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Deaths in March 2013
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The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2013.
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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March 2013
1
- Jewel Akens, 79, American R&B singer ("The Birds and the Bees"), complications from back surgery.[1]
- Janez Albreht, 87, Slovenian actor.[2]
- Campbell Armstrong, 69, Scottish author.[3]
- Chris Canavan, 84, British actor (Coronation Street).[4]
- W. Gene Corley, 77, American consulting engineer.[5]
- Helga Cranston, 91, German film editor.[6]
- Robert Danhof, 87, American judge, member (1969–1992) and Chief Judge (1976–1992) of the Michigan Court of Appeals.[7]
- Bonnie Franklin, 69, American actress (One Day at a Time, The Young and the Restless, Please Don't Eat the Daisies), pancreatic cancer.[8]
- Mukesh Gadhvi, 50, Indian politician, MP for Banaskantha, complications from a stroke.[9]
- Sammy Guillen, 88, Trinidadian-born New Zealand cricketer, represented both countries.[10]
- D. V. J. Harischandra, 74, Sri Lankan psychiatrist and Buddhist scholar, complications from a heart attack.[11]
- Margaret Johansen, 89, Norwegian novelist.[12]
- Gaynelle Griffin Jones, 64, American lawyer and judge, US Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, member of the Texas Court of Appeals, cancer.[13]
- Pat Keen, 79, English actress (Fawlty Towers, Shadowlands).[14]
- Naw Kham, 43, Burmese drug lord, execution by lethal injection.[15]
- Magic, 37, American rap vocalist (Sky's the Limit), traffic collision.[16]
- Ric Menello, 60, American writer (Two Lovers), music video director ((You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)), heart attack.[17]
- John Paul Miller, 94, American goldsmith.[18]
- Trevor Morley, 79, English cricketer.[19]
- Erich Pennekamp, 83, German Olympic water polo player.[20]
- Rafael Puyana, 81, Colombian harpsichordist.[21]
- Sir Alan Smith, 95, British World War II Spitfire fighter ace.[22]
- Ken Stanley, 91, English table tennis player.[23]
- Gabriel Vanel, 88, French Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Auch (1985–1996).[24]
- Ludwig Zausinger, 84, German footballer.[25]
2
- Phillip Bonosky, 96, American novelist and journalist.[26]
- Tom Borland, 80, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), MVP of the College World Series (1955).[27]
- Francesca Forrellad, 85, Spanish writer, aneurysm.[28]
- Peter Harvey, 68, Australian television journalist (Nine Network), pancreatic cancer.[29]
- William F. Hyland, 89, American politician and lawyer, New Jersey Attorney General (1974–1978).[30]
- Jimmy Jackson, 81, Scottish footballer (Notts County).[31]
- Eriya Kategaya, 67, Ugandan politician, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Affairs.[32]
- Giorgos Kolokithas, 67, Greek basketball player, cardiac arrest.[33]
- Thomas McEvilley, 73, American art critic and academic, complications from cancer.[34]
- Master O'Reilly, 10, New Zealand-bred Australian racehorse, winner of Caulfield Cup (2007).[35]
- Bryce Rope, 90, New Zealand All Blacks rugby union coach (1983–1984).[36]
- Hans Schnitger, 97, Dutch Olympic bronze-medalist field hockey player (1936).[37]
- Shabnam Shakeel, 70, Pakistani poet and author.[38]
- Bjørn Skau, 84, Norwegian politician, Minister of Justice and the Police (1981).[39]
- Zdeněk Švestka, 87, Czech astronomer.[40]
- Jorge Vago, 85, Argentine Olympic sailor.[41]
3
- Zora Kramer Brown, 63, American breast cancer awareness advocate, ovarian cancer.[42]
- Luis Cubilla, 72, Uruguayan footballer (River Plate, Nacional), stomach cancer.[43]
- Rik De Saedeleer, 89, Belgian football player (KV Mechelen) and journalist.[44]
- Johann Eekhoff, 71, German economist.[45]
- Col Firmin, 72, Australian politician.[46]
- Jaime Guadalupe González Domínguez, 38, Mexican journalist, shot.[47]
- Plamen Goranov, 36, Bulgarian rights activist, self-immolation.[48]
- Müslüm Gürses, 59, Turkish singer and actor, complications from heart surgery.[49]
- Johnny Hanks, 78, New Zealand boxer.[50]
- Junior Heffernan, 23, Irish triathlete and racing cyclist, race collision.[51]
- Gerald D. Klee, 86, American psychiatrist and LSD expert, involved in hallucinogenic drug research for US Army, complications following surgery.[52]
- Manfred Kremser, 62, Austrian ethnologist.[53]
- Danie G. Krige, 93, South African mining engineer and geologist.[54]
- Richard Matthews, 60, South African Emmy- and BAFTA Award-winning wildlife filmmaker (BBC Natural History Unit), plane crash.[55]
- Bobby Rogers, 73, American soul singer and songwriter (The Miracles), complications from diabetes.[56]
- José Sancho, 68, Spanish actor, lung cancer.[57]
- Song Wenfei, 27, Chinese actress, uterine cancer.[58]
- James Strong, 68, Australian businessman, CEO of Qantas (1993–2001), complications from lung surgery.[59]
- George Wearring, 84, Canadian Olympic basketball player (1952).[60]
- Donald W. Zacharias, 77, American academic, President of MSU (1985–1997).[61]
4
- José Almandoz, 75, Spanish Olympic rower.[62]
- Lillian Cahn, 89, American businesswoman, co-founder of Coach, Inc. and designer of the Coach handbag[63]
- Bill Dankbaar, 60, Australian Olympic rower.[64]
- Menachem Froman, 67, Israeli settler and chief rabbi, colorectal cancer.[65]
- Dic Goodman, 93, Welsh poet.[66]
- Harry Greene, 89, Welsh actor and television personality, creator of Changing Rooms and DIY SOS.[67]
- Chick Halbert, 94, American basketball player.[68]
- Seki Matsunaga, 84, Japanese footballer.[69]
- Mickey Moore, 98, Canadian-born American actor and director, heart failure.[70]
- Maurus Nekaro, 57, Namibian politician, Governor of Kavango Region (since 2010), hypertension.[71]
- Tom Pennington, 73, American football player (Georgia Bulldogs, Dallas Texans).[72]
- George Petherbridge, 85, English footballer (Bristol Rovers).[73]
- Jérôme Savary, 70, Argentine-born French theater director and actor, cancer.[74]
- Hobart Muir Smith, 100, American herpetologist.[75]
