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Deaths in March 2012
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The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2012.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference (and language of reference, if not English).
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March 2012
1
- Blagoje Adžić, 79, Serbian politician.[1]
- Eddie Allen, 93, American football player.[2]
- Phillip R. Allen, 72, American actor (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, The Bad News Bears).[3]
- Alice Arden, 97, American Olympic (1936) high jumper.[4]
- Henryk Bałuszyński, 39, Polish footballer, heart attack.[5]
- Luigi Bazzoni, 82, Italian film director (Pride and Vengeance, The Fifth Cord).[6]
- Andrew Breitbart, 43, American publisher and political commentator, heart attack.[7]
- Jerome Courtland, 85, American actor, director, and producer (Escape to Witch Mountain, Tokyo Joe), heart disease.[8]
- Lucio Dalla, 68, Italian singer-songwriter ("Caruso", "4/3/1943", "Piazza Grande") and musician, heart attack.[9]
- Jack Fouts, 86, American football player and coach.[10]
- Peter Graeme, 90, British oboist.[11]
- Paul Hürlimann, 78, Swiss Olympic equestrian.[12]
- Fathulla Jameel, 69, Maldivian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1978–2005), heart disease.[13]
- 9th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu, 80, Tibetan-born Mongolian Buddhist spiritual leader.[14]
- Archie Kalokerinos, 85, Greek-Australian physician.[15]
- Thomas J. Lydon, 84, American federal judge, sepsis and car accident complications.[16]
- Altamir Heitor Martins, 32, Brazilian footballer (BEC Tero Sasana F.C.).[17]
- Gemma McCluskie, 29, British actress (EastEnders), blunt force trauma.[18]
- Germano Mosconi, 79, Italian sportswriter and news presenter.[19]
- Callan Pinckney, 72, American fitness professional, created Callanetics.[20]
- Randy Primas, 62, American politician, Mayor of Camden, New Jersey (1981–1990), bone marrow cancer.[21]
- Conrad Soares, 72, Bermudan Olympic sailor.[22]
2
- Lawrence Anthony, 61, South African conservationist and environmentalist, heart attack.[23]
- Van T. Barfoot, 92, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient, head injuries from a fall.[24]
- Gerry Bridgwood, 67, English footballer (Stoke City), heart attack.[25]
- Nydia Ecury, 86, Aruban-Dutch writer, translator and actress, Alzheimer's disease.[26]
- George Firestone, 80, American politician, Secretary of State of Florida (1978–1987), Alzheimer's disease.[27]
- Doug Furnas, 52, American professional wrestler, heart disease.[28]
- Vera Galushka-Duyunova, 66, Russian volleyball player, cardiac arrest.[29]
- Brajamohan Jamatia, 106, Indian politician.[30]
- Sir Keith Jones, 100, Australian medical practitioner and surgeon.[31]
- Gary Kubly, 68, American politician, Minnesota State Senator (since 2002), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[32]
- Rui Maia, 86, Portuguese Olympian
- José Adolfo Mojica Morales, 75, Salvadoran Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Sonsonate (1989–2011).[33]
- John Panelli, 85, American football player (Detroit Lions, Chicago Cardinals).[34]
- George Reynolds, 83, Australian racing driver.[35]
- Gérard Rinaldi, 69, French actor and singer (Les Charlots), lymphoma.[36]
- Norman St John-Stevas, 82, British politician and author, Leader of the House of Commons (1979–1981).[37]
- Stan Stearns, 76, American photographer (John F. Kennedy Jr. salute), lung cancer.[38]
- Frits Wijngaard, 85, Dutch Olympic boxer.[39]
- James Q. Wilson, 80, American political scientist, co-author of the broken windows theory, leukemia.[40]
- Isagani Yambot, 77, Filipino journalist, publisher of the Philippine Daily Inquirer (since 1994), heart attack.[41]
3
- Fritz Baier, 88, German politician.[42]
- Viv Bingham, 79, British political activist.[43]
- Irvin Borish, 99, American optometrist.[44]
- Steve Bridges, 48, American impressionist (George W. Bush), anaphylaxis.[45]
- Dave Charnley, 76, British former European lightweight champion boxer.[46]
- Leonardo Cimino, 94, American actor (Moonstruck, Dune, Hudson Hawk), COPD.[47]
- Mike Darby, 69, Australian football player.[48]
- A R Shamsud Doha, 83, Bangladeshi politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1982–1984).[49]
- Felícia Fuster, 91, Spanish Catalan painter and poet.[50]
- Henryk Grabowski, 82, Polish Olympic athlete.[51]
- Anthony Grainger, 36, English police victim, shot.[52]
- Lloyd Hittle, 88, American baseball player (Washington Senators).[53]
- Per J. Husabø, 83, Norwegian politician.[54]
- Lutfullah Khan, 95, Pakistani writer and sound archivist.[55]
- Franklin McMahon, 90, American artist and reporter.[56]
- Ralph McQuarrie, 82, American conceptual designer and illustrator (Star Wars, Cocoon, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial), Oscar winner (1986).[57]
- Frank Marocco, 81, American accordionist, arranger and composer.[58]
- Ronnie Montrose, 64, American guitarist (Montrose), suicide by gunshot.[59]
- Jim Obradovich, 62, American baseball player (Houston Astros).[60]
- Norris Stevenson, 72, American football player (Dallas Cowboys, Edmonton Eskimos, BC Lions), cancer.[61]
- Kason Sugioka, 98, Japanese calligrapher, Order of Culture recipient, heart failure.[62]
