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The following is a list of notable deaths in May 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.
May 2013
1
- Martin Kevan, 66, Kenyan-born Canadian film and voice actor (Far Cry 3) and author, cancer.[1]
- Massimo Mollica, 84, Italian actor and stage director.[2]
- Pierre Pleimelding, 60, French football player (national team) and manager (SAS Épinal, Ivory Coast, FCSR Haguenau).[3]
- Henry Hope Reed Jr., 97, American architecture critic.[4]
- Gregory Rogers, 55, Australian children's book writer, cancer.[5]
- Ruby Stone, 89, American politician, member of the Idaho House of Representatives (1986–2002).[6]
- Stuart Wilde, 66, British writer and metaphysical teacher, heart attack.[7]
- Chob Yodkaew, 78, Thai economist and politician, stroke.[8]
2
- Sir Terence Beckett, 89, British businessman, Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry.[9]
- Marcel Bélanger, 92, Canadian academic.[10]
- Roddy Blackjack, 86, Canadian Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation elder and chief, architect of Yukon Land Claims agreement.[11]
- Elbert Crawford, 46, American football offensive lineman, heart attack.[12]
- Mihail Dolgan, 85, Moldovan professor.[13]
- Boris Elik, 83, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings).[14]
- Ernie Field, 70, English boxer, cancer.[15]
- Jeff Hanneman, 49, American guitarist (Slayer), liver failure.[16]
- Ken Lippiatt, 93, Australian rules footballer.[17]
- Joseph P. McFadden, 65, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Harrisburg (since 2010), heart attack.[18]
- Allen McKay, 86, British politician, MP for Penistone (1978–1983) and Barnsley West and Penistone (1983–1992).[19]
- Tancred Melis, 79, South African cricketer.[20]
- Danny Ray Mitchell, 69, American pastor, businessman and politician.[21]
- Dvora Omer, 80, Israeli author, recipient of the Israel Prize (2006).[22]
- Jo Pitt, 34, Scottish paralympic equestrian, pulmonary veno-occlusive disease.[23]
- Bob Rafkin, 69, American singer songwriter, cancer.[24]
- James E. Ramsey, 81, American politician, member of North Carolina House of Representatives (1963–1974), Speaker (1973–1974), complications from a stroke.[25]
- Harry Randall Jr., 86, American politician.[26]
- Sylvester Sanfilippo, 87, American pediatrician.[27]
- Gordon Sherwood, 83, American classical composer.[28]
- Sarabjit Singh, 49, Indian convicted spy, injuries sustained from blunt force trauma.[29]
- Ronald Thresher, 82, English cricketer.[30]
- Ivan Turina, 32, Croatian footballer (AIK Stockholm), cardiac dysrhythmia.[31]
- Selma Urfer, 85, Swiss author and actress.[32]
- Lefteris Voyatzis, 68, Greek theater actor and director, cancer.[33]
- Charles Banks Wilson, 94, American artist.[34]
3
- Joe Astroth, 90, American baseball player (Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics).[35]
- Herbert Blau, 87, American theater director, scholar and theorist, sarcomatoid carcinoma of the chest.[36]
- Cedric Brooks, 70, Jamaican musician (The Skatalites), cardiac arrest.[37]
- Keith Carter, 88, American Olympic silver medalist swimmer (1948).[38]
- Bruno Chersicla, 75, Italian painter and sculptor.[39]
- Walt Clay, 89, American football player.[40]
- Brad Drewett, 54, Australian tennis player and administrator, ATP Executive Chairman (2012–2013), motor neurone disease.[41]
- David Morris Kern, 103, American pharmacist, developed Orajel to fight toothaches.[42]
- Curtis Rouse, 52, American football player (Minnesota Vikings, San Diego Chargers).[43]
- Branko Vukelić, 55, Croatian politician, Minister of Defence (2008–2010), pancreatic cancer.[44]
- Sir David Innes Williams, 93, British paediatric urologist.[45]
4
- Bobbie Banda, 66, American Juaneño elder and activist, stroke.[46]
- Otis Bowen, 95, American politician, Governor of Indiana (1973–1981), Secretary of Health and Human Services (1985–1989).[47]
- Christian de Duve, 95, Belgian cytologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (1974), euthanasia.[48]
- Javier Diez Canseco, 65, Peruvian politician and sociologist, MP (1995–2000, 2001–2006, since 2011), pancreatic cancer.[49]
- Frederic Franklin, 98, British-born American ballet dancer and director, complications from pneumonia.[50]
- Sylvi Keskinen, 79, Finnish Olympic hurdler.[51]
- Ed Kringstad, 76, American politician, member of the North Dakota Senate (1995–2006).[52]
- Len Legault, 80, Canadian Football League player.[53]
- Alton Lemon, 84, American civil rights activist, Alzheimer's disease.[54]
- Fredric Lieberman, American ethnomusicologist, composer, music professor, and author, cardiac arrest.[55]
- Mario Machado, 78, American news anchor, journalist and actor (Scarface, RoboCop, St. Elmo's Fire), Parkinson's disease.[56]
- Jack Makari, 95, Lebanese-American cancer immunologist.[57]
- Sir Morgan Morgan-Giles, 98, British Royal Navy officer and politician, MP for Winchester (1964–1979).[58]
- David Noriega Rodríguez, 68, Puerto Rican politician and lawyer, member of the House of Representatives (1984–1996), pancreatic cancer.[59]
- César Portillo de la Luz, 90, Cuban Filin composer and interpreter.[60]
- Arquímedes Puccio, 83, Argentinian gang leader and serial killer (Puccio family), stroke.[61]
- Jacques Stockman, 74, Belgian footballer (R.S.C. Anderlecht).[62]
- John Swaim, 64, American attorney, Pennsylvania state legislator.[63]
- Wilbur Zelinsky, 91, American cultural geographer.[64]
5
- Jürg Amann, 65, Swiss author and dramatist.[65]
- Alan Arnell, 79, English footballer (Liverpool).[66]
- Sir Richard Barratt, 84, British police officer, Chief Inspector of Constabulary (1987–1990).[67]
