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Deaths in October 2016
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The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2016.
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 2016
1
- Edda Heiðrún Backman, 58, Icelandic actress (101 Reykjavík), motor neurone disease.[1]
- Brian Bell, 86, New Zealand ornithologist.[2]
- Bobby Burnett, 73, American football player (Buffalo Bills), pancreatic cancer.[3]
- William Dumbrell, 90, Australian biblical scholar.[4]
- David Herd, 82, Scottish footballer (Arsenal, Manchester United, national team).[5]
- Anton Jeyanathan, 68, Sri Lankan politician, traffic collision.[6]
- Jagoda Kaloper, 69, Croatian actress (W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism).[7]
- Erol Keskin, 89, Turkish footballer (Fenerbahçe, Adaletspor, national team).[8]
- Daphne Odjig, 97, Canadian First Nations artist.[9]
- Vittorio Scantamburlo, 86, Italian football manager and scout.[10]
- Roger Theder, 77, American football player and coach, Parkinson's disease.[11]
- Lowell Thomas Jr., 92, English-born American film producer and politician, member of the Alaska Senate (1967–1974), Lieutenant Governor of Alaska (1974–1978).[12]
- Toni Williams, 77, Cook Islands-born New Zealand singer.[13]
2
- David Abdulai, 65, Ghanaian physician.[14]
- Georg Apenes, 76, Norwegian politician and jurist.[15]
- Walter Darby Bannard, 82, American painter.[16]
- Betty Blayton-Taylor, 79, American artist, arts administrator, and co-founder of the Studio Museum in Harlem.[17]
- Steve Byrd, 61, English guitarist (Gillan, Kim Wilde), heart attack.[18]
- Gordon Davidson, 83, American stage and film director.[19]
- Pierre Durand Sr., 84, French Olympic equestrian.[20]
- Mary Hesse, 91, British academician and educator.[21]
- Ed McHugh, 86, American Olympic soccer player.[22]
- Sir Neville Marriner, 92, British conductor (Amadeus), founder of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.[23]
- Bobby Molloy, 80, Irish politician, TD (1965–2002).[24]
- Jeroen Oerlemans, 46, Dutch photojournalist, shot.[25]
- Gary Reed, 60, American comic book writer (Deadworld, Baker Street), heart attack.[26]
- Thomas Round, 100, British opera singer.[27]
- Hanna Zora, 77, Iraqi-born Iranian-Canadian Chaldean Catholic hierarch, Archbishop of Ahwaz (1974–2011) and Mar Addai of Toronto (2011–2014).[28]
3
- Cai Qirui, 102, Chinese chemist, educator and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences).[29]
- Alain Chevallier, 68, French motorcycle designer, cancer.[30]
- Ljupka Dimitrovska, 70, Macedonian-born Croatian singer.[31]
- Isobel Finnerty, 86, Canadian politician, Senator (1999–2005).[32]
- Anthony Goodman, 80, British medieval historian.[33]
- K. David van Hoesen, 90, American bassoonist.[34]
- Ahmad Salama Mabruk, 59, Egyptian leader of Jabhat al-Nusra, drone strike.[35]
- Andrew Vicari, 84, British painter.[36]
- Mário Wilson, 86, Portuguese football player and manager (Sporting, Académica, Benfica).[37]
4
- Gair Allie, 84, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates), heart disease.[38]
- Mario Almada, 94, Mexican actor (La Viuda Negra).[39]
- Kenneth Angell, 86, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Burlington (1992–2005).[40]
- Yusuf Arakkal, 70, Indian painter.[41]
- Bertrand M. Bell, 86, American physician, key figure in the Libby Zion Law legislation, kidney failure.[42]
- Terry Butler, 58, Australian rugby league player, lung cancer.[43]
- Elaine Lustig Cohen, 89, American graphic designer.[44]
- Caroline Crawley, 53, British singer and musician (Shelleyan Orphan, This Mortal Coil).[45]
- Stephen de Mowbray, 91, British counterintelligence officer.[46]
- Melvin M. Grumbach, 90, American pediatrician.[47]
- Brigitte Hamann, 76, German-Austrian historian and author.[48]
- Pieter Hintjens, 53, Belgian software developer, euthanasia.[49]
- Merfyn Jones, 85, Welsh footballer (Scunthorpe United, Crewe Alexandra, Chester City).[50]
- Hso Khan Pha, 78, Burmese-born Canadian geologist and exiled prince of Yawnghwe.[51]
- Ivan C. Lafayette, 86, American soldier, civic activist and politician.[52]
- Fred Osam-Duodu, 78, Ghanaian football manager.[53]
- Jim Parrott, 74, Canadian politician, MLA for Fundy-River Valley (2010–2014).[54]
- Doug Slaten, 36, American baseball player.[55]
- Bing Thom, 75, Hong Kong-born Canadian architect, brain aneurysm.[56]
- Harsh Vardhan, 68, Indian politician.[57]
- Donald H. White, 95, American composer.[58]
5
- Girma Asmerom, 66, Eritrean politician.[59]
- Georges Balandier, 95, French sociologist, anthropologist and ethnologist.[60]
- Jarlath Carey, 74, Irish Gaelic football player.[61]
- Pompeiu Hărășteanu, 81, Romanian opera singer.[62]
- Dick Haugland, 73, American biochemist, brain cancer.[63]
- Michal Kováč, 86, Slovak politician, President (1993–1998), complications of Parkinson's disease.[64]
- György Márkus, 82, Hungarian philosopher.[65]
- Luisa Massimo, 87, Italian pediatrician.[66]
- Yasmin Modassir, Indian zoologist.[67]