- Alex Webster, 80, American football player (New York Giants, Montreal Alouettes) and coach (New York Giants).[63]
4
- Ali Ahmed Abdi, 26, Somali journalist, shot.[64]
- Maurice De Muer, 90, French cyclist and sports director.[65]
- Christopher Joseph Earl, 86, British neurologist.[66]
- William E. Galbraith, 86, American businessman.[67]
- Bill Green, 50, American sprinter, cancer.[68]
- Robert Brendon Keating, 87, American diplomat, Ambassador to Madagascar and the Comoros (1983–1986), pneumonia.[69]
- Paul McBride, 46, British lawyer.[70]
- Pete McCaffrey, 74, American Olympic gold medal-winning (1964) basketball player.[71]
- Don Mincher, 73, American baseball player (Minnesota Twins, California Angels, Oakland Athletics), President of the Southern League (2000–2011).[72]
- Runako Morton, 33, Nevisian Test cricketer (West Indies), traffic collision.[73]
- John C. Reiss, 89, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Trenton (1980–1997).[74]
- Shmuel Tankus, 97, Israeli naval officer, fifth commander of the Navy.[75]
- Joan Taylor, 82, American actress (Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, The Rifleman), natural causes.[76]
5
- Don Andrews, 82, Australian guitarist.[77]
- Yehuda Ben-Haim, 56, Israeli Olympic boxer.[78]
- Jörg Balke, 75, German Olympic athlete.[79]
- Sobha Brahma, 82, Indian painter and sculptor.[80]
- Willard Cochrane, 97, American agricultural economist.[81]
- Rafael Corporán de los Santos, 71, Dominican television producer, host, and politician, Mayor of Distrito Nacional (1990–1994), heart attack.[82]
- Fernando Da Silva, 91, American painter.[83]
- Paul Haines, 41, New Zealand writer, cancer.[84]
- Zahir Howaida, 67, Afghan singer.[85]
- William Heirens, 83, American serial killer.[86]
- Rushworth Kidder, 67, American ethicist and writer, natural causes.[87]
- Godwin Kotey, 46–47, Ghanaian actor, producer, educator, playwright and director, leukemia.[88]
- Marian Kuszewski, 78, Polish Olympic silver medal-winning (1956, 1960) fencer.[89]
- Roland Lakes, 72, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, New York Giants).[90]
- Philip Madoc, 77, Welsh actor (Dad's Army, The Life and Times of David Lloyd George).[91]
- Maurice Pechet, 94, American academic.[92]
- Ken Shipp, 83, American football coach.[93]
- William O. Wooldridge, 89, American army officer.[94]
6
- Marcos Alonso, 78, Spanish football player (Real Madrid).[95]
- Francisco Xavier do Amaral, 75, East Timorese politician, President (1975).[96]
- Jaap Boersma, 82, Dutch politician, Minister of Social Affairs (1971–1977), Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries (1973).[97]
- Jan Dawidziuk, 74, Polish-born American bishop of the Polish National Catholic Church.[98]
- Antonio Garzya, 85, Italian professor.[99]
- Lucia Mannucci, 91, Italian singer.[100]
- Maurice Moyer, 93, American clergyman and civil rights leader.[101]
- Suwa Nejiko, 92, Japanese violinist.[102]
- Donald M. Payne, 77, American politician, U.S. Representative from New Jersey (since 1989), colon cancer.[103]
- Frederick M. Reed, 87, American politician, Attorney General of Vermont (1957–1960).[104]
- Robert B. Sherman, 86, American songwriter and composer (Mary Poppins, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), Oscar winner (1965).[105]
- Arthur A. Vogel, 88, American bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri.[106]
- Helen Walulik, 82, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League).[107]
- Sayuri Yamauchi, 55, Japanese voice actress (Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Crayon Shin-chan), cancer.[108]
7
- Jeanne Achterberg, 69, American psychologist, breast cancer.[109]
- Cris Alexander, 92, American actor and photographer.[110]
- Gary DeCramer, 67, American politician, Minnesota state senator (1983–1993).[111]
- Tony Drake, 89, English hiker.[112]
- Harold K. Forsen, 79, American nuclear engineer.[113]
- Gherardo Gnoli, 74, Italian historian.[114]
- Dave Hrechkosy, 60, Canadian ice hockey player (California Golden Seals, St. Louis Blues), brain cancer.[115]
- Sir Raymond Lygo, 87, British admiral and businessman.[116]
- Félicien Marceau, 98, French novelist, member of the Académie française.[117]
- Marcel Mouchel, 85, French footballer and manager.[118]
- Greg Novak, 61, American writer and wargame designer.[119]
- Big Walter Price, 97, American blues singer, songwriter and pianist.[120]
- Włodzimierz Smolarek, 54, Polish footballer.[121]
- Pierre Tornade, 82, French actor.[122]
- Ramaz Urushadze, 72, Georgian footballer.[123]
- Aníbal Villacís, 85, Ecuadorian painter.[124]
8
- Corinna Adam, 75, British journalist, home fire.[125]
- Kristin Bølgen Bronebakk, 61, Norwegian civil servant.[126]
- LaVerne Carter, 86, American bowler, heart failure.[127]
- S. Henry Cho, 77, Korean martial arts instructor.[128]
- Pat Claridge, 73, Canadian football player, Alzheimer's disease.[129]
- Leslie Cochran, 60, American street personality, activist, and politician, head trauma.[130]
- Simin Daneshvar, 90, Iranian academic, novelist, fiction writer and translator.[131]
- Ursula Dronke, 91, British medievalist.[132]
- Mike Fetchick, 89, American golfer.[133]
- Compton Gonsalves, 85, Trinidad and Tobago Olympic cyclist.[134]
- Bugs Henderson, 68, American blues guitarist, cancer.[135]
- Charlie Hoag, 81, American Olympic gold medal-winning basketball player (1952).[136]