- Peter Curtis, 83, Australian public servant and diplomat.[68]
- Lotfi Dziri, 67, Tunisian actor.[69]
- Rossella Falk, 86, Italian actress (8½, Modesty Blaise, The Legend of Lylah Clare).[70]
- William Havens, 94, American Olympic canoer (1948).[71]
- Grady Hunt, 91, American costume designer.[72]
- Dean Jeffries, 80, American car customizer, painter and stuntman (The Fugitive, Fletch).[73]
- Mazin Abu Kalal, Iraqi politician, bombing.[74]
- Sarah Kirsch, 78, German poet.[75]
- G. X. McSherry, 88, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (1982–1998).[76]
- Tore Magnussen, 74, Norwegian boxer.[77]
- Eugene Millerick, 88, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1986–1994).[78]
- Bill Orr, 78, American insurance executive, First Gentleman of Nebraska (1987–1991), COPD.[79]
- Leif Preus, 85, Norwegian photographer, founder of the Preus Museum.[80]
- Greg Quill, 66, Australian roots musician and entertainment critic (Toronto Star), pneumonia.[81]
- Robert Ressler, 76, American criminologist.[82]
- Hayri Sezgin, 52, Turkish Olympic wrestler.[83]
- Peu Sousa, 35, Brazilian guitarist (Nove Mil Anjos, Pitty) and record producer, suicide by hanging.[84]
- Dirk Vekeman, 52, Belgian footballer (RSC Anderlecht).[85]
- Helmin Wiels, 54, Curaçaoan politician, leader of Pueblo Soberano in the Estates of Curaçao (since 2010), shot.[86]
- Menachem Yedid, 95, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1965–1977).[87]
6
- Diana Keppel, Dowager Countess of Albemarle, 103, British aristocrat.[88]
- Giulio Andreotti, 94, Italian politician, Prime Minister (1972–1973, 1976–1979, 1989–1992), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1983–1989) and Lifetime Senator (since 1991).[89]
- Yordan Angelov, 59, Bulgarian Olympic silver medallist volleyball player (1980).[90]
- Severo Aparicio Quispe, 89, Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Cuzco (1978–1999).[91]
- Steve Carney, 55, English footballer (Newcastle United), pancreatic cancer.[92]
- Jānis Eglītis, 52, Latvian politician.[93]
- Fatima Grimm, 78, German translator, author and speaker.[94]
- Michel Knuysen, 83, Belgian Olympic silver medallist rower (1952).[95]
- Ian MacLeod, 53, Scottish footballer (Motherwell).[96]
- Esperanza Magaz, 91, Cuban-born Venezuelan television actress (RCTV), cancer.[97]
- Steve Martland, 58, English composer, heart attack.[98]
- Arnaldo Ninchi, 77, Italian actor, voice actor and basketball player.[99]
- Michelangelo Spensieri, 64, Canadian politician and lawyer, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Yorkview (1981–1985).[100]
- Anne-Lise Stern, 91, French psychoanalyst and Holocaust survivor.[101]
- Yang Tzuo-chow, 84, Taiwanese politician, MLY (1999–2002).[102]
7
- Al Fritz, 88, American bicycle developer and inventor (Schwinn Sting-Ray), complications from a stroke.[103]
- Ray Harryhausen, 92, American stop-motion animator (Jason and the Argonauts, Clash of the Titans, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad).[104]
- Kozo Igarashi, 87, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives, Chief Cabinet Secretary (1994–1995), pneumonia.[105]
- Balbino Jaramillo, 61, Colombian Olympic cyclist.[106]
- Gunnel Johansson, 90, Swedish artistic gymnast.[107]
- Joseba Larrinaga, 45, Spanish Paralympic athlete, traffic collision.[108]
- P. G. Lim, 96, British-born Malaysian diplomat and lawyer, Ambassador to the United Nations, Yugoslavia, Austria and the European Economic Community.[109]
- Ferruccio Mazzola, 65, Italian football player and manager.[110]
- Teri Moïse, 43, American singer, suicide.[111]
- Mark Perakh, 88, American scientist and blogger.[112]
- Peter Rauhofer, 48, Austrian DJ, remixer and record producer, Grammy Award (2000), brain cancer.[113]
- Romanthony, 45, American DJ, record producer and singer ("One More Time", "Make This Love Right"), complications from kidney disease.[114]
- Herbert Romerstein, 82, American anti–communist writer.[115]
- Mairuth Sarsfield, 88, Canadian broadcaster and author (No Crystal Stair).[116]
- George Sauer Jr., 69, American football player (New York Jets), heart failure.[117]
- Terezo, 59, Brazilian Olympic footballer.[118]
- Wiktor Tołkin, 91, Polish sculptor and architect.[119]
- Jan Villerius, 74, Dutch footballer, cancer.[120]
- Aubrey Woods, 85, British actor (Doctor Who, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory).[121]
8
- Dan Adkins, 76, American comic book artist (The Avengers, Doctor Strange, X-Men).[122]
- Jeanne Cooper, 84, American actress (The Young and the Restless).[123]
- Zia Fariduddin Dagar, 80, Indian dhrupad vocalist, musician and maestro.[124]
- Bryan Forbes, 86, British actor (The League of Gentlemen), film director (The Stepford Wives) and screenwriter (Chaplin).[125]
- Ralph Homan, 84, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1983–1986).[126]
- Brita Malmer, 87, Swedish numismatist.[127]
- Taylor Mead, 88, American writer and actor (Coffee and Cigarettes), stroke.[128]
- Juan José Muñoz, 62, Argentine businessman, President of Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, renal failure.[129]
- André Sana, 92, Iraqi Chaldean Catholic hierarch, Archbishop of Kirkuk (1977–2003).[130]
- Asaph Schwapp, 26, American football player (Hartford Colonials), non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.[131]
- Hugh J. Silverman, 67, American philosopher, cancer.[132]
- Géza Vermes, 88, Hungarian-born British theologian and Dead Sea Scrolls scholar, cancer.[133]
- Ken Whaley, 67, British rock musician (Man, Ducks Deluxe, Help Yourself), lung cancer.[134]
- Dallas Willard, 77, American author and philosopher, cancer.[135][unreliable source?]
