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The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2012.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.
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October 2012
1
- Gordon Audley, 84, Canadian speed skater.[1]
- Dirk Bach, 51, German actor, comedian and television presenter, heart failure.[2]
- Donald E. Bently, 87, American entrepreneur and engineer.[3]
- Berkant, 73, Turkish singer, cancer.[4]
- Walter G. Church Sr., 85, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1992–2008), acute myeloid leukemia.[5]
- Madhav Dalvi, 87, Indian cricketer.[6]
- Sahara Davenport, 27, American drag queen, reality show contestant (RuPaul's Drag Race) and singer, heart failure.[7]
- Abdelkader Fréha, 69, Algerian footballer (MC Oran).[8]
- Octavio Getino, 77, Spanish-born Argentine film director, cancer.[9]
- Hassan Ghul, 35, Pakistani al-Qaeda member, drone strike.[10]
- Eric Hobsbawm, 95, British historian.[11]
- Russell Jones, 86, Australian Olympic (1960) ice hockey player.[12]
- Kwan Shan, 79, Chinese-born Hong Kong film actor, lung cancer.[13]
- Chronox Manek, Papua New Guinean lawyer and Chief Ombudsman (2008–2012).[14]
- Ali Hussein Nassif, Lebanese militant, member of Hezbollah, killed.[15]
- Armand Russell, 91, Canadian politician, MNA for Shefford (1956–1973) and Brome-Missisquoi (1976–1980); Minister of Public Works (1967–1970).[16]
- Moshe Sanbar, 86, Hungarian-born Israeli economist, Governor of the Bank of Israel (1971–1976).[17]
- Heinrich Schultz, 88, Estonian cultural functionary.[18]
- Neville Thiele, 91, Australian audio engineer.[19]
- Shlomo Venezia, 88, Greek-born Italian writer and Holocaust survivor.[20]
2
- Afrasheem Ali, Maldivian politician, stabbed.[21]
- John W. Gallivan, 97, American newspaper publisher, cable television pioneer, and civic leader.[22]
- Nicholas C. Handy, 71, British chemist, pancreatic cancer.[23]
- Konrad B. Knutsen, 87, Norwegian civil servant, State Conciliator of Norway (1975–1981).[24]
- Marjorie Lane, 100, American singer.[25]
- David N. Martin, 82, American advertising executive, founder of The Martin Agency, creator of the Virginia is for Lovers slogan, cancer.[26]
- Mohammed Mushaima, 24, Bahraini political activist, sickle cell anemia.[citation needed]
- Kalambadi Muhammad Musliyar, 78, Indian Muslim scholar.[27]
- Nguyễn Chí Thiện, 73, Vietnamese poet and activist, pneumonia.[28]
- Hideji Ōtaki, 87, Japanese actor, lung cancer.[29]
- Charles Roach, 79, Trinidadian-born Canadian civil rights lawyer, brain cancer.[30]
- J. Philippe Rushton, 68, Canadian psychology academic and intelligence theorist, cancer.[31]
- Erwin Steinberg, 91, American academic.[32]
- Big Jim Sullivan, 71, British guitarist, complications of heart disease and diabetes.[33]
3
- Mohammad Ali, 70, Bangladeshi physician and politician.[34]
- Abdul Haq Ansari, 81, Indian Islamic scholar, cardiac arrest.[35]
- Basilios Blatsos, 89, Greek-born Israeli Orthodox hierarch, Metropolitan of Caesarea (since 1975).[36]
- Bob Brooks, 84, American film director and advertising creative.[37] (death announced on this day)
- Francis Burt, 86, British composer and academic teacher.[38]
- Warren Canning, 85, Australian football player.[39]
- Robert F. Christy, 96, American theoretical physicist and astrophysicist, member of the Manhattan Project.[40]
- Billy Hullin, 70, Welsh rugby union player.[41]
- Jean-Louis Lagadec, 79, French footballer (Le Havre AC, SC Bastia) and coach (FC Chalon).[42] (French)
- Kathi McDonald, 64, American singer.[43]
- Boo Morcom, 91, American Olympic athlete.[44]
- Alfonso Orueta, 82, Chilean politician and football manager.[45]
- Albie Roles, 91, English footballer.[46]
- Kidar Nath Sahani, 86, Indian politician, Governor of Sikkim (2001–2002) and Goa (2002–2004).[47]
- Peter J. Schmitt, 62, American politician, member of the Nassau County, New York, legislature (since 1996), heart attack.[48]
- Jörg Wischmeier, 77, German Olympic athlete.[49]
4
- David Atkinson, 90, Canadian opera singer.[50]
- Günter Böttcher, 58, German Olympic handball player, injuries sustained in traffic collision.[51]
- Razia Butt, 88, Pakistani novelist.[52]
- Jim Galley, 68, English cricket player (Somerset).[53]
- K. C. N. Gowda, 84, Indian film producer and distributor.[54]
- Bernard Holden, 104, British railway preservationist (Bluebell Railway).[55]
- Stan Mudenge, 70, Zimbabwean politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1995–2005), Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education (since 2005).[56]
- Helen Elizabeth Nash, 91, American pediatrician.[57]
- Rudolf Oslansky, 81, Austrian footballer (Wiener Sport-Club).[58]
- Zwelakhe Sisulu, 61, South African newspaper editor and journalist.[59]
- Daphne Slater, 84, English actress.[60]
- Tom Stannage, 68, Australian historian, cardiac arrest.[61]
- Gloria Taylor, 64, Canadian right to die activist, infection from a perforated colon.[62]
- Pramote Teerawiwatana, 45, Thai badminton player, lung cancer.[63]