- Scott Huey, 88, Northern Irish cricketer.[137]
- Elena Libera, 94, Italian Olympic (1948) fencer.[138]
- Minoru Mori, 77, Japanese businessperson, chairman and executive director of the Mori Building Company, founder of the Mori Art Museum, heart failure.[139]
- Elio Pagliarani, 84, Italian poet and literary critic.[140]
- Jens Petersen, 70, Danish footballer and manager.[141]
- Steven Rubenstein, 49, American anthropologist.[142]
- Mick Walker, 69, British motorcycling writer.[143]
9
- Peter Bergman, 72, American comedian (The Firesign Theater), leukemia.[144]
- Dennis Bowen, 61, American actor (Caddyshack II; Welcome Back, Kotter).[145]
- Brian Bromley, 65, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers, Portsmouth).[146]
- Herb Carnegie, 92, Canadian ice hockey player.[147]
- Anton Crișan, 70, Romanian ice hockey player.[148]
- Harry Dagnall, 97, British philatelist.[149]
- Willye Dennis, 85, American civil rights activist and politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1992–1999).[150]
- John Holt, 82, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1972–1984).[151]
- Thomas Locker, 74, American author and painter.[152]
- Fotis Mavriplis, 92, Greek Olympic skier.[153]
- Joy Mukherjee, 73, Indian actor.[154]
- Zuhir al-Qaisi, 49, Palestinian militant leader, Secretary General of the Popular Resistance Committees (since 2011), air strike.[155]
- Selma Rubin, 96, American activist and environmentalist.[156]
- Jose Tomas Sanchez, 91, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal Priest of San Pio V a Villa Carpegna (1991–2012).[157]
- Terry Teene, 70, American singer and clown, injuries from a traffic collision.[158]
- Bill Wedderburn, Baron Wedderburn of Charlton, 84, British academic and politician.[159]
- Harry Wendelstedt, 73, American baseball umpire (1966–1998), brain tumor.[160]
- Widjojo Nitisastro, 84, Indonesian economist and government minister.[161]
10
- Sukumar Barman, 60, Indian politician.[162]
- George Beattie, 86, Scottish footballer.[163]
- Bert R. Bulkin, 82, American aeronautical engineer.[164]
- Dorrit Cohn, 87, American academic.[165]
- Wim De Smet, 79, Flemish zoologist.[166]
- Amina El Filali, 16, Moroccan rape victim, suicide by poisoning.[167]
- Elmer L. Gaden, 88, American biochemist.[168]
- Jean Giraud, 73, French comic book artist (Blueberry, Métal Hurlant) and film production designer (Tron, Alien), cancer.[169]
- Julio César González, 35, Mexican Olympic boxer and former world light heavyweight champion, injuries from a hit and run.[170]
- Robert A. Howie, 88, English petrologist.[171]
- Jay McMullen, 90, American journalist (CBS News).[172]
- Hermín Negrón Santana, 74, Puerto Rican Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (since 1981).[173]
- R. I. Page, 87, British historian and runologist.[174]
- Mykola Plaviuk, 86, Ukrainian politician, last President of the Ukrainian People's Republic in exile (1989–1992).[175]
- Uttamrao Deorao Patil, 67, Indian politician.[176]
- Frank Sherwood Rowland, 84, American chemistry professor, Nobel laureate in Chemistry (1995), Parkinson's disease.[177]
- Domna Samiou, 83, Greek singer and traditional music researcher.[178]
- Tony Silipo, 54, Canadian politician, Ontario Minister of Education (1991–1993) and MPP for Dovercourt (1990–1999), brain tumor.[179]
- Jammu Siltavuori, 85, Finnish murderer and sex offender.[180]
- Ruth-Marie Stewart, 84, American Olympic skier.[181]
- John G. Taylor, 80, British physicist.[182]
- Tan Boon Teik, 83, Singaporean lawyer, Attorney-General (1967–1992), internal bleeding.[183]
- Jack Watson, 90, English cricketer, football coach and scout.[184]
- Richard White, 86, New Zealand rugby union player.[185]
- Ethel Winter, 87, American dancer with the Martha Graham Dance Company and teacher at the Juilliard School.[186]
- Nick Zoricic, 29, Canadian ski cross racer, brain injuries from race crash.[187]
11
- Henry Adefope, 85, Nigerian politician, Foreign Minister (1978–1979).[188]
- Hub Andrews, 89, American baseball player (New York Giants).[189]
- Gian Nicola Babini, 67, Italian scientist.[190]
- Faith Brook, 90, British actress.[191]
- Sid Couchey, 92, American comic book artist (Richie Rich, Little Lotta, Little Dot), Burkitt's lymphoma.[192]
- Alba Encarnación, 56, Puerto Rican activist and teacher.[193]
- Wayne Frazier, 73, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs).[194]
- Hans G. Helms, 79, German experimental writer.[195]
- Philip Jenkinson, 76, English television presenter.[196]
- María Teresa López Beltrán, 61, Spanish medievalist and academic (University of Málaga).[197]
- Tom Manastersky, 83, Canadian football player (Montreal Alouettes, Saskatchewan Roughriders) and hockey player (Montreal Canadiens).[198]
- Bogusław Mec, 65, Polish singer, songwriter, composer, and artist.[199]
- James B. Morehead, 95, American World War II flying ace, stroke complications.[200]
- Noverre, 14, American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Sussex Stakes (2001).[201] (death announced on this date)
- Lanier W. Phillips, 88, American civil rights activist.[202]
- Gösta Schwarck, 96, Danish composer and businessman.[203]
- John Souza, 91, American soccer player (1950 World Cup, 1948 and 1952 Olympics).[204]
- Leon Spencer, 66, American jazz organist.[205]
- Ghiath Tayfour, 42-43, Syrian boxing champion, shot.[206]