- Ernie Winchester, 68, Scottish footballer.[136]
9
- Alan Abelson, 87, American financial writer, editor and columnist (Barron's), heart attack.[137]
- Fred Ashton, 82, American politician, Mayor of Easton, Pennsylvania (1968–1976).[138]
- Ramón Blanco, 61, Spanish football player and manager (RCD Mallorca, Cadiz), cerebral infarction.[139]
- Grete Dollitz, 88, German–born American radio presenter and classical guitarist.[140]
- Sanaullah Haq, 52, Pakistani convict, beaten.[141]
- Patterson Hume, 90, Canadian professor and science educator.[142]
- Bonnie Huy, 77, American politician, member of the Kansas House of Representatives (2001–2006).[143]
- Alfredo Landa, 80, Spanish actor, Alzheimer's disease.[144]
- George M. Leader, 95, American politician, Governor of Pennsylvania (1955–1959).[145]
- Humberto Lugo Gil, 79, Mexican politician, Governor of Hidalgo (1998–1999).[146]
- Dave Lyon, 74, Canadian Olympic track and field coach (1984, 1988, 1992, 2000).[147]
- Ottavio Missoni, 92, Italian fashion designer and Olympic hurdler (1948).[148]
- Paul Tangi Mhova Mkondo, 67, Zimbabwean businessman, cancer.[149]
- Huguette Oligny, 91, Canadian theatre actress.[150]
- Malcolm Shabazz, 28, American Islamist, grandson of Malcolm X, beaten.[151]
- Andrew Simpson, 36, British Olympic champion sailor (2008, 2012), catamaran capsize.[152]
- Joseph A. Steger, 76, American psychologist and academic, President of the University of Cincinnati (1984–2003).[153]
- Julia Tashjian, 74, American politician, Secretary of the State of Connecticut (1983–1991), heart attack.[154]
- Sadegh Tirafkan, 47, Iranian contemporary artist, brain cancer.[155]
- Ron Weaver, 75, American Emmy Award-winning television producer (The Bold and the Beautiful, Sesame Street).[156]
10
- Félix Agramont Cota, 95, Mexican politician and agricultural engineer, first Governor of Baja California Sur (1970–1975), myocardial infarction.[157]
- Barbara Brenner, 61, American health activist, executive director of Breast Cancer Action (1993–2010), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[158]
- Sir John Bush, 98, British Royal Navy admiral, Commander-in-Chief Western Fleet (1967–1970).[159]
- Barbara Callcott, 66, Australian actress, cancer.[160]
- Malcolm Clarke, 82, British marine biologist.[161]
- Jean Delobel, 80, French politician.[162]
- Vincent Dowling, 83, Irish actor and theatre director (The Playboy of the Western World), complications following surgery.[163]
- Laurence Haddon, 90, American actor (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Dallas, Knots Landing), Lewy body disease.[164]
- Brigitte Kiesler, 88, German Olympic gymnast.[165]
- Aleksey Komarov, 91, Russian Olympic rower (1952).[166]
- Boicho Kokinov, 52, Bulgarian cognitive scientist.[167]
- Hugh Mackay, 14th Lord Reay, 75, British peer, Member of the European Parliament (1973–1979), member of the House of Lords (since 1964).[168]
- Philippe Malivoire, 70, French rower.[169]
- Per Maurseth, 80, Norwegian historian and politician.[170]
- Malcolm Parkes, 83, English academic.[citation needed]
- John Shea Jr., 84, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1961–1962).[171]
- Wanade, 71, Kenyan television actress, cancer.[172]
- Al-Haj Suliman Yari, 76, Afghan politician.[173]
11
- Johnny Bos, 61, American boxer and author, heart failure.[174]
- Jack Butler, 85, American Hall of Fame football player (Pittsburgh Steelers), complications from a staph infection.[175]
- Emmanuelle Claret, 44, French biathlete, world champion (1996), leukemia.[176]
- Mike Davison, 67, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants).[177]
- Joe Farman, 82, British physicist, identified ozone hole.[178]
- Marianne Ferber, 90, Czech-born American feminist economist and author.[179]
- Doug Finley, 66, Canadian politician, Senator for Ontario (since 2009), Campaign Director during the 2006 and 2008 elections, colorectal cancer.[180]
- Ollie Mitchell, 86, American big band musician (The Wrecking Crew and original member of Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass), cancer.[181]
- Arnold Peters, 87, British actor (The Archers), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[182]
- Lenny Yochim, 84, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates), heart failure.[183]
12
- Judit Ágoston-Mendelényi, 76, Hungarian Olympic champion fencer (1964).[184]
- Samuel Aguilar, 80, Paraguayan footballer.[185]
- Sergei Alexeyev, 88, Russian politician, author of the Constitution of Russia, heart attack.[186]
- Daisy Avellana, 96, Filipino stage actor and director, National Artist of the Philippines for Theater and Film.[187]
- Doug Beasy, 83, Australian football player (Carlton).[188]
- Olaf B. Bjørnstad, 82, Norwegian ski jumper.[189]
- José García, 82, Chilean Olympic footballer.[190]
- George William Gray, 86, British scientist, recipient of the 1995 Kyoto Prize for Advanced Technology.[191]
- Mr. Kenneth, 86, American hairdresser (Jacqueline Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe), recipient of the Coty Award (1961).[192]
- Gerd Langguth, 66, German politician and political scientist.[citation needed]
- Daniel W. LeBlanc, 82, American judge, member of Louisiana Court of Appeals, cancer.[193]
- Toni Linhart, 70, Austrian-born American football player (Baltimore Colts), cancer.[194]
- Julian Malonso, 89, Filipino military man, educator and sports executive, lingering illness.[195][unreliable source?]