- Toren Smith, 52, Canadian manga publisher and translator.[76]
- Fran Warren, 87, American singer ("Sunday Kind of Love") and actress (Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd).[77]
5
- Paul Bearer, 58, American professional wrestling manager (WWF), upper respiratory infection.[78]
- Hugo Chávez, 58, Venezuelan politician and military officer, President (since 1999), heart attack.[79]
- Stephen Citron, 89, American composer and biographer.[80]
- Nigel Forbes, 22nd Lord Forbes, 95, Scottish soldier, businessman and politician, Minister of State for Scotland (1958–1959).[81]
- Calvin Fowler, 73, American Olympic gold medallist basketball player (1968).[82]
- Charles Galbreath, 87, American politician and judge, member of the Tennessee House (1960–1968) and Court of Appeals (1968–1978), pneumonia.[83]
- Duane Gish, 92, American creationist.[84]
- Gorō Naya, 83, Japanese voice actor (Lupin III, Kamen Rider, Space Battleship Yamato), chronic respiratory failure.[85]
- Dawn Clark Netsch, 86, American politician, member of the Illinois State Senate (1972–1990), Illinois Comptroller (1991–1995), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[86]
- Dieter Pfaff, 65, German actor, lung cancer.[87]
- Rajasulochana, 77, Indian actress and dancer, renal failure.[88]
- Robert Relyea, 82, American film producer (West Side Story, Bullitt), natural causes.[89]
- Melvin Rhyne, 76, American jazz organist.[90]
- Hikmat al-Shihabi, 82, Syrian military leader.[91]
- Tommy Smith, 75, American jockey.[92]
- Arthur Storch, 87, American theatrical director and actor, founder of Syracuse Stage.[93]
- Luc Wallays, 51, Belgian cyclist, cancer.[94]
- Tove Wallenstrøm, 98, Danish actress.[95]
- Bill Walters, 69, American politician, member of the Arkansas Senate (1982–2000), pancreatic cancer.[96]
6
- Maciej Berbeka, 58, Polish mountaineer, climbing accident.[97]
- Dave Bewley, 92, English footballer (Watford).[98]
- Sabine Bischoff, 54, German Olympic champion fencer (1984).[99]
- Chorão, 42, Brazilian singer-songwriter (Charlie Brown Jr.), skateboarder and screenwriter, cocaine overdose.[100]
- Ahmed Zaman Chowdhury, 65, Bangladeshi film journalist, screenwriter and lyricist, road accident.[101]
- W. Wallace Cleland, 83, American biochemist.[102]
- Stompin' Tom Connors, 77, Canadian country-folk singer ("The Hockey Song", "Bud the Spud"), kidney failure.[103]
- Ward de Ravet, 88, Belgian actor.[104]
- Keld Helmer-Petersen, 92, Danish art photographer.[105]
- Takashi Iwashige, 58, Japanese manga artist.[106]
- Abdul Jalil, 74, Bangladeshi politician, MP for Naogaon District.[107]
- Sir Norman King, 79, British vice admiral and naval secretary.[108]
- Alvin Lee, 68, British guitarist (Ten Years After), complications from surgery.[109]
- Carlo Lotti, 96, Italian engineer.[110]
- Jack Marshall, 86, Australian rugby player.[111]
- Paddy McIlvenny, 88, Northern Irish footballer.[112]
- Andrei Panin, 50, Russian actor.[113]
- John Spence, 83, Saint Vincent-born Trinidadian politician and botanist, member of the Trinidad Senate (1987–2000), heart attack.[114]
- Roland Trebicka, 65, Albanian actor, lung cancer.[115]
- Bernarda Vásquez Méndez, 95, Costa Rican suffragist, first country's female to vote.[116]
- Mike Walker, 101, American engineer.[117]
7
- Kenny Ball, 82, English jazz trumpeter, pneumonia.[118]
- Peter Banks, 65, English rock guitarist (Yes), heart failure.[119]
- Cleto Bellucci, 91, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Fermo (1976–1997).[120]
- Ruth Booker-Bryant, 89, American human rights activist.[121]
- John J. Byrne, 81, American insurance executive, Chairman of White Mountains Insurance Group (GEICO, Overstock.com), cancer.[122]
- Sybil Christopher, 83, Welsh actress.[123]
- Dirk Coetzee, 67, South African paramilitary commander (Vlakplaas), kidney failure.[124]
- Didier Comès, 70, Belgian comedic artist.[125]
- Beatriz Consuelo, 80, Brazilian-born Swiss ballerina and dance instructor.[126]
- Damiano Damiani, 90, Italian film director (Amityville II: The Possession).[127]
- Max Ferguson, 89, British-born Canadian radio broadcaster, heart attack.[128]
- Barbara Goldschmidt, 91, Israeli painter.[129]
- Dick Graham, 90, British football manager (Colchester United F.C.), heart condition.[130]
- Harold Hunter, 86, American basketball coach (Tennessee State University), first African-American to sign NBA contract.[131]
- Frederick B. Karl, 88, American judge and politician, member of Florida House of Representatives (1956–1964), Senate (1968–1972) and Florida Supreme Court (1976–1978).[132]
- Stan Keery, 81, English footballer (Crewe Alexandra).[133]
- Claude King, 90, American country music singer ("Wolverton Mountain").[134]
- Freda Linde, 97, South African children's writer and translator.[135]
- Ray Martin, 87, American baseball player (Boston Braves).[136]
- Willie McCulloch, 85, Scottish footballer.[137]
- Els Noordhof, 89, Dutch artist.[138]
- Ali Al Numairy, 55, Emirati plastic surgeon, traffic accident.[139]
- Alfred Post, 86, German Olympic footballer (1952).[140]
- Pao Sarasin, 83, Thai politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1992), Interior Minister (1992), blood infection.[citation needed]
- Jeffrey Skitch, 85, British opera singer and educator.[141]
- Jake Striker, 79, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox).[27]
- Willy Switkes, 83, American character actor (Tootsie), colon cancer.[142]
- Elmar Tampõld, 92, Estonian-born Canadian architect.[143]
- Carl Thomas, 80, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians).[27]
- Jacques Torczyner, 98, Belgian political leader, President of the ZOA (1968–1973).[144]
- Jan Zwartkruis, 87, Dutch football coach (national team).[145]
8
- Haseeb Ahsan, 73, Pakistani cricketer.[146]
- Rolando Bojórquez Gutiérrez, 45, Mexican politician.[147]
- Hartmut Briesenick, 63, German Olympic bronze medallist shot put athlete (1972).[148]
- Hardin Cox, 85, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (1965–1975) and Missouri Senate (1975–1983).[149]
- Ricardo da Force, 45, English dance vocalist (The KLF, N-Trance), brain hemorrhage.[150]