- Conxita Mora Jordana, 61, Andorran politician and businesswoman, Mayor of Andorra la Vella (1999-2003) and MP (2009-2011).[68]
- Cameron Moore, 25, American basketball player (Reyer Venezia Mestre).[69]
- Arthur Z'ahidi Ngoma, 69, Congolese politician, vice-president of the transitional government (2003–2007).[70]
- Donald M. Phillips, 87, Canadian politician, MLA for South Peace River.[71]
- Josh Samman, 28, American mixed martial artist (UFC).[72]
- Michiyo Yasuda, 77, Japanese animator (Spirited Away, Grave of the Fireflies, Princess Mononoke).[73]
- Brock Yates, 82, American automotive journalist (Car and Driver) and screenwriter (Smokey and the Bandit II, The Cannonball Run), Alzheimer's disease.[74]
6
- Hans W. Becherer, 81, American businessman, president of John Deere (1987).[75]
- James Colaianni, 94, American lay theologian.[76]
- Peter Denton, 70, English footballer (Coventry, Luton).[77]
- Walter Greiner, 80, German theoretical physicist.[78]
- Hidipo Hamutenya, 77, Namibian politician, Foreign Minister (2002–2004).[79]
- Alan Hodgson, 64, English cricketer (Northamptonshire).[80]
- Heisnam Kanhailal, 75, Indian art theatre personality.[81]
- Eva Lokko, Ghanaian engineer and politician.[82]
- Tony Mottram, 96, British tennis player.[83]
- Barbara Oliver Hagerman, 73, Canadian music teacher and public servant, Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (2006–2011), cancer.[84]
- George Pernicano, 98, American businessman, co-owner of the San Diego Chargers.[85]
- Marina Sanaya, 57, Russian Olympic figure skater (1972).[86]
- Fred Slaughter, 74, American college basketball player (UCLA).[87]
- Nello Sforacchi, 94, Italian cyclist
- Mike Tomkies, 88, British nature writer.[88]
7
- Abdul-Rab al-Shadadi, 52-53, Yemeni Army major general, missile strike.[89]
- John Gleeson, 78, Australian Test cricketer.[90]
- Ross Higgins, 85, Australian actor (Kingswood Country, Bullpitt!).[91]
- Lyudmila Ivanova, 83, Russian actress (Office Romance).[92]
- Barbara Kisseler, 67, German culture manager and politician.[93]
- Frederick C. Neidhardt, 85, American microbiologist.[94]
- Anne Pashley, 80, British athlete and opera singer, Olympic silver medalist (1956).[95]
- Gonzalo Peralta, 36, Argentine footballer (Almirante Brown, Platense), cancer.[96]
- Martha Roth, 84, Italian-born Mexican actress (A Family Like Many Others).[97]
- Wolfgang Suschitzky, 104, Austro-Hungarian-born British photographer and cinematographer (Get Carter).[98]
- Alistair Urquhart, 97, Scottish author and soldier (Gordon Highlanders).[99]
- Bill Warren, 73, American film historian and critic.[100]
- Rebecca Wilson, 54, Australian sports journalist, breast cancer.[101]
8
- Peter Allen, 96, American radio broadcaster, host of Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts (1975–2004).[102]
- Helmut Anschütz, 84, German Olympic fencer (1960).[103]
- Guillaume Bieganski, 83, French footballer (Lens).[104]
- Stephen Bollenbach, 74, American businessman, CEO of Hilton (1996–2007).[105]
- Lyn Chevli, 84, American underground comics artist (Tits & Clits Comix).[106]
- Don Ciccone, 70, American singer-songwriter and musician (The Critters, The Four Seasons, Tommy James and the Shondells).[107]
- Ray William Clough, 96, American engineer.[108]
- Gary Dubin, 57, American actor (The Partridge Family, The Aristocats, Jaws 2), bone cancer.[109]
- Maximiliano Giusti, 25, Argentine footballer, traffic collision.[110]
- Alina María Hernández, 46, Cuban-American transsexual actress.[111]
- Mayer Hersh, 90, Polish survivor of Auschwitz.[112]
- Dickie Jeeps, 84, English rugby union player (Northampton Saints) and administrator (Sports Council).[113]
- Klaus Kertess, 76, American curator, art gallerist and writer, complications from Alzheimer's.[114]
- Kuo Chin-fa, 72, Taiwanese Hokkien pop singer, cardiorespiratory failure.[115]
- Wojciech Kurpiewski, 50, Polish sprint canoer, Olympic silver medalist (1992).[116]
- Luc Mbassi, 58/59, Cameroonian Olympic footballer (1984).[117]
- Michael Horace Miller, 88, British Royal Air Force officer.[118]
- Jacob Neusner, 84, American academician and Judaica scholar.[119]
- Stylianos Pattakos, 103, Greek military officer and coup leader, Deputy Prime Minister (1967–1973).[120]
- Giovanni Scognamillo, 87, Turkish film critic.[121]
- Pierre Tchernia, 88, French screenwriter and voice actor (Asterix).[122]
- Anton Winkler, 62, German luger, Olympic bronze medalist (1980).[123]
9
- Susan Aceron, 44, Canadian actress, voice actress and businesswoman (Sailor Moon, Beyblade, The In-Laws), nasopharynx cancer.[124]
- René Avilés Fabila, 75, Mexican author, heart attack.[125]
- Worth H. Bagley, 92, American admiral.[126]
- Bored Nothing, 26, Australian musician, suicide.[127]
- Mamadou Dembelé, 82, Malian physician and politician, Prime Minister (1986–1988).[128]
- Santo DiPietro, 81, American businessman and politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives (1989–1996) and mayor of South Portland, Maine (1986–1987).[129]
