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The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2014.
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 2014
1
- John Allan, 86, Canadian naval officer.[1]
- Adamu Atta, 86, Nigerian politician, Governor of Kwara State (1979–1983), member of the House of Representatives (1976–1979).[2]
- Bjørn Barth, 83, Norwegian diplomat.[3]
- Juan de Dios Castillo, 63, Mexican football player and coach (Cruz Azul, Honduras, El Salvador), skin cancer.[4]
- Chou Meng-tieh, 92, Taiwanese poet and writer, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.[5]
- Clive Clark, 73, English footballer (West Bromwich Albion).[6]
- Mel Clark, 87, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).[7]
- Radhia Cousot, 66, French computer scientist.[8]
- Arthur Cromarty, 94, American judge, member of the New York Supreme Court, heart failure.[9]
- Helgi Daníelsson, 85, Icelandic footballer.[10]
- Assi Dayan, 68, Israeli film director and actor.[11]
- Mark Elvins, 74, British priest and author, Warden of Greyfriars, Oxford (2007–2008).[12]
- Hellmut Federhofer, 102, Austrian musicologist.[13]
- Gordon H. Fitzgerald, 87, Canadian politician and lawyer, Nova Scotia MLA for Halifax (1960–1970), Speaker (1969–1970).[14]
- Juan Formell, 71, Cuban musician, composer and director (Los Van Van).[15]
- Allen Kent, 92, American computer scientist.[16]
- Spike Maynard, 71, American judge, member of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (1996–2008).[17]
- Peggy O'Shea, 91, American television writer (One Life to Live), complications from a stroke.[18]
- John Wash Pam, 73, Nigerian politician, Senator for Plateau State, complications from prostate cancer.[19]
- William F. Poe, 82, American politician, Mayor of Tampa, Florida (1974–1979).[20]
- Paul Ramsay, 78, Australian billionaire health care (Ramsay Health Care), football (Sydney FC) and media (Prime Television) executive and philanthropist, heart attack.[21]
- Peter Ruscuklic, 58, Australian VFL player (Fitzroy, Geelong).[22]
- Heinz Schenk, 89, German television presenter and actor.[23]
- Howard Smith, 77, American columnist (The Village Voice) and filmmaker (Marjoe), cancer.[24]
- David Stoliar, 91, Romanian World War II soldier, sole survivor of the Struma disaster.[25]
- Georg Stollenwerk, 83, German football player and coach (1. FC Köln).[26]
- Kenneth Tomlinson, 69, American magazine editor (Reader's Digest) and media executive, chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, melanoma.[27]
- Manfred von Richthofen, 80, German sports official, Director of the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (1994–2006).[28]
- Paul Whetnall, 67, English badminton player and coach.[29]
- Eli Woods, 91, English comedian and comic actor.[30]
- Barbara Worley, 79, Australian sports administrator.[31]
- Kōji Yada, 81, Japanese voice actor (One Piece, Dragon Ball, Saint Seiya), kidney failure.[32]
2
- Tomás Balduino, 91, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Goiás (1967–1998).[33]
- Sir Bill Benyon, 84, British politician, MP for Buckingham (1970–1983) and Milton Keynes (1983–1992).[34]
- George Herbert Borts, 86, American economist.[35]
- Chelokee, 10, American thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.[36]
- Jaroslav Cihlář, 90, Czech Olympic cyclist.[37]
- Jessica Cleaves, 65, American singer (The Friends of Distinction, Earth, Wind & Fire), complications from a stroke.[38]
- Martin Dent, 88, British academic, co-founder of Jubilee 2000.[39]
- George Digby, 96, American baseball scout (Boston Red Sox).[40]
- John E. Dolibois, 95, American diplomat, Ambassador to Luxembourg (1981–1985), last survivor of Nuremberg trials interrogation team.[41]
- John Dungs, 62, Nigerian military officer, Governor of Delta State (1996–1998).[42]
- Elio Guzzanti, 93, Italian doctor and politician, Minister of Health (1995–1996).[43]
- Anwar Ahmed Khan, 80, Pakistani field hockey player, Olympic champion (1960) and dual silver medalist (1956, 1964).[44]
- Andrey Korneyev, 40, Russian swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist (1996) and European aquatics champion (1995, 1997), stomach cancer.[45]
- Mohammad-Reza Lotfi, 67, Iranian classical musician, cancer.[46]
- Charles Marowitz, 80, American playwright, stage director and theatre critic, complications from Parkinson's disease.[47]
- Moni Maker, 21, American trotter horse, Harness Horse of the Year (1998, 1999), complications from colic surgery.[48]
- Marin Niculescu, 91, Romanian Olympic cyclist.[49]
- Žarko Petan, 85, Slovene writer.[50]
- Pom, 94, Belgian comic writer and artist.[51]
- Nigel Stepney, 55, British Formula One mechanic (Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher), involved in 2007 Formula One espionage controversy, traffic collision.[52]
- Pauline Wagner, 103, American actress and glamour girl.[53]
- Efrem Zimbalist Jr., 95, American actor (The F.B.I., 77 Sunset Strip, Batman: The Animated Series).[54]
3
- Agshin Alizadeh, 76, Soviet and Azerbaijani composer.[55]
- Kofi Ansah, 62, Ghanaian fashion designer.[56]
- Gary Becker, 83, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate in Economics (1992), complications following surgery.[57]
- Les Carlson, 81, American-born Canadian actor (A Christmas Story, The Fly, The X-Files), cancer.[58]
- Bruce Crabtree, 90, American architect and politician.[59]
- Imre Danka, 83, Hungarian footballer.[60]
- Vicki Darken, 91, Australian painter.[61]
- James H. Daughdrill Jr., 80, American educator, President of Rhodes College (1973–1999).[62]
- Dick Douglas, 82, Scottish politician, MP for Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire (1970–1974), Dunfermline (1979–1983) and Dunfermline West (1983–1992).[63]
- Bobby Gregg, 78, American drummer (Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel) and record producer.[64]
- Ben Hoberman, 92, American radio executive (KABC, ABC Radio), pioneered talk radio format in the United States, complications from lung cancer.[65]
- Francisco Icaza, 83, Mexican modernist artist and writer.[66]
- Chet Jastremski, 73, American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist (1964) and 100-meter breaststroke world-record holder.[67]
- Trine Krogh, 59, Norwegian Olympic swimmer (1972).[68]
- Jim Oberstar, 79, American politician, member of the US House of Representatives for Minnesota's 8th District (1975–2011).[69]
- John Westergaard, 86, British sociologist.[70]
- John Hartley Williams, 72, British poet, cancer.[71]
4
- Jack Agüeros, 79, American community activist, Alzheimer's disease.[72]
- Eddie Andreini, 77, American stunt pilot, air crash.[73]
- Kojo Armah, 68, Ghanaian diplomat, lawyer and politician.[74]
- Dick Ayers, 90, American comic book artist (Fantastic Four, Ghost Rider, Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos).[75]
- Elena Baltacha, 30, Ukrainian-born British tennis player, liver cancer.[76]