- Bill Miles, 82, American documentary filmmaker.[196]
- Félix Ramananarivo, 78, Malagasy Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Antsirabe (1994–2009).[citation needed]
- Francesco Renda, 91, Italian historian and politician.[197]
- Constantino Romero, 65, Spanish voice actor, television and radio host, motor neuron disease.[198]
- K. Bikram Singh, 75, Indian filmmaker, complications from liver failure.[199]
- Max Stadler, 64, German politician, member of the Bundestag (since 1994).[200]
- Kenneth Waltz, 88, American political scientist.[201]
- Peter Worthington, 86, Canadian journalist (Toronto Telegram) and editor-in-chief (Toronto Sun).[202]
13
- Hedda Bolgar, 103, American psychoanalyst.[203]
- André Bord, 90, French politician, Veterans Minister (1972–1974), President of the Alsace Regional Council (1973–1977).[204]
- Joyce Brothers, 85, American psychologist, newspaper columnist, and actress (Loaded Weapon 1, Spy Hard), respiratory failure.[205]
- André Denys, 65, Belgian politician, Governor of East Flanders (2004–2013).[206]
- Dave Everett, 51, Australian criminal, cancer.[207]
- Otto Herrigel, 75, Namibian politician, cancer.[208]
- Enio Iommi, 87, Argentinian sculptor.[209]
- Jill Kitson, 74, Australian radio broadcaster and literary journalist.[210]
- Kennett Love, 88, American journalist (The New York Times), respiratory failure.[211]
- Luciano Lutring, 75, Italian criminal, painter and author.[212]
- Jagdish Mali, 59, Indian fashion photographer, multiple organ failure.[213]
- Chuck Muncie, 60, American football player (New Orleans Saints, San Diego Chargers), heart attack.[214]
- Daniel Offer, 83, American psychiatrist.[215]
- Sir Ellison Pogo, 66, Solomon Islands Anglican primate, Archbishop of Melanesia (1994–2008), lymphoma.[216]
- Lilo Ramdohr, 99, German Resistance fighter, member of the White Rose.[217]
- Vladimir Romanovsky, 56, Soviet Olympic sprint canoer (Gold and silver medallist).[218]
- Derrick Thomas, 69, British agricultural researcher, cancer.[219]
- Fyodor Tuvin, 39, Russian footballer.[220]
- Lynne Woolstencroft, 69, Canadian politician, Mayor of Waterloo, Ontario (2000–2003), cancer.[221]
14
- Joy Baluch, 80, Australian politician, Mayor of Port Augusta (1981–1993, since 1995).[222]
- Wayne Brown, 76, American politician, Mayor of Mesa, Arizona (1996–2000).[223]
- Arsen Chilingaryan, 47, Armenian football player and manager.[224]
- Asghar Ali Engineer, 74, Indian writer and activist.[225]
- Billie Sol Estes, 88, American businessman and convicted con man.[226]
- Ray Guy, 74, Canadian humorist, writer and journalist, cancer.[227]
- Mohammad Ezodin Hosseini Zanjani, 92, Iranian Islamic prelate, Grand Ayatollah, complications from surgery.[228]
- Marian Jeżak, 84, Polish ice hockey player.[229]
- Margaret Rayburn, 86, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1985–1995).[230]
- Sardar Arif Shahid, Pakistani Kashmiri politician, shot.[231]
- Harvansh Singh, 64, Indian politician, Madhya Pradesh MLA for Keolari (since 1993), cardiac arrest.[232]
- Ingrid Visser, 35, Dutch Olympic volleyball player (1996), homicide.[233]
- Lubomír Zajíček, 67, Czech Olympic bronze medallist volleyball player (1968).[234]
15
- Nasser al-Rashed, 20, Kuwaiti squash player, heart attack.[235]
- Noelle Barker, 84, British soprano and singing teacher.[236]
- Paddy Buggy, 84, Irish hurler (Kilkenny) and sport executive, President of the GAA (1982–1985).[237]
- Linden Chiles, 80, American actor (Quincy, M.E., Barnaby Jones, Perry Mason), fall.[citation needed]
- Raul Gonzalez, 78, Filipino journalist, Press Secretary for Diosdado Macapagal (1961–1965), cancer.[238]
- Robert Hunt, 77, British police officer.[239]
- Gábor Gellért Kis, 66, Hungarian journalist, MP for Monor (1994–1998).[240]
- Albert Lance, 87, Australian-born French opera singer.[241]
- Thomas M. Messer, 93, Czechoslovakian-born American museum director (Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation).[242]
- Bill O'Hagan, 68, British journalist and sausage maker.[243]
- Jens Elmegård Rasmussen, 69, Danish linguist and Indo-Europeanist.[244]
- Billy Raymond, 75, Scottish-born Australian entertainer, lung cancer.[245]
- Henrique Rosa, 67, Bissau-Guinean politician, Acting President (2003–2005), lung cancer.[246]
- James Stuart-Smith, 93, British judge and army officer, Advocate General of the Armed Forces (1984–1991).[247]
- Darrell Tryon, 70, New Zealand linguistics professor and Pacific Islands language specialist, melanoma.[248]
- Fred White, 76, American sports broadcaster (Kansas City Royals), complications from melanoma.[249]
- Harold Whitfield, 94, South African cricketer.[250]
16
- Richard Andriamanjato, 82, Malagasy politician.[251]
- Carl Bennett, 97, American basketball executive, coach and GM of Detroit Pistons.[252]
- Félix Bonnat, 92, French bobsledder.[253]
- Kristen Kyrre Bremer, 87, Norwegian theologian and bishop.[254]
- Mario Brescia Cafferata, 83, Peruvian billionaire financial and industrial executive.[255]
- Angelo Errichetti, 84, American politician, Mayor of Camden, New Jersey (1973–1981); member of the New Jersey Senate (1976–1981).[256]
- Fiona Gore, Countess of Arran, 94, Scottish powerboating racer.[257]
- Geoffrey Gowan, 83, Canadian sports broadcaster (CBC) and executive (CAC), Parkinson's disease.[258]
- Frank Nigel Hepper, 84, English botanist.[259]
- Bryan Illerbrun, 56, Canadian football player (Saskatchewan Roughriders).[260][unreliable source?]
