian actor, abdominal injury.[378]
- Melvin Day, 92, New Zealand artist.[379]
- Jo de Winter, 94, American actress (Gloria, Dirty Harry, Bird).[380]
- Geethapriya, 83, Indian director (Mannina Maga).[381]
- Mic Gillette, 64, American brass player (Tower of Power), heart attack.[382]
- Dale Griffin, 67, British drummer (Mott the Hoople), Alzheimer's disease.[383]
- Gulch, 31, American thoroughbred racehorse, euthanised due to complications from cancer.[384]
- Gottfried Honegger, 98, Swiss artist and graphic designer.[385]
- Carina Jaarnek, 53, Swedish singer and Dansband artist, cerebral haemorrhage.[386]
- Stephen Levine, 78, American poet.[387]
- Jules Le Lievre, 82, New Zealand rugby union player (Canterbury, national team).[388]
- Sherron Mills, 44, American basketball player (BCM Gravelines), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[389]
- Ion Panțuru, 81, Romanian bobsledder, Olympic bronze medalist (1968).[390]
- Delphine Parrott, 87, British immunologist.[391]
- Billy Quinn, 80, Irish hurler.[392]
- V. Rama Rao, 80, Indian politician, Governor of Sikkim (2002–2007).[393]
- Josef Rösch, 90, Czech-born American radiologist.[394]
- Angus Ross, 59, Scottish darts player, pancreatic cancer.[395]
- Ramblin' Lou Schriver, 86, American country musician and radio broadcaster (WXRL), heart disease.[396]
- Francis B. Schulte, 89, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of New Orleans (1988–2001).[397]
- Mike Sharpe, 64, Canadian professional wrestler (WWF).[398]
- John Taihuttu, 61, Dutch footballer (VVV, Fortuna Sittard).[399]
- Sudhindra Thirtha, 89, Indian Hindu religious leader.[400]
- Jenő Váncsa, 87, Hungarian politician, Minister of Agriculture and Food (1980–1989).[401]
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- Leila Alaoui, 33, French-born Moroccan artist and photographer, heart attack.[402]
- António de Almeida Santos, 89, Portuguese lawyer and politician, President of Assembly of the Republic (1995–2002).[403]
- Johnny Bach, 91, American basketball player (Boston Celtics) and coach (Fordham University, Penn State, Chicago Bulls).[404]
- Terry Cook, 88, Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer.[405]
- Manpreet Akhtar, 51, Indian Punjabi and folk singer.[406]
- Pierre DesRuisseaux, 70, Canadian poet.[407]
- Glenn Frey, 67, American songwriter, musician (Eagles) and actor (Jerry Maguire), complications following intestinal surgery.[408]
- Karsten Isachsen, 71, Norwegian priest, author and public speaker.[409]
- Andy Dog Johnson, 57, British artist, designer of many The The record sleeves, brain tumour.[410]
- Lars Roar Langslet, 79, Norwegian politician, Minister of Culture and Science (1982–1986).[411]
- Oleksiy Logvynenko, 69, Ukrainian translator (The Catcher in the Rye).[412]
- Loredana, 91, Italian actress (Immigrants, The King's Jester, La Fornarina).[413]
- Mike MacDowel, 83, British racing driver (Cooper), cancer.[414]
- Pablo Manavello, 65, Italian-born Venezuelan musician.[415]
- William Morgan, 85, American architect.[416]
- Else Marie Pade, 91, Danish composer.[417]
- Asha Patil, 79, Indian actress.[418]
- Thrisadee Sahawong, 35, Thai actor.[419]
- T. S. Sinnathuray, 85, Singaporean Supreme Court judge, pneumonia.[420]
- Antonella Steni, 89, Italian actress (The Tiger and the Pussycat, Kaputt Mundi, Nel sole).[421]
- Joe Sweeney, 82, Australian Olympic wrestler.[422]
- Michel Tournier, 91, French writer (Friday, or, The Other Island, The Erl-King).[423]
- Nicolaus Zwetnow, 86, Norwegian sport shooter.[424]
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- William G. Bowdler, 91, American diplomat, Ambassador to South Africa (1975–1978).[425]
- Robert M. Carter, 73, British-born Australian marine geologist and climate change denier, complications from a heart attack.[426]
- Antonia Churchill, 96, American Olympic sailor (1936).[427]
- John Corcoran, 56, Irish sports administrator.[428]
- Jean-Philippe Douin, 75, French military officer, Chief of the Defence Staff (1995–1998).[429]
- Joachim Fernandez, 43, Senegalese footballer.[430]
- M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana, 68, Sri Lankan politician, Minister of Lands (since 2015).[431]