- William Bender, 83, American entertainment critic and magazine editor (Time), heart failure.[77]
- Edgar Cortright, 90, American scientist and engineer.[78]
- Pierre Derivery, 88, French Olympic sprint canoer.[79]
- Alan J. Friedman, 71, American physicist, pancreatic cancer.[80]
- Harrison G. Gough, 93, American psychologist.[81]
- Mike Hawker, 77, English songwriter.[82]
- Nestor Jacono, 89, Maltese Olympic sprinter (1948).[83]
- Helga Königsdorf, 75, East German physicist and author, Parkinson's disease.[84]
- Ross Lonsberry, 67, Canadian hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings, Pittsburgh Penguins), cancer.[85]
- Jean-Paul Ngoupandé, 65, Central African politician, Prime Minister (1996–1997).[86]
- Al Pease, 92, British-born Canadian Hall of Fame racing driver (Formula One).[87]
- Andrew Quintero, 51, American scientist and entrepreneur (JumpStartFund), drowned.[88]
- Tatiana Samoilova, 80, Soviet-born Russian actress (The Cranes Are Flying, Anna Karenina), People's Artist (1993), complications from a heart condition.[89]
- Dana Seetahal, 58, Trinidadian politician and legal academic, MP (2002–2010), shot.[90]
- Tony Settember, 87, Filipino-born American racing driver and engineer.[91]
- Bohdan Skaradziński, 83, Polish writer and social activist.[92]
- Phyllis Stern, 88, American professor and nursing theorist.[93]
- William Worthy, 92, American newspaper journalist, challenged travel restrictions to Communist countries, complications from Alzheimer's disease.[94]
5
- Timothy John Byford, 72, British-born Serbian television director, multiple myeloma.[95]
- Butler Derrick, 77, American politician, member of the House of Representatives for South Carolina (1975–1995) and SC House of Representatives (1969–1975), cancer.[96]
- Dave Diamond, 77, American radio disc jockey and rock music journalist, pneumonia.[97]
- Gerhard Dommrich, 81, German Olympic sport shooter.[98]
- Billy Frank Jr., 83, American Nisqually tribal fishing rights activist.[99]
- Jean Gaven, 92, French film actor.[100]
- Daniel R. Gernatt Sr., 97, American businessman.[101]
- Elaine Green, 73, American television journalist (WCPO), recipient of the Peabody Award (1981).[102]
- Harold Haering, 83, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, Senator (1983–1988).[103]
- Amik Kasoruho, 81, Albanian author and publicist, pulmonary disease.[104]
- Eduardo Mac Entyre, 85, Argentine artist.[105]
- Lorne Maeck, 88, Canadian politician.[106]
- István Major, 64, Hungarian Olympic high jumper (1972, 1976).[107]
- Michael Otedola, 87, Nigerian politician, Governor of Lagos State (1999–2007), complications from a stroke.[108]
- Sven Sønsteby, 80, Norwegian illustrator.[109]
- Jackie Lynn Taylor, 88, American actress and television personality (Our Gang), Alzheimer's disease.[110]
- Lynn R. Williams, 89, Canadian labor unionist, President of the United Steelworkers (1983–1994), Parkinson's disease.[111]
6
- Wil Albeda, 88, Dutch politician, Minister of Social Affairs (1977–1981), member of the Senate (1966–1977, 1981–1983).[112]
- Virginia Belmont, 92, American actress.[113]
- William Costello, 81, American politician.[114]
- William H. Dana, 83, American NASA test pilot (X-15 rocket), complications from Parkinson's disease.[115]
- Georges Delahaie, 80, French sculptor.[116]
- Roger Dimmock, 78, British rear admiral, Naval Secretary (1985–1987).[117]
- Jimmy Ellis, 74, American boxer, WBA heavyweight champion (1968–1970), dementia.[118]
- Billy Harrell, 85, American baseball (Cleveland Indians) and basketball player (Siena Saints).[119]
- Antony Hopkins, 93, British composer, conductor and pianist.[120]
- Larry Ivie, 77, American comic artist and writer, lung cancer.[121]
- Maria Lassnig, 94, Austrian artist.[122]
- Livio Maritano, 88, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Acqui (1979–2000).[123]
- Farley Mowat, 92, Canadian author (People of the Deer, Lost in the Barrens, Never Cry Wolf).[124]
- Bill Nunn, 89, American editor (Pittsburgh Courier) and football executive (Pittsburgh Steelers), complications from a stroke.[125]
- William Olvis, 56, American film and television music composer (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman), throat cancer.[126]
- Bud Osborn, 66, Canadian poet and activist.[127]
- Học Phi, 101, Vietnamese dramatist and scriptwriter.[128]
- Aziz Sattar, 88, Malaysian actor, complications from a heart attack.[129]
- Leslie Thomas, 83, Welsh author (The Virgin Soldiers).[130]
- Cedric Thornberry, 77, British lawyer, Assistant-Secretary-General of the United Nations.[131]
- Lex Watson, 71, Australian LGBT rights activist and political scientist.[132]
- Lois Rhame West, 92, American healthcare and physical fitness advocate (Muscular Dystrophy Association), First Lady of South Carolina (1971–1975).[133]
7
- Al Bahathri, 32, American-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse.[134] (death announced on this date)
- Nazim Al-Haqqani, 92, Cypriot Islamic Sufism prelate and scholar, multiple organ failure.[135]
- G R 'Jock' Bryce, 93, British pilot.[136]
- Raúl Baca Carbo, 82, Ecuadorian engineer and politician.[137]
- Sir George Christie, 79, British opera manager (Glyndebourne Festival Opera).[138]
- Stanford Darger, 93, American politician, member of the Utah House of Representatives.[139]
- Manuel Jiménez de Parga, 85, Spanish politician.[140]
- Pierre Descaves, 89, French politician.[141]
- Dale Evans, 77, American football player.[142]
- Tony Genaro, 72, American actor (Tremors, World Trade Center, The Mask of Zorro).[143]
- Ramón Vega Hidalgo, 80, Chilean military officer and politician, Commander-in-chief of the Air Force (1991–1995).[144]
- Zundel Kroizer, 89, Israeli rabbi.[145]
- Edward Laufer, 75, Canadian music theorist and composer.[146]
- Sir Neville McNamara, 91, Australian defence chief.[147]
- Samrath Lal Meena, 79, Indian politician, Rajasthan MLA for Rajgarh, Speaker (1998–1999).[148]
- William Meyers, 70, South African featherweight boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1960).[149]
- Colin Pillinger, 70, British planetary scientist, brain haemorrhage.[150]
- David Prentice, 77, British artist.[151]
- Wilbur Rakestraw, 85, American race car driver (NASCAR), heart failure.[152]
- Rashid Rehman, 55, Pakistani lawyer, shot.[153]
- Elaine Sturtevant, 89, American pop and minimalist artist.[154]
- Kelly E. Taggart, 81, American rear admiral and civil engineer, director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps.[155]
- Dick Welteroth, 86, American baseball player (Washington Senators).[156]
- Martha Wilkinson, 72, American literacy campaigner, First Lady of Kentucky (1987–1991), natural causes.[157]
- Lawrence Williams, 59, Guyanese finance official, Governor for the Bank of Guyana (since 2005), cancer.[158]
8
- Bill Coughlin, 91, American newspaper journalist (Los Angeles Times), editor (Washington Daily News) and novelist, Pulitzer Prize winner for Public Service (1990).[159]