- Toby Graham, 92, British Olympic (1956) cross-country skier and university professor.[151]
- Hakob Hakobian, 89, Armenian artist, heart attack.[152]
- Carlos Jáuregui, 80, Chilean–Canadian chess master.[153]
- Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, 90, German Army officer and publisher, last surviving member of the 20 July plot.[154]
- Jürg Marmet, 85, Swiss mountaineer, third person to summit Mount Everest (1956).[155]
- Enda Marren, 78, Irish lawyer.[156]
- Sammy Masters, 82, American rockabilly musician.[157]
- Tony Maxworthy, 79, British-American physicist.[158]
- John O'Connell, 86, Irish politician, TD for Dublin South-West (1965–1993), Minister for Health (1992–1993) and MEP for European Parliament (1979–1981).[159]
- Kai Pahlman, 77, Finnish footballer.[160]
- George Saimes, 71, American football player (Buffalo Bills, Denver Broncos), leukemia.[161]
- Rudolf Schiffl, 71, German Olympic archer.[162]
- Ludwig Schulze, Papua New Guinean politician.[163]
- Charles Thurstan Shaw, 98, British archaeologist.[164]
- Raymond Telles, 97, American politician and diplomat, Mayor of El Paso (1957–1961), Ambassador to Costa Rica (1961–1967).[165]
- Ian Wilson, 80, Irish cricketer.[166]
- Ginny Wood, 95, American environmentalist, founder of the Alaska Conservation Society.[167]
9
- Aasia, 60, Pakistani film actress.[168]
- Tengiz Amirejibi, 85, Georgian pianist.[169]
- Angelo J. Arculeo, 89, American politician.[170]
- Dave Bland, 83, Australian rules footballer.[171]
- Geoff Braybrooke, 77, British-born New Zealand politician, MP for Napier (1981–2002).[172]
- David Farmbrough, 83, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Bedford (1981–1993).[173]
- David Handley, 81, British Olympic cyclist (1960).[174]
- Max Jakobson, 89, Finnish diplomat and journalist.[175]
- Larry Martin, 69, American paleontologist, cancer.[176]
- Richard McIver, 71, American politician.[177]
- Paul Nassau, 83, American composer and lyricist.[178]
- Neneco Norton, 89, Paraguayan musician, composer and orchestra director.[179]
- Viren J. Shah, 86, Indian politician and industrialist, Governor of West Bengal (1999–2004), heart attack.[180]
- A. R. Shaw, 91, American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives.[181]
- Merton Simpson, 84, American artist, gallery owner and African art collector, complications from stroke, diabetes and dementia.[182]
10
- Larisa Avdeyeva, 87, Russian mezzo-soprano.[183]
- Edelmiro Amante, 79, Filipino politician, member of the House of Representatives (1987–1995, 2001–2004, 2007–2010), liver cancer.[184]
- Jim Anderson, 82, Canadian ice hockey player (Springfield Indians) and coach (Washington Capitals).[185]
- Brian Archer, 83, Australian politician, Senator for Tasmania (1975–1994).[186]
- Hugh Casey, 85, Northern Irish politician.[187]
- John Chick, 80, Australian football player (Carlton).[188]
- Robert Chrisman, 75, American poet, activist and editor (The Black Scholar), complications from heart failure.[189]
- Stanley Crowther, 87, British politician, MP for Rotherham (1976–1992).[190]
- Maurice Delarue, 93, French journalist.[191]
- Jacques Dupont, 91, French film director (Trapped by Fear).[192]
- Emilio Eiroa, 77, Spanish politician, President of the Government of Aragon (1991–1993).[193]
- Wolf Gorelik, 80, Russian conductor.[194]
- František Gregor, 74, Czech Olympic ice hockey player.[195]
- Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, 97, Welsh-born Swedish royal.[196]
- Tony Mansfield, 73, Irish hurling player and manager.[197]
- Antal Megyerdi, 73, Hungarian Olympic cyclist.[198]
- Ian Munro Ross, 85, British engineer and scientist, President of Bell Labs (1979–1991), pneumonia.[199]
- Frank Ruddle, 83, American cell and developmental biologist.[200]
- Metin Serezli, 79, Turkish actor, lung cancer.[201]
- Adalin Wichman, 91, American sculptor, designer of the Eclipse Award Trophy.[202]
- Masao Yamaguchi, 81, Japanese anthropologist, pneumonia.[203]
- Asa G. Yancey Sr., 96, American physician and academic.[204]
- Danny Zialcita, 72, Filipino filmmaker, stroke.[205]
11
- Erica Andrews, 43, Mexican drag performer, Miss Continental (2004), lung ailment.[206]
- Helga Arendt, 48, German Olympic sprinter (1988).[207]
- Martin Adolf Bormann, 82, German theologian.[208]
- Ignatius Anthony Catanello, 74, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (1994–2010).[209]
- Doug Christie, 66, Canadian lawyer and free speech activist, leader of the Western Block Party (since 2005), liver cancer.[210]
- Simón Alberto Consalvi, 85, Venezuelan politician and author, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1977–1979; 1985–1988), Minister of Interior and Justice (1988–1989).[211]
- Tony Gubba, 69, British journalist and sports commentator, leukaemia.[212]
- Raymond Kirsch, 71, Luxembourgish businessman and politician, President of the Council of State (2000–2001).[213]
- Lisa Lynch, 33, British journalist, breast cancer.[214]
- Maya Ray, 86, Indian politician, kidney failure.[215]
- Mitchell Melton, 69, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1969–1972), prostate cancer.[216]
- Ramankutty Nair, 87, Indian Kathakali maestro, recipient of the Padma Bhushan.[217]
- Robert Pecanka, 82, Austrian Olympic hockey player.[218]
- Jacquelin Perry, 94, American orthopedic surgeon, known for her treatment of polio.[219]
- Sripada Pinakapani, 99, Indian musician.[220]
- Florian Siwicki, 88, Polish military officer and politician, Minister of Military Affairs (1981–1990).[221]
- Boris Vasilyev, 88, Russian writer.[222]
12
- John Boncore, 61, American political activist, fall.[223]
- George Burditt, 90, American politician and lawyer.[224]
- Clive Burr, 56, British drummer (Iron Maiden), complications from multiple sclerosis.[225]
- Robert Castel, 79, French sociologist.[226]
- Stanley Cole, 89, American architect (EwingCole), designed Citizens Bank Park, pneumonia.[227]
- Michael Grigsby, 76, British documentary film maker.[228]
- John Holloway, 70, Australian public servant and diplomat, skin cancer and diabetes.[229]