- Ian Turpie, 68, Australian actor and game show host, throat cancer.[207]
- Miomir Vukobratović, 81, Serbian mechanical engineer.[208]
- Tahira Wasti, 68, Pakistani actor.[209]
12
- Mark Aguhar, 24, American activist, writer and multimedia fine artist, suicide.[210]
- Niels Baunsøe, 72, Danish Olympic cyclist.[211]
- Robert Parke Cameron, 91, Canadian diplomat.[212]
- Samuel Glazer, 89, American entrepreneur and businessman, co-developer of Mr. Coffee, leukemia.[213]
- Junus Effendi Habibie, 74, Indonesian diplomat.[214]
- Dick Harter, 81, American basketball coach (Charlotte Hornets, University of Oregon), cancer.[215]
- Michael Hossack, 65, American drummer (The Doobie Brothers), cancer.[216]
- Friedhelm Konietzka, 73, German-born Swiss football player and manager, assisted suicide.[217]
- Erling Stuer Lauridsen, 95, Danish Olympic wrestler.[218]
- Augustin Misago, 69, Rwandan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Gikongoro (since 1992).[219]
- Wilson Abraham Moncayo Jalil, 67, Ecuadorian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Santo Domingo en Ecuador (since 2002).[220]
- Tom Murrin, 73, American performance artist and playwright.[221]
- Madeleine Parent, 93, Canadian union leader and women's rights activist.[222]
- Jean-Pierre Salignon, 84, French Olympic basketball player.[223]
- Douglas Scott, 91, Australian politician, member of the Australian Senate (1970, 1974–1985).[224]
13
- Vernon Ahmadjian, 81, American lichenologist.[225]
- Abdullah al-Dahdouh, 45–46, Moroccan Muslim, murdered.[226]
- Keith Bannister, 89, English footballer.[227]
- Michael P. Barnett, 82, British theoretical chemist and computer scientist.[228]
- Bengt Beckman, 86, Swedish mathematician.[229]
- Derek Bridge, 90, English cricketer.[230]
- Harvey T. Carter, 83, American rock climber.[231]
- Domitila Chúngara, 74, Bolivian labor leader and feminist, lung cancer.[232]
- Bodjie Dasig, 48, Filipino singer and songwriter, cancer.[233]
- Della Davidson, 60, American modern dancer, choreographer, and dance professor, breast cancer.[234]
- Julius Depaoli, 88, Austrian Olympic water polo player.[235]
- Michel Duchaussoy, 73, French actor, cardiac arrest.[236]
- Jock Hobbs, 52, New Zealand rugby union player and administrator, leukaemia.[237]
- Frank Jordan, 79, Australian Olympic (1952) water polo player.[238]
- Tom Johnson, 89, American astronomer and businessman, founder of Celestron.[239]
- Noel Luces, 63, Trinidadian Olympic (1968) cyclist, stroke.[240]
- Hans Ludvig Martensen, 84, Danish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Copenhagen (1965–1995).[241]
- Eileen McDonough, 49, American child actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Waltons).[242]
- Grete Nordrå, 87, Norwegian actress.[243]
- Karl Roy, 43, Filipino singer (Kapatid, P.O.T.), cardiac arrest.[244]
- Lyudmila Shagalova, 88, Russian film actress (The Young Guard, Balzaminov's Marriage).[245]
- Cedric Sharpley, 59, South African drummer (Gary Numan, Druid, Dramatis), cardiac arrest.[246]
- Amusa Shittu, 75, Nigerian footballer, effects of a stroke.[247]
- Jacques Villiers, 87, French aerospace engineer.[248]
14
- Gretl Aicher, 84, Austrian artistic director.[249]
- Liesbeth Baarveld-Schlaman, 77, Dutch politician.[250]
- Ray Barlow, 85, English footballer (West Bromwich Albion).[251]
- Vladimir Buslaev, 74, Russian mathematical physicist.[252]
- Valentīna Butāne, 82, Latvian singer.[253]
- Matthew G. Carter, 98, American politician and housing activist, Mayor of Montclair, New Jersey (1968–1972), Alzheimer's disease.[254]
- Kihachi Enomoto, 75, Japanese baseball player, colon cancer.[citation needed]
- Himanish Goswami, 85, Indian writer and cartoonist, prostate cancer.[255]
- Ernst-Günter Habig, 76, German Olympic footballer, stroke.[256]
- Eddie King, 73, American Chicago blues musician.[257]
- Carl Rattray, 82, Jamaican jurist and politician, Attorney General (1989–1993) and president of the Court of Appeal (1993–1999).[258]
- Marcel Rohrbach, 78, French cyclist.[259]
- Pierre Schoendoerffer, 83, French director (The Anderson Platoon), surgical complications.[260]
- Margareta Sjöstedt, 88, Swedish-born Austrian singer and actress.[261]
- Ted L. Strickland, 79, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Colorado (1973–1975).[262]
- Ċensu Tabone, 98, Maltese politician, President (1989–1994) and Minister for Foreign Affairs (1987–1989).[263]
15
- Alice Amsden, 68, American economist and MIT professor.[264]
- Edvard Hagerup Bull, 89, Norwegian composer.[265]
- Mervyn Davies, 65, Welsh rugby union player, cancer.[266]
- Bob Day, 67, American Olympic (1968) distance runner, bladder cancer.[267]
- Baby Falak, 2, Indian baby, cardiac arrest.[268]
- Eb Gaines, 84, American businessman and diplomat, Consul General to Bermuda (1989–1992).[269]
- Lily Garafulic, 97, Chilean sculptor and professor.[270]
- Luis Gonzales, 81, Filipino actor, pneumonia.[271]
- Bernardino González Ruiz, 101, Panamanian politician, President (1963).[272]
- Fran Matera, 87, American comic strip artist (Steve Roper and Mike Nomad).[273]
- Nigel Napier, 14th Lord Napier, 81, British soldier and courtier.[274]
- Dave Philley, 91, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Athletics).[275]
- Pepe Rubio, 80, Spanish actor.[276]
- Jean-Marie Souriau, 89, French mathematician.[277]