- Francis Duteil, 69, French Olympic cyclist.[130]
- Donn Fendler, 90, American wilderness survivor.[131]
- Sir Anthony Grant, 91, British politician, MP (1964–1997).[132]
- David Konstant, 86, English Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Leeds (1985–2004).[133]
- El Mongol, 86, Mexican professional wrestler (GCW).[134]
- Zara Nutley, 90, New Zealand-born British actress.[135]
- Aaron Pryor, 60, American light-welterweight boxer, WBA/IBF world champion (1980–1985), heart disease.[136]
- Bilge Tarhan, 75, Turkish Olympic footballer.[137]
- Kenneth P. Thompson, 50, American lawyer, Kings County District Attorney (since 2014), cancer.[138]
- Andrzej Wajda, 90, Polish film director (Ashes and Diamonds, Man of Iron, Katyń), pulmonary failure.[139]
10
- Tony Adamowicz, 75, American racing driver (IMSA GT, Trans Am Series), brain cancer.[140]
- Issa Bagayogo, 54, Malian musician.[141]
- Leo Beranek, 102, American acoustics expert (BBN Technologies).[142]
- Christian Erlandsen, 90, Norwegian politician, MP (1977–1985).[143]
- Lorenzo Freeman, 52, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Giants).[144]
- Parmeshwar Godrej, 70, Indian socialite, businesswoman, and AIDS activist.[145]
- Gerry Gow, 64, Scottish footballer (Bristol City, Manchester City, Rotherham), cancer.[146]
- Graham C. Greene, 80, British publisher (Jonathan Cape).[147]
- Tamme Hanken, 56, German television personality (Der XXL-Ostfriese).[148]
- Marnix Kappers, 73, Dutch actor, suicide.[149]
- Hans Petter Langtangen, 54, Norwegian computer scientist.[150]
- Drew Nelson, 60, Northern Irish solicitor, politician, and Grand Secretary of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland.[151]
- Eddie O'Hara, 80, Scottish footballer (Falkirk, Everton, Barnsley).[152]
- Maulwi Saelan, 88, Indonesian Olympic footballer (1956).[153]
- Ram Ekbal Singh Warsi, 94, Indian politician, MLA (1969–1972).[154]
- Kazunari Tanaka, 49, Japanese voice actor (Gundam, Planetes, InuYasha), intracerebral hemorrhage.[155]
- John Vaughn, 88, American religious leader, Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor (1979–1991).[156]
- Gonzalo Vega, 69, Mexican actor (Life Is Most Important, The Place Without Limits).[157]
11
- David Antin, 84, American poet and performance artist.[158]
- Tom Barnes, 70, American journalist (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette).[159]
- Patricia Barry, 93, American actress (All My Children, The Guiding Light, Days of Our Lives).[160]
- Ricky Callan, 54, Scottish actor.[161]
- Emerson Stephen Colaw, 94, American theologian and prelate, Bishop of the United Methodist Church.[162]
- Richard Fry, 92, British WWII army officer.[163]
- Matti Hagman, 61, Finnish ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, Edmonton Oilers, HIFK).[164]
- Pia Hallström, 55, Swedish politician, MP for Värmland (since 2010), breast cancer.[165]
- Lars Huldén, 90, Finnish writer and translator.[166]
- Dick Israel, 68, Filipino actor, complications from a stroke.[167]
- Steve Lemmens, 44, Belgian snooker player, suicide by train.[168]
- Antero Lumme, 82, Finnish racing cyclist.[169]
- Marju, 28, Irish Thoroughbred racehorse.[170] (death announced on this date)
- Jan Matocha, 93, Czechoslovak Olympic sprint canoer (1948, 1952).[171]
- Peter Reynolds, 58, Welsh composer.[172]
- Don Ringe, 70, American journalist and documentary filmmaker.[173]
- Pero Simić, 70, Bosnian Serb journalist and historian.[174]
- Teatao Teannaki, 80, I-Kiribati politician, Vice-President (1979–1991) and President (1991–1994), heart attack.[175]
- Gurcharan Virk, 48, Indian Punjabi writer, director, lyricist and producer, heart attack.[176]
- Ewen Whitaker, 94, British astronomer.[177]
12
- Reinhart Ahlrichs, 76, German theoretical chemist.[178]
- Des Ball, 69, Australian security and defence expert, cancer.[179]
- Shahlyla Baloch, 20, Pakistani footballer (national team), traffic collision.[180]
- Robert Bateman, 80, American songwriter and record producer ("Please Mr. Postman"), heart attack.[181]
- Beata Bergström, 95, Swedish photographer.[182]
- Pietro Diana, 84, Italian artist.[183]
- Frank Fischl, 89, American air force pilot and politician, Mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania (1978–1982).[184]
- Thomas Mikal Ford, 52, American actor (Martin, Harlem Nights, Across the Tracks) and comedian, stomach aneurysm.[185]
- Jack Greenberg, 91, American lawyer and civil rights activist.[186]
- Rick Gudex, 48, American politician, member of the Wisconsin Senate (since 2013), suicide by gunshot.[187]
- Leo Harrison, 94, English cricketer (Hampshire).[188]
- Ma Jiang Bao, 74, Chinese martial arts teacher.[189]
- Renato Ongari, 81, Italian Olympic sprint canoeist (1960).[190]
- Bryan Pearson, 82, British-born Canadian politician.[191]
- Dylan Rieder, 28, American skateboarder and model, leukemia.[192]
- Sonny Sanders, 77, American songwriter, arranger and record producer.[193]
- Kemal Unakıtan, 70, Turkish politician, Minister of Finance (2002–2009).[194]