- Kazzia, 13, German-foaled Irish thoroughbred horse, post-foaling complications.[230] (death announced on this date)
- Teresa Mattei, 92, Italian freedom fighter and politician, last female member of the Constituent Assembly, proposed mimosa as symbol of IWD.[231]
- George A. Norris, 84, Canadian artist and sculptor.[232]
- Gordon Pembery, 86, Welsh footballer.[233]
- Ray Perez, 74, American Olympic boxer.[234]
- Ganesh Pyne, 76, Indian painter, cardiac arrest.[235]
13
- José Guadalupe Cervantes Corona, 88, Mexican politician, Governor of Zacatecas (1980–1986).[236]
- Philip Crosfield, 88, Scottish Anglican priest.[237]
- Richard Davey, 74, Australian actor and playwright.[238]
- Léon Deladerrière, 85, French football player and coach.[239]
- Deke DeLoach, 92, American FBI agent and author.[240]
- Ducky Detweiler, 94, American baseball player (Boston Braves).[241]
- Werner Hofmann, 84, Austrian art historian, cultural journalist, writer, curator and museum director, heart attack.[242]
- Sir Tore Lokoloko, 82, Papua New Guinean politician, Governor-General (1977–1983).[243]
- Jack Marston, 64, English rugby league player, cancer.[244]
- Delia Meulenkamp, 77, Dutch-born American Olympic swimmer (1952).[245]
- Veer Bhadra Mishra, 74, Indian mahant and environmentalist, Time magazine "Hero of the Planet" (1999), lung infection.[246]
- Hans Moretti, 84, German illusionist and escapologist.[247]
- Gerard Sithunywa Ndlovu, 74, South African Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Umzimkulu (1986–1994).[248]
- Nelson Ne'e, 59, Solomon Islands politician, MP for Central Honiara (2006–2010).[249]
- Perween Rahman, 56, Pakistani activist, director of the Orangi Pilot Project, homicide.[250]
- Rolf Schult, 85, German voice actor.[251]
- Władysław Stachurski, 67, Polish football player and manager (Legia Warsaw, national team).[252]
- Malachi Throne, 84, American actor (It Takes a Thief, Star Trek, Catch Me If You Can), lung cancer.[253]
- Siegfried Weiß, 79, German Olympic skier.[254]
- Paul H. Wendler, 96, American politician.[255]
14
- William Sheridan Allen, 80, American historian.[256]
- Jim Barrett, 86, American wine pioneer and vineyard owner (Chateau Montelena).[257]
- Henry Besant, 40, English mixologist and businessman, heart attack.[258]
- Edward Bland, 86, American filmmaker and composer (The Cry of Jazz).[259]
- Walt Buck, 82, Canadian politician, Alberta MLA for Clover Bar (1967–1989), stomach cancer.[260]
- Stanford Cazier, 82, American educator, president of California State University, Chico (1971–1979) and Utah State University (1979–1992).[261]
- Norman Collier, 87, British comedian, Parkinson's disease.[262]
- Jack Curran, 82, American high school sports coach, complications from cancer and kidney failure.[263]
- Jack Greene, 83, American country music singer ("Statue of a Fool", "There Goes My Everything"), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[264]
- Subas Herrero, 69, Filipino comedian, respiratory failure.[265]
- Mirja Hietamies, 82, Finnish Olympic medal-winning (1952, 1956) cross-country skier.[266]
- Scott Kennedy, 47, American comedian.[267]
- John Konstantinos, 76, American football coach and administrator.[268]
- H. Coleman McGehee Jr., 89, American Episcopalian prelate, Bishop of Michigan (1973–1990).[269]
- François Narmon, 79, Belgian businessman and sports administrator.[270]
- Thomas Rhoad Jr., 89, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1983–2007).[271]
- Paul Rose, 69, Canadian political figure, leader of PDS (1996–2002), convicted kidnapper and murderer (October Crisis), stroke.[272]
- Aramais Sahakyan, 76, Armenian writer and politician.[273]
- Ieng Sary, 87, Vietnamese-born Cambodian politician, co-founder of the Khmer Rouge.[274]
- George Sossenko, 94, Russian military veteran (Spanish Civil War).[275]
- Harry Thomson, 72, Scottish footballer (Burnley F.C.), throat cancer.[276]
- Camilo Vives, 71, Cuban film producer (Lucía, Fresa y Chocolate).[277]
15
- P. Balasubramaniam, 53, Malaysian private investigator, alleged government conspiracy in the murder of Shaariibuugiin Altantuyaa, heart attack.[278]
- James Bonk, 82, American chemistry professor.[279]
- Bernard Cheese, 88, British painter and printmaker.[280]
- Docs Keepin Time, 25-26, American Quarter Horse.[281]
- Booth Gardner, 76, American politician, Governor of Washington (1985–1993), Parkinson's disease.[282]
- Hardrock Gunter, 88, American musician, complications of pneumonia.[283]
- Shannon Larratt, 39, Canadian editor and publisher (BMEzine).[284]
- Terry Lightfoot, 77, British jazz clarinettist.[285]
- Leverne McDonnell, 49, Australian actress (The Saddle Club, Phoenix), cancer.[286]
- Masamichi Noro, 78, Japanese aikidoka, founded Kinomichi.[287]
- Kallam Anji Reddy, 71, Indian chemical engineer and pharmaceutical executive, founder of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, liver cancer.[288]
- Dante Rossi, 76, Italian Olympic water polo player.[289]
- Jack Stevens, 83, Australian footballer.[290]
- Marcel van Cleemput, 86, French-born British toy designer.[291]
- Peter Worsley, 88, British sociologist.[292]
- Felipe Zetter, 89, Mexican footballer (Club Atlas, national team).[293]
16
- Trond Brænne, 59, Norwegian actor and author, stroke.[294]
- Larcenia Bullard, 65, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1992–2000) and Senate (2002–2012).[295]
- Leslie Gooday, 91, British architect.[296]
- Jamal Nazrul Islam, 74, Bangladeshi mathematical physicist and cosmologist, diabetes and heart disease.[297]
- Kong Ngai, 77, Chinese film and television actor (The Greed of Man), lung cancer.[298]
- Luchaa Mohamed Lamin, 60, Saharawi politician and diplomat, lung cancer.[299]
- Elizabeth Lindsay, 100, American track and field athlete.[300]
- José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz, 87, Argentine economist, Minister of Economy (1976–1981).[301]
- John Marvel, 86, American politician, member of the Nevada Assembly (1979–2005), lung disease.[302]
- David Mills, 75, English cricketer.[303]
- Jason Molina, 39, American singer-songwriter, multiple organ failure.[304]