- Erhard Wunderlich, 55, German Olympic silver medal-winning (1984) handball player, cancer.[64]
5
- Keith Campbell, 58, Scottish biologist, participant in the cloning of Dolly the Sheep, asphyxiation.[65]
- Pierre Chaulet, 82, Algerian doctor, stomach cancer.[66]
- Jack Clark, 88, Australian footballer.[67]
- Joyce Currie, 80, New Zealand cricketer.[68]
- Vojin Dimitrijević, 80, Serbian human rights activist.[69]
- John Evans, 80, American artist.[70]
- James W. Holley III, 85, American politician, Mayor of Portsmouth, Virginia (1984–1987, 1996–2010), complications of a stroke.[71]
- Edvard Mirzoyan, 91, Georgian-born Armenian composer.[72]
- Claude Pinoteau, 87, French film director (La Boum), cancer.[73]
6
- Phil Bagwell, American computer scientist.[74]
- Chadli Bendjedid, 83, Algerian politician, President of Algeria (1979–1992), cancer.[75]
- Antonio Cisneros, 69, Peruvian poet, lung cancer.[76]
- Anthony John Cooke, 80, English organist.[77]
- Nick Curran, 35, American musician, oral cancer.[78]
- Irene DeLaby, 90, American baseball player.[79]
- Jeanne Delay, 92, French table tennis player.[80]
- Rasbihari Desai, 77, Indian composer.[81]
- Dal Dozzi, 75, Australian football player.[82]
- Préfète Duffaut, 89, Haitian painter.[83]
- J. Rufus Fears, 67, American historian, scholar, educator, and author.[84]
- Ulrich Franzen, 91, German-born American architect.[85]
- Gérard Gropaiz, 69, French Olympic (1960, 1964) swimmer.[86]
- Raoul De Keyser, 82, Belgian painter.[87]
- Barry Laight, 92, British aerospace engineer.[88]
- Joseph Meyer, 71, American politician, Wyoming State Treasurer (since 2007), Secretary of State of Wyoming (1999–2007).[89]
- R. Nagarathnamma, 86, Indian theatre artiste.[90]
- B. Satya Narayan Reddy, 86, Indian politician, Governor of Uttar Pradesh (1990–1993) and Orissa (1993–1995), lung disease.[91]
- J. J. C. Smart, 92, British-born Australian philosopher.[92]
- Albert von Sachsen, 77, German noble and historian.[93]
7
- Mersad Berber, 72, Bosnian painter.[94]
- Larry Block, 69, American actor (Slap Shot, Cocktail, Don't Say a Word).[95]
- Andrew Brimmer, 86, American economist, Federal Reserve Board of Governors (1966–1974).[96]
- Georges Casolari, 71, French footballer (AS Monaco).[97]
- John Cleary, 80, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (1987–2003).[98]
- Roman Danylak, 81, Canadian Ukrainian Catholic hierarch, Apostolic Administrator of Toronto and Eastern Canada (1992–1998).[99]
- Anant Dave, 74, Indian politician, cancer.[100]
- Mervyn Dymally, 86, Trinidadian-born American politician, Lieutenant Governor of California (1975–1979), member of the House of Representatives (1981–1993).[101]
- Clive Emmanuel, 64–65, British academic.[102]
- Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano, 37, Mexican drug lord (Los Zetas), shooting.[103]
- Ivo Michiels, 89, Belgian writer.[104]
- Hank Moonjean, 82, American film producer (Dangerous Liaisons, Child's Play, The Great Gatsby), pancreatic cancer.[105]
- Wiley Reed, 68, American-born Australian blues musician, complications from a fall.[106]
- André Saint-Mleux, 92, Monegasque politician, Minister of State (1972–1981).[107]
8
- Varsha Bhosle, 56, Indian journalist and singer, suicide by gunshot.[108]
- Donnis Butcher, 76, American basketball player and coach (New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons).[109]
- Walter Carsen, 100, German-born Canadian businessman and philanthropist.[110]
- Bidit Lal Das, 74, Bangladeshi folk singer.[111]
- Marilou Diaz-Abaya, 57, Filipina film director, breast cancer.[112]
- Bill Drake, 81, British rugby league player.[113]
- Leopoldo García-Colín, 81, Mexican physicist.[114]
- James Kinsella, 88, American politician, Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut (1957–1960).[115]
- Rafael Lesmes, 85, Spanish footballer.[116]
- Eric Lomax, 93, Scottish author.[117]
- José Merino del Río, 63, Costa Rican politician, kidney cancer.[118]
- Ken Sansom, 85, American voice actor (Winnie the Pooh, Transformers, The Chipmunk Adventure), stroke.[119]
- Hans Kristian Seip, 92, Norwegian forester.[120]
- Nawal Kishore Sharma, 87, Indian politician, Governor of Gujarat (2004–2009).[121]
- John Tchicai, 76, Danish jazz saxophonist and composer, brain hemorrhage.[122]
- Eduard Volodarsky, 71, Russian scriptwriter (At Home Among Strangers, My Friend Ivan Lapshin).[123]
9
- Luna Alcalay, 83, Austrian pianist, music educator and composer.[124]
- Ken Bartholomew, 92, American Olympic silver medal-winning (1948) speed skater.[125]
- Paddy Roy Bates, 91, British pirate radio broadcaster, founder of the Principality of Sealand, Alzheimer's disease.[126]
- Mark Brovun, 66, Ukrainian art director.[127]
- Federico A. Cordero, 84, Puerto Rican classical guitarist.[128]
- Bill Gardner, 83, Australian rugby player.[129]
- Marina Golub, 54, Russian actress, traffic collision.[130]
- Eddie Harvey, 86, British jazz musician.[131]
- Sammi Kane Kraft, 20, American child actress (Bad News Bears), traffic collision.[132]