- Claude Lefebvre, 86, Canadian politician, Mayor of Laval, Quebec (1981–1989).[432]
- Laurence Lerner, 90, South African-born British literary critic.[433]
- Richard Levins, 85, American mathematical ecologist and population geneticist.[434]
- Forrest McDonald, 89, American historian and constitutional scholar.[435]
- Sylvia McLaughlin, 99, American environmentalist, co-founder of Save the Bay.[436]
- Micole Mercurio, 77, American actress (Flashdance, What Lies Beneath, The Client).[437]
- Lou Michaels, 80, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, Pittsburgh Steelers, Baltimore Colts), pancreatic cancer.[438]
- Max Nijman, 74, Surinamese singer.[439]
- Samuel Odulana Odugade I, 101, Nigerian royal, Olubadan of Ibadan (since 2007).[440]
- Ettore Scola, 84, Italian film director and screenwriter (We All Loved Each Other So Much, A Special Day, Le Bal), heart attack.[441]
- Rich Severson, 71, American baseball player (Kansas City Royals).[442]
- Sheila Sim, Lady Attenborough, 93, English actress (A Canterbury Tale, Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, West of Zanzibar), dementia.[443]
- William Y. Smith, 90, American air force general, heart failure.[444]
- Frank Sullivan, 85, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, Minnesota Twins), pneumonia.[445]
- Eugen Vollmar, 87, Swiss Olympic rower.[446]
20
- Herbert L. Abrams, 95, American physician.[447]
- Lee Abramson, 45, American composer and musician.[448]
- Arch, 21, American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Super Derby (1998) and Fayette Stakes (1998), heart attack.[449]
- Bud Beardmore, 76, American lacrosse coach (Maryland), Parkinson's disease.[450]
- Constance Beresford-Howe, 93, Canadian novelist.[451]
- Subrata Bose, 83, Indian politician, cardiac arrest.[452]
- Mykolas Burokevičius, 88, Lithuanian politician, member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee.[453]
- Chang Yung-fa, 88, Taiwanese businessman (Evergreen Group).[454]
- Edmonde Charles-Roux, 95, French writer.[455]
- Stuart Cowden, 90, English footballer (Stoke City).[456]
- Bairbre Dowling, 62, Irish actress (Zardoz, The Dead, War of the Buttons).[457]
- Ronnie Greenwald, 82, American rabbi.[458]
- David G. Hartwell, 74, American editor, publisher and critic, injuries from a fall.[459]
- Hung-ta Chang, 102, Chinese botanist.[460]
- Brian Key, 68, British politician, MEP for Yorkshire South (1979–1984).[461]
- Kingmambo, 25, American-bred French thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.[462] (death announced on this date)
- Valerie Pearl, 89, British historian.[463]
- Eva Schorr, 88, German painter and composer.[464]
- George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld, 96, Austrian-born British publisher, philanthropist, and newspaper columnist.[465]
- Edward Yourdon, 72, American computer scientist.[466]
21
- Ron Collins, 59, Canadian curler.[467]
- Mauro Gianneschi, 84, Italian cyclist.[468]
- Andrew J. Hinshaw, 92, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from California's 39th and 40th congressional districts (1973–1977).[469]
- Bill Johnson, 55, American alpine skier, Olympic champion (1984).[470]
- Bogusław Kaczyński, 73, Polish classical music journalist, stroke.[471]
- Gérard Kamanda wa Kamanda, 75, Congolese politician.[472]
- Richard Klinkhamer, 78, Dutch writer.[473]
- Derrick Todd Lee, 47, American convicted serial killer, heart disease.[474]
- Cabot Lyford, 90, American sculptor, pulmonary distress.[475]
- Harrison McIntosh, 101, American ceramicist.[476]
- Jerker Porath, 94, Swedish biochemist.[477]
- Stephanie Rader, 100, American spy.[478]
- Garnet Richardson, 82, Canadian curler, world champion (1959, 1960, 1962, 1963).[479]
- Mrinalini Sarabhai, 97, Indian classical dancer, choreographer and instructor.[480]
- Robert Sassone, 37, French road racing cyclist, suicide.[481]
- Val Sears, 88, Canadian journalist (Toronto Star).[482]
- Francis Seow, 87, Singapore-born American writer and political refugee, pneumonia.[483]
- Michael Sheringham, 67, English literary academic.[484]