- Yadier Pedroso, 26, Cuban baseball player, traffic collision.[305]
- Sol Rabinowitz, 88, American recording industry executive (Baton Records).[306]
- Michael Roarty, 84, American brewing advertising executive (Anheuser-Busch), created "This Bud's for you" slogan.[307]
- Ruchoma Shain, 98, American-born teacher and author.[308]
- Bobby Smith, 76, American singer (The Spinners), complications from influenza and pneumonia.[309]
- Marina Solodkin, 60, Russian-born Israeli politician, Member of Knesset (1996–2013), stroke.[310]
- Jae Spears, 90, American politician, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1974–1980) and West Virginia Senate (1980–1992).[311]
- Frank Thornton, 92, British actor (Are You Being Served?, Last of the Summer Wine, Gosford Park).[312]
17
- Blaster Al Ackerman, 73, American writer and artist.[313]
- Rudolf Battěk, 88, Czech sociologist, dissident and politician, recipient of the Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk.[314]
- Svein Blindheim, 96, Norwegian military officer, World War II resistance fighter and historian.[315]
- William B. Caldwell III, 87, American military officer, Commander General for the Fifth Army.[316]
- Grady Clay, 96, American journalist and landscape architect.[317]
- Steve Davis, 60, American college football player (University of Oklahoma), plane crash.[318]
- Rosine Delamare, 101, French costume designer (The Earrings of Madame de...).[319]
- André Fontaine, 91, French historian and journalist.[320]
- Lawrence Fuchs, 86, American academic.[321]
- Mitchell Hooks, 89, American artist, illustrator, and movie poster artist (Dr. No, The Sand Pebbles, El Dorado).[322]
- Jan van Houwelingen, 73, Dutch politician, State Secretary for Defence (1981–1989), Mayor of Haarlemmermeer (1994–2003).[323]
- Jean-Noël Lavoie, 85, Canadian politician.[324]
- John David Merwin, 91, American politician, Governor of the Virgin Islands (1958–1961).[325]
- Olivier Metzner, 63, French criminal lawyer, apparent suicide by drowning.[326]
- Akio Johnson Mutek, 55, South Sudanese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Torit (since 2007), kidney failure.[327]
- Umm Nidal, 63, Palestinian politician, multiple organ failure.[328]
- Peter Scott, 82, British burglar.[329]
- François Sermon, 89, Belgian footballer (R.S.C. Anderlecht).[330]
- A.B.C. Whipple, 94, American journalist and author.[331]
18
- Muhammad Mahmood Alam, 77, Pakistani military officer, General and flying ace (Indo-Pakistani War of 1965).[332]
- Mindy Baha El Din, 54, Egyptian environmentalist, complications from a stroke.[333]
- Henry Bromell, 65, American screenwriter and producer (Homeland, Chicago Hope, Northern Exposure), heart attack.[334]
- Clay Ford, 74, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (since 2007), cancer.[335]
- Earl Hersh, 80, American baseball player (Milwaukee Braves).[27]
- Ali İhsan Karayiğit, 85-86, Turkish football player.[336]
- Muhammad Khan, 84, Pakistani Olympic boxer.[337]
- Mary Ellen Rudin, 88, American mathematician.[338]
- Robin Williams, 93, New Zealand mathematician, university administrator and civil servant, member of the Manhattan Project.[339]
19
- Khalid Ahmad, 69, Pakistani poet and journalist, lung cancer.[340]
- Ryan Birch, 43, British judoka, traffic collision.[341]
- Tom Clements, 58, American civil servant, head of the Colorado Department of Corrections (since 2011), shot.[342]
- Desmond Drummer, 72, South African cricketer.[343]
- Eyvind Fjeld Halvorsen, 90, Norwegian academic.[344]
- Holger Juul Hansen, 88, Danish actor.[345]
- Lester Lewis, 46, American television writer and producer (The Office, Caroline in the City, The PJs), suicide.[346]
- Valentino Macchi, 75, Italian actor.[347]
- Lori March, 90, American television actress.[348]
- Sir Fergus Montgomery, 85, British politician, MP for Newcastle upon Tyne East (1959–1964), Brierley Hill (1967–1974), and Altrincham and Sale (1974–1997).[349]
- Seijin Noborikawa, 80, Japanese folk musician.[350]
- Bud Palmer, 91, American sportscaster and basketball player (New York Knicks), cancer.[351]
- David Parland, 42, Swedish musician (Dark Funeral), suicide.[352]
- Irina Petrescu, 71, Romanian actress, cancer.[353]
- Harry Reems, 65, American porn actor (Deep Throat), pancreatic cancer.[354]
- Adeline Smith, 95, American Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe elder, developed the Klallam language alphabet and first dictionary.[355]
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- George Barrow, 91, American jazz saxophonist.[356]
- Eddie Bond, 79, American rockabilly singer, complications from Alzheimer's disease.[357]
- Rena Golden, 51, Indian-born American journalist (CNN, The Weather Channel), lymphoma.[358]
- James Herbert, 69, English horror writer (The Rats).[359]
- Vasile Ianul, 67, Romanian football player and executive, Chairman of Dinamo Bucharest (1985–1994), cardiac arrest.[360]
- Robert W. Johnson, 88, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1963–1975).[361]
- George Lowe, 89, New Zealand-born British mountaineer, explorer and film director, last participant of the 1953 British Mount Everest Expedition.[362]
- Vijay A. Madgavkar, 98, Indian badminton player.[363]
- Antonio Manganelli, 62, Italian police chief, head of Polizia di Stato (since 2007), complications of cancer.[364]
- Frederic Mayer, 81, American operatic tenor.[365]
- Leslie Milnes, 90, New Zealand cricketer.[366]
- Nicholas C. Petris, 90, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1958–1966); State Senator (1966–1996), Alzheimer's disease.[367]
- Zillur Rahman, 84, Bangladeshi politician, President (since 2009).[368]
- Jesse Rogers, 79, American baseball player (Kansas City Monarchs).[369]
- Emílio Santiago, 66, Brazilian singer, complications from a stroke.[370]
- Stefano Simoncelli, 66, Italian Olympic medal-winning (1976) fencer.[371]
- Nasser El Sonbaty, 47, German professional bodybuilder.[372]
- Risë Stevens, 99, American operatic mezzo-soprano.[373]
- Jack Stokes, 92, English animation director (Yellow Submarine, Heavy Metal).[374]