- Roger L. Easton, 93, American scientist, inventor and designer of GPS.[160]
- Jens Christian Hansen, 82, Norwegian geographer.[161]
- Robert Hess, 78, American sculptor.[162]
- George Kohut, 70, Ukrainian-born American camera operator (Batman Begins, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Fugitive).[163]
- Yago Lamela, 36, Spanish Olympic athlete (2000, 2004), heart attack.[164]
- Homero Leite Meira, 82, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Itabuna (1978–1980) and Irecê (1980–1983).[165]
- Beverly Long, 81, American actress (Rebel Without a Cause, Father Knows Best).[166]
- Nancy Malone, 79, American television producer and director (Dynasty) and actress (Naked City), leukemia-induced pneumonia.[167]
- Leo Marentette, 73, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Montreal Expos), heart attack.[168]
- Charlie Mead, 93, Canadian baseball player (New York Giants).[169]
- Harry Potter, 72, Australian television journalist (Ten Eyewitness News), cancer.[170]
- Allan Potts, 79, New Zealand Olympic track and field coach, official and runner, President of Athletics New Zealand (2002–2003), bone cancer.[171]
- Geoff Richards, 85, English footballer (West Brom), pneumonia.[172]
- Jair Rodrigues, 75, Brazilian musician and singer, heart attack.[173]
- Mercedes Salisachs, 97, Spanish writer.[174]
- Vladimir Nikolaevich Smirnov, 67, Russian footballer.[175]
- Robert D. Stuart Jr., 98, American food executive and diplomat, CEO of Quaker Oats Company (1966–1981), Ambassador to Norway (1984–1989), heart attack.[176]
- Robert Symms, 83, American photographer.[177]
- Joseph P. Teasdale, 78, American politician, Governor of Missouri (1977–1981), complications from pneumonia.[178]
- Harry Weltman, 81, American basketball executive (Cleveland Cavaliers, New Jersey Nets), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[179]
- Alan Woodman, 58, Australian VFL football player (Geelong).[180]
- Tommie Wright, 95, American pianist and composer (Florida State Seminoles fight song).[181]
9
- Graeme Acton, 63, Australian cattle baron, injuries sustained in campdrafting accident.[182]
- Giacomo Bini, 75, Italian Franciscan priest, Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor (1997–2003).[183]
- Eugen Dombois, 82, German lutenist and music teacher.[184]
- Bob Duynstee, 93, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1956–1967) and State Secretary for Defence (1967–1971).[185]
- Terry Farmer, 82, English footballer (Rotherham United, York City).[186]
- Flossie Gomile-Chidyaonga, Malawian diplomat involved in leaked diplomatic cable controversy, High Commissioner to Tanzania (since 2011).[187]
- Stephen Hall, 72, American politician.[188]
- Bob Hoysted, 88, Australian racehorse trainer (Manikato, Rose of Kingston, Sydeston).[189]
- Donald Kirkpatrick, 90, American academic and author.[190]
- Harlan Mathews, 87, American politician, US Senator from Tennessee (1993–1994), brain cancer.[191]
- Galindo Mellado Cruz, 41, Mexican drug lord, a founder of Los Zetas, shot.[192]
- Jules Mutebutsi, 54, Congolese militant.[193]
- Janaky Athi Nahappan, 89, Malaysian independence fighter, founding member of the MIC, pneumonia.[194]
- Mel Patton, 89, American sprinter, double Olympic champion (1948) and world record holder for 100- and 220-yard dashes.[195]
- N. Janardhana Reddy, 79, Indian politician, AP MLA (1989–1994) and Chief Minister (1990–1992), RS MP (1972–1978, 2009–2014), LS MP (1998–2009), liver disease.[196]
- Selim Sesler, 57, Turkish clarinet player.[197]
- Mary Stewart, 97, British novelist (Merlin series), heart failure.[198]
- Frank Strazzeri, 84, American jazz pianist.[199]
- Donald Tandy, 95, British actor (EastEnders).[200]
- Joe Wilder, 92, American jazz trumpeter, heart failure.[201]
- Jorge Zavala, 91, Ecuadorian politician.[202]
10
- Carmen Alardín, 80, Mexican poet, writer and translator.[203]
- Yeso Amalfi, 88, Brazilian footballer (Olympique de Marseille).[204]
- Carmen Argibay, 74, Argentine judge, member of the Supreme Court (since 2005), heart attack.[205]
- Marie Dean Arrington, 80, American convicted murderer.[206]
- Miguel Brascó, 87, Argentine writer.[207]
- Andrés Carrasco, 67, Argentine neurologist, challenged Monsanto over safety of glyphosate.[208]
- Maurice Casey, 71, British scholar.[209]
- Ronnie Caveness, 71, American football player (Arkansas Razorbacks), melanoma.[210]
- José Cestero, 76, Puerto Rican basketball player.[211]
- Brij Bihari Chaubey, 73, Indian academic.[212]
- Gene Chyzowych, 79, Ukrainian-born American soccer player and coach (national team, New York Apollo), cancer.[213]
- Rhoda Dorsey, 86, American historian and college president.[214]
- Jadiel, 28, Puerto Rican singer.[215]
- Lem Johns, 88, American Secret Service agent (Lyndon B. Johnson).[216]
- Mari Kinsigo, 67, Estonian chess player.[217]
- Patrick Lucey, 96, American politician and diplomat, Governor of Wisconsin (1971–1977), Ambassador to Mexico (1977–1979).[218]
- Nash the Slash, 66, Canadian rock musician (FM).[219]
- Lane Penn, 74, New Zealand rugby union executive, President of the NZRU (2001–2003).[220]
- Gottlieb Perren, 88, Swiss Olympic skier.[221]
- André Popp, 90, French composer.[222]
- José Falcó Sanmartín, 97, Spanish fighter pilot.[223]
- Patrick Woodroffe, 74, British fantasy, surrealist and record jacket artist, Pick's disease.[224]
- Viktor Yerokhin, 74, Russian football coach and player.[225]
11
- Sidney Blatt, 85, American psychotherapist.[226]
- Ismail Boçari, 96–97, Albanian professor.[227]
- Marcel Bon, 89, French mycologist.[228]
- Yvonne Cartier, 86, New Zealand ballet dancer and instructor.[229]
- Gérard Drainville, 83, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Amos (1978–2004).[230]
- Thelma Eisen, 92, American baseball player (AAGPBL).[231]
- Corinne Freeman, 87, American politician, Mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida (1977–1985), cancer.[232]
- Ed Gagliardi, 62, American bass guitarist (Foreigner), cancer.[233]
- Reg Gasnier, 74, Australian Hall of Fame rugby league player (St. George Dragons) and national team captain.[234]
- Tarakant Jha, 86, Indian politician.[235]
- Paul Kinsman, 83, Canadian politician, Nova Scotia MLA for West Kings (1963–1967), Kings South (1984).[236]
- Barbara Knudson, 86, American actress (Meet Danny Wilson, The Jayhawkers!, The Cry Baby Killer).[237]
- Kaare Kroppan, 81, Norwegian actor.[238]
- Camille Lepage, 26, French photojournalist.[239]
- Jeb Stuart Magruder, 79, American presidential aide (Richard Nixon), convicted for conspiracy to obstruct justice and wiretapping (Watergate scandal), complications from a stroke.[240]
- Guy Morton Jr., 83, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).[241]
- Celso Pereira de Almeida, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Porto Nacional (1976–1995) and Itumbiara (1995–1998).[242]
- Margareta Pogonat, 81, Romanian actress.[243]
- Sir David Rowlands, 66, British civil servant.[244]