- Ron Southern, 85, Canadian businessman (ATCO).[485]
- Robert Tuggle, 82, American writer and archivist.[486]
- Gerald Williams, 86, Welsh tennis commentator.[487]
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- Tom Aidala, 82, American architect.[488]
- Khandaker Nurul Alam, Bangladeshi singer and composer.[489]
- Victor Arbez, 81, French Olympic skier.[490]
- Homayoun Behzadi, 73, Iranian football player (Shahin, Paykan, national team) and coach (Persepolis), Asian Champion (1968, 1972).[491]
- Eugene Borowitz, 91, American rabbi and philosopher.[492]
- Fred Bruney, 84, American football player (Boston Patriots).[493]
- Tommy Bryceland, 76, Scottish footballer (St Mirren, Norwich, Oldham).[494]
- Pete Carmichael, 74, American football coach (Jacksonville Jaguars).[495]
- Ryuichi Doi, 76, Japanese politician.[496]
- John Dowie, 60, Scottish footballer (Fulham, Celtic).[497]
- John Farris, 75, American author.[498]
- Kamer Genç, 75, Turkish politician, member of the Grand National Assembly (1987–2015), cancer.[499]
- Shankar Ghosh, 80, Indian tabla player, pneumonia.[500]
- Bill Groom, 81, Canadian curler.[501]
- Waymond C. Huggins, 88, American politician.[502]
- Juan Manuel Ley, 82, Mexican businessman (Casa Ley).[503]
- Constantin Mihail, 70, Romanian track and field coach.[504]
- Ian Murray, 83, Scottish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Argyll and the Isles (1999–2008).[505]
- Abolhassan Najafi, 86, Iranian writer and translator.[citation needed]
- Denise Newman, 91, British Olympic diver (1948).[506]
- Mikhail Odnoralov, 71, Russian-born American painter.[507]
- Cecil Parkinson, Baron Parkinson, 84, British politician, cabinet minister, cancer.[508]
- Robert Pickus, 92, American activist.[509]
- Lois Ramsey, 93, Australian actress (The Box, Prisoner).[510]
- Miloslav Ransdorf, 62, Czech politician, MEP (since 2004).[511]
- Raymond Rock, 93, Canadian politician.[512]
- Sarah, 15, American zoo cheetah.[513]
- Anthony Simmons, 93, British screenwriter and film director (The Optimists of Nine Elms, Black Joy).[514]
- Storm Flag Flying, 16, American thoroughbred racehorse, foaling complications.[515]
- Rik Wilson, 53, American ice hockey player (St. Louis Blues).[516]
- Tahsin Yücel, 83, Turkish writer.[517]
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- Nikolay Abramov, 54, Russian Vepsian writer and translator.[518]
- Bob Arnott, 93, Australian Olympic alpine skier (1952).[519]
- Dorothy Atkinson, 86, American historian.[520]
- Lela Autio, 88, American painter.[521]
- Jimmy Bain, 68, Scottish bassist (Rainbow, Dio), lung cancer.[522]
- Jack Bannister, 85, English cricket player (Warwickshire) and commentator.[523]
- Barry Brickell, 80, New Zealand ceramic artist.[524]
- Cadalack Ron, 34, American rapper, mixed drug intoxication.[525]
- Pablo Contessi, Paraguayan doctor and politician, Governor of Presidente Hayes Department (since 2013), traffic collision.[526]
- Antony Emerson, 52, Australian tennis player, cancer.[527]
- Espectrito, 49, Mexican professional wrestler (WWF, AAA).[528]
- Josip Friščić, 66, Croatian politician, Vice President of Parliament (2008–2011).[529]
- Sofía Gandarias, 58, Spanish painter.[530]
- Archie Gouldie, 79, Canadian professional wrestler, complications from hip surgery.[531]
- Jennifer Guinness, 78, Irish socialite and kidnapping victim, cancer.[532]
- Grahame Hodgson, 79, Welsh rugby union player (national team).[533]
- Žuži Jelinek, 96, Croatian fashion stylist, designer and writer.[534]
- A. C. Jose, 78, Indian politician, Speaker of Kerala Legislature (1982), member of Parliament (1996–1997, 1998–2004).[535]
- Marie Mahoney, 91, American baseball player (AAGBPL).[536]
- R. Clayton McWhorter, 82, American businessman and philanthropist.[537]
- Elisabeta Polihroniade, 80, Romanian chess Woman Grandmaster (1982) and International Arbiter.[538]
- Bernard Quennehen, 85, French racing cyclist.[539]
- Bill Roberts, 90, American basketball player (Chicago Stags, Boston Celtics, St. Louis Bombers).[540]
- Francisco Rubio Llorente, 85, Spanish jurist, President of the Spanish Council of State (2004–2012).[541]