- Joe Stanley, 104, American World War II pilot, commander of Eglin Air Force Base.[278]
16
- Aziz Ab'Sáber, 87, Brazilian geologist, heart attack.[279]
- Georges Aber, 81, French singer-songwriter.[280]
- Alexander of Liechtenstein, 82, Liechtenstein royal.[citation needed]
- Lee Balterman, 91, American photographer.[281]
- M. A. R. Barker, 83, American professor, fantasy novelist, and role-playing game creator.[282]
- Estanislau Basora, 85, Spanish footballer.[283]
- John Billman, 92, American football player (Minnesota Gophers, Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Rockets).[284]
- Bijan Choudhury, 80–81, Indian painter.[285]
- Giancarlo Cobelli, 82, Italian actor and stage director.[286]
- Ed Dahler, 86, American basketball player.[287]
- Ray Gariepy, 83, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs).[288]
- John Ghindia, 86, American football player (University of Michigan).[289]
- Robert Hails, 89, American air force lieutenant general, vice commander of Tactical Air Command.[290]
- Robert L. Hall, 85, American anthropologist, authority on Native American culture, complications from carcinoid cancer.[291]
- Donald E. Hillman, 93, American World War II flying ace.[292]
- Irvin Iffla, 88, Jamaican cricketer.[293]
- Eldon Nelson, 85, American jockey.[294]
- Bronislav Poloczek, 72, Czech theatre and television actor.[295]
- Peter Serracino Inglott, 75, Maltese philosopher.[296]
- Anita Steckel, 82, American feminist artist.[297]
- Takaaki Yoshimoto, 87, Japanese poet, critic, and professor (Tokyo Institute of Technology), pneumonia.[298]
- Dieter Zechlin, 85, German pianist.[299]
17
- Patience Abbe, 87, American children's author.[300]
- Paul Boyer, 76, American historian.[301]
- Rubí Cerioni, 84, Argentine footballer.[302]
- Bernard Cohen, 87, American nuclear physicist.[303]
- Matt Conte, 85, American football player and coach.[304]
- John Cowles Jr., 82, American businessman and philanthropist, lung cancer.[305]
- Bert Demarco, 87, Scottish snooker player and billiard hall owner, stroke.[306]
- John Demjanjuk, 91, Ukrainian Nazi war criminal, natural causes.[307]
- René Fontaine, 78, Canadian politician, Minister of Northern Development (1987–1990).[308]
- John T. Henley, 90, American politician, President pro tempore of the North Carolina Senate (1975–1978).[309]
- Famara Jatta, 53, Gambian government minister and economist, Governor of the Central Bank (2003–2007).[310]
- Jaye Radisich, 35, Australian politician, Western Australian MLA for Swan Hills (2001–2008), cancer.[311]
- Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, 88, Egyptian Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria (since 1971), prostate cancer.[312]
- Ron Stewart, 79, Canadian ice hockey player.[313]
- Ngaire Thomas, 69, New Zealand author.[314]
- Margaret Whitlam, 92, Australian swimmer and activist, wife of Gough Whitlam, complications from a fall.[315]
- Chaleo Yoovidhya, 88, Thai businessman (Red Bull), natural causes.[316]
- Fakhra Younus, 33, Pakistani acid attack victim, suicide by jumping.[317]
18
- Imra Agotić, 69, Croatian major general, commander of the Air Force.[318]
- Khelifi Ahmed, 90–91, Algerian singer.[319]
- Haim Alexander, 96, German-born Israeli composer.[320]
- Furman Bisher, 93, American sports writer (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution), heart attack.[321]
- William R. Charette, 79, American Medal of Honor recipient.[322]
- Shirley May France, 79, American swimmer.[323]
- António Leitão, 51, Portuguese Olympic bronze medal-winning (1984) athlete, iron overload.[324]
- Bob McConnell, 87, American baseball author and researcher, founding member of Society for American Baseball Research.[325]
- William G. Moore Jr., 91, American Air Force general.[326]
- Alan Pegler, 91, British railway preservationist.[327]
- Claudia Pía Baudracco, 41, Argentine women, sexual minorities and LGTBI rights activist.[328]
- Anargyros Printezis, 74, Greek Eastern Catholic hierarch, Apostolic Exarch of Greece (1975–2008).[329]
- Nigel Rusted, 104, Canadian physician.[330]
- István Suti, 72, Hungarian Olympic equestrian.[331]
- George Tupou V, 63, Tongan King (since 2006).[332]
- Eric Watson, 56, British photographer, heart attack.[333]
- Jalal Zolfonun, 74, Iranian setar player and composer, heart disease.[334]
19
- Verica Barać, 56, Serbian lawyer, cancer.[335]
- Dante Benvenuti, 86, Argentine Olympic cyclist.[336]
- Hanne Borchsenius, 76, Danish actress.[337]
- Jim Case, 84, American television director and producer.[338]
- Jagbir Singh Chhina, 92, Indian freedom fighter.[339]
- Gene DeWeese, 78, American author.[340]
- Donald Brown Engley, 94, American librarian.[341]
- Ulu Grosbard, 83, Belgian-born American theatre and film director (The Subject Was Roses, American Buffalo).[342]
- William J. Hibbler, 65, American federal judge, District Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (since 1999).[343]
- Anton Jude, 51, Sri Lankan actor, cardiac arrest.[344]
- Sanford N. McDonnell, 89, American businessman (McDonnell Douglas), pancreatic cancer.[345]
- Paul Peter Mostoway, 81, Canadian politician.[346]
- Hugo Munthe-Kaas, 90, Norwegian resistance fighter and politician.[347]
- Karl-Heinz Spickenagel, 80, German footballer.[348]
- George Topolnisky, 95, Canadian politician.[349]
- Knut Erik Tranøy, 93, Norwegian philosopher.[350]
20
- Erlom Akhvlediani, 78, Georgian writer.[351]