- Stefan Leletko, 59, Polish Olympic weightlifter[133]
- Budd Lynch, 95, Canadian-born American public address announcer (Detroit Red Wings).[134]
- George Paciullo, 78, Australian politician.[135]
- Kenny Rollins, 89, American Olympic gold medal-winning (1948) basketball player.[136]
- Elo Romančík, 89, Slovak actor, cardiac failure.[137]
- Harris Savides, 55, American cinematographer (Zodiac, Milk, American Gangster), brain cancer.[138]
10
- Ilse Maria Aschner, 94, Austrian journalist.[139]
- Ram Narayan Bishnoi, 80, Indian politician.[140]
- Mamia Chentouf, 89–90, Algerian midwife and independence activist.[141]
- Deborah Chessler, 88–89, American songwriter.[142]
- Kevin Curran, 53, Zimbabwean cricketer, suspected heart attack.[143]
- Enrico di Robilant, 87–88, Italian philosopher.[144]
- Sam Gibbons, 92, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida (1963–1997).[145]
- Andrey Gonchar, 80, Soviet and Russian mathematician.[146]
- Derek Hutchinson, 79, British sea kayaker, author and designer[147]
- Jos Huysmans, 70, Belgian racing cyclist, heart attack.[148]
- Alex Karras, 77, American football player (Detroit Lions) and actor (Blazing Saddles, Webster), kidney failure.[149]
- Piotr Lenartowicz, 78, Polish Jesuit and philosopher.[150]
- Robert Litz, 62, American playwright, natural causes.[151]
- Jonas Mačys, 74, Lithuanian politician.[152]
- Carla Porta Musa, 110, Italian essayist, poet, and supercentenarian, pneumonia.[153]
- Leo O'Brien, 41, American actor (The Last Dragon).[154]
- Basil L. Plumley, 92, American Army command sergeant major, cancer.[155]
- Mark Poster, 71, American philosopher.[156]
- Peter Ross-Edwards, 90, Australian politician, leader of the Victorian Country Party (1970–1988).[157]
- Malcolm Sampson, 72, English rugby league player.[158]
- Mike Singleton, 61, British video game developer, cancer.[159]
- Amanda Todd, 15, Canadian high school student and cyberbullying victim, suicide by hanging.
- Kyaw Zaw, 92, Burmese military officer and politician.[160]
11
- Avraham Abutbul, 51, Israeli actor, singer and musician (Ushpizin), brain tumor.[161]
- Balu Alaganan, 87, Indian cricketer.[162]
- Frank Alamo, 70, French singer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[163]
- Johannes Bastiaan, 101, German violinist.[164]
- Seamus Bonner, 63, Irish Gaelic footballer (Donegal), short illness.[165]
- Pier Ugo Calzolari, 74, Italian academic, Rector of University of Bologna (2000–2009).[166]
- Beano Cook, 81, American college football historian and television sports analyst (ESPN).[167]
- Patrick Dignan, 92, Irish-born British Army surgeon.[168]
- Bill Ezinicki, 88, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins).[169]
- Charles E. Fritch, 85, American writer and editor.[170]
- Avrohom Genachowsky, 76, Israeli rabbi, pancreatic cancer.[171]
- Helmut Haller, 73, German footballer, Parkinson's disease and dementia.[172]
- Robert Hughes, 81, American Olympic water polo player and swimmer.[173]
- Edward Kossoy, 99, Polish lawyer, publicist and activist for victims of Nazism.[174]
- Ernst Lindner, 77, German international footballer.[175]
- Clarence Mitchell III, 72, American politician, Maryland Senate (1967–1986) and House member (1963–1967), cancer.[176]
- Édgar Negret, 92, Colombian sculptor, cancer and heart failure.[177]
- Sher Afgan Niazi, 66, Pakistani politician, liver cancer.[178]
- Champ Summers, 66, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers), kidney cancer.[179]
12
- Bob Aynsley, 90, New Zealand rugby league player.[180]
- Maria Alice Barroso, 85-86, Brazilian librarian, novelist and short story writer.[181]
- Britton Chance Jr., 72, American yacht designer, complications of a stroke.[182]
- John Call Cook, 94, American geophysicist.[183]
- James Elliott Coyne, 102, Canadian banker, Governor of the Bank of Canada (1955–1961).[184]
- Raphael E. Freundlich, 84, Israeli classical scholar.[185]
- William C. Friday, 92, American educator, President of the University of North Carolina (1956–1986).[186]
- John Garcia, 95, American psychologist.[187]
- Ray Gietzelt, 90, Australian trade union leader.[188]
- Norm Grabowski, 79, American actor (The Towering Inferno) and hot rod builder.[189]
- Jean-Pierre Hautier, 56, Belgian television presenter and broadcaster, cancer.[190]
- Sukhdev Singh Kang, 81, Indian jurist and politician, Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court (1989–1993), Governor of Kerala (1997–2002).[191]
- Ervin Kassai, 87, Hungarian Olympic and international basketball referee.[192]
- Jim Kremmel, 63, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).[193]
- Torkom Manoogian, 93, Iraqi-born Armenian Apostolic hierarch, Patriarch of Jerusalem (since 1990).[194]
- Erik Moseholm, 82, Danish jazz musician.[195]
- Henry Moyo, 65, Malawian football coach (national team, 1984).[196]
- Geraldine Mucha, 95, Scottish composer.[197]
- Steve Newman, 58, American football player and coach, heart attack.[198]
- Jorun Askersrud Nygaard, 83, Norwegian cross country skier.[199]