- Ivar Kallion, 81, Estonian Communist politician, chairman of the executive committee of Tallinn (1971–1979).[261]
- Valtr Komárek, 82, Czech politician, complications following cardiac surgery.[262]
- Frankie Librán, 65, American Puerto Rican baseball player (San Diego Padres), complications from diabetes.[263]
- Maurice Marshall, 86, New Zealand Olympic middle-distance athlete (1952).[264]
- Heinrich Rohrer, 79, Swiss physicist, Nobel laureate (1986).[265]
- Paul Shane, 72, British actor and comedian (Hi-de-Hi!, You Rang, M'Lord?).[266]
- Max Schirschin, 92, German football player and manager (Rouen, Le Havre, Metz).[267]
- Dick Trickle, 71, American NASCAR driver, suicide by gunshot.[268]
- Bernard Waber, 88, American children's author (Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile), kidney failure.[269]
17
- Dominic Kodwo Andoh, 84, Ghanaian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Accra (1971–2005), heart-related ailment.[270]
- Philippe Gaumont, 40, French Olympic racing cyclist (1992), heart failure.[271]
- John Goddard, 88, American adventurer, cancer.[272]
- Penne Hackforth-Jones, 63, American-born Australian actress (Mao's Last Dancer), lung cancer.[273]
- Elijah Harper, 64, Canadian Cree politician and band chief, Manitoba MLA for Rupertsland (1981–1992), MP for Churchill (1993–1997), heart failure.[274]
- Jack Hawkins, 96, American Marine Corps officer (Bay of Pigs Invasion).[275]
- Lola Hendricks, 80, American activist.[276]
- Tauatomo Mairau, French Polynesian royal claimant.[277]
- Alan O'Day, 72, American singer-songwriter ("Undercover Angel", "Angie Baby"), brain cancer.[278]
- Jérôme Reehuis, 73, Dutch actor.[279]
- Colin A. Russell, 84, British historian.[280]
- Peter Schulz, 83, German politician, First Mayor of Hamburg (1971–1974).[281]
- Albert Seedman, 94, American police officer.[282]
- Harold Shapero, 93, American composer and pianist (Symphony for Classical Orchestra), complications from pneumonia.[283]
- Taronda Spencer, 54, American archivist, heart attack.[284]
- Sir Rodney Sweetnam, 86, British surgeon, President of the Royal College of Surgeons (1995–1998).[285]
- Anthony Trickett, 73, British doctor, Lord Lieutenant of Orkney (since 2007).[286]
- Don Tonry, 77, American Olympic gymnast.[287]
- Ken Venturi, 82, American golfer and golf analyst, winner of the U.S. Open (1964), World Golf Hall of Fame inductee (2013), multiple infections.[288]
- Jorge Rafael Videla, 87, Argentine military lieutenant general and politician, President (1976–1981), complications from a fall.[289]
18
- Aleksei Balabanov, 54, Russian filmmaker, seizure.[290]
- Jo Benkow, 88, Norwegian writer and politician, President of the Parliament (1985–1993).[291]
- Isabel Benham, 103, American railroad businesswoman.[292]
- Neil Chrisley, 81, American baseball player (Washington Senators, Detroit Tigers).[293]
- Steve Forrest, 87, American actor (Dallas, North Dallas Forty, S.W.A.T).[294]
- Zahra Shahid Hussain, 69, Pakistani politician, shot.[295]
- Marek Jackowski, 66, Polish rock musician (Maanam).[296]
- Ernst Klee, 71, German historian and writer.[297]
- Arthur Malet, 85, English actor (Mary Poppins, Halloween, In the Heat of the Night, Anastasia).[298]
- Max, 29, beagle, dachshund and terrier mix, world's oldest dog, Tonic–clonic seizure.[299]
- David McMillan, 31, American football player (Cleveland Browns), shot.[300]
- Nam Duck-woo, 89, South Korean politician, Prime Minister (1980–1982), testicular cancer.[301]
- Newton Russell, 85, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1964–1974) and California Senate (1974–1996), lung cancer.[302]
- Lothar Schmid, 85, German chess grandmaster.[303]
- Harold Sossen, 88, American businessman.[304]
- Claramae Turner, 92, American opera singer (Carousel, The Medium).[305]
19
- Sasanka Chandra Bhattacharyya, 94, Indian natural product chemist.[306]
- Leonard Erickson, 66, American oncologist.[307]
- Bella Flores, 84, Filipino actress, complications from hip surgery.[308]
- G. Sarsfield Ford, 79, American judge, member of the Connecticut Supreme Court.[309]
- Michael Kpakala Francis, 77, Liberian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Monrovia (1981–2011).[310]
- Leonard Harbin, 98, Trinidad cricketer.[311]
- Robin Harrison, 80, Canadian pianist and composer, heart attack.[312]
- Vuyo Mbuli, 46, South African television personality and news presenter, pulmonary embolism.[313]
- Carlo Monni, 69, Italian character actor.[citation needed]
- Murat Öztürk, 60, Turkish aerobatics pilot, plane crash.[314]
- Neil Reynolds, 72, Canadian newspaper editor (The Ottawa Citizen), cancer.[315]
- Mirek Smíšek, 88, Czech-born New Zealand potter.[316]
- Ally Sykes, 86, Tanzanian politician.[317]
- Franklin White, 90, British ballet dancer.[318]
- Alexey Dobrovolsky, 74, Russian ideologue of neo-paganism.[319]
20
- Yohanan Cohen, 95, Israeli politician and diplomat.[320]
- Dave Costa, 71, American football player (Oakland Raiders, Denver Broncos).[321]
- Flavio Costantini, 86, Italian artist.[322]
- Billie Dawe, 88, Canadian ice hockey player.[323]
- Anders Eliasson, 66, Swedish composer.[324]
- Ari Huumonen, 57, Finnish discus thrower.[325]
- Miloslav Kříž, 88, Czech basketball player and coach.[326]
- Ray Manzarek, 74, American rock musician (The Doors), bile duct cancer.[327]