- Francisco Sobrino, 82, Spanish sculptor.[245]
- Martin Špegelj, 86, Croatian politician and army officer, Minister of Defence (1990–1991).[246]
- Harry Stopes-Roe, 90, British philosopher and humanist, Vice President of the British Humanist Association.[247]
- Ivan Wingreen, 52, South African-born Australian cricketer, brain tumour.[248]
12
- Babis Angourakis, 63, Greek politician, MP for Athens (1997–2000), MEP for the KKE (since 2009), aneurysm.[249]
- Alan Bestic, 92, Irish journalist.[250]
- Cornell Borchers, 89, Lithuanian-born German actress (The Big Lift, Istanbul).[251]
- Isabel Carrasco, 59, Spanish politician, shot.[252]
- Marco Cé, 88, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, Patriarch of Venice (1978–2002).[253]
- Petro Chernyaha, 68, Ukrainian scientist and public figure.[254]
- Jacinto Convit, 100, Venezuelan physician, scientist and researcher, developed vaccines against leprosy and leishmaniasis.[255]
- Lynne Cohen, 69, American-born Canadian photographer, lung cancer.[256]
- Terry Cook, 66, Canadian archivist, cancer.[257]
- Keith Crisco, 71, American politician, fall.[258]
- William J.D. Escher, 82, American aerospace engineer.[259]
- Billie Fleming, 100, English long-distance cyclist.[260]
- H. R. Giger, 74, Swiss surrealist artist (Alien), Oscar winner (1980), injuries from a fall.[261]
- Melvin J. Glimcher, 88, American biomedical engineer.[262]
- Svetlana Grigoryan, 83, Armenian actress.[263]
- Tom Hafey, 82, Australian AFL football player (Richmond) and coach (Richmond, Collingwood, Geelong, Sydney), cancer.[264]
- Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy, 90, American judge, 6th Cir. Court of Appeals (1979–1999), member (1970–1979) and Chief Judge (1977–1979) of the US District Court of E. Mich.[265]
- Ineke Lambers-Hacquebard, 68, Dutch politician, cancer.[266]
- Ľudovít Lehen, 88, Slovakian painter and chess composer.[267]
- Brian Marchinko, 65, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Islanders).[268]
- Hugh McLeod, 81, Scottish rugby union player.[269]
- Joe Mence, 93, British cricketer (Berkshire).[270]
- Min Huifen, 69, Chinese erhu master and composer, cerebral hemorrhage.[271]
- Daud Mirza, 45, Pakistani-born Norwegian actor.[272]
- Pál Orosz, 80, Hungarian football player and coach, Olympic bronze medalist (1960).[273]
- Ralph Peduto, 72, American actor (The Rock, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Godfather) and playwright, leukemia.[274]
- Ruben T. Profugo, 76, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Lucena (1982–2003).[275]
- Sarat Pujari, 79, Indian actor, heart attack.[276]
- Leroy Serisier, 86, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1970–1978).[277]
- Hugh Smyth, 73, Northern Irish politician, Leader of the Progressive Unionist Party (1979–2002), Lord Mayor of Belfast (1994–1995).[278]
- Sudhir, 70, Indian film actor (Satte Pe Satta).[279]
- James Walston, 65, British political scientist, cancer.[280]
- A. J. Watson, 90, American Hall of Fame race car builder and mechanic (Pat Flaherty).[281]
- Lorenzo Zambrano, 70, Mexican building material executive, CEO of Cemex.[282]
13
- Máximo Alcócer, 81, Bolivian footballer.[283]
- David Malet Armstrong, 87, Australian philosopher.[284]
- Martin Barreras, 49, American noncommissioned officer, Army Ranger Sergeant Major in charge of the rescue of Jessica Lynch, wounds sustained in combat.[285]
- John Barritt, 98, British Bermudian politician, BMP for Devonshire South, Speaker (1979–1989).[286]
- Malik Bendjelloul, 36, Swedish documentarian (Searching for Sugar Man), Oscar winner (2013), suicide by train.[287]
- Gilles Cloutier, 85, Canadian physicist, Rector of the Université de Montréal (1985–1993).[288]
- J. F. Coleman, 95, American military and test pilot (Convair XFY Pogo), winner of the Harmon Trophy (1954), natural causes.[289]
- Fred Dunsmore, 84, Canadian ice hockey player (Winnipeg Maroons).[290]
- Mary Lou Harkness, 88, American librarian.[291]
- Hamad Khalaily, 85, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1981–1984).[292]
- Miodrag Rakić, 39, Serbian politician.[293]
- Altamiro Rossato, 88, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Marabá (1985–1989), Archbishop of Porto Alegre (1991–2001).[294]
- Mohammad Baqer Shirazi, 82, Iranian Grand Ayatollah.[295]
- Rowena Spencer, 91, American pediatric surgeon.[296]
- Ron Stevens, 64, Canadian politician, Alberta MLA for Calgary-Glenmore (1997–2009).[297]
- Anthony Villanueva, 69, Filipino featherweight boxer, Olympic silver medalist (1964), heart attack.[298]
- Tessa Watts, 68, British music video producer ("Sledgehammer"), pancreatic cancer.[299]
- Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart, 65, American neopagan, author and priestess (Church of All Worlds), multiple myeloma.[300]
14
- Diane Barz, 70, American judge, first female member of the Montana Supreme Court (1989–1990), cancer.[301]
- Hazel Rodney Blackman, 93, American fashion designer, quilter, and painter.[302]
- Bruce Bowley, 92, Australian cricketer.[303]
- Douglas Cummings, 67, British cellist (London Symphony Orchestra).[304]
- John M. Fitzpatrick, 65, British urologist, subarachnoid haemorrhage.[305]
- Gisela Kessler, 78, German trade unionist.[306]
- Jeffrey Kruger, 83, British music business executive (Flamingo Club, Ember Records).[307]
- Emanuel Raymond Lewis, 85, American librarian and author.[308]
- Alexander Murray Macbeath, 90, British mathematician.[309]
- Leonard Quilty, 94, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (1958–1975).[310]
- Sam W. Russell, 68, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1983–1992).[311]
- Morvin Simon, 70, New Zealand Māori composer, kapa haka leader and historian.[312]
- Warren Keith Sinclair, 90, New Zealand physicist.[313]
- Martin Skowroneck, 87, German harpsichord builder.[314]
- Stephen Sutton, 19, British charity fundraiser, colorectal cancer.[315]
- Terry Wire, 73, British politician, Mayor of Northampton, cancer.[316]
15
- Charles Angell, 84, American politician.[317]
- George J. Armelagos, 77, American anthropologist, pancreatic cancer.[318]
- Peter Ayerst, 93, British World War II fighter and test pilot (Supermarine Spitfire).[319]
- Terry Bell, 69, English footballer (Reading).[320]
- Hans Breidbach-Bernau, 93, Austrian Olympic writer 1948.[321]
- Robert Burns, 77, Canadian politician, Quebec MNA for Maisonneuve (1970–1979).[322]
- Jean-Luc Dehaene, 73, Belgian politician, Prime Minister (1992–1999), fall.[323]
- M. B. Etheredge, 98, American politician and World War II army officer, awarded Texas Legislative Medal of Honor.[324]
- Robert J. Flynn, 76, American naval officer, Vietnam War POW held in China (1967–1973).[325]
- Greg Hughes, 75, Irish Gaelic football player (Offaly GAA).[326]
- M B Manik, 43, Bangladeshi filmmaker, shot.[327]
- Michael Mence, 70, British cricketer (Berkshire).[270]
- Jan Mucha, 72, Polish speedway motorcycle rider, cancer.[328]