- Tony Pawson, 91, English cricketer and writer (Kent).[200]
- Břetislav Pojar, 89, Czech animator and film director.[201]
- Varinder Singh, 57, Indian Army officer, awarded Vir Chakra.[202]
- Vera Smith, 80, Canadian skater.[203]
- David Trosch, 76, American Roman Catholic priest, advocate of justifiable homicide for murderers of abortion providers, after long illness.[204]
- Harry Valérien, 88, German sports journalist.[205]
13
- Marc Awodey, 51, American artist and poet.[206]
- Sir Stuart Bell, 74, British politician, MP for Middlesbrough (since 1983), pancreatic cancer.[207]
- Paul Brown, 43, American race car driver (Pirelli World Challenge), melanoma.[208]
- George D. Buffett, 83, American politician.[209]
- Georges Chaulet, 81, French writer.[210]
- Gary Collins, 74, American actor (The Sixth Sense, The Wackiest Ship in the Army) and television host (Miss America), natural causes.[211]
- Carl-Wilhelm Engdahl, 86, Swedish fencer.[212]
- Tomonobu Imamichi, 89, Japanese philosopher.[213]
- Saiichi Maruya, 87, Japanese author and literary critic, heart failure.[214]
- Joey Pal, 85, Canadian football player (Montreal Alouettes).[215]
- Jim Rollo, 75, Scottish footballer, cancer.[216]
- Hisham Al-Saedni, 47, Palestinian militant, air strike.[217]
- Frank Sando, 81, British Olympic cross-country runner.[218]
- Harihar Swain, 73, Indian politician, MP for Aska (2004–2009), cancer.[219]
- Szeto Kam-Yuen, 48, Hong Kong screenwriter, lung cancer.[220]
- Manuel Torres Félix, 58, Mexican drug trafficker for the Sinaloa Cartel, shot.[221]
14
- Billy Benn Perrurle, app. 69, Alyawarre landscape artist.[222]
- Kyle Bennett, 33, American BMX cyclist, traffic collision.[223]
- Kees W. Bolle, 84, Dutch historian.[224]
- S. Ward Casscells, 60, American cardiologist, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (2007–2009), prostate cancer.[225]
- John Clive, 79, English actor (A Clockwork Orange, The Italian Job, Yellow Submarine).[226]
- Branko Črnac Tusta, 57, Croatian singer, throat cancer.[227]
- Max Fatchen, 92, Australian journalist and children's writer.[228]
- James R. Grover Jr., 93, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York (1963–1975), heart failure.[229]
- Sir John Moreton, 94, British diplomat.[230]
- Buster Pearson, 71, Jamaican musician, father and manager of Five Star.[231]
- Joseph Rosenmiller, 87, American businessman and philanthropist.[232]
- Eddie Russo, 86, American race car driver.[233]
- Odorico Leovigildo Saiz Pérez, 100, Spanish-born Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Requena (1973–1987).[234]
- Larry Sloan, 89, American publisher (Mad Libs), co-founder of Price Stern Sloan.[235]
- Arlen Specter, 82, American politician, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (1981–2011), complications of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.[236]
- Marc Swayze, 99, American comic book artist (Captain Marvel).[237]
- Elizabeth Watkins, 89, English author, short illness.[238]
- Dody Weston Thompson, 89, American photographer.[239]
- Gart Westerhout, 85, Dutch-born American astronomer.[240]
15
- Margaret Alington, 92, New Zealand historian.[241]
- Michael Asher, 69, American conceptual artist.[242]
- Abba Bina, Papua New Guinean businessman.[243] (death announced on this date)
- Axel Borup-Jørgensen, 87, Danish composer.[244]
- Claude Cheysson, 92, French politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1981–1984).[245]
- Vladimir Čonč, 84, Croatian footballer.[246]
- Patrick R. Cooney, 78, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Gaylord (1989–2009).[247]
- Joseph W. Eaton, 93, German-born American sociologist.[248]
- Robert T. Francoeur, 80, American biologist and sexologist.[249]
- Erol Günaydın, 79, Turkish actor, heart failure.[250]
- Trevor Kemp, app. 68, Scottish footballer (Berwick Rangers).[251]
- María Rosa Menocal, 59, Cuban-born American academic, melanoma.[252]
- Norodom Sihanouk, 89, Cambodian royal, King (1941–1955, 1993–2004) and nine-term Prime Minister, heart attack.[253]
- Susan Parkinson, 87, British potter and charity worker.[254]
- Maria Petrou, 59, Greek-born British computer scientist, cancer.[255]
- Alberto Reif, 66, Italian footballer.[256]
- Pat Ward, 55, American politician, Iowa State Senator (since 2004), breast cancer.[257]
- Sam Williams, 88, American basketball coach (Texan Pan American).[258]
16
- Odile Bain, 73, French parasitologist.[259]
- Bernard Chaet, 88, American artist.[260]
- James D. Conte, 53, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (since 1988), cancer.[261]
- Frank Moore Cross, 91, American biblical scholar.[262]
- John A. Durkin, 76, American politician, Senator for New Hampshire (1975–1980).[263]
- Mario Gallegos Jr., 62, American politician, Texas State Senator (since 1995), complications of liver disease.[264]
- Al Ghesquiere, 93, American football player.[265]
- Nathan Glick, 100, American artist and illustrator.[266]
- Wava Banes Henry, 92, American teacher, founded Tau Beta Sigma.[267]