- Fulton Walker, 58, American football player (Miami Dolphins, Los Angeles Raiders).[195]
- Gerhard Wimberger, 93, Austrian composer.[196]
13
- Bhumibol Adulyadej, 88, Thai monarch, King (since 1946)[197]
- William Gilbert Chaloner, 87, British palaeobotanist.[198]
- Delia Davin, 72, English pioneer of Chinese women's studies, cancer.[199]
- Curt Engelhorn, 90, German billionaire businessman.[200]
- Dario Fo, 90, Italian playwright, Nobel Literature Prize laureate (1997).[201]
- Robert Haszeldine, 91, British chemist.[202]
- Andrzej Kopiczyński, 82, Polish actor (Czterdziestolatek).[203]
- Richard A. Pittman, 71, American marine, recipient of the Medal of Honor.[204]
- Booneua Prasertsuwan, 97, Thai politician, Speaker of the House of Representatives (1995–1996).[205]
- Jim Prentice, 60, Canadian politician, Premier of Alberta (2014–2015), MP for Calgary Centre-North (2004–2010), plane crash.[206]
- Primo Sentimenti, 89, Italian footballer (Lazio, Parma).[207]
- Louis Stettner, 93, American photographer.[208]
- Tonino Valerii, 82, Italian film director (My Name Is Nobody, A Girl Called Jules, Sahara Cross).[209]
14
- Jean Alexander, 90, English actress (Coronation Street, Last of the Summer Wine).[210]
- Cirilo R. Almario, 85, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Malolos (1977–1996).[211]
- Lucy Baxley, 78, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Alabama (2003–2007).[212]
- Klim Churyumov, 79, Soviet and Ukrainian astronomer, co-discoverer of the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.[213]
- Brajbir Saran Das, 90, Indian politician, Chief administrative officer of Sikkim (1973-1974).[214]
- Kathryn Adams Doty, 96, American actress (Saboteur).[215]
- Pierre Étaix, 87, French clown, comedian and film director (Heureux Anniversaire, Yo Yo, Le Grand Amour), Oscar winner (1963), complications from intestinal infection.[216]
- Edward Gorman, 74, American writer, multiple myeloma.[217]
- Kamal Habibollahi, 86, Iranian politician and admiral.[218]
- Avis Higgs, 98, New Zealand artist.[219]
- Thom Jones, 71, American writer.[220]
- Helen Kelly, 52, New Zealand trade unionist, lung cancer.[221]
- Brigit Pegeen Kelly, 65, American poet.[222]
- Werner Lämmerhirt, 67, German singer-songwriter and guitarist.[223]
- John Mone, 87, Scottish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Paisley (1988–2004).[224]
- Farouk Shousha, 80, Egyptian poet.[225]
- Song Yeong, 76, South Korean writer.[226]
- Aleksandr Syomin, 73, Soviet Azerbaijani footballer (Neftçi).[227]
15
- Doug Anderson, 89, New Zealand rugby league player (Auckland, national team).[228]
- Marcel Berger, 89, French mathematician.[229]
- Hans Bruggeman, 89, Dutch activist and politician, member of the House of Representatives (1963–1967).[230]
- Dennis Byrd, 50, American football player (New York Jets), traffic collision.[231]
- Colin George, 87, Welsh actor (Coronation Street) and director.[232]
- Quentin Groves, 32, American football player (Jacksonville Jaguars, Oakland Raiders, Cleveland Browns), heart attack.[233]
- Teodor Laço, 80, Albanian politician, diplomat and author.[234]
- Jossy Mansur, 82, Aruban editor.[235]
- Bruce Marshall, 54, American ice hockey coach (Connecticut Huskies, Franklin Pierce Ravens).[236]
- Octagonal, 24, New Zealand-bred Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.[237]
- Frank Peers, 98, Canadian broadcaster and political scientist.[238] (death announced on this date)
- Yangthang Rinpoche, 86, Indian Buddhist teacher.[239]
- Barbara Romack, 83, American golfer.[240]
- John Spanswick, 83, English cricketer (Kent).[241]
- Haruo Tomiyama, 81, Japanese photographer.[242]
- Per Rune Wølner, 67, Norwegian footballer (Strømsgodset), cancer.[243]
16
- Mickey Byrne, 93, Irish hurler (Tipperary).[244]
- Maggie Diaz, 91, American-born Australian photographer.[245]
- Anthony Foley, 42, Irish rugby union player and coach (Munster), acute pulmonary oedema.[246]
- Tony Golab, 97, Canadian football player (Ottawa Rough Riders).[247]
- Calvin Gotlieb, 95, Canadian professor and computer scientist.[248]
- Cecilia Hart, 68, American television and stage actress (Paris), ovarian cancer.[249]
- Valerie Hunter Gordon, 94, British inventor of disposable nappies.[250]
- Jia Jia, 38, Chinese giant panda, euthanized.[251]
- Kigeli V, 80, Rwandan monarch, King (1959–1961).[252]
- Ted V. Mikels, 87, American filmmaker (Girl in Gold Boots, The Astro-Zombies, The Doll Squad), colon cancer.[253]
- Stephen Moorbath, 87, German-born British geologist.[254]
- Arsen Pavlov, 33, Russian military officer, participant in the War in Donbas, IED explosion.[255]
- George Peebles, 80, Scottish footballer (Dunfermline, Stirling Albion).[256]
- Lucia Perillo, 58, American poet and novelist.[257]
- Juras Požela, 34, Lithuanian politician, Minister of Health (since March 2016), pancreatitis.[258]
- Juan Radrigán, 79, Chilean writer, cancer.[259]
- Molly Rose, 95, British World War II aviator.[260]
- Alfred P. Smyth, 74, Irish historian.[261]
- Joseph A. Suozzi, 95, Italian-born American judge and politician.[262]