- Guy Boucher, 68, French Canadian actor, singer and radio and TV presenter.[352]
- Daishin Noboru, 74, Japanese sumo wrestler.[353]
- Ottorino Enzo, 85, Italian rower.[354]
- Bill Glasson, 87, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Gregory (1974–1989).[355]
- Lincoln Hall, 56, Australian mountaineer and author, mesothelioma.[356]
- Ralph P. Hummel, 74, American political scientist.[357]
- Noboru Ishiguro, 73, Japanese animator and animation director (Space Battleship Yamato, The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Megazone 23).[358]
- Ante Jurić, 89, Croatian Roman Catholic prelate, Metropolitan Archbishop of Split and Makarska (1988–2000).[359]
- Abdul Rahman Orfalli, 23, Syrian protest organizer, bombing.[360]
- Mel Parnell, 89, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), cancer.[361]
- Frits de Ruijter, 94, Dutch Olympic athlete.[362]
- Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, 101, Polish-born Israeli Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva.[363]
- Jim Stynes, 45, Irish-born Australian football player, cancer.[364]
- Allan Tolmich, 93, American athlete, Amateur Athletic Union hurdle champion (1937, 1939, 1940, 1941).[365]
- Bernard Zadi Zaourou, 73, Ivorian politician and author, heart complications.[366]
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- Shaima Alawadi, 32, American murder victim, head trauma.[367]
- Lacy Banks, 68, American sports columnist (Chicago Sun-Times) and author, heart disease.[368]
- Rekia Boyd, 22, American police victim, shot.[369]
- Christine Brooke-Rose, 89, British writer and literary critic.[370]
- John George Chedid, 88, Lebanese-born American Maronite hierarch, first Bishop of Our Lady of Los Angeles (1994–2000).[371]
- Albrecht Dietz, 86, German entrepreneur and scientist.[372]
- Judy Egerton, 83, Australian-born British art historian and curator.[373]
- Ron Erhardt, 81, American football coach (New England Patriots, New York Giants, New York Jets).[374]
- Elisabeth Ettlinger, 96, German-born Swiss archaeologist and academic.[375]
- Robert Fuest, 84, English film director.[376]
- Bruno Giacometti, 104, Swiss architect, brother of Alberto and Diego Giacometti.[377]
- Tonino Guerra, 92, Italian poet and screenwriter (L'Avventura, Blowup, Amarcord).[378]
- Irving Louis Horowitz, 82, American sociologist (Rutgers University, Washington University), surgical complications.[379]
- Mohamed Kassas, 91, Egyptian botanist and environmentalist.[380]
- Murray Lender, 81, American entrepreneur (Lender's Bagels), complications from a fall.[381]
- Yuri Razuvaev, 66, Russian chess player and trainer.[382]
- Matanhy Saldanha, 63, Indian politician and social activist, heart attack.[383]
- Marina Salye, 77, Russian geologist and politician, heart attack.[384]
- Shao Xianghua, 99, Chinese scientist.[385]
- Derick Thomson, 90, Scottish poet.[386]
- Kåre Tveter, 90, Norwegian painter and illustrator.[387]
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- Joe Blanchard, 83, American football player (Edmonton Eskimos), professional wrestler and promoter, squamous-cell carcinoma.[388]
- C. K. Chandrappan, 76, Indian politician, Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Kerala), member of the Lok Sabha (1977–1980; 2004–2010), cancer.[389]
- Samuel Collins, 88, American politician.[390]
- Ted Cutting, 85, British automotive engineer, designed Aston Martin DBR1.[391]
- Dhaval Dhairyawan, 32, Indian photographer, after a long illness.[392]
- Hernán Elizondo Arce, 90, Costa Rican novelist and poet.[393]
- Demir Gökgöl, 74, Turkish-born German actor.[394]
- Harry Gunnarsson, 82, Swedish Olympic boxer.[395]
- Johnny McCauley, 86, Irish singer-songwriter.[396]
- Vimal Mundada, 49, Indian politician, cancer.[397]
- Nagnath Naikwadi, 89, Indian independence activist and social worker.[398]
- Jackson Narcomey, 70, American painter.[399]
- Muhammad Ibrahim Nugud, 80, Sudanese politician, Secretary General of the Sudanese Communist Party (since 1971).[400]
- Kirsten Passer, 82, Danish actress.[401]
- John Payton, 65, American civil rights attorney (Gratz v. Bollinger).[402]
- Matthew White Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley, 86, British nobleman.[403]
- Edward Sismore, 90, British RAF officer (Air Commodore) and Distinguished Flying Cross recipient.[404]
- Mickey Sullivan, 80, American baseball coach.[405]
- David Waltz, 68, American computer scientist.[406]
- Neil L. Whitehead, 56, English anthropologist.[407]
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- Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, 77, Somali politician, President (2004–2008), liver failure.[408]
- Chico Anysio, 80, Brazilian comedian, renal and pulmonary failure.[409]
- Jean-Yves Besselat, 68, French politician.[410]
- Harold Blitman, 82, American basketball coach.[411]
- Jim Duffy, 75, American animator (Rugrats, The Smurfs, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero), cancer.[412]
- Jack Ellena, 80, American football player.[413]
- Hynek Hromada, 76, Czech sports shooter.[414]
- Witold Lesiewicz, 89, Polish film director.[415]
- Eric Lowen, 60, American singer and songwriter ("We Belong", "Everything I Wanted"), complications from ALS.[416]
- Péter Pázmándy, 73, Hungarian-born Swiss footballer and coach.[417]
- Naji Talib, 94, Iraqi politician, Prime Minister (1966–1967).[418]