- Aleksandr Koshkin, 53, Russian Soviet-era Olympic silver medal-winning (1980) boxer, stroke.[268]
- Ethel Person, 77, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.[269]
- Bódog Török, 88, Hungarian handball player, coach and sports official, complications of surgery.[270]
- Eddie Yost, 86, American baseball player and coach (Washington Senators), cardiovascular disease.[271]
17
- Milija Aleksic, 61, English football player (Tottenham Hotspur).[272]
- Émile Allais, 100, French Olympic bronze medal-winning (1936) alpine ski racer.[273]
- Milt Drewer, 89, American football coach.[274]
- René-Marie Ehuzu, 68, Beninese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Abomey (2002–2007) and Porto Novo (since 2007).[275]
- Henry Friedlander, 82, German-born American historian of the Holocaust.[276]
- Bandya Kakade, 67, Indian footballer, heart attack.[277]
- Sylvia Kristel, 60, Dutch actress (Emmanuelle), model, and singer, throat and liver cancer.[278]
- Harry E. Luther, 60, American botanist.[279]
- Bertie Marshall, 76, Trinidadian musician and steelpan maker.[280]
- Stanford R. Ovshinsky, 89, American inventor and scientist, prostate cancer.[281]
- Pépito Pavon, 71, Spanish footballer (Olympique de Marseille).[282]
- Presvis, 8, British Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanised.[283]
- Karin Stoltenberg, 80, Norwegian geneticist and politician.[284]
- Kōji Wakamatsu, 76, Japanese film director, traffic collision.[285]
18
- Florence Akins, 106, New Zealand artist.[286]
- Christopher Allen, 68, English cricket player (Dorset), bowel cancer.[287]
- Borah Bergman, 85, American free jazz pianist, dementia.[288]
- Brain Damage, 34, American professional wrestler, suicide.[289]
- E. K. Fretwell, 88, American teacher and university administrator.[290]
- Zdzisław Kotla, 63, Polish Olympic sailor.[291]
- Mihály Lukács, 57, Hungarian Romani politician, member of the National Assembly (2002–2006), after long illness.[292]
- Bob Martin, 87, American Olympic rower.[293]
- Slater Martin, 86, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Minneapolis Lakers, St. Louis Hawks).[294]
- George Mattos, 83, American Olympic (1952, 1956) pole vaulter, prostate cancer.[295]
- Jack McGaw, 76, Canadian broadcaster.[296]
- John Rigby, 89, Australian artist.[297]
- Dilbagh Singh Kler, 76, Malaysian Olympic athlete.[298]
- Otto Richard Skopil Jr., 93, American federal judge (9th Circuit Court of Appeals).[299]
- Albert Lee Ueltschi, 95, American aviation trainer, founder of FlightSafety International.[300]
- David S. Ware, 62, American jazz saxophonist, complications of a kidney transplant.[301]
19
- Wissam al-Hassan, 47, Lebanese police officer, head of the Information Branch of the Internal Security Forces, car bomb.[citation needed]
- Wiyogo Atmodarminto, 89, Indonesian general, Governor of Jakarta (1987–1992).[302]
- Lincoln Alexander, 90, Canadian politician, MP for Hamilton West (1968–1980), Minister of Labour (1979–1980), and Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (1985–1991).[303]
- Copiad, 23, Swedish breeding stallion and racing trotter.[304]
- Joe Cullinane, 89, American baseball broadcaster and author.[305]
- Raymond Dumais, 62, Canadian Roman Catholic ex-prelate, Bishop of Gaspé (1993–2001).[306]
- Mike Graham, 61, American professional wrestler, suicide by gunshot.[307]
- Walter Harrison, 91, British politician, MP for Wakefield (1964–1987), Government Deputy Chief Whip (1974–1979).[308]
- Jack Hirst, 75, British rugby league player.[309]
- Dessie Kane, 60, Irish cricketer.[310]
- Johann Kniewasser, 61, Austrian alpine skier, liver disease.[311]
- Thomas Madigage, 41, South African footballer and coach, traffic collision.[312]
- Fiorenzo Magni, 91, Italian racing cyclist, Giro d'Italia winner (1948, 1951, 1955), aneurysm.[313]
- Manuel António Pina, 68, Portuguese journalist and writer.[314]
- John Radford, 65, British writer, heart failure.[315]
- Barbara Sowers, 80, American baseball player.[316]
- Raúl Valencia, 36, Spanish footballer.[317]
20
- Oli Ahad, 84-85, Bangladeshi politician and language activist, lung infection.[318]
- Jaouad Akaddar, 28, Moroccan footballer, cardiac arrest.[319]
- George Dessart, 87, American television producer and executive.[320]
- Milena Doleželová-Velingerová, 80, Czech sinologist.[321]
- Przemysław Gintrowski, 60, Polish composer and musician.[322]
- William Goad, 68, British businessman and convicted child sex offender, natural causes.[323]
- Paul Kurtz, 86, American skeptic and secular humanist.[324]
- Daniel Enele Kwanairara, 65, Solomon Islands politician, MP for North Malaita (1997–2001, 2004–2010), Minister for Agriculture and Livestock (2005–2006).[325]
- Dave May, 68, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers, Baltimore Orioles), complications from cancer and diabetes.[326]
- Sándor Mazány, 89, Hungarian Olympic skier.[327]
- John McConnell, 97, American peace activist, designed the Earth Day flag.[328]
- Joe Melia, 77, British actor.[329]