- Geoffrey Yeh, 85, Hong Kong businessman.[263]
- Viktor Zubkov, 79, Russian basketball player, Olympic silver medalist (1956, 1960).[264]
17
- Rufin Anthony, 76, Pakistani Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi (since 2010).[265]
- Eddie Applegate, 81, American actor (The Patty Duke Show, Easy A, A Ticklish Affair).[266]
- Sandra Bartky, 81, American feminist philosopher.[267]
- Vincenzino Culicchia, 84, Italian politician.[268]
- Laurie Dwyer, 77, Australian football player (North Melbourne).[269]
- Teodor Kufel, 96, Polish general.[270]
- Rolf Lamers, 89, German Olympic athlete.[271]
- Cephas Msipa, 85, Zimbabwean politician.[272]
- Edgar Munhall, 83, American art historian, pancreatic and lung cancer.[273]
- Elena Santonja, 84, Spanish television presenter.[274]
- Irwin Smigel, 92, American dentist, pneumonia.[275]
- Charles J. Stewart, 93, American actor.[276]
- Morris Stroud, 70, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs), Super Bowl winner (1970).[277]
- Rémy Vogel, 55, French footballer (Strasbourg).[278]
18
- Anthony Addabbo, 56, American actor (Guiding Light, Generations, The Bold & the Beautiful).[279]
- David Bunnell, 69, American businessman, writer and publisher (PC Magazine).[280]
- Phil Chess, 95, Polish-born American record producer and company executive (Chess Records).[281]
- Dave Colclough, 52, Welsh professional poker player, cancer.[282]
- Alan Collins, 88, English sculptor.[283]
- Anne Crookshank, 89, Irish art historian.[284]
- Mike Daniels, 88, British jazz trumpeter and bandleader.[285]
- Marianne de Trey, 102, British potter.[286]
- Bobby Ellis, 84, Jamaican trumpeter, pneumonia-related illness.[287]
- Francis Flood, 86, Irish racehorse trainer.[288]
- Huw Jones, 82, Welsh Anglican bishop.[289]
- Sergei Likhachev, 76, Azeri-born Russian tennis player and coach.[290]
- William McKelvey, 82, British politician, MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun (1983–1997).[291]
- Fred Roots, 93, Canadian geologist.[292]
- Gary Sprake, 71, Welsh footballer (Leeds United, national team).[293]
- Sir Sigmund Sternberg, 95, Hungarian-born British philanthropist, businessman and Labour Party donor.[294]
- Turki bin Saud al-Kabir, Saudi prince and convicted murderer, executed by beheading.[295]
- Ken Wiwa, 47, Nigerian journalist and author, stroke.[296]
19
- Tommy Bartlett, 88, American tennis and basketball coach.[297]
- Safet Berisha, 66, Albanian footballer (Partizani Tirana).[298]
- Mark Birch, 67, British jockey.[299]
- Radu Câmpeanu, 94, Romanian politician, Senator (1990–1992, 2004–2008).[300]
- Milka Canić, 72, Serbian television presenter and academic.[301]
- Yvette Chauviré, 99, French prima ballerina.[302]
- Luis María Echeberría, 76, Spanish footballer (Athletic Bilbao, national team).[303]
- Joe Kirrene, 85, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox).[304]
- Fergus O'Brien, 86, Irish politician, TD (1973–1992), Lord Mayor of Dublin (1980–1981).[305]
- Rough Quest, 30, British racehorse, winner of the 1996 Grand National, euthanised.[306]
- Pat Scott, 87, American baseball player (AAGPBL).[307]
- Mary Sheriff, 66, American art historian.[308]
- Norman Sherry, 91, British author.[309]
- Sammy Smyth, 91, Northern Irish footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.).[310]
- Giovanni Steffè, 88, Italian Olympic rower.[311]
20
- Achieng Abura, 50s, Kenyan musician.[312]
- Edward A. Allworth, 95, American historian.[313]
- Henry J. M. Barnett, 94, Canadian physician.[314]
- David Bellini, 43, Italian screenwriter (Un medico in famiglia), lymphoma.[315]
- Bob Blauner, 87, American sociologist.[316]
- William G. Bowen, 83, American educator, President of Princeton University (1972–1988).[317]
- Kenneth Brandt, 77, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1973-1990).[318]
- Gail Cogdill, 79, American football player (Detroit Lions).[319]
- Roy D'Andrade, 84, American psychological anthropologist.[320]
- Uwe Dreher, 56, German footballer (Stuttgarter Kickers).[321]
- Seiji Hirao, 53, Japanese rugby union player and coach, bile duct cancer.[322]
- Kaneta Kimotsuki, 80, Japanese voice actor (Doraemon, Anpanman), pneumonia.[323]
- Roger Lallemand, 84, Belgian lawyer and politician, President of the Senate (1988).[324]
- Eric Harold Mansfield, 93, British aeronautical engineer.[325]
- Michael Massee, 64, American actor (The Crow, 24, The Amazing Spider-Man), stomach cancer.[326]
- Issifou Okoulou-Kantchati, 65, Togolese politician.[327]
- Giorgos Pavlidis, 60, Greek politician, Governor of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace (since 2014), cancer.[328]
- Svetlana Penkina, 65, Belarusian actress.[329]
- Benedict Read, 71, British art historian.[330]
- Simone Schaller, 104, American hurdler.[331]
- Stanley Silverstein, 91, American footwear manufacturer.[332]
- Junko Tabei, 77, Japanese mountaineer, first woman to climb Mount Everest, peritoneal cancer.[333]
- Mieke Telkamp, 82, Dutch singer.[334]
- Robert Weber, 92, American cartoonist.[335]