- George Sefcik, 76, American football coach (Cincinnati Bengals, New York Giants, Atlanta Falcons).[542]
- Koichi Sekimoto, 37, Japanese footballer (Sagan Tosu).[543]
- Dmitry Shirkov, 88, Russian theoretical physicist.[544]
- Bobby Wanzer, 94, American Hall of Fame basketball player and coach (Rochester/Cincinnati Royals), NBA Champion (1951).[545]
- Walt Williams, 72, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees), heart attack.[546]
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- Gian Carlo Abelli, 74, Italian politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies.[547]
- Fredrik Barth, 87, Norwegian social anthropologist.[548]
- Neville Black, 90, New Zealand rugby union (Auckland, national team) and rugby league (Wigan, Keighley) player.[549]
- Yvonne Chouteau, 86, American ballerina.[550]
- David Finkelstein, 86, American physicist.[551]
- Forouzan, 78, Iranian actress.[552]
- Malcolm Grear, 84, American graphic designer.[553]
- John Jay Hooker, 85, American politician.[554]
- Christine Jackson, 53, British-born Australian cellist, complications from a brain aneurysm.[555]
- Constantijn Kortmann, 71, Dutch legal scholar.[556]
- Clyde Mashore, 70, American baseball player (Montreal Expos).[557]
- Donald Milne, 81, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (1967), cancer.[558]
- Marvin Minsky, 88, American cognitive scientist and pioneer in artificial intelligence, cerebral hemorrhage.[559]
- Wim Mook, 83, Dutch physicist.[560]
- Alejandro Muñoz-Alonso, 82, Spanish politician, member of the Congress of Deputies (1989–2000) and Senate (2000–2015).[561]
- Zarkus Poussa, 40, Finnish drummer (RinneRadio) and songwriter.[562]
- Teófilo Rodríguez, 44, Venezuelan criminal, shot.[563]
- Barry J. Shillito, 95, American businessman and government official.[564]
- Lois Snowe-Mello, 67, American politician, member of Maine House of Representatives (1996–2004) and Senate (2004–2012).[565]
- Schalk van der Merwe, 54, South African tennis player.[566]
- Eric Webster, 84, English football player (Manchester City) and manager (Stockport County).[567]
- Henry Worsley, 55, British adventurer, multiple organ failure.[568]
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- Jashubhai Dhanabhai Barad, 60, Indian politician, member of Parliament (2004–2009), brain tumour.[569]
- David Chatters, 69, Canadian politician, pancreatic cancer.[570]
- Thornton Dial, 87, American artist.[571]
- Denise Duval, 94, French soprano.[572]
- Kalpana, 50, Indian actress (Thanichalla Njan), heart attack.[573]
- Howard Koslow, 91, American illustrator.[574]
- Robert Lorick, American lyricist and voice actor.[575] (death announced on this date)
- Padmarani, 79, Indian actress.[576]
- Concepcion Picciotto, 80, Spanish-born American peace activist.[577]
- Leif Solberg, 101, Norwegian composer and organist.[578]
- Ron Stillwell, 76, American baseball player (Washington Senators), cancer.[579]
- Paul Terasaki, 86, American scientist and philanthropist.[580]
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- Alvin Achenbaum, 90, American advertising executive.[581]
- Sunday Adewusi, 79, Nigerian policeman, Inspector-general of police (1981–1983).[582]
- Zaw Zaw Aung, 79, Burmese author and public intellectual.[583]
- Black, 53, British singer-songwriter ("Wonderful Life"), head injuries sustained in a traffic collision.[584]
- Bernard Cookson, 79, British cartoonist.[585]
- Vasilya Fattakhova, 36, Russian Tatar singer, complications of childbirth.[586]
- LaVoy Finicum, 54, American cattle rancher and militant (Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Occupation), shot.[587]
- Barney Hall, 83, American sports commentator (Motor Racing Network), complications from surgery.[588]
- Gil Kahele, 73, American politician, member of the Hawaii Senate (since 2011).[589]
- Ted Karras Sr., 81, American football player (Chicago Bears), NFL champion (1963).[590]
- Tommy Kelly, 90, American actor (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus), heart failure.[591]