- Mataiasi Ragigia, Fijian politician, MP for Suva City Urban (since 2001) and minister.[330]
- Daphne Skillern, 84, British police officer.[331]
- Kirdy Stevens, 92, American pornographic film director.[332]
- E. Donnall Thomas, 92, American physician, Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine (1990), heart disease.[333]
- Raymond Watson, 86, American business executive (Walt Disney Productions), complications of Parkinson's disease.[334]
21
- Raja Ali, 36, Indian cricketer, cardiac arrest.[335]
- Harvie Andre, 72, Canadian politician, MP for Calgary Centre (1972–1993) and cabinet minister, cancer.[336]
- Jan Barnard, 83, South African Olympic (1956) marathon runner.[337]
- Elizabeth Bell, 71, English actress, oesophageal cancer.[338]
- Chacha Pakistani, 90, Pakistani nationalist.[339]
- Geoff Beynon, 86, British trade union leader.[340]
- Yash Chopra, 80, Indian director, filmmaker, script writer, and producer (Kabhi Kabhie, Deewaar, Veer-Zaara), dengue fever and multiple organ failure.[341]
- J. Duncan M. Derrett, 90, British academic.[342]
- Antoni Dobrowolski, 108, Polish Holocaust survivor, oldest known Auschwitz survivor.[343]
- Hans Fichtner, 95, German rocket scientist.[344]
- Tim Johnson, 52, American country music songwriter, cancer.[345]
- Ted Kazanoff, 90, American actor (Law & Order).[346]
- Alf Kumalo, 82, South African photographer, suspected kidney failure.[347]
- Jaroslav Kozlík, 105, Czech pedagogue and volleyball player, natural causes.[348]
- George McGovern, 90, American politician and USAAF pilot, U.S. Representative (1957–1961) and Senator (1963–1981), 1972 Democratic Party presidential nominee.[349]
- Steve Paul, 71, American nightclub owner (The Scene) and artist manager (Johnny Winter).[350]
- Irene Treppler, 86, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (1973–1985) and Missouri Senate (1985–1997), dementia.[351]
- William Walker, 99, British fighter pilot (Battle of Britain), stroke.[352]
- Run Wrake, 46, British animator and film director, cancer.[353]
22
- Nayden Apostolov, 64, Bulgarian geographer, theorist, writer and professor.[354]
- Bidushi Dash Barde, 23, Indian actress and model, bleeding from lacerations.[355] (body discovered on this date)
- Betty Binns Fletcher, 89, American federal judge (9th Circuit Court of Appeals).[356]
- Amrita Chaudhry, 40, Indian journalist, road accident.[357]
- Carolyn Conwell, 82, American actress (Torn Curtain, The Young and the Restless).[358]
- Desejado Lima da Costa, Bissau-Guinean politician.[359]
- Leroy Coury, Kittitian cricketer.[360]
- Claire Dan, 92, Australian philanthropist, Founder and Life President of the Sydney International Piano Competition.[361]
- Don W. East, 67, American politician.[362]
- Ahmad Ghabel, 58, Iranian religious scholar and political dissident, brain tumor.[363]
- Arthur Jensen, 89, American psychologist, educator and author, Parkinson's disease.[364]
- Jack Lumsden, 85, British Olympic modern pentathlete.[365]
- Russell Means, 72, American Ogala Lakota activist and actor (Pocahontas, The Last of the Mohicans, Pathfinder), esophageal cancer.[366]
- Chuckie Merlino, 73, American mobster (Philadelphia crime family).[367]
- Mike Morris, 66, British television presenter (TV-am), heart failure.[368]
- Shubha Phutela, 21, Indian film actress and model, multiple organ failure.[369]
- Gabrielle Roth, 71, American dancer and musician, lung cancer.[370]
- Donald Takayama, 68, American surfer, member of the International Surfing Hall of Fame (1991), complications from heart surgery.[371]
- Sir Wilson Whineray, 77, New Zealand rugby union player and businessman (Carter Holt Harvey).[372]
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- Barouh Berkovits, 86, Czech-born American bioengineer.[373]
- William Joel Blass, 95, American judge and politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1953–1960).[374]
- Wilhelm Brasse, 94, Polish photographer, prisoner in Auschwitz during World War II.[375]
- Roland de la Poype, 92, French fighter pilot.[376]
- Philippe Di Santo, 62, Belgian footballer (R. Charleroi S.C., Sint-Truiden, Delfino Pescara 1936) and coach (K.A.S. Eupen), following a long illness.[377]
- Sunil Gangopadhyay, 78, Indian writer and poet, cardiac arrest.[378]
- Hughie Hay, 80, Scottish footballer.[379]
- Corrado Lojacono, 88, Italian singer ("Carina") and actor (Howlers in the Dock), kidney failure.[380]
- Jozef Mannaerts, 89, Belgian footballer (K.R.C. Mechelen).[381]
- Michael Marra, 60, Scottish musician and songwriter, throat cancer.[382]
24
- Peggy Ahern, 95, American child actress (Our Gang).[383]
- Hannie Bal, 91, Dutch painter.[384]
- Janet Berliner, 73, South African-born American science fiction author.[385]
- Anita Björk, 89, Swedish actress.[386]
- Jeff Blatnick, 55, American Olympic gold medal-winning (1984) wrestler and sports commentator, complications following heart surgery.[387]
- Phil Bygrave, 83, New Zealand field hockey player.[388]
- Juanita Casey, 87, Irish novelist and poet.[389]