- Jean Oury, 90, French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, pancreatic cancer.[329]
- I. M. Jayarama Shetty, 63, Indian politician, MP for Udupi (1998–1999).[330]
- Norifumi Suzuki, 80, Japanese film director (Torakku Yarō).[331]
- Ed Swearingen, 88, American aeronautical engineer.[332]
- Carlo Weber, 80, German architect (Auer+Weber+Assoziierte).[333]
- Nahum Zolotov, 88, Israeli architect.[334]
- Robert Zwanzig, 86, American physicist.[335]
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- Charlie Boney, 89, American architect.[336]
- Benaouda Boudjellal, Algerian footballer.[337]
- Vera Dajht-Kralj, 85, Croatian sculptor.[338]
- Amalendu De, 84–85, Indian historian.[339]
- Dehere, 23, American Thoroughbred racehorse.[340]
- Chris Duckworth, 81, South African cricketer.[341]
- Vito Favero, 81, Italian road racing cyclist.[342]
- Allan Folsom, 72, American novelist (The Day After Tomorrow), metastatic melanoma.[343]
- Nicola Ghiuselev, 77, Bulgarian operatic bass.[344]
- Sandy Gilliam, 81, American football and baseball coach.[345]
- Bud Hollowell, 71, American baseball player and manager.[346]
- Zil-e-Huma, 70, Pakistani singer, renal disease and diabetes.[347]
- Oleksiy Korobeinikov, 36, Ukrainian Olympic biathlete.[348]
- Russi Mody, 96, Indian steel and airline executive, President of Tata Steel, Indian Airlines and Air India, recipient of the Padma Bhushan (1989).[349]
- Aleksandr Shumeyko, Kyrgyzstani Soviet football manager.[350]
- Clyde Snow, 86, American forensic anthropologist, cancer and emphysema.[351]
- Viktor Sukhodrev, 81, Soviet-born Russian interpreter (Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev).[352]
- Ruth Tarvydas, 66–67, Australian fashion designer, fall.[353]
- Louise Wilson, 52, British fashion academic (Central Saint Martins).[354]
17
- Catherine M. Abate, 66, American politician, member of the New York Senate (1994–1998), uterine cancer.[355]
- David Abbott, 76, British advertising executive and copywriter.[356]
- Hussein al-Imam, 63, Egyptian actor and musician.[357]
- Ursula Benedix, 91, German politician.[358]
- Jack Burke Jr., 82, American politician.[359]
- Olivier Chesneau, 42, French astronomer.[360]
- Gerald Edelman, 84, American biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (1972), natural causes.[361]
- Clarence Ellis, 71, American computer scientist.[362]
- John Gardiner, 71, Australian Olympic basketball player.[363]
- Jerry Henderson, 72, American basketball coach.[364]
- Matt Kailey, 59, American author and transgender activist, heart failure.[365]
- Jerrold E. Lomax, 87, American architect.[366]
- Hiram Mann, 92, American military officer and pilot, Army Lt. Col. for the Tuskegee Airmen 332nd Fighter Group.[367]
- Bongani Masuku, 50, South African singer (Johnny Clegg), shot.[368]
- Miss Beazley, 9, American-born Scottish terrier, co-First Dog (2005–2009), euthanized due to lymphoma.[369]
- C. P. Krishnan Nair, 92, Indian hotelier, founder and chairman of The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts, recipient of the Padma Bhushan (2010).[370]
- Paul Victor Obeng, 66, Ghanaian economic advisor, asthma.[371]
- Bob Odom, 78, American politician and power broker.[372]
- Anna Pollatou, 30, Greek rhythmic gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist (2000), traffic collision.[373]
- Źmicier Sidarovič, 48, Belarusian musician, singer and piper.[374]
- Notable Laotian people killed in the Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force An-74 crash:[375]
- Soukanh Mahalath, 59, Governor of Vientiane, Minister of Finance (2001–2006), Governor of the Bank of the Lao P.D.R. (1999–2001).
- Douangchay Phichit, 70, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense (since 2001).
- Thongbanh Sengaphone, 61, Minister of Public Security (since 2005).
- Cheuang Sombounkhanh, Secretariat of the Central Party Committee, Governor of the Bank of the Lao P.D.R. (1997–1999).
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- Per Almar Aas, 84, Norwegian politician.[376]
- Lykourgos Angelopoulos, 73, Greek cantor (Greek Byzantine Choir).[377]
- Arizal, 71, Indonesian director.[378]
- Roland Ayers, 81, American painter.[379]
- General Baker, 72, American labor unionist and politician.[380]
- Dobrica Ćosić, 92, Serbian writer and politician, President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–1993).[381]
- Hans-Peter Dürr, 84, German physicist.[382]
- Michel Feron, 91, Belgian Olympic alpine skier.[383]
- Radu Florescu, 88, Romanian-born French historian, complications from pneumonia.[384]
- André Goursolle, 82, French Olympic rower.[385]
- Hussein Isaac, Syrian Major General.[386]
- Kaiketsu Masateru, 66, Japanese sumo wrestler (Ozeki) and executive, Chairman of the Japan Sumo Association (2010–2012), ischemic heart disease.[387]
- A. Malarmannan, 77, Indian politician.[388]
- Don Meyer, 69, American basketball coach (Hamline Pipers, Lipscomb Bisons, Northern State Wolves), carcinoid cancer.[389]
- Chukwuedu Nwokolo, 93, Nigerian doctor and medical researcher.[390]
- Wubbo Ockels, 68, Dutch physicist and astronaut, first Dutch citizen in space, renal cell cancer.[391]
- Francis T. Purcell, 95, American politician, member of the New York Assembly (1964–1965).[392]
- Claude Lavoie Richer, 84, Canadian Olympic cross country skier (1952).[393]
- Per Rollum, 85, Norwegian Olympic alpine skier (1952).[394]
- Jerry Vale, 83, American singer ("Have You Looked into Your Heart", "The Star-Spangled Banner") and actor.[395]
- Morris Weiss, 98, American cartoonist (Mickey Finn).[396]
- Gordon Willis, 82, American cinematographer (The Godfather, Annie Hall, Manhattan), cancer.[397]
19
- Michael Aldrich, 72, British inventor.[398]
- Simon Andrews, 31, British motorcycle racer, head injuries sustained in a race collision.[399]
- Sir Jack Brabham, 88, Australian racing driver, triple Formula One world champion (1959, 1960, 1966).[400]
- Elombe Brath, 77, American activist.[401]
- Peter Buchanan, 70, Australian judge.[402]
- Count Suckle, 82, Jamaican-born British sound system operator and club owner, heart attack.[403]
- Peter Curtin, 70, Australian actor.[404]
- Franz-Paul Decker, 90, German-born Canadian conductor (Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Cologne Opera).[405]
- Rabah Khaloufi, 71, French Olympic boxer.[406]
- Eurico Dias Nogueira, 91, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Braga (1977–1999).[407]
- Sam Greenlee, 83, American writer and filmmaker (The Spook Who Sat by the Door), natural causes.[408]
- Vincent Harding, 82, American civil rights activist and speechwriter (Martin Luther King, Jr.), complications from a heart aneurysm.[409]
- April Jace, 40, American athlete, shot.[410]
- Sante Kimes, 79, American murderer.[411]
- Gabriel Kolko, 81, American historian and author, passive euthanasia.[412]
- Mario Missiroli, 80, Italian director.[413]
- Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, 79, Polish boxer, Olympic silver (1960) and bronze medalist (1956, 1964).[414]
- Christine Quinn-Brintnall, 62, American judge, member (2000–2014) and Chief Judge (2012–2013) of the Washington Court of Appeals, melanoma.[415]
- Shekar, 48, Indian cartoonist.[416]
- Antanas Šurna, 75, Lithuanian actor.[417]
20
- Sandra Bem, 69, American psychologist, suicide by drug overdose.[418]
- Ross Brown, 79, New Zealand rugby union player (Taranaki, national team).[419]
- William Edgar Cohen, 72, American director.[420]
- Robyn Denny, 83, British artist.[421]
- Tadeusz Dominik, 86, Polish artist.[422]
- Chhanda Gayen, 34, Indian mountain climber, avalanche.[423]
- Arthur Gelb, 90, American newspaper editor and critic (The New York Times), complications from a stroke.[424]
- Jim Gulley, 75, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1996–2010).[425]
- Herbert Klausmeier, 98, American educational psychologist.[426]
- Prince Rupert Loewenstein, 80, British-German financial adviser (The Rolling Stones), Bavarian aristocrat.[427]
- Barbara Murray, 84, English actress (Passport to Pimlico, The Plane Makers), heart attack.[428]
- Rupert Pate, 96, American football player (Chicago Cardinals, Philadelphia Eagles).[429]
- Charles W. Robinson, 94, American businessman and diplomat, Deputy Secretary of State (1976–1977).[430]
- Phil Sharpe, 77, English cricketer (Yorkshire, national team).[431]
21
- Poni Adams, 95, American actress (House of Dracula, Batman and Robin).[432]
- Tunku Annuar, 74, Malaysian royal, heart attack.[433]
- Samuel A. Beatty, 91, American judge, member of the Alabama Supreme Court.[434]
- Mehroo Bengalee, 84, Indian academic.[435]
- Bi Hao, 86–87, Chinese military commander.[436]
- Paul-Émile Charbonneau, 92, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Hull (1963–1973).[437]
- Duncan Cole, 55, English-born New Zealand footballer (national team).[438]
- Penny Dunbabin, 55, Australian field hockey player.[439]
- Johnny Gray, 87, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics/Kansas City Athletics).[440]
- Mack Herewini, 74, New Zealand rugby union player (Auckland, New Zealand Māori, All Blacks).[441]
- Susan J. Herlin, 74, American academic and Dagbon royal.[442]
- James Jones, 87, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1987–1988).[443]
- Abbas Kamandi, 62, Iranian Kurdish singer.[444]
- Karl-Hans Kern, 81, German politician.[445]
- Harmon Elwood Kirby, 80, American diplomat, Ambassador to Togo (1990–1994).[446]
- Ray Kunze, 86, American mathematician.[447]
- João Filgueiras Lima, 82, Brazilian architect, prostate cancer.[448]
- Jaime Lusinchi, 89, Venezuelan politician, President (1984–1989).[449]
- Hélène Pastor, 76–77, Monégasque heiress and businesswoman, injuries sustained in a shooting.[450]
- Alireza Soleimani, 58, Iranian Olympic freestyle wrestler (1992), world champion (1989), heart attack.[451]
- Than Nyein, 76, Burmese politician, founded the National Democratic Force, liver cancer.[452]
- R. Umanath, 92, Indian politician and political leader (CPI(M)), MP for Pudukottai (1962–1971), Tamil Nadu MLA for Nagapattinam (1977–1984).[453]
- Ruth Ziolkowski, 87, American museum executive, CEO of the Crazy Horse Memorial (since 1982), cancer.[454]
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- Farid Akasheh, 93, Jordanian politician, Minister of Social Development and Labour (1967), Minister of Health (1972–1973).[455]
- Leonardo Andam, 55, Filipino pool player, motorcycle accident.[456]
- Vyacheslav Artashin, 42, Russian rugby league footballer.[457]
- Ted Blanchard, 84, Canadian politician.[458]
- Sergio Bustamante, 79, Mexican actor, heart attack.[459]
- Bobby Clark, American singer.[460]
- Matthew Cowles, 69, American actor and playwright (All My Children, Shutter Island, Oz).[461]
- Edward Howel Francis, 89, British geologist.[462]
- Imre Gedővári, 62, Hungarian fencer, Olympic champion (1988) and bronze medalist (1980).[463]
- Alicia Ghiragossian, 77, Argentine poet and translator.[464]
- Laurie Hill, 71, Australian VFL football player (Collingwood).[465]
- Donald Levine, 86, American toy executive, developer of the first action figure and G. I. Joe, cancer.[466]
- Wes Lofts, 71, Australian VFL football player and administrator (Carlton), emphysema.[467]
- Dragoljub Velimirović, 72, Serbian chess grandmaster.[468]
- Paolo Viganò, 64, Italian footballer.[469]
- Saleh Wreikat, 74, Jordanian politician, MP for Amman's fifth district.[470]
23
- Ranjith Abeysuriya, 82, Sri Lankan lawyer.[471]
- Mikhail Alekseev, 64, Russian linguist.[472]
- Joel Camargo, 67, Brazilian footballer (Santos), renal failure.[473]
- Herman Dillon, 82, American Puyallup tribal executive, chairman and tribal leader, heart failure.[474]
- Mona Freeman, 87, American film actress.[475]
- Michael Gottlieb, 69, American film director and screenwriter (Mannequin, A Kid in King Arthur's Court, Mr. Nanny), traffic collision.[476]
- Rolf Hermichen, 95, German Luftwaffe fighter ace, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.[477]
- Richard Kolitsch, 24, German footballer, traffic collision.[478]
- Vivi Krogh, 94, Norwegian political activist.[479]
- Madhav Mantri, 92, Indian cricketer, was oldest-living Indian Test player, heart attack.[480]
- John McCormack, 79, Scottish light middleweight boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1956) and European middleweight champion (1961-1962).[481]
- Anand Modak, 63, Indian musician and film composer, heart attack.[482]
- Gerald O'Leary, 81, American politician.[483]
- Andy Olsen, 83, American baseball umpire.[484]
- Nikolai Pastukhov, 91, Russian actor.[485]
- Panagiotis Poikilidis, 49, Greek Olympic wrestler (1984, 1992, 1996), stroke as a complication of an aortic aneurysm.[486]
- Uña Ramos, 80, Argentine musician.[487]
- Elliot Rodger, 22, English-American mass murderer (2014 Isla Vista killings), suicide by gunshot.[488]
- Walter Romberg, 85, East German politician, Minister of Finance (1990).[489]
- Hugh Roy, 78, South African cricketer.[490]
- John Satterthwaite, 88, English Anglican prelate, Bishop of Gibraltar (1970–1993).[491]
- Ernst Strupler, 95, Swiss Olympic diver.[492]
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- Joe Aitcheson Jr., 85, American steeplechase jockey.[493]
- Tariq Aziz Brisam, 68, Iraqi football player.[494]
- Lakshmi Kumari Chundawat, 97, Indian author and politician, MP (1972–1978) and Rajasthan MLA (1962–1971) for Devgarh, recipient of Padma Shri (1984), lung infection.[495]
- Stormé DeLarverie, 93, American LGBT activist, involved in the Stonewall Riots, dementia.[496]
- Arthur Getagazhev, 38, Russian Ingush militant leader, shot.[497]
- Billy Glide, 43, American pornographic actor, alcohol intoxication.[498]
- Klaus Herm, 89, German actor.[499]
- Mahafarid Amir Khosravi, 45, Iranian billionaire industrialist, convicted of embezzlement, execution by hanging.[500]
- Maurizio Mannelli, 84, Italian Olympic water polo player (1952).[501]