- Calvert Watkins, 80, American Indo-European linguist, Harvard professor and author.[375]
- Jerry E. Wilkerson, 68, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives.[376]
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- Chinua Achebe, 82, Nigerian poet, professor and novelist (Things Fall Apart, Anthills of the Savannah).[377]
- Terry Alderete, 67, American businesswoman, cardiac arrest.[378]
- Joseph Blewett, 87, South African cricketer.[379]
- Mohamed Said Ramadan Al-Bouti, 83, Turkish-born Syrian cleric, bombing.[citation needed]
- Angus Carmichael, 87, Scottish footballer.[380]
- Ernest Chapman, 86, Australian Olympic rower.[381]
- Jim Crowley, appr. 82, American football coach.[382]
- Isagani Cruz, 88, Filipino judge, member of the Supreme Court (1986–1994).[383]
- Yvan Ducharme, 75, Canadian humorist and actor, COPD.[384]
- David Fisher, 66, English artist, cancer.[385]
- Tyrone Gilks, 19, Australian motorcycle stunt rider, collision during practice.[386]
- Rick Hautala, 64, American horror author, heart attack.[387]
- Harlon Hill, 80, American football player (Chicago Bears), MVP (1955), Rookie of the Year (1954).[388]
- Angelo Ingrassia, 89, American judge, member of the New York Supreme Court (1982–1999).[389]
- Sir Ewan Jamieson, 82, New Zealand military officer, Chief of Air Force (1979–1983), Chief of Defence Force (1983–1986).[390]
- Cornelis H. A. Koster, 69, Dutch computer scientist, traffic collision.[391]
- Ludwig Leitner, 73, German Olympic (1964) alpine skier and world champion .[392]
- Pietro Mennea, 60, Italian Olympic medal-winning (1972, 1980) sprinter and politician, cancer.[393]
- Moondog Spike, 62, American wrestler.[394]
- Robert Nichols, 88, American character actor (Giant).[395]
- Jörgen Ohlin, 75, Swedish footballer (Malmö FF).[396]
- Max Oldmeadow, 88, Australian politician, MP for Holt (1972–1975).[397]
- Aníbal Paz, 95, Uruguayan footballer.[398]
- Herschel Schacter, 95, American rabbi, natural causes.[399]
- Joe Burt Scott, 92, American baseball player, stroke.[400]
- Bruce Skeggs, 80, Australian politician and trotting commentator.[401]
- Ken Wellman, 82, Australian ice hockey player.[402]
- Giancarlo Zagni, 86, Italian director and screenwriter (La bellezza di Ippolita).[403]
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- John U. Bascom, 87, American surgeon.[404]
- Vladimír Čech, 61, Czech actor, television presenter and politician, colorectal cancer and pneumonia.[405]
- Leszek Gondek, 74, Polish historian.[406]
- Bernard Green, 60, British priest and historian, heart attack.[407]
- Fred Jones, 75, English football player (Hereford United, Brighton).[408]
- Jimmy Lloyd, 73, English Olympic boxer, heart attack.[409]
- James Nabrit III, 80, American civil rights lawyer, lung cancer.[410]
- Thomas Qian Yurong, 99, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Xuzhou, ex-communicated then reconciled (2007).[411]
- Lee Scarpetti, 85, Italian-born American politician, member of the Connecticut Senate (1984–2000).[412]
- Christa Speck, 70, German model, Playboy Playmate (September 1961), Playmate of the Year (1962), natural causes.[413]
- Bebo Valdés, 94, Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger, Alzheimer's disease.[414]
- Robert D. Warren Sr., 84, American politician, member of the West Virginia Senate (1980–1988).[415]
- Derek Watkins, 68, British trumpeter, played on every James Bond soundtrack, cancer.[416]
- Ray Williams, 58, American basketball player (New York Knicks), colon cancer.[417]
23
- Sukhraj Aujla, 45, Indian folk singer, traffic collision.[418]
- Boris Berezovsky, 67, Russian business oligarch, government official and mathematician, coroner's open verdict.[419]
- David Bond, 90, British Olympic champion sailor (1948).[420]
- Muhammad Chudori, 86, Indonesian journalist, co-founder of The Jakarta Post.[421]
- Jean Crawford Cochrane, 98, Irish educator.[422]
- Onofre Corpuz, 86, Filipino academic and politician, Secretary of Education (1967–1971, 1979–1984).[423]
- Conrad Hyers, 79, American historian of religion.[424]
- Rapama Kamehozu, 63, Namibian politician, Governor of Omaheke (since 2012), Governor of Otjozondjupa (2011–2012), cancer.[425]
- Ruth A. Lucas, 92, first African American woman in the Air Force, cardiac arrest.[426]
- Norman R. Palmer, 94, American film and television editor (The Shaggy D.A., Ten Who Dared), natural causes.[427]
- Peter Sutton, 89, New Zealand Anglican clergyman, Bishop of Nelson (1965–1990).[428]
- Chandramani Tripathi, 66, Indian politician.[429]
- Virgil Trucks, 95, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).[430]
- Joe Weider, 93, Canadian publisher, co-founder of the International Federation of BodyBuilders, founder of Muscle & Fitness, heart ailment.[431]
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- Barbara Anderson, 86, New Zealand author.[432]
- Jo Inge Bjørnebye, 66, Norwegian Olympic ski jumper, cancer.[433]
- Walt Bodine, 92, American broadcaster.[434]
- Todd Breitenstein, 47, American game designer (Zombies!!!), cancer.[435]
- Harold Burns, 86, American politician, member (1972–2000) and Speaker of the New Hampshire House (1991–1996), Senate (2000–2002), throat cancer.[436]
- Čestmír Císař, 93, Czech politician, Chairman of the National Council (1968–1969).[437]
- Bob Colston, 84, British sports broadcaster, heart failure.[438]
- Mariana Drăgescu, 100, Romanian military pilot, natural causes.[439]
- Peter Duryea, 73, American actor (Star Trek, Bewitched, The Fugitive).[440]
- Mary Gillham, 91, English naturalist.[441]
- Hayden Griffin, 70, British scenic designer, cancer.[442]
- Derek Leaver, 82, English footballer (Blackburn Rovers).[443]
- Inge Lønning, 75, Norwegian theologian, educator, and politician.[444]
- Gury Marchuk, 87, Russian scientist.[445]
- Gerald Marwell, 76, American sociologist, social psychologist and behavioral economist.[446]
- Walker David Miller, 73, American senior judge, United States District Court for the District of Colorado (1996–2011).[447]
- Paolo Ponzo, 41, Italian footballer, heart attack.[448]