- Bill Dees, 73, American musician and songwriter ("Oh, Pretty Woman", "It's Over"), brain tumor.[390]
- Rostyslav Dotsenko, 81, Ukrainian translator, literary critic, and author.[citation needed]
- Margaret Osborne duPont, 94, American tennis player, winner of 37 Grand Slam titles.[391]
- Eusebius Politylo, 84, Ukrainian Orthodox hierarch, Metropolitan of Rivne and Ostroh (2005–2012).[392]
- Alfred Schakron, 51, Lebanese-born Belizean businessman, shot.[393]
- Peter Wright, 78, English footballer (Colchester United F.C.).[394]
25
- Michael Daniel Ambatchew, 45, Ethiopian children's book writer.[395]
- Rafiqul Anwar, 59, Bangladeshi politician, liver ailment.[396]
- Aude, 65, Canadian writer, leukemia.[397]
- Jacques Barzun, 104, French-born American historian.[398]
- Dimitris Beis, 84, Greek politician, Mayor of Athens (1979–1986), cancer.[399]
- Jaspal Bhatti, 57, Indian actor (Flop Show) and comedian, traffic collision.[400]
- Max Brown, Australian politician.[401]
- Cesare Canevari, 85, Italian actor, director and screenwriter (Matalo!, A Man for Emmanuelle).[402]
- John Cannon, 86, English historian.[citation needed]
- Hadley Castille, 79, American Cajun fiddler.[403]
- John Connelly, 74, English footballer (Burnley F.C.), cancer.[404]
- Piermassimiliano Dotto, 42, Italian rugby union player, heart attack.[405]
- Roger Gibbs, 80, New Zealand swimmer.[406]
- Jacques Goimard, 78, French writer, Parkinson's disease.[407]
- Aung Gyi, 93, Burmese politician, cardiac arrest.[408]
- Balázs Győrffy, 74, Hungarian-born American physicist.[409]
- Olga Jančić, 83, Serbian sculptor.[410]
- Alexander Lapin, 67, Russian photographer.[411]
- James Gibson Lorimer, 89, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Burnaby-Willingdon (1960–1975; 1979–1983).[412]
- Erich Masurat, 85, German Olympic sports shooter.[413]
- Les Mueller, 93, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).[414]
- Emanuel Steward, 68, American Hall of Fame boxing trainer and HBO boxing commentator, complications of diverticulitis.[415]
- Joop Stokkermans, 75, Dutch composer.[416]
- Ronald John Yates, app. 88, Australian businessman, CEO of Qantas.[417]
26
- Mac Ahlberg, 81, Swedish cinematographer (Beverly Hills Cop III, The Brady Bunch Movie, Oscar), heart failure.[418]
- Carlos Azevedo, 63, Portuguese composer and pianist.[419]
- Richard N. Current, 100, American historian and biographer.[420]
- Luigi Dadda, 89, Italian computer scientist (Dadda multiplier).[421]
- Arnold Greenberg, 80, American businessman, co-founder of Snapple, cancer.[422]
- Eloy Gutiérrez Menoyo, 77, Spanish-born Cuban dissident (Alpha 66), heart attack.[423]
- Joža Horvat, 97, Croatian writer.[424]
- John M. Johansen, 96, American architect, last surviving member of the Harvard Five, heart failure.[425]
- Alan Kirschenbaum, 51, American television writer and producer (Coach, My Name Is Earl, Raising Hope), suicide.[426]
- Naoki Miyamoto, 77, Japanese professional Go player, hepatocellular carcinoma.[427]
- Natina Reed, 32, American musician (Blaque) and actress (Bring It On), traffic collision.[428]
- Björn Sieber, 23, Austrian alpine skier, traffic collision.[429]
- Alan Stretton, 90, Australian major general, disaster recovery leader (Cyclone Tracy) and AFL player (St. Kilda), haemorrhage.[430]
- Georges Van Straelen, 55, French footballer (FC Nantes, Girondins de Bordeaux, Toulouse FC, RC Strasbourg) and coach, lung cancer.[431]
- Frank Weddig, 67, American politician, Colorado Senate (1994–2000) and House of Representatives (2000–2004).[432]
27
- Shirley Ballard, 87, American actress, director and screenwriter.[433]
- Anatoly Betekhtin, 81, Russian military commander.[434]
- Ian Buist, 82, British diplomat.[435]
- Terry Callier, 67, American singer-songwriter, cancer.[436]
- Robert W. Castle, 83, American Episcopal priest and actor (Philadelphia).[437]
- Angelo Maria Cicolani, 60, Italian politician, Senator for Rieti (since 2001).[438]
- Joe Cinderella, 85, American guitarist and educator.[439]
- Dick de Fegely, 84, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council (1985–1999).[440]
- Regina Dourado, 59, Brazilian actress, breast cancer.[441]
- Jacques Dupin, 85, French poet and critic.[442]
- Dmitry Gayev, 61, Russian civil servant, head of Moscow Metro, cancer.[443]
- Illar Hallaste, 53, Estonian cleric, politician, lawyer, and businessman.[444]
- Hans Werner Henze, 86, German composer (Symphony No. 9, Elegy for Young Lovers, The Raft of the Medusa).[445]
- Eduardo Herrera Riera, 85, Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Carora (1994–2003), cancer.[446]
- John LoVetere, 76, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, New York Giants).[447]
- Felix Eugenio Mkhori, 81, Malawian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Chikwawa (1979–2001) and Lilongwe (2001–2007).[448]
- Terry Owens, 68, American football player (San Diego Chargers), Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).[449]