21
- Wally Argus, 95, New Zealand rugby union player (Canterbury, national team).[336]
- Paweł Baumann, 33, Polish Olympic sprint canoer (2004, 2008), world championship silver medalist (2006, 2007).[337]
- Margaret Benyon, 76, British hologram artist.[338]
- Dave Cash, 74, British radio presenter.[339]
- Richard Cavendish, 86, British occult writer.[340]
- Mary Keating Croce, 87, American politician.[341]
- Ted Follows, 89, Canadian actor.[342]
- Constantin Frățilă, 74, Romanian footballer (FC Dinamo București).[343]
- Frans Jozef van der Heijden, 78, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1982–1998), euthanasia.[344]
- Roy Jennings, 84, English footballer (Brighton and Hove Albion).[345]
- Dan Johnston, 77, American lawyer and politician.[346]
- Satyadev Katare, 61, Indian politician.[347]
- George Konik, 79, Canadian ice hockey player (Minnesota Fighting Saints, Pittsburgh Penguins).[348]
- Kenji Kosaka, 70, Japanese politician, Minister of Education (2005–2006).[349]
- Manfred Krug, 79, German actor (Tatort, Liebling Kreuzberg), singer, and author.[350]
- Frenchy Martin, 69, Canadian professional wrestler and manager (WWF), bladder cancer.[351]
- Bob McCord, 82, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings).[352]
- Kevin Meaney, 60, American comedian and actor (Big, Uncle Buck, Mad Jack the Pirate), heart attack.[353]
- Clément Michu, 79, French actor (Commissaire Moulin, Thierry la Fronde).[354]
- Paolo Micolini, 77, Italian politician.[355]
- Moscow Flyer, 22, Irish racehorse, colic.[356] (death announced on this date)
- Richard Nicoll, 39, British-Australian fashion designer, heart attack.[357]
- Janet Patterson, 60, Australian costume designer (The Piano, Peter Pan, Bright Star).[358]
- David Pope, 54, American basketball player (Kansas City Kings, Seattle SuperSonics).[359]
- Jerry Rullo, 93, American basketball player (Philadelphia Warriors, Baltimore Bullets).[360]
- Raine Spencer, Countess Spencer, 87, British socialite and politician.[361]
- C. Peter Wagner, 86, American theologian and religious leader (New Apostolic Reformation).[362]
- Robert Windom, 86, American physician.[363]
22
- Martin Aitchison, 96, British illustrator.[364]
- Anthony Bryer, 78, British historian.[365]
- José Oscar Barahona Castillo, 77, Salvadoran Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San Vicente (1983–2005).[366]
- Steve Dillon, 54, English comic book artist (Preacher, The Punisher, Judge Dredd), appendicitis.[367]
- Gordon Hamilton, 50, Scottish climate scientist, snowmobile crash.[368]
- Gavin MacFadyen, 76, American investigative journalist (CIJ) and filmmaker.[369]
- Mehar Mittal, 80, Indian Punjabi actor and producer.[370]
- Monarchos, 18, American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 2001 Kentucky Derby.[371]
- Antoon Postma, 87, Dutch anthropologist.[372]
- Colin Snedeker, 80, British-born American chemist (Crayola), inventor of the washable crayon.[373]
- Sheri S. Tepper, 87, American science fiction author.[374]
- Frans Tutuhatunewa, 93, Indonesian politician, President in Exile of Republic of South Maluku (1993–2010).[375]
- Bob Vanatta, 98, American college basketball coach (Missouri State, Memphis, Missouri).[376]
- Valeriya Zaklunna, 74, Ukrainian actress and politician, Member of Verkhovna Rada (1998–2007).[377]
23
- Mike Bolan, 83, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (1977–1981).[378]
- Pete Burns, 57, English singer-songwriter (Dead or Alive), cardiac arrest.[379]
- Jack Chick, 92, American cartoonist (Chick tracts) and fundamentalist Christian publisher.[380]
- Tom Hayden, 76, American writer, politician and activist (Chicago Seven), member of the California State Senate (1992–2000).[381]
- Mikijirō Hira, 82, Japanese actor (Rampo, 13 Assassins, Three Outlaw Samurai).[382]
- Nerses Hovhannisyan, 78, Armenian film director, actor and screenwriter.[383]
- Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, 84, Qatari monarch, Emir (1972–1995).[384]
- William Löfqvist, 69, Swedish ice hockey player, Olympic bronze medalist (1980).[385]
- Harold Mann, 78, Canadian boxer, Commonwealth Games gold medalist (1962).[386]
- Jimmy Perry, 93, English actor and screenwriter (Dad's Army, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Hi-de-Hi!).[387]
- Heinz Poenn, 82, Canadian Olympic slalom canoeist (1972).[388]
- Bob Saunders, 87, American politician, member of the Florida Senate (1969–1971, 1973–1976).[389]
- Jerzy Szymczyk, 74, Polish Olympic volleyball player.[390]
- Haguroiwa Tomomi, 70, Japanese sumo wrestler, kidney failure.[391]
- Wim van der Voort, 93, Dutch speed skater, Olympic silver medalist (1952).[392]
24
- Jorge Batlle, 88, Uruguayan politician, President (2000–2005), cerebral hemorrhage.[393]
- Gwanda Chakuamba, 82, Malawian politician.[394]
- Eddy Christiani, 98, Dutch musician and songwriter.[395]
- Benjamin Creme, 93, Scottish artist, author and esotericist.[396]
- Roland Dobbs, 91, British physicist.[397]
- Bill Duckworth, 98, Australian footballer.[398]