- Sahabzada Yaqub Khan, 95, Pakistani politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1982–1991, 1996–1997), Ambassador to the United States (1973–1979).[592]
- Martin Lavut, 81, Canadian film maker (Remembering Arthur).[593]
- Margaret Pardee, 95, American violinist and teacher.[594]
- Ray Pointer, 79, English footballer (Burnley, Coventry, Portsmouth).[595]
- Bryce Rohde, 92, Australian jazz pianist, composer.[596]
- T. J. Tindall, 65, American guitarist (MFSB).[597]
- Jerzy Tomaszewski, 92, Polish photographer.[598]
- Takeo Uesugi, 75, Japanese landscape architect.[599]
- László Versényi, 84, Hungarian theatre and voice actor.[600]
- Abe Vigoda, 94, American actor (The Godfather, Barney Miller, Joe Versus the Volcano).[601]
- Barrington Watson, 85, Jamaican painter.[602]
- Oscar Wiggli, 88, Swiss composer and sculptor.[603]
- Larry Woods, 76, Canadian Olympic sailor.[604]
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- Peter Baker, 84, English footballer (Tottenham Hotspur).[605]
- Barbara Berger, 85, American baseball player (AAGPBL).[606]
- John Brudenall, 77, Australian librarian.[607]
- Antonio Castellanos Mata, 68, Spanish physicist.[608]
- Mary Lou Crocker, 71, American professional golfer.[609]
- Georgy Firtich, 77, Russian composer and pianist.[610]
- Artur Fischer, 96, German inventor.[611]
- James Garrett Freeman, 35, American criminal, execution by lethal injection.[612]
- Augusto Giomo, 75, Italian Olympic basketball player (1960, 1964).[613]
- John Howe, 85, South African-born British air vice marshal.[614]
- Carlos Loyzaga, 85, Filipino Olympic basketball player (1952, 1956), bronze medalist at the 1954 FIBA World Championship.[615]
- William E. Martin, 70, American musician, songwriter, screenwriter and voice actor.[616]
- Tommy O'Hara, 63, international professional footballer.[617]
- Jack Reed, 91, American businessman and politician.[618]
- Shirley Tonkin, 94, New Zealand paediatrician and sudden infant death syndrome researcher.[619]
- DeWitt Williams, 96, American politician.[620]
- Ihor Zaytsev, 81, Russian-born Ukrainian Soviet footballer (national team).[621]
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- Signe Toly Anderson, 74, American singer (Jefferson Airplane).[622]
- Maheswar Baug, 85, Indian politician and independence activist.[623]
- Yisroel Belsky, 77, American rabbi.[624]
- Gene Bissell, 89, American football player and coach (Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes).[625]
- Buddy Cianci, 74, American politician and radio host, Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island (1975–1984, 1991–2002).[626]
- Robert Courtney, 56, New Zealand Paralympic champion sprinter (1984).[627]
- Aleš Debeljak, 54, Slovenian writer, struck by vehicle.[628]
- James deSouza, 90, Pakistani Roman Catholic priest.[629]
- Emile Destombes, 80, French-born Cambodian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Penh (2001–2010).[630]
- Trude Dothan, 93, Israeli archaeologist.[631]
- Paul Kantner, 74, American musician (Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship) and songwriter ("Wooden Ships"), multiple organ failure.[632]
- Mike Minor, 75, American actor (Petticoat Junction, All My Children, The Beverly Hillbillies).[633]
- Jim Morris, 80, American bodybuilder.[634]
- Tommy O'Hara, 62, Scottish footballer (Queen of the South, Washington Diplomats, Motherwell).[635]
- Nigel Peel, 48, English cricketer (Cheshire), brain tumour.[636]
- Peter Robinson, 57, New Zealand musician (The Tin Syndrome).[637]
- Axel Schandorff, 90, Danish track cyclist, Olympic bronze medalist (1948).[638]
- Nadine Senior, 76, English dance teacher.[639]
- Dave Thomson, 77, Scottish footballer (Dunfermline Athletic, Queen of the South).[640]
- Bob Tizard, 91, New Zealand politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1974–1975).[641]
- Ladislav Totkovič, 53, Slovak football player (Inter Bratislava) and manager.[642]
- Richard P. Von Herzen, 85, American earth scientist.[643]
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- Karen Johnson Boyd, 91, American heiress and philanthropist.[644]
- Jean-Marie Doré, 77, Guinean politician, Prime Minister (2010).[645]