- Lonnie Wright, 68, American football (Denver Broncos) and basketball (Denver Rockets) player, heart failure.[419]
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- Iqbal Bahu, 68, Pakistani singer, cardiac arrest.[420]
- Dennis Bennett, 72, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox).[421]
- Vigor Bovolenta, 37, Italian Olympic silver medal-winning (1996) volleyball player, heart attack.[422]
- Sir Paul Callaghan, 64, New Zealand physicist, colon cancer.[423]
- Henry Clark, 82, Northern Irish politician, MP for Antrim, North (1959–1970).[424]
- Bill Cutler, 92, American baseball executive.[425]
- Hertha Engelbrecht, 89, German lawyer.[426]
- Pierre Gérald, 105, French actor.[427]
- Vince Lovegrove, 65, Australian musician and journalist, car accident.[428]
- Marion Marlowe, 83, American singer and stage actress, natural causes.[429]
- Edward Henryk Materski, 89, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Radom (1992–1999).[430]
- Nick Noble, 85, American pop and country singer ("The Tip of My Fingers", "Moonlight Swim").[431]
- Jose Prakash, 86, Indian actor, heart failure.[432]
- Wolfgang Rennert, 89, German conductor.[433]
- Jocky Wilson, 62, Scottish darts player.[434]
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- Raymond Bley, 73, Luxembourgish Olympic cyclist.[435]
- Priscilla Buckley, 90, American writer, managing editor of National Review.[436]
- Hal E. Chester, 91, American film producer and former child actor.[437]
- John Crosfield, 96, British businessman.[438]
- Bob DeCourcy, 84, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).[439]
- Tony Gordon, 63, New Zealand rugby league player and coach.[440]
- Edd Gould, 23, British animator (Eddsworld), leukemia.[441]
- Russell C. Jordan Jr., 85, American politician.[442]
- Mona Shourie Kapoor, 48, Indian television producer, cancer.[443]
- Ben-Zion Leitner, 85, Israeli soldier, Medal of Valor recipient.[444]
- Lex, 12, American Marine service dog, awarded honorary Purple Heart, cancer.[445]
- Tom Lodge, 75, British radio DJ, cancer.[446]
- Ralph Maxwell, 78, New Zealand politician, MP for Waitakere (1978–1984) and Titirangi (1984–1990).[447]
- Roger Molander, 71, American anti-nuclear activist, complications from liver cancer.[448]
- Tony Newton, Baron Newton of Braintree, 74, British politician, Leader of the House of Commons (1992–1997), MP for Braintree (1974–1997).[449]
- Nathalie Perrey, 83, French actress.[450]
- Larry Stevenson, 81, American skateboard innovator, pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease.[451]
- Bertil Ströberg, 79, Swedish Air Force officer and spy, cancer.[452]
- Bert Sugar, 74, American boxing writer and historian, cardiac arrest.[453]
- Antonio Tabucchi, 68, Italian novelist (Indian Nocturne, Pereira Maintains).[454]
- Bill Weston, 70, British stuntman (Saving Private Ryan, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Titanic).[455]
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- Susana Agüero, 68, Argentine ballet dancer.[456]
- Sisto Averno, 86, American football player (Baltimore Colts).[457]
- Michael Begley, 79, Irish politician, TD for Kerry South (1969–1989).[458]
- Thomas M. Cover, 73, American information theorist.[459]
- David Craighead, 88, American organist.[460]
- Manik Sitaram Godghate, 74, Indian poet.[461]
- Jay Holt, 88, American Olympic wrestler.[462]
- Edmond Jacobs, 83, Luxembourgish cyclist.[463]
- Helmer Ringgren, 94, Swedish theologian.[464]
- Stella Tanner, 87, British actress.[465]
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- Dale Baker, 73, Australian politician, South Australian MHA for MacKillop (1985–1997); Leader of the Opposition (1990–1992), motor neurone disease.[466]
- Sohen Biln, 72, Canadian Olympic rower.[467]
- Hugo Biermann, 95, South African admiral.[468]
- Roger Cooke, 71, American artist and muralist.[469]
- Millôr Fernandes, 87, Brazilian cartoonist, humorist, and playwright, multiple organ failure.[470]
- Ademilde Fonseca, 91, Brazilian Choro singer.[471]
- Marc Gervais, 82, Canadian Jesuit, writer, and film professor, complications of dementia.[472]
- Larry Haws, 72, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (2006–2010), brain cancer.[473]
- Harold G. Hillam, 77, American leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[474]
- Anatoly Kikin, 71, Soviet and Russian footballer and coach.[475]
- Hilton Kramer, 84, American art critic, co-founder of The New Criterion.[476]
- Adrienne Rich, 82, American feminist poet and essayist, complications of rheumatoid arthritis.[477]
- Warren Stevens, 92, American actor (Forbidden Planet, The Barefoot Contessa, Return to Peyton Place), lung disease.[478]
- Micah True, 58, American ultramarathon runner.[479]
- Garry Walberg, 90, American actor (Quincy, M.E., The Odd Couple, Peyton Place), COPD and heart failure.[480]
- Daniel Zamudio, 24, Chilean homosexual, beaten.[481]
- Alim Zankishiev, 30, Russian insurgent, leader in the Caucasus Emirate, killed.[482]
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- Fred Anderson, 78, Australian rugby league player.[483]
- John Arden, 81, English playwright.[484]
- Alexander Arutiunian, 91, Armenian composer.[485]
- Etel Billig, 79, American actress, brain aneurysm.[486]
- Leonard Braithwaite, 88, Canadian lawyer and politician.[487]