- Jevan Maseko, 70, Zimbabwean military officer, Governor of Matabeleland North Province, Ambassador to Algeria, Russia and Cuba, diabetes and kidney failure.[328]
- Idriss Ndélé Moussa, 54, Chadian politician, President of Pan African Parliament (2009–2012), traffic collision.[329]
- Sir Denys Roberts, 90, British colonial official and judge, Chief Justice of Hong Kong (1979–1988).[330]
- Harry Schuh, 70, American football player (Oakland Raiders, University of Memphis).[331]
- Zach Sobiech, 18, American pop singer and viral video performer, osteosarcoma.[332]
- Dominik Sucheński, 86, Polish Olympic sprinter.[333]
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- Trevor Bolder, 62, British musician (David Bowie, Uriah Heep), cancer.[334]
- Antoine Bourseiller, 82, French comedian and opera director.[335]
- Eddie Braben, 82, British comedy writer (Morecambe and Wise, Ken Dodd).[336]
- Evelyne Bradley, 88, American Navajo judge, District Court judge (1984–1995).[337]
- Robert Chambers, 59, New Zealand judge, member of the Supreme Court (since 2011).[338]
- Frank Comstock, 90, American composer.[339]
- Cot Deal, 90, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals).[340]
- Peter Ellis, 66, Australian football player.[341]
- Zsolt Erőss, 45, Hungarian mountaineer.[342]
- Mick Grambeau, 83, Australian rules footballer.[343]
- Mohammad Khaled Hossain, 34, Bangladeshi mountaineer and film director.[344]
- Keith Jukes, 59, English Anglican clergyman, Dean of Ripon (since 2007), stomach cancer.[345]
- Harold Long, 72, Canadian politician, British Columbia MLA for Mackenzie (1986–1991) and Powell River-Sunshine Coast (2001–2005), plane crash.[346]
- Louis de Cartier de Marchienne, 91, Belgian baron and businessman.[347]
- Hank Kozloski, 85, American sportswriter.[348]
- Leonard Marsh, 80, American beverage executive, co-founder of Snapple.[349]
- Vernon McGarity, 91, American soldier (Battle of the Bulge), recipient of the Medal of Honor (1946).[350]
- Fred Mitchell, 89, American artist.[351]
- Edna Moyle, 71, Caymanian politician, MLA for North Side (1992–2009), Speaker (2001–2009), cancer.[352]
- Charley Reese, 76, American newspaper columnist, respiratory failure.[353]
- Count Christian of Rosenborg, 70, Danish royal.[citation needed]
- Anand Shetty, 52, Indian sprinter, car accident.[354]
- Mykola Simkaylo, 60, Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Kolomyia – Chernivtsi (since 2005).[355]
- Bob Thompson, 88, American composer and orchestra leader.[356]
- Dominique Venner, 78, French historian, journalist and essayist, suicide by gunshot.[357]
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- Bill Austin, 84, American football player (New York Giants), coach (Pittsburgh Steelers, Washington Redskins).[358]
- Dick Barry, 87, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1954–1967), Speaker (1963–1967).[359]
- Wayne Cottrell, 69, New Zealand rugby union player.[360]
- Henri Dutilleux, 97, French composer.[361]
- Andrea Gallo, 84, Italian presbyter.[362]
- Brian Greenhoff, 60, English footballer (Manchester United).[363]
- Sarah P. Harkness, 98, American architect.[364]
- Usha Rani Hooja, 90, Indian sculptor.[365]
- William Douglas Lansford, 90, American writer.[366]
- Elizabeth Mavor, 85, British writer.[367]
- Mick McManus, 93, English professional wrestler.[368]
- Wayne F. Miller, 94, American photographer.[369]
- Lawrence Pope, 73, American politician and academic, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1979–1983), renal cancer.[370]
- Éric Remacle, 52, Belgian scientist.[371]
- Pat Shea, 73, American football player (San Diego Chargers).[372]
- Sigurd Schmidt, 91, Russian historian and ethnographer.[373]
- Richard Thorp, 81, English actor (Emmerdale).[374]
- Ibragim Todashev, 27, Chechen–born American mixed martial artist, shot.[375]
- Teruto Tsubota, 90, American marine (Battle of Okinawa).[376]
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- John Antonio, 83, American advertising executive, created Clemson University tiger paw logo, cancer.[377]
- William Demby, 90, American writer.[378]
- Dick Evey, 72, American football player (Chicago Bears, University of Tennessee).[379]
- Richard G. Fallon, 89, American academic and theatre director (Asolo Repertory Theatre).[380]
- Lenin Gani, 45, Bangladeshi sports journalist, pulmonary hypertension.[381]
- Epy Guerrero, 71, Dominican Major League Baseball scout (Houston Astros, New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays), kidney failure.[382]
- Hazel Hawke, 83, Australian social activist and National Treasure, first wife of Prime Minister Bob Hawke, complications of dementia.[383]
- Harry L. Harris, 86, American politician.[384]
- In Excess, 26, Irish-born American Thoroughbred racehorse.[385] (death announced on this date)
- J. Christopher Jaffe, 85, American acoustical engineer.[386]
- Hayri Kozakçıoğlu, 75, Turkish politician, shot.[387]
- Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, 86, German prince and Head of the House of Hesse.[388]
- Michael Lev, 95, Ukrainian-born Israeli writer.[389]
- Georges Moustaki, 79, Egyptian-born French singer and songwriter.[390]
- Gerry Peacocke, 81, Australian politician, NSW MLA for Dubbo (1981–1999).[391]
- Flynn Robinson, 72, American basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers, Milwaukee Bucks), multiple myeloma.[392]
- Brian Sternberg, 69, American pole vaulter, quadriplegic complications.[393]