- Billy Faier, 85, American banjo player.[646]
- Sam Hulbert, 79, American academic.[647]
- Nayani Krishnakumari, 85, Indian writer and folklorist.[648]
- Albert Low, 87, British author.[649]
- Linus Maurer, 90, American cartoonist, inspiration for the name Linus Van Pelt.[650]
- Aurèle Nicolet, 90, Swiss flautist.[651]
- Cayetano Paderanga Jr., 67, Filipino economist, Director-General of NEDA (2010–2012), complications after heart surgery.[652]
- Ruth Rehmann, 93, German writer.[653]
- Jacques Rivette, 87, French film director (La Belle Noiseuse, Celine and Julie Go Boating, Out 1) and critic (Cahiers du cinéma), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[654]
- Philip J. Rock, 78, American politician, President of the Illinois Senate (1979–1993).[655]
- John Roper, Baron Roper, 80, British politician.[656]
- Benjamin F. Shobe, 95, American civil rights attorney and judge.[657]
- Donald I. Williamson, 94, British biologist.[658]
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- Roberto Albanese, 65, Italian politician.[659]
- Girolamo Arnaldi, 86, Italian historian.[660]
- Tony Blaz, 57, Guamanian politician and civil servant, member of the Legislature of Guam, pneumonia.[661]
- J. Robert Carrier, 90, American politician.[662]
- Tias Eckhoff, 89, Norwegian industrial designer.[663]
- Asuquo Ekpe, Nigerian international footballer.[664]
- Feyrouz, 72, Egyptian actress.[665]
- Frank Finlay, 89, English actor (Othello, The Pianist, Bouquet of Barbed Wire), heart failure.[666]
- Francisco Flores Pérez, 56, Salvadoran politician, President (1999–2004), cerebral hemorrhage.[667]
- Betty Francis, 84, American baseball player (AAGBPL).[668]
- T. N. Gopakumar, 58, Indian journalist, cancer.[669]
- K. V. Krishna Rao, 92, Indian general.[670]
- Don Marks, 62, Canadian writer and indigenous rights advocate, liver disease.[671]
- Noelle Middleton, 89, Irish actress.[672]
- Maikhail Miller, 23, American football player (Murray State, Ole Miss), traffic collision.[673]
- Kollam G. K. Pillai, 91, Indian actor.[674]
- Georgia Davis Powers, 92, American civil rights activist and politician, first female and African-American member of the Kentucky State Senate (1968–1989).[675]
- Peter Quinn, 90, Irish Gaelic footballer (Mayo).[676]
- Bill Reinhard, 93, American football player (Los Angeles Dons).[677]
- Ken Sailors, 95, American basketball player (University of Wyoming, Providence Steamrollers), complications from heart attack.[678]
- Mohammad Salimi, 78, Iranian general, Commander-in-Chief of the Army (2000–2005).[679]
- Clarence Lorenzo Simpson Jr., 83, Liberian jurist and politician.[680]
- Dov Yermiya, 101, Israeli army officer and author.[681]
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- Jalal Aliyev, 87, Azerbaijani politician.[682]
- Gillian Avery, 89, British children's novelist and historian.[683]
- Mere Broughton, 79, New Zealand Māori language activist and unionist.[684]
- Jon Bunch, 45, American singer (Sense Field, Further Seems Forever), suicidal overdose.[685]
- Bob Bushnell, 100, American bass player and guitarist.[686]
- Miron Chichișan, 70, Romanian politician, Mayor of Zalău (1992–1996).[687]
- Lance Cox, 82, Australian football player (Richmond).[688]
- Elizabeth Eisenstein, 92, American historian.[689]
- Tom Hancock, 67, American politician.[690]
- David Lake, 86, Indian-born Australian science fiction writer.[691]
- Artie L. Metcalf, 86, American biologist.[692]
- Bob Pelkington, 74, American basketball player (Xavier University).[693]
- Pat Piper, 81, American politician.[694]
- Betty Rosenquest Pratt, 90, American tennis player.[695]
- Wolfgang Rademann, 81, German television producer and journalist.[696]
- Donald Van Norman Roberts, 87, American civil engineer.[697]
- Randhir Singh, 94, Indian political scientist.[698]
- Benoît Violier, 44, French-Swiss chef, suicide by gunshot.[699]
- Sir Terry Wogan, 77, Irish-British broadcaster (BBC), cancer.[700]
- Hubert Yockey, 99, American physicist and information theorist.[701]
- Yuan Geng, 98, Chinese politician and business executive.[702]
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