- Walker Calhoun, 93, Cherokee musician, dancer, and teacher.[488]
- Jacques Carelman, 83, French painter, illustrator and designer.[489]
- Harry Crews, 76, American author, neuropathy.[490]
- T. Damodaran, 77, Indian screenwriter.[491]
- Ruth M. Davis, 83, American computer scientist and civil servant.[492]
- Hans van den Doel, 74, Dutch economist and politician, Member of the House of Representatives (1967–1973).[493]
- Joy G. Dryfoos, 86, American sociologist, cardiac arrest.[494]
- Alberto María Fonrouge, 99, Argentine politician and lawyer.[495]
- Jerry McCain, 81, American blues musician.[496]
- Willie May, 75, American Olympic hurdle medalist (1960), amyloidosis.[497]
- Erkki Nordberg, 65, Finnish colonel and war correspondent.[498]
- Brian Phillips, 80, English footballer (Mansfield Town).[499]
- William Sampson, 52, Canadian author, heart attack.[500]
- Earl Scruggs, 88, American bluegrass musician, natural causes.[501]
- Sergei Solnechnikov, 31, Russian military officer, grenade explosion.[502]
- Eduard Steinberg, 76, Russian painter, cancer.[503]
- Neil Travis, 75, American film editor (Dances with Wolves, Stepmom, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines), Oscar winner (1991).[504]
- Addie L. Wyatt, 88, American labor and civil rights leader, long illness.[505]
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- Mortimer H. Appley, 90, American psychologist and academic administrator.[506]
- P. S. Appu, 83, Indian civil servant.[507]
- Luke Askew, 80, American actor (Cool Hand Luke, Easy Rider, The Green Berets).[508]
- Ioannis Banias, 72, Greek politician.[509]
- Borgia, 18, German racehorse, euthanized.[510]
- Jonathan Bowden, 49, British politician.[511]
- Bill Brett, Baron Brett, 70, British trade unionist and politician.[512]
- Liv Buck, 83, Norwegian trade unionist.[513]
- Olimpia Cavalli, 81, Italian actress (Vanina Vanini, The Thursday, His Women).[514]
- John S. Chase, 87, American architect.[515]
- Pap Cheyassin Secka, 69, Gambian politician.[516]
- Paulino Reale Chirina, 88, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Venado Tuerto (1989–2000).[517]
- Gerald Estrin, 90, American computer science pioneer.[518]
- Albert Hadley, 91, American interior decorator, cancer.[519]
- Bill Jenkins, 81, American NHRA drag racer.[520]
- Hone Kaa, 71, New Zealand church leader, cancer.[521]
- Kenneth Libo, 74, American historian of Jewish immigration.[522]
- Oksana Makar, 18, Ukrainian rape and murder victim.[523]
- John Mallison, 82, Australian pastor.[524]
- Montjeu, 16, Irish racehorse, sepsis.[525]
- Ray Narleski, 83, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians), natural causes.[526]
- Joel Olson, 45, American political science professor.[527]
- Michael Peterson, 59, Australian surfer, heart attack.[528]
- Frank H. Strickler, 92, American defense lawyer.[529]
- David Walter, 64, British journalist, cancer.[530]
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- Janet Anderson Perkin, 90, Canadian baseball player and curler.[531]
- Raja Ashman Shah, 53, Malaysian royal, son of the Sultan of Perak, asthma attack.[532]
- Rex Babin, 49, American cartoonist (The Sacramento Bee), cancer.[533]
- Robert Beezer, 83, American federal judge, lung cancer.[534]
- Jorge Carpizo McGregor, 67, Mexican jurist, complications from surgery.[535]
- James Chowning Davies, 93, American sociologist.[536]
- Ron Gaunt, 78, Australian cricketer.[537]
- Kees Guyt, 58, Dutch footballer (AZ'67).[538]
- Rich Jeffries, 73, American television announcer (The Price Is Right).[539]
- Aquila Berlas Kiani, 90–91, Indian academic.[540]
- Barry Kitchener, 64, English footballer (Millwall), cancer.[541]
- Viktor Kosichkin, 74, Russian Olympic speed skating gold and silver medalist (1960).[542]
- Francesco Mancini, 43, Italian footballer (Foggia), heart attack.[543]
- Addie Morrow, 83, Northern Irish politician.[544]
- Emrys Roberts, 82, Welsh poet and author, Archdruid of Wales (1987–1990).[545]
- Granville Semmes, 84, American entrepreneur, founder of 1-800-Flowers.[546]
- Leonid Shebarshin, 77, Russian KGB interim Chairman (1991), suicide by gunshot.[547]
- Tenga Rinpoche, 80, Tibetan lama.[548]
- Ioannis Vasileiadis, 88, Greek politician and admiral, Minister of Public Order (1990–1991).[549]
- Erich Wenk, 86, German bass-baritone.[550]
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- Judith Adams, 68, New Zealand-born Australian politician, Senator for Western Australia (since 2005), breast cancer.[551]
- Beatrice Brumby, 98, Australian pastoral and tourism pioneer.[552]
- G. Emerson Cole, 93, American radio broadcaster.[553]
- Dale R. Corson, 97, American physicist, President of Cornell University (1969–1977), heart failure.[554]
- Cosmas Desmond, 76, South African priest and activist.[555]
- Grand Slam, 17, American thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1997 Belmont Futurity Stakes and Champagne Stakes, heart failure.[556]
- Bernard Gruenke, 99, American stained glass artist.[557]
- Lise London, 96, French resistance fighter, widow of Artur London.[558]
- Jerry Lynch, 81, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds), prostate cancer.[559]
- Galina Savenko, 46, Russian Olympic sprint canoer.[560]
- Alberto Sughi, 83, Italian painter.[561]
- Halbert White, 61, American economist, cancer.[562]
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