- Jim Zabel, 91, American sports broadcaster (University of Iowa).[394]
- Luis Zuloaga, 90, Venezuelan baseball player (Leones del Caracas).[395]
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- Françoise Blanchard, 58, French actress (La Morte Vivante).[396]
- Elsa Bornemann, 61, Argentine children's writer.[397]
- Helmut Braunlich, 84, American composer.[398]
- Michel Crozier, 90, French sociologist.[399]
- Ron Davies, 70, Welsh footballer Norwich, Southampton.[400]
- John F. Dolan, 90, American politician.[401]
- Gabriel Fernandez, 8, American child murder victim.[402]
- Gotthard Graubner, 82, German painter.[403]
- Huang Yu, 96, Chinese film director, screenwriter and actor.[404]
- Haynes Johnson, 81, American journalist (The Washington Post, Washington Evening Star), winner of Pulitzer Prize (1966), heart attack.[405]
- Yevgeny Kychanov, 80, Russian orientalist.[406]
- John Lucas, 92, British Army officer.[407]
- Lorene Mann, 76, American country music singer and songwriter.[408]
- Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo, 88, Mexican politician.[409]
- Godwin Mawuru, 52, Zimbabwean filmmaker and television producer, complications from diabetes.[410]
- John Miles, 90, American Negro league baseball player.[411]
- Sir Garth Morrison, 70, British scouter, Chief Scout (1988–1996).[412]
- Ralph Perlman, 96, American public official, Louisiana budget director (1967–1988).[413]
- Antonio Puchades, 87, Spanish footballer (Valencia CF), Alzheimer's disease.[414]
- Ed Shaughnessy, 84, American drummer (The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson), heart attack.[415]
- Rob Smith, 61, Australian footballer.[416]
- John Sumner, 88, Australian founder and artistic director of the Melbourne Theatre Company.[417]
- Pyotr Todorovsky, 87, Ukrainian-born Russian film director (Wartime Romance), screenwriter (What a Wonderful Game) and cinematographer, heart attack.[418]
- Tripura, 84, Indian writer.[419]
- Erling Welle-Strand, 96, Norwegian writer and resistance member.[420]
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- Mohammed Rashad Abdulle, 79, Ethiopian academic.[421]
- Gordon Berg, 85, American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives (1977–1991).[422]
- Harry Birrell, 85, American radio news broadcaster (KNX (AM)), interstitial lung disease.[423]
- Tyrone Brunson, 57, American musician.[424]
- Walt Budko, 87, American basketball player.[425]
- Gene Burns, 72, American political radio broadcaster and food critic, complications from a stroke.[426]
- Paul Cuprowski, 73, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1983–1985).[427]
- Larry Johnson, 62, American baseball player.[428]
- Mahendra Karma, 62, Indian political leader, founder of Salwa Judum, shot.[429]
- Jan Kinder, 68, Norwegian Olympic ice hockey player.[430]
- Marshall Lytle, 79, American rock and roll musician (Bill Haley & His Comets), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee (2012), lung cancer.[431]
- Uday Mudliyar, Indian politician, Chhattisgarh MLA for Rajnandgaon (1993–1998), shot.[429]
- Nand Kumar Patel, 59, Indian politician, Chhattisgarh MLA for Kharsia (since 1990), shot.[432]
- Ronald Payne, 87, British journalist and war correspondent.[433]
- T. M. Soundararajan, 91, Indian playback singer.[434]
- Jimmy Wray, 78, British politician, MP for Glasgow Provan (1987–1997) and Glasgow Baillieston (1997–2005).[435]
- Lewis Yocum, 66, American orthopedist, specialist in Tommy John surgery, liver cancer.[436]
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- Ray Barnhart, 85, American businessman and politician, Director of the Federal Highway Administration (1981–1987).[437]
- John Bierwirth, 89, American aircraft executive, Chairman of Grumman (1972–1988).[438]
- Roberto Civita, 76, Italian-born Brazilian businessman, CEO of Grupo Abril, heart failure.[439]
- Mbuya Dyoko, 68, Zimbabwean musician, cirrhosis.[440]
- Héctor Garza, 43, Mexican professional wrestler, lung cancer.[441]
- Graham Leggett, 92, British RAF squadron leader, youngest surviving pilot of the Battle of Britain.[442]
- Tom Lichtenberg, 72, American football coach (University of Maine, Ohio University), cancer.[443]
- Charles M. McGowan, 89, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1968–1978).[444]
- Otto Muehl, 87, Austrian painter and activist, Parkinson's disease and cardiac ailment.[445]
- José María Pérez Gay, 70, Mexican journalist, academic and diplomat, Ambassador to Portugal, National Journalism Prize (1996).[446]
- Happy Pieterse, 70, South African boxer, complications of diabetes.[447]
- Jack Vance, 96, American science fiction author.[448]
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- György Bárdy, 92, Hungarian actor.[449]
- Jean Bach, 94, American filmmaker (A Great Day in Harlem).[450]
- Nazmiye Demirel, 86, Turkish first lady, wife of Süleyman Demirel, Alzheimer's disease.[451]
- Cullen Finnerty, 30, American football player, pneumonia (Grand Valley State University).[452]
- Steven Klepper, 64, American economist.[453]
- Muttanisseril Koyakutty, 86, Indian Islamic scholar and writer.[454]
- Little Tony, 72, Italian-born Sammarinese pop singer and actor, lung cancer.[455]
- Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri, 96, Indian politician.[456]
- Bill Pertwee, 86, British radio and television actor (Dad's Army, You Rang, M'Lord?) and author.[457]