- Rodney S. Quinn, 89, American politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives (1974–1978), Secretary of State of Maine (1979–1988), pneumonia.[450]
- Alan Shaxon, 78, British magician.[451]
- Göran Stangertz, 68, Swedish actor and director, throat cancer.[452]
- Ray Torres, 54, Mexican baseball player.[453]
- Bill White, 51, American animator.[454]
28
- Vitaliy Alisevich, 45, Belarusian hammer thrower, heart problem.[455]
- Robert Amft, 95, American painter, sculptor, photographer, and designer.[456]
- Merry Anders, 78, American actress (Maverick, Bonanza).[457]
- François Arnal, 88, French painter and sculptor.[458]
- Bertil Bäckvall, 89, Swedish footballer and football manager.[459]
- Gordon Bilney, 73, Australian politician, member of the House of Representatives for Kingston (1983–1996).[460]
- Bob Brunner, 78, American television writer and producer (Diff'rent Strokes, Happy Days, The Odd Couple), heart attack.[461]
- John Cheffers, 76, Australian sports administrator and footballer.[462]
- Nicki R. Crick, 54, American psychologist.[463]
- Jack Dellal, 89, British property investor, natural causes.[464]
- Heinrich Karlen, 90, Swiss-born Zimbabwean Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Bulawayo (1974–1997).[465]
- Susan Murphy-Milano, 52, American author, cancer.[466]
- George Riashi, 78, Lebanese Melkite Catholic hierarch, Archbishop of Tripoli (1995–2010).[467]
- Mel Spence, 76, Jamaican Olympic sprinter.[468]
- Tie the Knot, 18, Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Sydney Cup (1998, 1999) and Chipping Norton Stakes (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002).[469] (death announced on this date)
- Gaetano Tumiati, 94, Italian novelist and journalist, won 1976 Premio Campiello.[470]
29
- Brenda Agard, 51, British photographer, poet and storyteller.[471]
- Warsame Shire Awale, 61, Somali poet and writer, shooting.[472]
- Letitia Baldrige, 86, American etiquette expert, White House Social Secretary, osteoarthritis with cardiac complications.[473]
- J. Bernlef, 75, Dutch writer.[474]
- George Bossy, 85, Canadian Olympic sprint canoer and football player.[475]
- Valerie Todd Davies, 92, Australian zoologist.[476]
- Thomas Delworth, 83, Canadian diplomat and academic.[477]
- Cordelia Edvardson, 83, Swedish journalist and Holocaust survivor.[478]
- John Hind Farmer, 95, British soldier.[479]
- Albano Harguindeguy, 85, Argentine general.[480]
- Susumu Ishikawa, 79, Japanese voice actor and singer, stomach cancer and emphysema.[481]
- Kenneth G. Ryder, 88, American academic, President of Northeastern University (1975–1989).[482]
- Wallace L. W. Sargent, 77, British-born American astronomer, prostate cancer.[483]
- Jack H. Vaughn, 92, American public servant and diplomat, Director of the Peace Corps (1966–1969), cancer.[484]
30
- Arjen Arî, 55–56, Kurdish poet and writer.[485]
- Franck Biancheri, 51, French politician, cancer.[486]
- Jan Crutchfield, 74, American singer and songwriter.[487]
- Minardi, 14, American-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.[488]
- Samina Raja, 51, Pakistani poet, writer, educationist, and broadcaster, cancer.[489]
- Leonard Termo, 77, American actor (Fight Club, Johnny Dangerously).[490]
- Dan Tieman, 71, American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals), cancer.[491]
- Wayland Tunley, 75, British architect.[492]
- Trevor West, 74, Irish academic and politician, Senator for Dublin University (1970–1981, 1982–1983).[493]
- Lebbeus Woods, 72, American architect and artist.[494]
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- Gae Aulenti, 84, Italian architect and designer.[495]
- Hugh Bell, 85, American photographer.[496]
- Frederick C. Blesse, 91, American general.[497]
- June Blundell, Lady Blundell, 90, New Zealand charity patron, widow of former governor-general Sir Denis Blundell.[498]
- Nona Byrne, 90, British Building Society founder and philanthropist.[499]
- Brian Cobby, 83, British actor, voice of the speaking clock (1985–2007).[500]
- George G. Crawford, 92, American judge and politician.[501]
- Alfons Demming, 84, German Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (1976–1998).[502]
- Jack Finck, 82, Australian football player (Collingwood).[503]
- John Fitch, 95, American racing driver, Merkel cell carcinoma.[504]
- Alexander Kibrik, 73, Russian linguist (Moscow State University).[505]
- Fernando Ortíz, 89, Mexican Olympic sailor.[506]
- Christina Persighetti, 76, British Olympic athlete.[507]
- John H. Reed, 91, American politician, Governor of Maine (1959–1966), pneumonia.[508]
- Faustino Sainz Muñoz, 75, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain (2004–2010), cancer.[509]
- Teri Shields, 79, American model and actress, complications from dementia.[510]
- Bernard John Smith, 61, British geologist.[511]
- Fergie Sutherland, 81, British–born Irish horse trainer.[512]
- Bill Tom, 89, American Olympic gymnast.[513]
- Konstantin Vyrupayev, 82, Russian Olympic medal-winning (1956, 1960) wrestler.[514]
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