- Sir Joseph Pope, 98, British engineer and academic administrator.[449]
- Ratón, 11, Spanish fighting bull.[450]
- Deke Richards, 68, American Motown songwriter ("ABC", "Mama's Pearl", "Maybe Tomorrow"), esophageal cancer.[451]
- Mohamed Yousri Salama, 38, Egyptian political leader, stomach infection.[452]
- Francis Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow, 101, British diplomat, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahamas (1968–1972).[453]
- Jessica Upshaw, 53, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (since 2004), suicide by gunshot.[454]
- Susana Viau, 68, Argentine journalist, writer and political columnist, lung cancer.[455]
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- Léonce Bernard, 69, Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (2001–2006).[456]
- Ellen Einan, 81, Norwegian poet.[457]
- Wayne Fleming, 62, Canadian ice hockey coach (Philadelphia Flyers), brain cancer.[458]
- Ben Goldfaden, 99, American basketball player (Washington Capitols).[459]
- Peter Hearn, 87, English cricketer (Kent).[460]
- Anthony Lewis, 85, American journalist (The New York Times), winner of Pulitzer Prize (1955, 1963), kidney and heart failure.[461]
- Dafydd Llywelyn, 74, Welsh composer, pianist, conductor and teacher.[462]
- Majid-ul-Haq, 86, Bangladeshi Army officer and minister.[463]
- Jean Pickering, 83, English Olympic athlete.[464]
- Jean-Marc Roberts, 58, French editor, novelist, and screenwriter, cancer.[465]
- Lou Sleater, 86, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles), lung disease.[466]
- Jack Wiley, 92, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).[467]
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- Margie Alexander, 64, American R&B and soul singer.[468]
- Eddie Basha Jr., 75, American grocery businessman (Bashas').[469]
- Deepak Bharadwaj, 63, Indian politician, shot.[470]
- Tom Boerwinkle, 67, American basketball player (Chicago Bulls), myelodysplastic syndrome.[471]
- Sir Michael Gow, 88, British Army general.[472]
- Gillian Howie, 47, British philosopher, cancer.[473]
- Juanín, 72, Spanish footballer (Córdoba CF), complications following a stroke.[474]
- Krzysztof Kozłowski, 81, Polish journalist, Minister of the Interior and Administration (1990–1991), heart failure.[475]
- Martyl Langsdorf, 96, American visual artist, designer of the Doomsday Clock, lung infection.[476]
- Dave Leggett, 79, American football player (Chicago Cardinals), MVP of the 1955 Rose Bowl.[477]
- Claudio Lippi, 42, Italian sports journalist, traffic collision.[478]
- Giancarlo Martini, 65, Italian Formula One driver, co-founder and co-owner of Team Minardi.[479]
- Patricia McCormick, 83, American bullfighter.[480]
- Audrey McElmury, 70, American racing cyclist, female UCI Road World champion (1969).[481]
- Nikola Mladenov, 49, Macedonian journalist, traffic collision.[482]
- Jerzy Nowak, 89, Polish actor (Schindler's List).[483]
- Danilo Orozco, 68, Cuban musicologist.[484]
- Don Payne, 48, American television writer (The Simpsons) and screenwriter (Thor, My Super Ex-Girlfriend), bone cancer.[485]
- René Pirolley, 81, French Olympic swimmer.[486]
- Yury Rudov, 82, Soviet Olympic fencer.[487]
- Nikolai Sorokin, 61, Russian actor and director.[488]
- Sukumari, 72, Indian actress, complications from burn injury.[489]
- Archie Thompson, 93, American Yurok native elder.[490]
- Bill Walsh, 90, Irish hurler (Kilkenny GAA).[491]
- Jerzy Wyrobek, 63, Polish footballer.[492]
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- Hjalmar Andersen, 90, Norwegian triple Olympic champion (1952) speed skater, trauma due to a fall.[493]
- Yvonne Brill, 88, Canadian aerospace engineer (NASA), National Medal of Technology and Innovation (2011), complications from breast cancer.[494]
- Keith Burch, 81, British Army major general.[495]
- Gerald Curran, 74, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1967–1998), pancreatic cancer.[496]
- Alfredo De Gasperis, 79, Italian-born Canadian businessman, founder of ConDrain.[497]
- Orozimbo Fuenzalida, 87, Chilean Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San Bernardo (1987–2003).[498]
- Niraj Jain, 86, Indian Jain religious leader.[499]
- Roosevelt Jamison, 76, American songwriter ("That's How Strong My Love Is").[500]
- Fay Kanin, 95, American screenwriter, playwright and producer (Teacher's Pet, Friendly Fire), President of AMPAS (1979–1983).[501]
- Guillermo Luksic Craig, 57, Chilean businessman (Antofagasta Plc), lung cancer.[502]
- P. K. S. Raja, 100, Indian royal, Zamorin of Calicut.[503]
- Katharine Stewart, 98, English author, crofter, teacher and postmistress.[504]
- Paul Williams, 64, American music journalist, publisher (Crawdaddy!), and writer (Bob Dylan, Performing Artist), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[505]
- Will Zens, 92, American filmmaker.[506]
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- Gabriel M. Ambrosio, 74, American politician, member of the New Jersey Senate, cancer (1987–1992).[507]
- Jean-Paul Bonnaire, 69, French actor.[508]
- George E. P. Box, 93, British statistician.[509]
- Odis Echols, 82, American politician, member of the New Mexico Senate (1967–1976), dementia.[510]
- Manuel García Ferré, 83, Spanish-born Argentine cartoonist, complications of heart surgery.[511]
- John Findlater, 86, Scottish meteorologist.[512]
- Jerald G. Fishman, 67, American technology executive, CEO of Analog Devices (since 1996), heart attack.[513]
- Jean Floud, 97, British educational sociologist, Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge (1972–1983).[514]
- Richard Griffiths, 65, British actor (Withnail and I, The History Boys, Harry Potter), Tony winner (2006), complications from heart surgery.[515]
- Dale Hyatt, 87, American businessman.[516]
- Soraya Jiménez, 35, Mexican Olympic champion (2000) weightlifter, heart attack.[517]
- Hemed Khamis, 62, Tanzanian politician, stroke.[518]
- László Klauz, 46, Hungarian Olympic wrestler.[519]
- Hugh McCracken, 70, American rock and roll session musician, producer and arranger, leukemia.[520]