- Herón Escobar, 62, Mexican politician, member of Congress (2009–2012).[399]
- Bruce Goodluck, 83, Australian politician.[400]
- Reinhard Häfner, 64, German footballer (Dynamo Dresden), Olympic champion (1976).[401]
- Bohdan Hawrylyshyn, 90, Ukrainian-born Canadian economist.[402]
- Siv Holma, 64, Swedish politician, MP for Norrbotten (1998–2014), cancer.[403]
- W. Dudley Johnson, 86, American surgeon.[404]
- Hellmut von Leipzig, 95, German soldier.[405]
- Harry Merlo, 91, American business and sports executive.[406]
- Vic Rapp, 86, American-Canadian football coach (BC Lions).[407]
- Eugeniusz Rudnik, 83, Polish composer and sound engineer.[408]
- Rolf Heinrich Sabersky, 96, German-born American mechanical engineer.[409]
- Jack Sellers, 72, American race car driver.[410]
- Johan Stølan, 77, Norwegian politician.[411]
- Felix Ungacta, 78, Guamanian politician, Mayor of Hagåtña (1981–2005).[412]
- Pierre Vallon, 89, French politician.[413]
- Bobby Vee, 73, American pop singer ("Rubber Ball", "Take Good Care of My Baby", "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes") and actor, Alzheimer's disease.[414]
- Charles Wolf Jr., 92, American economist, cardiac arrest.[415]
- John P. Woodall, 81, British entomologist.[416]
25
- Margaret Ashcroft, 85, British television actress (The Main Chance, The Brothers).[417]
- Margit Bara, 88, Hungarian actress (Jacob the Liar).[418]
- Kevin Curran, 59, American television writer (The Simpsons, Married... with Children, Late Night with David Letterman), cancer.[419]
- Howard Davies, 71, British theatre and television director.[420]
- Mel Haber, 80, American philanthropist, and hotel and restaurant proprietor.[421]
- Safa Haeri, 79, Iranian-born French journalist.[422]
- Mohamed Nadir Hamimid, 75, Algerian politician.[423]
- Bob Hoover, 94, American Air Force test pilot.[424]
- Bjørn Lidin Hansen, 27, Norwegian footballer (Tromsø, Lyn), suicide.[425]
- Burnet R. Maybank Jr., 92, American lawyer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina (1959–1963).[426]
- Krešo Omerzel, 59, Slovenian speedway rider and coach.[427]
- Edouard Pliner, 80, Russian figure skating coach.[428]
- Doug Pyzer, 93, Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts).[429]
- Thomas Rentschler, 84, American politician.[430]
- Vaino Spencer, 96, American judge.[431]
- Jerzy Szacki, 87, Polish sociologist.[432]
- Georges Thines, 93, Belgian scientist.[433]
- Carlos Alberto Torres, 72, Brazilian football player and manager, world champion (1970), heart attack.[434]
26
- Melis Abzalov, 77, Uzbek filmmaker (Oʻtgan kunlar).[435]
- Raj Begum, 89, Indian singer.[436]
- Melpomeni Çobani, 88, Albanian actress.[437]
- Filomeno Codiñera, 77, Filipino baseball and softball player.[438]
- Tim Couzens, 72, South African historian.[439]
- Kent Frizzell, 87, American attorney and politician.[440]
- Arne Hartman, 76, Finnish diplomat.[441]
- Mark Johnson, 65, American baseball umpire.[442]
- Gérard Lamy, 97, Canadian politician.[443]
- Birger Larsen, 54, Danish film director (Dance of the Polar Bears).[444]
- William Eteki Mboumoua, 83, Cameroonian politician and diplomat.[445]
- Donald C. Pogue, 69, American federal judge, U.S. Court of International Trade (1995–2014).[446]
- Taqi Tabatabaei Qomi, 93, Iranian grand ayatollah.[447]
- Luciano Rispoli, 84, Italian television and radio writer and presenter.[448]
- Samuele Schiavina, 45, Italian racing cyclist.[449]
- Ali Hussein Shihab, 55, Iraqi footballer (national team).[450]
- Jack H. Schofield, 93, American politician.[451]
- Yuichi Takai, 84, Japanese writer, heart failure.[452]
- Notable American crime victims, shot:[453]
- Nehemiah Kauffman, 20
- Sydney Land, 21
27
- João Lobo Antunes, 72, Portuguese neurosurgeon, melanoma.[454]
- Victor Cannings, 97, English cricketer (Hampshire).[455]
- René Chamussy, 79, French-Lebanese priest and rector.[456]
- Jim Eddy, 80, American football coach (Saskatchewan Roughriders, Houston Oilers, Dallas Cowboys).[457]
- Elda Grin, 88, Armenian writer and psychologist.[458]
- Brian Hill, 75, English footballer (Coventry City).[459]
- Ruben Hovsepyan, 77, Armenian author and politician.[460]
- Jolanda Insana, 79, Italian poet and translator, Viareggio Prize recipient.[461]
- Fatim Jawara, 19, Gambian footballer (national team), drowned.[462]
- Susan Lindquist, 67, American biologist, cancer.[463]
- Frank Marchlewski, 73, American football player.[464]
- Bill Miller, 86, American javelin thrower, Olympic silver medalist (1952).[465]
- Nelson Pinedo, 88, Colombian singer (Sonora Matancera), stroke.[466]
- Hazel Shermet, 96, American comedienne, actress (Duffy's Tavern, New Zoo Revue, Jem) and singer.[467]
- Pentti Siimes, 87, Finnish actor (The Unknown Soldier).[468]
- Takahito, Prince Mikasa, 100, Japanese royal, heart failure.[469]
- Francis Tong Hui, 83, Chinese clandestine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Yan’an (1999–2011).[470]
- David Tyack, 85, American historian, Parkinson's disease.[471]
- Bobby Wellins, 80, Scottish jazz saxophonist.[472]