- Andrei Mironov, 60, Russian journalist and human rights activist, mortar attack.[502]
- Steve Moore, 59, American comedian.[503]
- Knowlton Nash, 86, Canadian journalist, author and news anchor (The National).[504]
- Nitya Pibulsonggram, 72, Thai diplomat, Foreign Minister (2006–2008), Ambassador to the United States (1984–2000) and United Nations, stroke.[505]
- Andrea Rocchelli, 30, Italian photojournalist, mortar attack.[506]
- Conrad Rochat, 86, Swiss Olympic ski jumper.[507]
- Mark Selbee, 45, American kickboxer, drowning.[508]
- Roger Stanley, 71, American politician and informant, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1977–1982), informant in George Ryan corruption case.[509]
- E. Don Taylor, 76, Jamaican Anglican prelate, Bishop of the Virgin Islands (1986–1994), Vicar of New York City (1994–2009), heart disease.[510]
- John Vasconcellos, 82, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1966–1996) and Senate (1996–2004), organ failure.[511]
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- David Allen, 78, English cricketer (Gloucestershire, national team).[512]
- Lila Ramkumar Bhargava, 92, Indian freedom fighter, social worker, and educationist.[513]
- Tommy Blom, 67, Swedish radio host and singer (Tages).[514]
- Lee Chamberlin, 76, American actress (The Electric Company, All My Children), cancer.[515]
- John Cole, 81, South African cricketer.[516]
- Marcel Côté, 71, Canadian economist and politician.[517]
- Raymond Crisara, 93, American trumpeter.[518]
- Peter Dunfield, 82, Canadian figure skater and Olympic coach (Elizabeth Manley).[519]
- Bertha Gilkey, 65, American community activist, cancer.[520]
- Wojciech Jaruzelski, 90, Polish military officer and politician, Prime Minister (1981–1985), Chairman of the Council of State (1985–1989), President (1989–1990).[521]
- Herb Jeffries, 100, American actor and jazz and traditional pop singer, heart failure.[522]
- Sir Toaripi Lauti, 85, Tuvaluan politician, Prime Minister of Tuvalu (1978–1981), Governor-General of Tuvalu (1990–1993).[523]
- John Maginnis, 66, American political writer, commentator and journalist.[524]
- Elmer Osmar Ramón Miani, 81, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Catamarca (1989–2007).[525]
- Berniece Baker Miracle, 94, American writer.[526]
- Matthew Saad Muhammad, 59, American Hall of Fame light heavyweight boxer, WBC champion (1979–1980), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[527]
- Jhonny Perozo, 29, Venezuelan footballer, shot.[528]
- Sir Robert Porter, 90, Northern Irish politician, Minister of Home Affairs and Health and Social Services (1969), MP (NI) for Queen's University of Belfast (1966–1969) and Lagan Valley (1969–1973).[529]
- Washington César Santos, 54, Brazilian footballer (national team), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[530]
- Malcolm Simmons, 68, British motorcycle speedway racer (Poole Pirates), World Team Cup Winner (1974, 1975, 1977), World Pairs Champion (1976, 1977, 1978), emphysema.[531]
- Robert Steinberg, 92, American mathematician.[532]
- Tang Yuhan, 101, Hong Kong oncologist.[533]
- Bunny Yeager, 85, American model and photographer, heart failure.[534]
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- Albert Attalla, 82, American nuclear physicist.[535]
- Tommy Baxter, 84, New Zealand rugby league footballer.[536]
- Anna Berger, 91, American actress (Ghost World, The Sopranos, You Don't Mess with the Zohan).[537]
- Francesco d'Avalos, 84, Italian conductor and composer.[538]
- Baselios Marthoma Didymos I, 92, Indian Orthodox Church hierarch, Catholicos of The East and Malankara Metropolitan (2005–2010).[539]
- Roland Dille, 89, American educator, President of Minn. St. Moorhead (1968–1994).[540]
- Arthur E. Drumm, 84, American inventor, environmentalist, and military subcontractor.[541]
- Mike Gordon, 60, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs), acute myeloid leukemia.[542]
- Sir John Gorman, 91, Northern Irish politician, MLA for North Down (1998–2003).[543]
- Princess Jin Moyu, 95, Chinese Manchurian royal (Qing dynasty).[544]
- Frances Kornbluth, 93, American painter.[545]
- Robert L. Letsinger, 92, American biochemist.[546]
- Ma Man-kei, 94, Chinese Macanese politician.[547]
- Marcial Mes, 64, Belizean politician, first Mayan appointed to cabinet, member of the House of Representatives for Toledo West, traffic collision.[548]
- William R. Roy, 88, American politician and physician, member of the U.S. House of Reps for Kansas's 2nd District (1971–1975), complications following heart surgery.[549]
- Hooshang Seyhoun, 93, Iranian architect.[550]
- Manuel Uribe, 48, Mexican obese man, was world's third-heaviest person, liver failure.[551]
- Westmead Hawk, 10–11, English Greyhound, winner of the English Greyhound Derby (2005, 2006).[552]
- Peter Williams, 56, South African cricketer.[553]
- Shinichi Yamaji, 50, Japanese racing car driver.[554]
- Yu Chen Yueh-ying, 87, Taiwanese politician and judge, MP for Kaohsiung (1982–1985).[555]
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- Dagfinn Aarskog, 85, Norwegian physician.[556]
- Shehu Abubakar, 76, Nigerian chieftain, Emir of Gombe (since 1984).[557]
- Giancarlo Bacci, 82, Italian footballer.[558]
- Harold Baer Jr., 81, American judge, S.D.N.Y. federal judge (since 1994), New York Supreme Court justice (1982–1992), internal bleeding after a fall.[559]
- Aurora Bretón, 65, Mexican Olympic archer (1972, 1984, 1988, 1992) and executive, President of the Mexican Archery Federation.[560]
- Roy Clyde Clark, 93, American bishop.[561]
- Hugh Austin Curtis, 81, Canadian politician, British Columbia MLA for Saanich and the Islands (1972–1986), cancer.[562]
- Dejan Drakul, 26, Bosnian-Herzegovinian football player, cancer.[563]
- Andor Elbert, 79, Canadian canoeist.[564]
- Ruth Flowers, 74, British disc jockey.[565]
- Robert Genn, 78, Canadian landscape artist.[566]
- Jack Joyce, 71, American business executive (Nike, Inc.), co-founder of Rogue Ales.[567]
- Kōji Kojima, 83, Japanese Olympic volleyball coach (1972), pneumonia.[568]
- Lochsong, 26, British thoroughbred sprinter racehorse, Horse of the Year (1993), Champion Sprinter (1993, 1994), colic.[569]
- Malcolm MacDonald, 66, Scottish music critic.[570]
- Mosoeu Magalefa, 65, South African navy officer, Chief of Naval Staff (2005–2009).[571]
- Miodrag Radulovacki, 81, Serbian medical research scientist.[572]
- Alf Ramsøy, 88, Norwegian long-distance runner, cross-country skier and actor.[573]
- Helma Sanders-Brahms, 73, German film director (Germany, Pale Mother).[574]
- Sigmund Kvaløy Setreng, 79, Norwegian philosopher.[575]
- Janice Scroggins, 58, American jazz pianist.[576]
- Charles Swithinbank, 87, British glaciologist.[577]
- Roberto Vargas, 84, American Puerto Rican baseball player (Milwaukee Braves).[578]
- Massimo Vignelli, 83, Italian graphic designer (New York City Subway map, American Airlines).[579]