- Heinz Patzig, 83, German football player and manager (Eintracht Braunschweig).[521]
- Yuri Radonyak, 77, Soviet Olympic boxer.[522]
- Robert V. Remini, 91, American historian and academic, Historian of the United States House of Representatives (2005–2010), stroke.[523]
- Wolfgang Schulz, 67, Austrian concert flutist and university lecturer.[524]
- Shi Zongyuan, 66, Chinese politician.[525]
- Boris Strel, 53, Slovenian champion skier, suicide.[526]
- Bob Teague, 84, American college football player and television journalist, T-cell lymphoma.[527]
- Gus Triandos, 82, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles), heart failure.[528]
- John Charles Upton Jr., 56, American documentary film maker, shot.[529]
- Robert Zildjian, 89, American musical instrument manufacturer (Sabian), cancer.[530]
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- Joseph W. Alton, 94, American politician, member of the Maryland Senate (1963–1965).[531]
- Lawrence Auster, 64, American traditionalist conservative author and blogger, pancreatic cancer.[532]
- Anton Bühler, 90, Swiss Olympic equestrian.[533]
- Cheryl Chow, 66, American politician, brain cancer.[534]
- Linda S. Cordell, 70, American archaeologist and anthropologist.[535]
- Mike DeCicco, 85, American fencing coach (University of Notre Dame), coached five teams to national championships, heart failure.[536]
- Barrie Dobson, 81, British historian.[537]
- Reid Flair, 25, American professional wrestler, heroin overdose.[538]
- Warren Freer, 92, New Zealand politician, MP for Mt. Albert (1947–1981).[539]
- Reginald Gray, 82, Irish painter, stomach cancer.[540]
- John J. Gumperz, 91, American linguist and academic.[541]
- Sheila Holzworth, 51, American para-alpine skier, cancer.[542]
- István Hont, 65, Hungarian-born British historian.[543]
- Brian Huggins, 81, British-born Canadian journalist and actor (Trailer Park Boys).[544]
- Enzo Jannacci, 77, Italian singer-songwriter, actor and stand-up comedian, cancer.[545]
- Ralph Klein, 70, Canadian politician, Premier of Alberta (1992–2006), MLA for Calgary-Elbow (1989–2007), Mayor of Calgary (1980–1989), COPD and dementia.[546]
- William P. Levine, 97, United States Army officer.[547]
- Art Malone, 76, American drag racer, Indy car driver, and dragstrip owner, injuries sustained in an airboat collision.[548]
- Betty Marshall, 94, American politician, first female Mayor of York, Pennsylvania (1978–1982).[549]
- Luis Martínez Noval, 64, Spanish politician, Minister of Labor (1990–1993), complications from a fall.[550]
- Jim Mees, 57, American Emmy-winning set designer (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Perfect Strangers), pancreatic cancer.[551]
- Art Phillips, 82, Canadian politician, MP for Vancouver Centre (1979–1980), Mayor of Vancouver (1973–1977).[552]
- Ernesto Rubin de Cervin, 76, Italian composer and teacher.[553]
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- Brian Ackland-Snow, 72, British production designer (A Room with a View, The Dark Crystal, Death on the Nile), Oscar winner (1986).[554]
- Franco Califano, 74, Italian lyricist, musician, singer and actor, heart attack.[555]
- Sucharitha Gamlath, 79, Sri Lankan academic.[556]
- Eric Hertz, 58, American telecommunications executive, CEO of 2degrees (since 2009), plane crash.[557]
- Daniel Hoffman, 89, American poet, United States Poet Laureate (1973–1974).[558]
- Peter Kormos, 60, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP for Welland (1988–1999, 2007–2011) and Niagara Centre (1999–2007).[559]
- Francisco Javier López Peña, 55, Spanish Basque separatist leader (ETA), heart attack.[560]
- Mal Moore, 73, American college football player and coach, University of Alabama athletic director (1999–2013), pulmonary failure.[561]
- Samueli Naulu, 31, Fijian rugby union player, traffic collision.[562]
- Bobby Parks, 51, American basketball player and coach (Shell Turbo Chargers, University of Memphis), PBA Hall of Fame (2009), laryngeal cancer.[563]
- Phil Ramone, 79, South African-born American record producer, aortic aneurysm.[564]
- Edith Schaeffer, 98, American Christian leader and author.[565]
- Bob Turley, 82, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees), World Series MVP (1958), liver cancer.[566]
- Valeri Zolotukhin, 71, Russian actor (Bumbarash), brain tumor.[citation needed]
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- Rod Berry, 65, American politician, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1987–1991).[567]
- Charles Amarin Brand, 92, French Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Monaco (1981–1984) and Strasbourg (1984–1997).[citation needed]
- Ernie Bridge, 76, Australian politician, member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for Kimberley (1980–2001), mesothelioma.[568]
- W. E. Butts, 68, American poet, Poet Laureate of New Hampshire.[569]
- Helena Carroll, 84, Scottish actress (Rocky V, The Jerk).[570]
- Bob Clarke, 87, American illustrator (Mad magazine), complications of pneumonia.[571]
- Henry Clarke, 79, American businessman and venture capitalist, developed the Klondike bar.[572]
- Ray Drake, 78, English footballer (Stockport County).[573]
- Dick Duden, 88, American football player (New York Giants) and coach (United States Naval Academy).[574]
- Courtney Gonsalves, 62, Guyanese cricketer.[575]
- Ahmad Sayyed Javadi, 95, Iranian political activist and politician, Minister of Justice (1979), Minister of Interior (1979).[576]
- Sir Michael Jenkins, 77, British diplomat, Ambassador to the Netherlands (1988–1993).[577]
- Bebe Lee, 96, American basketball coach and administrator.[578]
- Mack McInnis, 79, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1976–1980, 1992–2000).[579]
- Gerlof Mees, 86, Dutch ichthyologist and ornithologist.[580]
- Pattycake, 40, western lowland gorilla, heart disease.[581]
- Ronnie Ray Smith, 64, American Olympic champion (1968) sprinter.[582]
- Dmitri Uchaykin, 32, Russian ice hockey player (HC Ertis-Pavlodar), cerebral hemorrhage.[583]
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