- John Zacherle, 98, American television and radio personality and voice actor.[473]
- Vladimir Zemlyanikin, 83, Russian film and theater actor (The House I Live In).[474]
28
- Gillon Aitken, 78, English literary agent.[475]
- Melhem Barakat, 71, Lebanese singer.[476]
- Sir Nicholas Brathwaite, 91, Grenadian politician, Prime Minister (1990–1995), Chairman of the Interim Advisory Council (1983–1984).[477]
- H. Kay Hedge, 88, American politician, member of the Iowa Senate (1989-2001).[478]
- Shashikala Kakodkar, 81, Indian politician.[479]
- Angeline Kopka, 100, American politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (2002–2010, 2012–2014).[480]
- Bumphen Luttimol, 86, Thai footballer [481]
- Henk Zwartepoorte, 67, Dutch herpetologist.[482]
29
- Robert Belfanti, 68, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1979–2010).[483]
- Norman Brokaw, 89, American talent agent (Marilyn Monroe, Clint Eastwood, Andy Griffith).[484]
- Nguyễn Văn Chính, 92, Vietnamese politician.[485]
- Paul Demers, 60, Canadian singer-songwriter, mesothelioma.[486]
- Roland Dyens, 61, French classical guitarist and composer.[487]
- Tony Gauci, 75, Maltese businessman, witness in the Lockerbie bombing case.[488]
- Christiane Gilles, 86, French trade unionist[489]
- Raymond Gilmour, 56 or 57, Northern Irish undercover agent, infiltrated INLA and PIRA.[490] (death announced on this date)
- Rami Hassanein, 38, Egyptian officer.[491]
- E. Lee Hennessee, 64, American hedge fund manager.[492]
- John Hicks, 65, American football player (New York Giants), diabetes.[493]
- Francis Huxley, 93, British anthropologist.[494]
- Stefan Jentsch, 61, German biologist.[495]
- Dave Lanning, 78, English sports commentator.[496]
- Paul Luebke, 70, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (since 1991), lymphoma.[497]
- Thorvald Mellingen, 81, Norwegian engineer.[498]
- Fernando Moresi, 46, Argentine Olympic field hockey player (1996), Pan American champion (1995).[499]
- Kalle Reichelt, 82, Norwegian physician.[500]
- John D. Roberts, 98, American chemist.[501]
- Geraldo Scarpone Caporale, 88, American-born Honduran Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Comayagua (1979–2004).[502]
- Pen Sovan, 80, Cambodian politician, Prime Minister (1981).[503]
- Barry Stout, 79, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1971–1976) and Senate (1977–2010).[504]
- Tom Weal, 87, New Zealand politician.[505]
30
- Törner Åhsman, 85, Swedish Olympic boxer (1956).[506]
- Pablo Ansaldo, 81, Ecuadorian footballer.[507]
- Reg Boorman, 80, New Zealand politician, MP for Wairarapa (1984–1988).[508]
- Jack Braughton, 95, British Olympic long-distance runner (1948).[509]
- Fausto Cayambe, 40, Ecuadorian politician.[510]
- James Galanos, 92, American fashion designer.[511]
- Tammy Grimes, 82, American actress (The Unsinkable Molly Brown, High Spirits, Look After Lulu!).[512]
- Barney Hartman, 99, Canadian skeet shooter.[513]
- Imre Józsa, 62, Hungarian actor.[514]
- Betty Ann Kennedy, 86, American bridge player.[515]
- Gil Krueger, 87, American football coach (Northern Michigan).[516]
- Don Marshall, 80, American actor (Land of the Giants, Star Trek).[517]
- David Nash, 77, Welsh rugby union player.[518]
- Otaru Salihu Ohize, 63, Nigerian politician.[519]
- Curly Putman, 85, American songwriter ("Green, Green Grass of Home", "D-I-V-O-R-C-E", "He Stopped Loving Her Today").[520]
- Simon Relph, 76, British film producer and assistant director (Reds, The Ploughman's Lunch), pneumonia.[521]
- René Velázquez Valenzuela, Mexican suspected hitman, leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, shot.[522]
31
- Natalie Babbitt, 84, American children's author and illustrator (Tuck Everlasting), lung cancer.[523]
- Eric Christiansen, 79, British medieval historian.[524]
- Abdul Majid Cockar, 93, Kenyan judge, Chief Justice (1994–1997).[525]
- Paul Detienne, 91, Belgian Jesuit priest, scholar and writer of Bengali literature.[526]
- Silvio Gazzaniga, 95, Italian sculptor (FIFA World Cup Trophy).[527]
- Jimmy Gray, 90, English cricketer (Hampshire).[455]
- Andy Hill, 54, American politician, member of the Washington Senate (since 2011), lung cancer.[528]
- Huo Xuan, 28, Chinese volleyball player (national team), heart attack.[529]
- Gene La Rocque, 98, American rear admiral.[530]
- Stanley Leavy, 101, American psychoanalyst.[531]
- Ray Mabbutt, 80, English footballer, heart attack.[532]
- Reynaldo Miravalles, 93, Cuban actor.[533]
- Abdel Kader Morchid, 77–78, Moroccan footballer.[534]
- Lionel Morrison, 81, South African-born British journalist and trade unionist.[535]
- Number 16, 43, Australian trapdoor spider, longest-lived spider on record, parasitic wasp sting.[536] (death discovered on this date)
- Klaus Schulten, 69, German-American physicist.[537]
- Patrick Sharkey, 85, Irish Olympic boxer (1956).[538]
- Vladimir Zeldin, 101, Russian theater and film actor (Desyat Negrityat), People's Artist of the USSR.[539]
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