- Abdoulaye Sékou Sow, 83, Malian politician, Prime Minister (1993–1994).[458]
- Giacomo Soffiantino, 84, Italian painter and artist.[459]
- Beverley Taylor Sorenson, 89, American education philanthropist.[460]
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- Silvério Paulo de Albuquerque, 96, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Caetité (1970–1973) and Feira de Santana (1973–1995).[citation needed]
- Eddi Arent, 88, German actor.[461]
- Nino Bibbia, 91, Italian Olympic skeleton racer and bobsledder (1948).[462]
- Robert Chalmers, 67, South African cricketer.[463]
- Abigail Heyman, 70, American feminist journalist, heart failure.[464]
- Viktor Kulikov, 91, Russian military officer, Marshal of the Soviet Union (1977), Warsaw Pact commander-in-chief (1977–1989).[465]
- R. Travis Osborne, 99, American psychologist and professor emeritus.[466]
- Fotis Polymeris, 93, Greek musician.[467]
- William Earl Reid, 78, Canadian politician, Minister of Tourism for British Columbia (1986–1989).[468]
- Eddie Romero, 88, Filipino film director, blood clot and prostate cancer.[469]
- Gerd Schmückle, 95, German general.[470]
- Caesar Trunzo, 87, American politician, member of the New York Senate (1972–2008).[471]
- Masuko Ushioda, 71, Japanese violinist, acute leukemia.[472]
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- Werner Andermatt, 96, Swiss painter.[473]
- Ramón Aguirre Suárez, 68, Argentine footballer (Estudiantes de La Plata).[474]
- Richard Ballantine, 72, British cycling writer.[475]
- Nino Baragli, 88, Italian film editor (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West).[476]
- Donald Bevan, 93, American author.[477]
- Mike Carrell, 69, American politician, member of the Washington House (1994–2004) and Washington State Senate (since 2004), myelodysplastic syndrome.[478]
- Juan Américo Díaz, 68, Bolivian footballer.[479]
- Jabulani Dube, Zimbabwean politician, MP-elect for Insiza South.[480]
- Andrew Greeley, 85, American Roman Catholic priest, author (The Cardinal Sins) and columnist (Chicago Sun-Times), complications from skull fracture.[481]
- Mamman Kontagora, 69, Nigerian military officer and politician.[482]
- Cliff Meely, 65, American basketball player (University of Colorado, Houston Rockets), blood infection.[483]
- Mulgrew Miller, 57, American jazz pianist, stroke.[484]
- Henry Morgentaler, 90, Polish-born Canadian physician, abortion advocate, Holocaust survivor, heart attack.[485]
- Franca Rame, 83, Italian theatre actress, playwright, political activist, and wife of Dario Fo.[486]
- Dame Margaret Shields, 71, New Zealand politician, MP for Kapiti (1981–1990), dementia and Parkinson's disease.[487]
- Ludwig G. Strauss, 63, German physician and academic, cancer.[488]
- Wali-ur-Rehman, 42, Pakistani Taliban militant, military action.[489]
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- Dean Brooks, 96, American physician and actor (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest).[490]
- Elliot del Borgo, 74, American composer.[491]
- Michael Baillie, 3rd Baron Burton, 88, British aristocrat.[492]
- Harold A. Carter, 76, American pastor, cancer.[493]
- Güzin Dino, 102, Turkish literary scholar.[494]
- Raymond Evans, 92, United States Coast Guardsman.[495]
- Rituparno Ghosh, 49, Indian filmmaker, cardiac arrest.[496]
- Ted Gorin, 89, Welsh professional footballer.[497]
- Helen Hanft, 79, American actress (Manhattan), intestinal complications.[498]
- Arquímedes Herrera, 77, Venezuelan Olympic track and field athlete (1964).[499]
- Tamás Homonnay, 87, Hungarian Olympic athlete.[500]
- Jayalath Jayawardena, 59, Sri Lankan politician, physician and human rights campaigner, heart disease.[501]
- Larry Jones, 79, American football player and coach (Florida State University, 1971–1973).[502]
- Kyprianos Koutsoumpas, 78, Greek Orthodox hierarch, Metropolitan of Oropos and Fili, President of Synod of the Old Calendarist Church of Greece, stroke.[503]
- Vina Mazumdar, 86, Indian academic and women's activist, lung tumour.[504]
- Andrzej Nowak, 57, Polish ice hockey player.[505]
- Péter Szilágyi, 59, Hungarian conductor and politician, MP for Berettyóújfalu (1994–2002).[506]
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- Mufti Abdullah, 82, Pakistani politician, Gilgit-Baltistan MLA for Khaplu.[507]
- Eelco van Asperen, 48, Dutch computer scientist.[508]
- Jeff Berry, 64, American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan leader, lung cancer.[509][unreliable source?]
- Gerald E. Brown, 86, American theoretical physicist.[510]
- Elvin Feltner, 83, American broadcaster and film producer (Carnival Magic).[511]
- Abir Goswami, 38, Indian television actor, heart attack.[512]
- Tommy Henderson, 85, English footballer (Burnley F.C.).[513]
- Jeffrey Hunker, 56, American cyber security expert and academic.[514]
- Frederic Lindsay, 79, Scottish novelist.[515]
- Miguel Méndez, 82, American author.[516]
- Jairo Mora, 26, Costa Rican environmentalist, shot.[517]
- Richie Phillips, 72, American baseball umpire union official, cardiac arrest.[518]
- Marta Romero, 85, American Puerto Rican actress and singer.[citation needed]
- Tim Samaras, 55, American tornado chaser (Storm Chasers, TWISTEX), crushed vehicle tornado injuries.[519]
- Jean Stapleton, 90, American actress (All in the Family, You've Got Mail, Michael), Emmy winner (1971, 1972, 1978).[520]
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