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- Maya Angelou, 86, American author (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings), poet ("On the Pulse of Morning") and civil rights activist.[580]
- Fauzi Ayub, 47, Lebanese-Canadian militant (Hezbollah), FBI most wanted terrorist.[581] (death announced on this date)
- Azlan Shah of Perak, 86, Malaysian royal, Yang di-Pertuan Agong (1989–1994), Sultan of Perak (since 1984), Lord President of the Supreme Court (1982–1984), Chief Justice (1979–1982).[582]
- Pierre Bernard, 81, French footballer.[204]
- Rachel Berman, 68, American-born Canadian painter.[583]
- Bert A. Betts, 90, American politician.[584]
- Stan Crowther, 78, English footballer.[585]
- Hernán Cruz Barnica, Honduran journalist, shot.[586]
- Ciro de Quadros, 74, Brazilian physician, cancer.[587]
- Christine Daure-Serfaty, 87, French human rights activist and writer.[588]
- Oscar Dystel, 101, American book publishing executive (Bantam Books), pioneered mass marketing of paperbacks.[589]
- Malcolm Glazer, 85, American real estate executive (First Allied Corporation) and sports franchise owner (Manchester United, Tampa Bay Buccaneers).[590]
- Clara W. Hall, 83, American research chemist.[591]
- Dave Herman, 78, American radio personality (WNEW-FM), aneurysm.[592]
- Bob Houbregs, 82, Canadian Hall of Fame basketball player (University of Washington, Milwaukee Hawks, Detroit Pistons).[593]
- Ertuğrul Işınbark, 73, Turkish stage magician.[594]
- Isaac Kungwane, 43, South African football player (Kaizer Chiefs, national team) and commentator (SuperSport), complications from diabetes.[595]
- David Nadien, 88, American violinist.[596]
- Wyc Orr, 67, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1988–1992).[597]
- Lawrence Paul, 79, Canadian Mi'kmaq politician, Chief and Chairman of Millbrook First Nation (1984–2012).[598]
- Jāzeps Pīgoznis, 79, Latvian landscape artist and academic, recipient of the Order of the Three Stars (2011).[599]
- Mordechai Piron, 92, Austrian-born Israeli chief military rabbi (Israel Defense Forces, 1969–1980).[600]
- James K. Randall, 84, American composer.[601]
- Jimmy Saxton, 74, American Hall of Fame football player (Texas Longhorns), dementia.[602]
- Peter Van de Wetering, 82, Dutch-born American horticulturist (Park Avenue, United Nations Plaza).[603]
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- Bern Bennett, 92, American radio and television announcer.[604]
- Karlheinz Böhm, 86, Austrian actor (Peeping Tom, The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm).[605]
- Christine Charbonneau, 70, Canadian singer and songwriter.[606]
- Walter Jakob Gehring, 75, Swiss developmental biologist.[607]
- Peter Glaser, 90, Czech-born American scientist and aerospace engineer.[608]
- Maxine Greene, 96, American educational philosopher.[609]
- Stefans Grové, 91, South African composer.[610]
- Alfred Jaretzki III, 94, American surgeon and academic.[611]
- Serhii Kulchytskyi, 50, Ukrainian National Guard major general, shot down.[612]
- Rafael Mendiluce, 74, Spanish footballer.[613]
- Grigori Mints, 74, Russian philosopher and mathematician.[614]
- Ian Norman, 75, Australian businessman and retail executive, co-founder of Harvey Norman.[615]
- Miljenko Prohaska, 88, Croatian composer.[616]
- William M. Roth, 97, American shipping executive (Matson, Inc.), conservationist (Ghirardelli Square) and diplomat, U.S. Trade Representative (1967–1969).[617]
- Ken Schram, 66, American television (KOMO-TV) and radio journalist (KOMO-AM), infection.[618]
- Tito Torbellino, 33, American banda singer and musician, shot.[619]
- Willem van Asselt, 68, Dutch theologian, complications from a stroke.[620]
- Felisa Vanoff, 89, American dancer, choreographer, and theatrical producer, cancer.[621]
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- Don Barry, 82, Canadian football player (Edmonton Eskimos).[622]
- Brian Blackburn, 85, Australian Olympic gymnast.[623]
- Hienadz Buraukin, 77, Belarusian poet, journalist and diplomat, Ambassador to the United Nations (1990–1994), cancer.[624]
- Henning Carlsen, 86, Danish Bodil Award-winning film director (Hunger, People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart).[625]
- Robert Costello, 93, American TV and film producer, writer, and director.[626]
- Richard Dürr, 75, Swiss footballer (Lausanne Sports).[627]
- Tod Ensign, American military veterans' rights lawyer.[628]
- Peter Hall, 86, New Zealand cricketer.[629]
- Jacques-André Hochart, 65, French cyclist.[630]
- Ron Kleemann, 76, American photorealist painter.[631]
- Joan Lorring, 88, British Hong Kong-born American actress (The Corn Is Green, Three Strangers).[632]
- Lyudmila Makarova, 92, Soviet-born Russian actress, People's Artist of the USSR (1977).[633]
- Hanna Maron, 90, German-born Israeli actress, recipient of the Israel Prize (1973).[634]
- Brad Mooney, 83, American rear admiral, Chief of Naval Research (1983–1987).[635]
- Satao, 45–46, Kenyan African elephant, poisoned arrow.[636]
- Michael Szameit, 64, German science fiction writer.[637]
- Idrissa Timta, 71–72, Nigerian chieftain, Emir of Gwoza (since 1981), shot.[638]
- Leonidas Vasilikopoulos, 82, Greek naval officer, Admiral and Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff (1986–1989) and the National Intelligence Service (1993–1996).[639]
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- Mary Anthony, 97, American choreographer, modern dancer and dance teacher (Arthur Mitchell, Donald McKayle).[640]
- Marilyn Beck, 85, American syndicated entertainment journalist and columnist, lung cancer.[641]
- Jiří Bruder, 86, Czech actor.[642]
- Jack Casley, 88, English football player (Torquay, Headington) and scout.[643]
- Marinho Chagas, 62, Brazilian footballer (Botafogo, national team), gastrointestinal bleeding.[644]
- Jack Dittmer, 86, American baseball player (Boston Braves/Milwaukee Braves).[645]
- Joseph Dowling, 92, Irish politician.[646]
- Hoss Ellington, 79, American race car driver and team owner (NASCAR), cancer.[647]
- Esyllt Harker, 67, Welsh singer and actress, cancer.[648]
- Martha Hyer, 89, American actress (Some Came Running, Sabrina).[649]
- Lewis Katz, 72, American media (The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, YES Network) and sport franchise owner (New Jersey Nets and Devils), plane crash.[650]
- Michael Kay, 86, American historian.[651]
- Chuck Lumsden, 81, Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).[652]
- Pat McDonagh, 80, British-born Canadian fashion designer, cancer.[653]
- Brajanath Ratha, 78, Indian Oriya poet.[654]
- Margaret Rodgers, 75, Australian deaconess.[655]
- Jon Sandsmark, 72, Norwegian textile artist.[656]
- Steven H. Scheuer, 88, American film and television historian and critic, heart failure.[657]
- Mary Soames, Baroness Soames, 91, British aristocrat.[658]
- Sir Godfrey Taylor, 88, British local government leader.[659]
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